THE PADDLE REGISTER · 2025 · CURRENT
Franklin C45° (Hybrid, then Dynasty and Tempo)
A very light propulsion-style paddle that reviewers treated as a platform for weighting: Pickleball Effect said it ranges from all-court to power depending on tape and advised against it for players who want a stock setup. The Kitchen liked the pop at the kitchen line and found resets harder. Franklin expanded it to five models on June 12 and it was nominated for The Dink's 2025 Paddle of the Year.
- List price
- $229.99
- Launched
- Q1 · exact date unverified; five-model series Jun 12, 2025date known to the quarter
- Build
- Honeycomb + foam (Gen 3)
- Thickness
- 14mm at launch · 14 / 16mm Dynasty and Tempo from June
- Shapes
- Hybrid · Elongated (Dynasty) · Traditional (Tempo)
- Pro
- JW Johnson, Jorja Johnson, Parris Todd, Hayden Patriquin, Will Howells, Megan Fudge
- Made in
- China
Status checked Sep 21, 2026. Lists change; confirm on the USAP and UPA-A lists before a tournament.
TIMELINE
- Feb 2025 LAUNCH Launch: Q1 · exact date unverified; five-model series Jun 12. thekitchenpickle.com ↗
HOW IT IS BUILT
Double-thermoformed polypropylene honeycomb with dual foam perimeter channels and a three-sheet Toray T700 carbon face laid at 45 degrees.
- 1polypropylene honeycomb (PowerFlex)
- 2dual foam perimeter channels
- Face
- three sheets of Toray T700 carbon at 45 degrees
Construction per thekitchenpickle.com ↗
VARIANTS · PUBLISHED AND MEASURED NUMBERS
| Variant | Shape | Length × width | Handle | Core | Weight | Swingweight | Twistweight | From |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C45 Hybrid 14mm | hybrid | 16.3 × 7.6 in | 5.7 in | 14 mm | 7.7 oz | 107 | 5.65 | pickleballeffect.com ↗ |
Swingweight and twistweight are each lab's own measurement of its own sample. Unit-to-unit variance is normal.
MEASURED BY THE LABS
The register does not re-measure paddles or copy a lab's numbers wholesale. Power, pop and spin belong to the people with the radar guns; go read them.
FIELD REPORTS · AFTER YOU BUY IT
Reviewers measure a paddle new. Nobody measures it at hour sixty.
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Open the bag on Rally ↗ Compare with…SOURCES · HIGH CONFIDENCE
- thekitchenpickle.com ↗
- pickleballeffect.com ↗
- finance.yahoo.com ↗
- pickleballcentral.com ↗
- thedinkpickleball.com ↗
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