{
  "id": "spartus-apollo",
  "url": "https://pointcast.xyz/paddles/spartus-apollo",
  "brand": "Spartus",
  "model": "Apollo",
  "year": 2024,
  "launch": {
    "date": "2024-05-15",
    "precision": "quarter",
    "label": "Q2 · exact date unverified"
  },
  "lifecycle": "current",
  "listPriceUsd": 129.99,
  "listPriceLabel": "",
  "build": "hybrid",
  "buildLabel": "Honeycomb + foam (Gen 3)",
  "thickness": "16mm",
  "shapes": "Widebody",
  "pro": null,
  "summary": "A $130 Kevlar widebody that reviewers found unusually forgiving and spin-heavy for the price; Pickleball Effect later gave it a budget-paddle award. It established Spartus as a serious value brand months before the Olympus. Launch timing is inferred from mid-2024 review coverage.",
  "construction": "100% DuPont Kevlar face on a 16mm polymer core, thermoformed with edge foam; billed as the first widebody paddle with a Kevlar face.",
  "core": {
    "layers": [
      "16mm polymer core",
      "100% DuPont Kevlar face"
    ],
    "face": "100% DuPont Kevlar",
    "edge": "edge foam, thermoformed",
    "source": "https://www.pickletip.com/spartus-apollo-pickleball-paddle-review/"
  },
  "variants": [
    {
      "name": "Apollo 16mm",
      "shape": "widebody",
      "lengthIn": 15.9,
      "widthIn": 8.1,
      "handleIn": 5.5,
      "thicknessMm": 16,
      "weightOz": "8.1 oz",
      "sw": 108,
      "tw": null,
      "specSource": "https://www.pickletip.com/spartus-apollo-pickleball-paddle-review/"
    }
  ],
  "status": {
    "usap": "yes",
    "usapSource": null,
    "upaa": "unknown",
    "upaaSource": null,
    "quiet": false,
    "patent": "none-known",
    "investigation": null,
    "lifecycle": "current"
  },
  "certNote": "",
  "timeline": [
    {
      "date": "2024-05-15",
      "precision": "quarter",
      "kind": "launch",
      "text": "Launch: Q2 · exact date unverified.",
      "source": "https://www.pickletip.com/spartus-apollo-pickleball-paddle-review/"
    }
  ],
  "labs": [
    {
      "lab": "Pickleball Effect",
      "kind": "review",
      "url": "https://pickleballeffect.com/hot-list/spartus-apollo-best-budget-paddle-award/"
    },
    {
      "lab": "other",
      "kind": "review",
      "url": "https://www.pickletip.com/spartus-apollo-pickleball-paddle-review/"
    }
  ],
  "colorways": [],
  "madeIn": null,
  "warranty": null,
  "notes": "USAP 'yes' rests on Find Paddle's database listing. Dimensions from a reviewer spec table.",
  "productUrl": "https://gospartus.com/products/apollo",
  "sources": [
    "https://www.pickletip.com/spartus-apollo-pickleball-paddle-review/",
    "https://gospartus.com/products/apollo",
    "https://pickleballeffect.com/hot-list/spartus-apollo-best-budget-paddle-award/",
    "https://www.findpaddle.com/paddles/spartus-apollo"
  ],
  "confidence": "low",
  "image": "https://pointcast.xyz/images/og/paddles/spartus-apollo.png"
}