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  "id": "bread-butter-loco",
  "url": "https://pointcast.xyz/paddles/bread-butter-loco",
  "brand": "Bread & Butter",
  "model": "Loco",
  "year": 2025,
  "launch": {
    "date": "2025-08-15",
    "precision": "quarter",
    "label": "Q3 · on sale by Jul 28, first lab reviews Sep 4-5; exact date unverified"
  },
  "lifecycle": "current",
  "listPriceUsd": 199,
  "listPriceLabel": "",
  "build": "foam",
  "buildLabel": "Full foam (Gen 4)",
  "thickness": "16mm",
  "shapes": "Elongated · Hybrid · Widebody (Standard)",
  "pro": null,
  "summary": "John Kew called it a true elite power paddle with a big sweet spot at well under the premium price; Pickleball Studio rated it 9/10 and Pickleheads 5/5. Pickleball Effect said it trims just enough power off the Boomstik blueprint to be playable for more people. It won The Dink's 2025 Paddle of the Year and sold in limited pre-order batches through the fall.",
  "construction": "EPP foam center with a floating EVA foam perimeter band, under a carbon / fiberglass / carbon T700 face. The handle is filled with polypropylene honeycomb.",
  "core": {
    "layers": [
      "EPP foam center",
      "floating EVA foam perimeter band"
    ],
    "face": "carbon / fiberglass / carbon (T700 raw carbon)",
    "edge": "",
    "source": "https://www.johnkewpickleball.com/bbloco-review/bread-butter-locoreview"
  },
  "variants": [
    {
      "name": "Loco Elongated",
      "shape": "elongated",
      "lengthIn": 16.46,
      "widthIn": 7.4,
      "handleIn": 5.67,
      "thicknessMm": 16,
      "weightOz": "7.98",
      "sw": 121.4,
      "tw": 6.12,
      "specSource": "https://www.johnkewpickleball.com/bbloco-review/bread-butter-locoreview"
    },
    {
      "name": "Loco Hybrid",
      "shape": "hybrid",
      "lengthIn": 16.26,
      "widthIn": 7.72,
      "handleIn": 5.51,
      "thicknessMm": 16,
      "weightOz": "8.07",
      "sw": 115,
      "tw": 6.65,
      "specSource": "https://www.johnkewpickleball.com/bbloco-review/bread-butter-locoreview"
    },
    {
      "name": "Loco Widebody (Standard)",
      "shape": "widebody",
      "lengthIn": 15.91,
      "widthIn": 7.99,
      "handleIn": 5.43,
      "thicknessMm": 16,
      "weightOz": "8.01",
      "sw": 108.7,
      "tw": 7.29,
      "specSource": "https://www.johnkewpickleball.com/bbloco-review/bread-butter-locoreview"
    }
  ],
  "status": {
    "usap": "yes",
    "usapSource": null,
    "upaa": "unknown",
    "upaaSource": null,
    "quiet": false,
    "patent": "none-known",
    "investigation": null,
    "lifecycle": "current"
  },
  "certNote": "",
  "timeline": [
    {
      "date": "2025-08-15",
      "precision": "quarter",
      "kind": "launch",
      "text": "Launch: Q3 · on sale by Jul 28, first lab reviews Sep 4-5; exact date unverified.",
      "source": "https://www.johnkewpickleball.com/bbloco-review/bread-butter-locoreview"
    }
  ],
  "labs": [
    {
      "lab": "John Kew",
      "kind": "review",
      "url": "https://www.johnkewpickleball.com/bbloco-review/bread-butter-locoreview"
    },
    {
      "lab": "Pickleball Studio",
      "kind": "review",
      "url": "https://pickleballstudio.com/reviews/loco-review"
    },
    {
      "lab": "Pickleball Studio",
      "kind": "review",
      "url": "https://pickleballstudio.com/reviews/bread-butter-loco-first-impressions-full-foam-core-three-shapes"
    },
    {
      "lab": "Pickleball Effect",
      "kind": "review",
      "url": "https://pickleballeffect.com/equipment-reviews/bread-butter-loco-honolulu-j2nf-lh-j3nf-and-pickleball-apes-harmony/"
    },
    {
      "lab": "Pickleheads",
      "kind": "review",
      "url": "https://www.pickleheads.com/pickleball-gear/bread-and-butter-loco-review-at-a-glance"
    }
  ],
  "colorways": [],
  "madeIn": null,
  "warranty": null,
  "notes": null,
  "productUrl": "https://www.bnbpickleball.com/collections/loco",
  "sources": [
    "https://www.johnkewpickleball.com/bbloco-review/bread-butter-locoreview",
    "https://pickleballstudio.com/reviews/bread-butter-loco-first-impressions-full-foam-core-three-shapes",
    "https://pickleballeffect.com/equipment-reviews/bread-butter-loco-honolulu-j2nf-lh-j3nf-and-pickleball-apes-harmony/",
    "https://www.pickleheads.com/pickleball-gear/bread-and-butter-loco-review-at-a-glance",
    "https://www.thedinkpickleball.com/the-120-life-dink-awards-2025-winners-paddle-of-the-year/",
    "https://www.pickletip.com/bread-and-butter-loco/",
    "https://www.bnbpickleball.com/collections/loco"
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "image": "https://pointcast.xyz/images/og/paddles/bread-butter-loco.png"
}