Vapor All Court

Nice all-around padde - took a few hours before it showed its best form

Glad I waited to play a few hours before reviewing. When I played my first session with it, I felt like I could barely generate any power at all; it was MUCH softer than my Vapor Power. But, after a couple of hours of play, either it or me came to life, and I've been using the All-Court as my primary paddle, only switching to the Power when I'm playing higher-level players. I'm working on advancing my softer game in general, so happy to have added this to my paddle collection.

Lightweith and responsive. Now I focus more on my form. Before, I outperformed my paddle, now my paddle outperforms me.

All Court excellence!

11six24 is asking for a review but with the huge discount on All Courts (over 50% off!) and the Vapor AC now being sold out, seems like they might be discontinued! A shame really, as it is a great paddle, but it has had fairly limited exposure via paddle reviewers who focus on either the top of the lineup (always the power paddle) or the bottom of the lineup for "control/best value". I switched over to this after almost my first year of playing pickleball with a Scorpeus Pro IV clone (which felt pretty similar to the real 3S I tried), which was great for banging as I learned to play and to keep (beginner) opponents deep, but as our skill level increased, it was too powerful and poppy for me to be consistent with drops and resets that were becoming much more important. With the Vapor AC, I have more than enough power to drive the ball deep when needed, but as it does requires a bigger swing, it allows me to get more top spin on the ball than with more powerful paddles. I can finally have a consistent top-spin deep aggressive low serve, which I could never get consistently before. On the soft game, the paddle feels very soft, allows for ton of control. It absorbs pace well. Drop shots have become easier, far less pop-ups when attempting resets or blocking powerful drives. The Vapor AC feels like a tad more powerful and poppy version of a 6.0 Ruby (which I demoed two days before receiving the Vapor). Weight, swing weight, shape, contact on the ball, it all felt very similar. The increased swing weight and higher sweep spot are a good match for my style. The width and weight gives it good stability out of the box. I hope 11six24 sill keep an All Court paddle in their lineup! This current one is great