THE PADDLE REGISTER · 2024 · CURRENT
Spartus Apollo
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.
- List price
- $129.99
- Launched
- Q2 · exact date unverified, 2024date known to the quarter
- Build
- Honeycomb + foam (Gen 3)
- Thickness
- 16mm
- Shapes
- Widebody
Status checked Sep 21, 2026. Lists change; confirm on the USAP and UPA-A lists before a tournament.
TIMELINE
- May 2024 LAUNCH Launch: Q2 · exact date unverified. pickletip.com ↗
HOW IT IS BUILT
100% DuPont Kevlar face on a 16mm polymer core, thermoformed with edge foam; billed as the first widebody paddle with a Kevlar face.
- 116mm polymer core
- 2100% DuPont Kevlar face
- Face
- 100% DuPont Kevlar
- Edge
- edge foam, thermoformed
Construction per pickletip.com ↗
USAP 'yes' rests on Find Paddle's database listing. Dimensions from a reviewer spec table.
VARIANTS · PUBLISHED AND MEASURED NUMBERS
| Variant | Shape | Length × width | Handle | Core | Weight | Swingweight | Twistweight | From |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apollo 16mm | widebody | 15.9 × 8.1 in | 5.5 in | 16 mm | 8.1 oz oz | 108 | — | pickletip.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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