Tested by Matt Khoury
4.5 player · 2 yrs testing paddles · 630+ reviewed
Reviewed
JANUARY 2025
Updated OCTOBER 2026
Honolulu J2K+ 16mm Pickleball Paddle Review
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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
- 38.7 mph
- Punch volley speed percentile
- 44.1%
- Punch volley speed z-score
- 0.272
- Spin
- 2120 rpm
- Spin percentile
- 10.6%
- Spin z-score
- -1.287
- Swing weight
- 115
- Swing weight percentile
- 54.7%
- Swing weight z-score
- 0.157
- Twist weight
- 7.3
- Twist weight percentile
- 94.0%
- Twist weight z-score
- 1.637
- Static weight
- 8.26 oz
- Static weight percentile
- 92.7%
- Static weight z-score
- 1.327
- Balance point
- 21.8 cm
- Balance point percentile
- 0.0%
- Balance point z-score
- -4.429
- Firepower
- 49/100
- Control score
- 86/100
- Power rating
- 3/5
- Control rating
- 5/5
- Spin rating
- 1/5
- Pop rating
- 3/5
- Forgiveness rating
- 5/5
- Shot resetting rating
- 3/5
- Touch shots rating
- 3/5
- Feel rating
- 3/5
- Matt's star rating
- 5/5
- Balance offset from center
- +1.3 cm
- Core thickness
- 16 mm
- Shape
- Hybrid
- Length
- 16.125 in
- Width
- 7.75 in
- Handle length
- 5.5 in
- Handle circumference
- 4.125 in
- Surface material
- Dupont Kevlar
- Core material
- Polypropylene + Foam
- Surface texture
- Peel Ply (Coarse)
- Manufacturing process
- Gen-3 Foam Enhanced
- Classification
- Gen 2
- Approval body
- USA Pickleball
- Punch volley rank
- #268 of 522 measured paddles
- Market comparison
- 518 measured paddles across 9 metrics