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  "id": "diadem-warrior-blucore",
  "url": "https://pointcast.xyz/paddles/diadem-warrior-blucore",
  "brand": "Diadem",
  "model": "Warrior BluCore",
  "year": 2025,
  "launch": {
    "date": "2025-06-10",
    "precision": "day",
    "label": "Jun 10"
  },
  "lifecycle": "current",
  "listPriceUsd": 280,
  "listPriceLabel": "",
  "build": "foam",
  "buildLabel": "Full foam (Gen 4)",
  "thickness": "14 / 16 / 19mm",
  "shapes": "Elongated (Pro) · Standard · Widebody (Max)",
  "pro": null,
  "summary": "Nine variants across three shapes and three thicknesses, sold on a lifetime core warranty. Pickleball Effect credited the durability and comfort and concluded the performance gap over $100 paddles did not justify $280. It marked a tennis-rooted brand committing its flagship to foam.",
  "construction": "BluCore foam core in the 14mm and 16mm models; the 19mm uses triple-layer Kevlar honeycomb plus foam. Molded 'Fusion Guard' edge guard and a lifetime warranty against core crush and delamination.",
  "core": {
    "layers": [
      "BluCore foam (14/16mm)",
      "Kevlar honeycomb plus foam (19mm)"
    ],
    "face": "",
    "edge": "molded Fusion Guard edge guard",
    "source": "https://pickleballeffect.com/equipment-reviews/diadem-warrior-blucore-paddle-review-does-their-foam-core-technology-deliver/"
  },
  "variants": [
    {
      "name": "Warrior BluCore Standard 14",
      "shape": "standard",
      "lengthIn": null,
      "widthIn": null,
      "handleIn": 5.25,
      "thicknessMm": 14,
      "weightOz": "7.8",
      "sw": 107,
      "tw": 5.58,
      "specSource": "https://pickleballeffect.com/equipment-reviews/diadem-warrior-blucore-paddle-review-does-their-foam-core-technology-deliver/"
    },
    {
      "name": "Warrior BluCore Pro 16",
      "shape": "elongated",
      "lengthIn": 16.4,
      "widthIn": 7.4,
      "handleIn": 5.5,
      "thicknessMm": 16,
      "weightOz": "8.1",
      "sw": 112,
      "tw": 5.81,
      "specSource": "https://pickleballeffect.com/equipment-reviews/diadem-warrior-blucore-paddle-review-does-their-foam-core-technology-deliver/"
    },
    {
      "name": "Warrior BluCore Max 19",
      "shape": "widebody",
      "lengthIn": 15.7,
      "widthIn": 8.2,
      "handleIn": 5,
      "thicknessMm": 19,
      "weightOz": "8.4",
      "sw": 108,
      "tw": 7.45,
      "specSource": "https://pickleballeffect.com/equipment-reviews/diadem-warrior-blucore-paddle-review-does-their-foam-core-technology-deliver/"
    },
    {
      "name": "Warrior BluCore Pro 14",
      "shape": "elongated",
      "lengthIn": 16.4,
      "widthIn": 7.4,
      "handleIn": 5.7,
      "thicknessMm": 14,
      "weightOz": "7.8-8.2",
      "sw": null,
      "tw": null,
      "specSource": "https://diademsports.com/products/warriorblucore",
      "note": "Brand lists 8 oz; range from PBC listing."
    },
    {
      "name": "Warrior BluCore Pro 19",
      "shape": "elongated",
      "lengthIn": 16.4,
      "widthIn": 7.4,
      "handleIn": 5.7,
      "thicknessMm": 19,
      "weightOz": "8.3-8.7",
      "sw": null,
      "tw": null,
      "specSource": "https://diademsports.com/products/warriorblucore",
      "note": "Brand lists 8.5 oz; range from PBC listing."
    },
    {
      "name": "Warrior BluCore Max 14",
      "shape": "widebody",
      "lengthIn": 15.7,
      "widthIn": 8.2,
      "handleIn": 5,
      "thicknessMm": 14,
      "weightOz": "7.8-8.2",
      "sw": null,
      "tw": null,
      "specSource": "https://diademsports.com/products/warriorblucore"
    },
    {
      "name": "Warrior BluCore Max 16",
      "shape": "widebody",
      "lengthIn": 15.7,
      "widthIn": 8.2,
      "handleIn": 5,
      "thicknessMm": 16,
      "weightOz": "7.8-8.2",
      "sw": null,
      "tw": null,
      "specSource": "https://diademsports.com/products/warriorblucore"
    }
  ],
  "status": {
    "usap": "unknown",
    "usapSource": null,
    "upaa": "unknown",
    "upaaSource": null,
    "quiet": false,
    "patent": "named-joola-default",
    "investigation": null,
    "lifecycle": "current"
  },
  "certNote": "",
  "timeline": [
    {
      "date": "2025-06-10",
      "precision": "day",
      "kind": "launch",
      "text": "Launch: Jun 10.",
      "source": "https://diademsports.com/blogs/diademblog/diadem-sports-unveils-the-revolutionary-warrior-blucore-pickleball-paddle-with-lifetime-warranty"
    }
  ],
  "labs": [
    {
      "lab": "Pickleball Effect",
      "kind": "review",
      "url": "https://pickleballeffect.com/equipment-reviews/diadem-warrior-blucore-paddle-review-does-their-foam-core-technology-deliver/"
    },
    {
      "lab": "other",
      "kind": "review",
      "url": "https://weartesters.com/diadem-warrior-blucore-performance-review/"
    },
    {
      "lab": "Matt's Pickleball",
      "kind": "review",
      "url": "https://www.mattspickleball.com/blog/diadem-blucore-paddle-review-foam-meets-control"
    }
  ],
  "colorways": [],
  "madeIn": "China",
  "warranty": "Lifetime warranty on the core (core damage and delamination)",
  "notes": null,
  "productUrl": "https://diademsports.com/pages/edge-blucore",
  "sources": [
    "https://diademsports.com/blogs/diademblog/diadem-sports-unveils-the-revolutionary-warrior-blucore-pickleball-paddle-with-lifetime-warranty",
    "https://pickleballeffect.com/equipment-reviews/diadem-warrior-blucore-paddle-review-does-their-foam-core-technology-deliver/"
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "image": "https://pointcast.xyz/images/og/paddles/diadem-warrior-blucore.png"
}