Tested by Matt Khoury
4.5 player · 2 yrs testing paddles · 630+ reviewed
Reviewed
NOVEMBER 2025
Updated OCTOBER 2026
Pickleball Apes Charm S 16mm Pickleball Paddle Review
MATT'S VERDICT
The S works. It has that same dense feel, the ball pocketing into the face before it comes off, but the response is clean and you know where it's going.
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Retail Price
$199.99
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All measurements
- Serve speed
- 60.3 mph
- Serve speed percentile
- 50.7%
- Serve speed z-score
- 0.401
- Punch volley speed
- 38.2 mph
- Punch volley speed percentile
- 28.0%
- Punch volley speed z-score
- -0.313
- Spin
- 2277 rpm
- Spin percentile
- 60.5%
- Spin z-score
- 0.428
- Swing weight
- 115.95
- Swing weight percentile
- 63.4%
- Swing weight z-score
- 0.334
- Twist weight
- 6.4
- Twist weight percentile
- 47.7%
- Twist weight z-score
- -0.105
- Static weight
- 8.13 oz
- Static weight percentile
- 76.8%
- Static weight z-score
- 0.672
- Balance point
- 24.8 cm
- Balance point percentile
- 89.1%
- Balance point z-score
- 1.184
- Surface roughness (Ra)
- 4.89 µm
- Surface roughness (Ra) percentile
- 4.4%
- Surface roughness (Ra) z-score
- -1.576
- Firepower
- 39/100
- Control score
- 78/100
- Power rating
- 2/5
- Control rating
- 4/5
- Spin rating
- 4/5
- Pop rating
- 2/5
- Forgiveness rating
- 3/5
- Matt's star rating
- 4/5
- Balance offset from center
- +4.0 cm
- Core thickness
- 16 mm
- Shape
- Hybrid
- Length
- 16.375 in
- Width
- 7.5 in
- Handle length
- 5.5 in
- Handle circumference
- 4.125 in
- Surface material
- Aramid Fibre
- Core material
- EPP Foam
- Surface texture
- Peel Ply (Coarse)
- Manufacturing process
- Injection Molded
- Classification
- Gen 4
- Approval body
- USA Pickleball
- Punch volley rank
- #364 of 522 measured paddles
- Market comparison
- 518 measured paddles across 9 metrics