Am I wrong? It seems to me that the 14mm Ben John’s C2 paddle is the best paddle to start with as a baseline-it starts out at 7.8 oz. So when adding perimeter weighting in strategic areas, you are increasing the sweet spot, dialing in the balance/swing weight and enhancing the power-without exceeding a comfortable overall weight to maximize your particular abilities. Anyone?
Great review! However, if I’m not mistaken, the Perseus (and the Scorpeus) have that new Carbon Charged Surface technology, so I’m wondering why the same technology now on the C2 would generate suddenly more power and spin than the Perseus; it’s the same technology on all three paddles… Therefore on paper Im guessing the C2 should play similarly than the Perseus. Maybe I’m missing something. Cheers!
You're right, can't believe I missed that! It's quite surprising to me - there's definitely more power and spin here although I was using and used Perseus to compare. I'll have to do some more investigating...
Luca, thank you for your great animated reviews. Wanted to please ask a question ? I have a Joola Colin Johns 16mm Scorpeus. What is the difference between that paddle and the new Joola Hyperion C2 16mm please ? To know if I should buy it. Thank you. keep up the wonderful work Sir ! Best regards form Panama, Central America. Your great reviews have helped me tremendously. Muchas Gracias !!!
De nada! The Hyperion will be much more stable/powerful but also much less manoeuvrable. Feel is similar but I prefer the spin and power on the Hyperion compared to the Scorpeus.
It feels like the new batch of Gen 2 Perseus 16mm also have a grip circumference wider than 4.25 (whereas older batches have the more reasonable 4.25" width). Are you seeing this at your store as well? I wonder if they moved production to a new factory so that's why the Gen 2 Perseus and the Hyperion C2 have these wider grips on their 16mm models.
Awesome review, thank you! What is your thoughts on the 14 versus 16 and what you get/dont get wirh each? And why you would go with one over the other?
I scratched my head about this for about an hour and really couldn't figure it out... my ONLY guess would be they messed up the grip size on the Ben Johns specs and that it's bigger than the Simone Jardim but I haven't actually held Jardim's so I can't really say.
Great review. My question is about the handle. Not the length or size but the shape. Use the Solaire CFS with 2 thin (volkl) overgrips only and like the more octagonal shape of the “forged” handle. Are the new Joola’s more rectangular, or worse, square, which I don’t like?
hi recenlty purchased the Ben johns 16 mm Hyperion C2 but seems one side has a rougher carbon charged surface the front and the other is smoother, say on the backahand is this suppoed to be like that? or is it manufacturing problem, i also have the perseus and seems both sides feel the same amount of roughness on the carbon, where the C2 is smoohter on the back hand, let me know , Thnak you, for the review very informative, P.
I'm very surprised I missed that, but even more surprised to see it because this was unequivocally more powerful/spin-friendly for me. Could be that I was using a worn Perseus but I don't think so because I've always had an issue with that on the Perseus but not on this paddle.
It's very close between the two right now, I can't really say which one I prefer. All the 16mm Gen 2 thermos are fantastic so I'd really have to take them all out for a hit before saying if I prefer them.
@@RacketsandRunnersPickleball that makes sense. However, we as customers still use those numbers to assess how head heavy and slow a paddle might feel. And for the most part, paddles that have high swing weight numbers are slower than the ones with lower swing weight numbers...even if they are off somewhat sometimes.
It plays quite differently, for sure. If you want to bring the swing weight up to where it was on that paddle add a lot of weight to the neck/throat area.
@@RacketsandRunnersPickleballnot to the head? Just figured the original was so head heavy adding weight to the head would be the answer. Definitely new to the lead tape game