Tested by Matt Khoury
4.5 player · 2 yrs testing paddles · 610+ reviewed
Reviewed
MAY 2025
Updated OCTOBER 2026
Honolulu J2NF 16mm Pickleball Paddle Review
MATT'S VERDICT
The J2NF is one of the crisper-feeling foam paddles I've played. With the notched EVA core and raw carbon fiber face, contact is immediate and direct.
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Matt's Feel Profile
Stiff + Densesolid, boardy response with fast energy return
How players classify this paddle
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All measurements
- Serve speed
- 60.4 mph
- Serve speed percentile
- 54.7%
- Serve speed z-score
- 0.492
- Punch volley speed
- 38.8 mph
- Punch volley speed percentile
- 49.4%
- Punch volley speed z-score
- 0.397
- Spin
- 2270 rpm
- Spin percentile
- 56.6%
- Spin z-score
- 0.371
- Swing weight
- 111.25
- Swing weight percentile
- 27.2%
- Swing weight z-score
- -0.551
- Twist weight
- 6.9
- Twist weight percentile
- 80.0%
- Twist weight z-score
- 0.855
- Static weight
- 8.03 oz
- Static weight percentile
- 54.1%
- Static weight z-score
- 0.154
- Balance point
- 23.6 cm
- Balance point percentile
- 12.8%
- Balance point z-score
- -1.053
- Surface roughness (Ra)
- 6.67 µm
- Surface roughness (Ra) percentile
- 32.7%
- Surface roughness (Ra) z-score
- -0.374
- Firepower
- 52/100
- Control score
- 88/100
- Power rating
- 3/5
- Control rating
- 5/5
- Spin rating
- 3/5
- Pop rating
- 3/5
- Forgiveness rating
- 4/5
- Shot resetting rating
- 3/5
- Touch shots rating
- 4/5
- Feel rating
- 3/5
- Matt's star rating
- 5/5
- Balance offset from center
- +3.0 cm
- Core thickness
- 16 mm
- Shape
- Hybrid
- Length
- 16.2 in
- Width
- 7.8 in
- Handle length
- 5.5 in
- Handle circumference
- 4.25 in
- Surface material
- Carbon Fiber
- Core material
- EVA Foam
- Surface texture
- Peel Ply (Coarse)
- Manufacturing process
- Thermoformed
- Classification
- Gen 4
- Approval body
- USA Pickleball
- Feel stiffness
- 21/100
- Feel hollowness
- 25/100
- Feel profile
- Stiff + Dense
- Punch volley rank
- #228 of 517 measured paddles
- Market comparison
- 513 measured paddles across 9 metrics