Spartus Olympus Pickleball Paddle Review

[@morganmiller3477]

This is one of my most anticipated paddles. I have the Apollo and love it, so glad to hear Spartus has another winner!

[@aaronfuj]

Been using this for a bit and I agree it is a great paddle, especially for someone that doesn't want a full power paddle but needs a little bit extra and doesn't want to sacrifice too much control. Separately, it's been really awesome to see your progression as a player through the gameplay videos, you guys have gotten really good!

[@TickleMyPickleball]

Thank you for the kind words, really appreciate it! 😊

[@mitamiyaguyrc7825]

This paddle is amazing. I agree 100% with your review. Great power with excellent feel and enough control to be aggressive with all aspects of my game.

[@NOT_A_TOP_FAN]

This has been my main for a month. I have a college tennis background, but don’t consider myself a banger. I’m a hybrid of a QD style (for big drives) but mix in a lot of soft drops and try to have an more of a Ben Johns complete style of play. The greatest thing about this paddle is that while yes, it’s in the 75% for power and pop (per pickleball effects), you DO NOT HAVE TO MODIFY YOUR SWING MECHANICS. With all these other “power style” paddles, you really have to dumb down your mechanics, and with this paddle you don’t! So no it’s not a 90% percentile power and pop paddle, but it is top tier and you get that without sacrificing the time to change your game…that’s HUGE to me. No core crushing or anything like that in about a month of play 3-4x a week. Love this paddle. I have the weight in the same location and and started with .5g but then double it up on each side and put some weight in the handle, and I’m still at around only 8.4…

[@leroyjimkins3705]

How's the face durability been? I have high school tennis background and have been playing pickleball consistently for around 5 months now. I've been using 6.0 DBD for the past 4 months and one side of the paddle face is completely smooth due to heavy topspin. Would you recommend the Olympus or any other paddles?

[@NOT_A_TOP_FAN]

@@leroyjimkins3705 if you full swing and play aggressive, you would like this paddle. It’s not like a power paddle where you just touch the ball and it will fly…. Which is what’s nice. You access the power via a full normal swing. You don’t have to baby it. And then on the flip side, your soft game doesn’t struggle because the paddle is uncontrollable. My take is any fairly decent level tennis player would really like this paddle…. Face has been perfectly fine. I keep it clean with a paddle eraser and haven’t found any issues. I actually bought another one as a backup. I’m going to full time main the Olympus switching from my 11six24 Kevlar 14mm Hurache.

[@cjudo]

this is the same exact comment on all drive no drops channel lol

[@RichNewz]

Is nobody going to mention the rice cooker at 0:12? LOL Great review of the Olympus. Saw a player with one at rec play and was intrigued

[@Carpe.Dinkem]

It’s an inside joke lol

[@ajfloresii]

Great review! Partially filled cores! 👏🏻😮

[@barkkk191]

Looks great, can’t wait to see the Ripple now that your Flare review is out

[@760Piper]

Nice review. This is going to be a hot paddle. Nice touch with the shoutout to Discord.

[@wd122]

That blooper reel! 👏

[@hk6474]

Awesome bloopers

[@DianSusiana98]

Happy to try a new paddle.

[@jaycetee3268]

I changed from Joola 3S and Modta to Olympus and I love it so much, Power is very good and also control is also good for me. Its also light so it helps me to improve my Net attack or defense

[@PKB-AG]

With the B-roll, there seemed to be no other players in that facility - nice !! that's a good way to shoot.

[@paulelkins425]

Sounds like a great, we'll rounded option in the power category. I'm very surprised they were able to keep the SW so low with the foam filled face. Spartus keeps delivering excellent value in various categories.

[@Mo_Rashad]

great review as usual !

[@Mo_Rashad]

wait a sec .. where is the giveaway ?! :)

[@douglasmurdoch7247]

Looking forward to this and to the Ronbus Ripple.

[@IKabobI]

I feel like Spartus’ Gladius and Ballista were a little underwhelming but both the Apollo and Olympus have been really good. Keep the great paddles coming Spartus! And keep these solid reviews!

[@adriankeen6095]

I’ve been playing with the pickln alecto gen3 for the past few days, and I would describe it similarly to your description of the olympus. I can’t wait for a comparison between all these new gen 2.5/3 paddles being released.

[@thomasdlt24]

The miss on the overhead… incredible. 😂😂😂

[@ernest4483]

Revised: I purchased the Spartus Olympus and received the Olympus last week, so far I'm liking the Olympus, and liking the Hybrid shape, I play with the Olympus on my pickleball novice league and my opponent said I'm putting alot of spin and placing the ball, the Olympus will be my main going forward, I previously played with the Vactic Pro Saga Flash SH, IMO is a very underrated all court/power paddle and have a blessed and safe Merry Christmas to you and your family

[@cardinals5516]

Great review! Seems like an awesome paddle. I'm surprised that the price isn't higher.

[@khoi1]

I got to hit with the paddle for a bit, great power! I like this one slightly more than the Joolas

[@BlGSac]

After watching the All Drive No Drop podcast. Have you come up with your final lead/tungsten tape setup, I'm still unsure what is the ideal setup for it.

[@TickleMyPickleball]

Right now just doing tungsten tape from 10 and 2 positions down the side

[@kimleith1378]

A guy was hitting the OLYMPUS and I really noticed the sound on impact. I didn't get a chance to play it to see if the sound related to a soft feel on dinks. Maybe the sound I noticed was from the foam type or even being very broke in.

[@paulyu357]

I ordered mine yesterday after your review came out, since they only make 4 per day, anyone know roughly how long it takes to receive it? Christmas is coming early, thanks for your review!

