Guest review of the Roore Coronado pickleball paddle

When I started playing pickleball this past June I was happy when I discovered that my friend Rob was also into the sport (along with his sons Graham and Scott), and quickly I found some regular playing partners who would push me and teach me a lot about this fantastic game.  Rob and I have also become regular playing partners and we've managed to participate in several tournaments together so far (and have another one coming up soon in January).  So when I found myself with an extra Roore Coronado paddle in my possession I wanted to get his take on its performance characteristics, and he's been good enough to oblige and share his thoughtful review - check it out here!

 

Guest review of the Roore Coronado pickleball paddle

Equipment review - Roore Coronado pickleball paddle

 What is it with me and Amazon paddles ...?!?

Yes, I'm extremely frugal ... some might say even 'tight-fisted' when it comes to spending my own money.

 

But there's also the part of me that wonders if there are 'dark horse' producers of pickleball equipment that are actually putting some fantastic products out there on the market, and it's only because of their lack of name recognition or relative newness on the scene that is limiting their reach and impact.  After all, I did sign on to be sponsored by Skechers Canada's Performance Division when they were just getting started with their technical running gear - and for them it was a bit of an uphill climb since they were primarily known as a skateboarding/fashion brand whose most prominent market offering were the hotly-debated "Shape-Ups".

[You can read more about my history with Skechers here:  http://rendezvoo.blogspot.com/2014/04/why-not-skechers.html]

 

In any event, as my interest piqued with respect to titanium-infused pickleball paddles I went on the hunt on Amazon's search engine ... and lo-and-behold I was introduced to Roore.

A name that I was entirely unfamiliar with.

A company that doesn't even really have it's own webpage.

And at the time a brand that only had one model available.

It seemed inauspicious ... and all the more reason for me to give them further attention.

And so without further ado I present my review of the Roore Coronado 16mm titanium hybrid paddle:

Plus since I feel like I ought to include some kind of consistent, measurable scale - I'm going to give the Coronado a solid 4.5 out of 5 pickleballs.  Time will tell if the titanium holds up.

Equipment review - Roore Coronado pickleball paddle

Equipment review - Babolat RBEL Touch pickleball paddle

Having a few friends who are sponsored pickleball athletes, I've been blessed to be able to receive some pickleball-related gifts from them ... from bags of pickleballs themselves, to paddles and most recently a DrillPickle soft practice ball.

However I've not come across a given-away paddle quite like this one before ...

I'm told that my friend Brian once tried to take a Babolat RBEL Touch paddle and customize it using a bit of black spray paint - however what was intended for just colouring the edge bumper turned out to bleed over onto the paddle face, thereby rendering it ineligible for competition play.  As such I believe that it got relegated to the bottom of the equipment bag, but still Brian was gracious enough to pass it along to me.

What did I do with it?  Well I took some paintbrush cleaning solvent to it to try to restore it back to as close to its original condition as I could.  It's still not usable in competition, but it's more than sufficient for taking to work on drills and recreational play - and it's still a very solid paddle!

 

Here's my full video review!

Equipment review - Babolat RBEL Touch pickleball paddle

Equipment review - a11n C7 Carry pickleball paddle

Does it merit the review of being preferable over the Joola Ben Johns Perseus?!?

Well, for my part I was willing to take the C7 Carry (16mm) into my first big prize-money tournament ... and while it did not disappoint, I did (although my partner would graciously say otherwise).

This pickleball paddle from a11n (which I think is actually meant to be pronounced as "all-in") is the second one that I have from the company, and so far both of these sticks are pretty impressive.  I purchased it during Amazon Prime Days, and certainly believe that I got exceedingly great value for the money.

Here's my video review - hope you enjoy (and find it helpful)!

Equipment review - a11n C7 Carry pickleball paddle