THE PADDLE REGISTER · 2025 · CURRENT
JOOLA Pro IV: Perseus · Hyperion · Magnus · Scorpeus
JOOLA's return to a fully certified flagship line. Pickleball Effect found it more maneuverable and better balanced than the Perseus 3S and recommended it to experienced players who can manage the power; The Kitchen ranked it first among the paddles it tested. It became the reference power paddle other 2025 releases were measured against.
- List price
- $279.95
- Launched
- Mar 4, 2025date known to the day
- Build
- Honeycomb + foam (Gen 3)
- Thickness
- 14 / 16mm
- Shapes
- Elongated · Hybrid · Widebody
- Pro
- Ben Johns (Perseus), Anna Bright
- Made in
- China
Certification note. JOOLA's first paddles certified by both UPA-A and USAP, announced Mar 4 2025, after the 2024 Gen 3 delisting.
Status checked Sep 21, 2026. Lists change; confirm on the USAP and UPA-A lists before a tournament.
TIMELINE
- Mar 4, 2025 LAUNCH Launch: Mar 4. joola.com ↗
HOW IT IS BUILT
Propulsion Core polypropylene with a Hyperfoam edge wall, plus patent-pending TechFlex Power: extra foam outside the frame near the throat to shift weight and add flex. Textured carbon fiber surface.
- 1polypropylene Propulsion Core
- 2Hyperfoam edge wall
- 3TechFlex Power foam outside the frame at the throat
- Face
- textured carbon fiber
- Edge
- edge guard
Construction per joola.com ↗
VARIANTS · PUBLISHED AND MEASURED NUMBERS
| Variant | Shape | Length × width | Handle | Core | Weight | Swingweight | Twistweight | From |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perseus Pro IV 16mm | elongated | 16.5 × 7.5 in | 5.5 in | 16 mm | 8.1 oz | 118 | 6.29 | pickleballeffect.com ↗ |
| Perseus Pro IV 14mm | elongated | 16.5 × 7.5 in | 5.5 in | 14 mm | 8.0 oz | 116 | 6.08 | 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
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