[@TickleMyPickleball]

I'm not entirely sure unfortunately. The workers making 4 a day is only going to relate to the stock but the shipping is gonna depend on Spartus

[@GroovyTakeON]

Thank you for the review. If not Olympus, what other power paddle would you suggest in the $150 price range for someone who always used the control paddle?

[@TickleMyPickleball]

I would say the new Alecto Red from Pickln

[@GroovyTakeON]

@@TickleMyPickleball thank you. Checking 👍

[@TickleMyPickleball]

@@GroovyTakeON it's the most powerful paddle option right now. I'm currently working on a review for it but I know Farmer Lanky already released his

[@GroovyTakeON]

@@TickleMyPickleball I didn’t know. “Gen3 Pickln Alecto3: Kevlar Hybrid Thermoformed 16MM DynamoCore Pickleball Paddle - Thermoformed Control with Power” is this the Alecto you were referring to?

[@TickleMyPickleball]

@@GroovyTakeON yes

[@MichaelMilanov]

👏

[@M0stlyHarmless9]

Are you local to NOVA? That looks like the pickleball club in Tysons. Also I'm pretty sure I recognize Daniel in that clip lol

[@TickleMyPickleball]

Yup I am haha, hence the discount code name

[@LouisBrown19]

Nice review. Do you think you feel better after add weight?

[@TickleMyPickleball]

Yup for sure, I think the paddle plays the best with tape

[@Caddy92680]

@@TickleMyPickleball where do you tape it? Im guessing throat and running it up but would love your input.

[@TickleMyPickleball]

@@Caddy92680 I start at 10-2 and then go down. I don't add weight to the throat

[@Caddy92680]

​@TickleMyPickleball what was your overall weight when dine? Stock mine weighs 8.4 so after tape I'm worried to heavy.

[@TickleMyPickleball]

@Caddy92680 8.5 for me

[@Syndrome88]

Could you list down who uses what paddle in the video?

[@YellowRice101]

What weight set up do you use on the Olympus?

[@Bigred12312]

I'm just wondering is there any give to the face since I know with the ajools once it starts breaking in you can push in the face quite a bit

[@robedwards6926]

How is the feel on the surface? Similar to DBD? Does it have more power/pop over the Engage Pursuit pro-1's?

[@TickleMyPickleball]

Less pop than the 13mm engage. But more powerful. Feel isn't like a 16 gen 2, it's a unique feel to the olympus

[@robedwards6926]

@TickleMyPickleball What about compared to the Black Diamond power? It also has fiberglass in the carbon fiber.

[@kjkeum07]

How does this compare to HxC+? Hurache is supposedly All Court leaning power. Olympus is Power on the bottom tier. Are there similarities in feel, swing, spin, sweet spot?

[@FroggyCluez]

Is the Olympus's "unique" feel anything like their Ballista's? I've been searching for something that has that dense, soft, springy Ballista feel and have never found a paddle that's come close.

[@TickleMyPickleball]

No nothing at all like the Ballista. If you're looking for a springy feel, look for something with a throat hole. Vatic Alchemy, Selkirk Power Air, etc

[@FroggyCluez]

@@TickleMyPickleball Much appreciated! Thanks for another great review 💪

[@HM-gm1kn]

I’m listening to you on 30% volume and hear you fine… talking louder on your end might make it more clear but people saying you’re whispering or aren’t talking loud enough are exaggerating.

[@TickleMyPickleball]

Appreciate it! I'll still talk louder for future videos, hope the most recent one was okay

[@HM-gm1kn]

Good idea and good stuff with the vid. People only come out to talk about the negatives but hey that’s life.

[@MattyRut2922]

Rice cooker. Noice.

[@alexbrandeis7676]

Olympus vs Ronbus pulsar FX R1?

[@TickleMyPickleball]

Olympus is more powerful and poppy but the sweetspot on the fx1 is better

[@JaxxCrash]

Im torn between this and the ronbus ripple :[

[@TickleMyPickleball]

The ripple is pretty crazy, some insane pop and power and much harder to control

[@scottfrancis13]

@@TickleMyPickleball1000%

[@ArianaWilson-]

Thanks for your review. How does this compare to HUDEF MAGE Pro Gen2?

[@Nix27.]

Is the spin as good as the paddletek bantam's? Or Apollo?

[@TickleMyPickleball]

Yup I think it's similar to the Apollo

[@cmay3s]

The current Coretek paddles are legal. I have the Olympus as well. Both are fantastic!!!

[@whaattheef2169]

This or the J2k?

[@TickleMyPickleball]

This

[@HHHPedigrees]

They guarantee no core crushing but only offer a 3 month warranty. Not a very promising guarantee

[@TickleMyPickleball]

Fwiw I've had mine for months now using it as my main paddle for tournaments and haven't had any core crushing issues. Not sure if others have had different experiences

[@HHHPedigrees]

@ Regardless it is one of the worst paddle guarantees out there. Should be 6 months to 1 year at a minimum

[@mlee9049]

The one I got is awful! Tiny sweet spot with a huge drop-off in power. Inconsistent and can't play reliably with it. 4.25 player here. I complained to Spartus and returned it. They said nothing was wrong with it; I absolutely don't agree. Charged me a 25% restocking fee to return this awful paddle.

[@TickleMyPickleball]

Ah sorry to hear that 😔. I will say the sweetspot is definitely smaller compared to most 16mm gen 2s and this is a paddle that requires a good amount of lead tape customization to bring out its potential

[@Bleemus]

Why are you whispering? Can barely hear you.

[@TickleMyPickleball]

Sorry about that, will try to fix that for future videos

[@wowgingermobile2123]

Can barely hear what you say.

[@TickleMyPickleball]

Appreciate you letting me know, I'll try and fix the audio for future videos

[@wowgingermobile2123]

@@TickleMyPickleball welcome!