Tested by Matt Khoury
4.5 player · 2 yrs testing paddles · 630+ reviewed
Reviewed
JUNE 2025
Updated OCTOBER 2026
Selkirk SLK Era Power 16mm Pickleball Paddle Review
MATT'S VERDICT
The Era Power is one of the more dialed-in Gen 3 elongateds out of the box. Static weight, swing weight, and balance point all came together without needing tuning, which is rare in this category.
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$200.00
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All measurements
- Serve speed
- 60.4 mph
- Serve speed percentile
- 54.5%
- Serve speed z-score
- 0.487
- Punch volley speed
- 38.5 mph
- Punch volley speed percentile
- 36.5%
- Punch volley speed z-score
- 0.038
- Spin
- 2155 rpm
- Spin percentile
- 15.0%
- Spin z-score
- -0.905
- Swing weight
- 119.2
- Swing weight percentile
- 85.0%
- Swing weight z-score
- 0.941
- Twist weight
- 6.4
- Twist weight percentile
- 47.7%
- Twist weight z-score
- -0.105
- Static weight
- 8.17 oz
- Static weight percentile
- 81.8%
- Static weight z-score
- 0.874
- Balance point
- 24.1 cm
- Balance point percentile
- 38.9%
- Balance point z-score
- -0.125
- Firepower
- 45/100
- Control score
- 74/100
- Power rating
- 3/5
- Control rating
- 4/5
- Spin rating
- 1/5
- Pop rating
- 2/5
- Forgiveness rating
- 3/5
- Shot resetting rating
- 3/5
- Touch shots rating
- 3/5
- Feel rating
- 3/5
- Matt's star rating
- 5/5
- Balance offset from center
- +3.1 cm
- Core thickness
- 16 mm
- Shape
- Elongated
- Length
- 16.5 in
- Width
- 7.5 in
- Handle length
- 6 in
- Handle circumference
- 4.25 in
- Surface material
- Carbon Fiber & Fiberglass
- Core material
- Polypropylene + Foam
- Surface texture
- Peel Ply (Coarse)
- Manufacturing process
- Thermoformed
- Classification
- Gen 3
- Approval body
- USA Pickleball
- Punch volley rank
- #315 of 522 measured paddles
- Market comparison
- 518 measured paddles across 9 metrics