Joola Perseus Review | Ben Johns New Paddle

[@stspickleball]

To all of my Subscribers, I re-uploaded this because I had a few editing mistakes in the first one. I am a perfectionist and I couldn't let them slide. Thanks for your understanding!

[@EaglesXsandOs]

I'd love to see videos where you re-measure the spin after a few weeks/months of use and see how much it decays

[@stspickleball]

I'm going to add that to my future video list!

[@brianhansen106]

Hey, thanks so much for the review. Very helpful. I'm wondering would placing led tape around the edges of the Perseus have an influence on sweet spot, spin rate, etc.? Thanks :)

[@stspickleball]

Yes! Placing lead tape around the edges of any paddle will help quite a bit with sweet spot etc. but of course you can add lead tape to a different paddle with a larger sweet spot to begin with and it will have an even larger sweet spot. So it would help! But starting with the best paddle would be step 1 :)

[@karaoke888]

I added 3 gram strips of lead tape at each corner of the paddle making the sweet spot much bigger. It's great.

[@stspickleball]

Happy for you!

[@declan.johnson]

Have you seen Grip 6's (the belt company) new project? bird Pickleball. They have 2 paddles that look interesting.

[@stspickleball]

Haha yes I have I know Chris Olsen has tried the "saw" paddle. Very interesting indeed. I'll have to check it out even if for the memes

[@khpickleball]

Thank you for the video. Is the Volair paddle you’re comparing to the 14mm or 16mm? I feel the 14mm has a smaller sweet spot too making it feel pretty dead on off center dinks. Maybe just me.

[@stspickleball]

I feel that way with most paddles less than 16mm other than the MUVN 13S and the new ALW-C 12.7mm Paddletek paddle. I am referring to the 16mm version as that’s my favorite one!

[@khpickleball]

@@stspickleball that's good to know thank you. My 16mm version lands in a couple days so I'm looking forward to the change.

[@stspickleball]

@@khpickleball it will be literally night and day I can’t use the 14mm version it’s rough

[@khpickleball]

@@stspickleball Man you're really hyping it. Ha. Can't wait now. Thanks!

[@stspickleball]

@@khpickleball you’re very welcome!!

[@JosephTMyers]

So I think a lot of why the Perseus is the way it is lies in the pantheon on how Ben Johns wants to play. By enabling him to have a very focused sweet spot, feel characteristics and overall power dynamics it kind of plays into his game of high makes or high misses. I think psychologically Ben plays with a very exacting style of play, and this shows when people are able to get him out of this strict zone his game suffers. Most paddles are marketed toward a huge swath of players with numerous hitting dynamics...not at all like Ben Johns style.

[@stspickleball]

Yes I agree with this 100%

[@JM-md4ux]

agree generally, a more polished and consistent (advanced) player will be most rewarded. I ran the perseus back to back against my 003 and gravitated back to the 003.

[@stspickleball]

@@JM-md4ux 100%

[@Syndrome88]

If I can I hit the middle every single time.. then I can use any paddle and not only this paddle… crappy paddle

[@jimb6683]

Your reviews are very very good...

[@stspickleball]

Wow thank you so much! I really appreciate that man. That means alot to me for real.

[@nbastartobi]

Hey sts pickleball, I remember you did a video on the C7 Zenith A11n pickleball paddle but now I cannot find it. Was there some flaws that you found in it recently? I just bought it and now I am having doubts based on your review removal.

[@stspickleball]

I've never done a review on that paddle, you must have me mixed up with someone else.

[@arnoldangel1040]

To all , just go buy 6.0,Ronbus or vatic. Y’all can thank me later or just buy me another paddle 🤪

[@mango0686]

I will get you a Frank 🎉

[@stspickleball]

100%

[@kabnis2022]

Where do you suggest putting lead tape on the Perseus?

[@stspickleball]

I’d go 5” of 1g per inch tape starting one inch out from the handle going up the throat and into the sides of the paddle 😊 and if that’s too heavy just go 3” up the sides of the paddle

[@ooooosten]

Could the spin rates be lower because you aren't hitting it as good as maybe Ben Johns would or any other pro? I watch Ben and it seems like his balls will dive hard on serves

[@stspickleball]

Well it's also me doing the RPM results for the other paddles. So why would that matter?

[@juicebymark]

B&B Filth next??

[@stspickleball]

Soon for sure!

[@sailfish777]

show paddle more not you face please.

[@stspickleball]

Will do!!