Pickleball paddle brands in Australia

Every paddle brand we carry, what each one is actually for, and where the range is thin. We stock all of these in Australia and handle the warranty here rather than sending you to a US returns portal.

If you already know how you play rather than which badge you want, shop by control, power, spin or all-court instead. Or by level: starter, intermediate, professional.

The brands

Six Zero

Control and touch. Soft off the face, honest at the kitchen line, and easier to play well with than the price suggests. The deepest range we stock and the best starting point for most people — the Quartz at $99 is a genuine carbon paddle, not a toy. Read the Six Zero range guide. Six Zero authorised us to match their own 12% offer, so SIXZERO12 works across the range.

JOOLA

Tour-grade. The Pro V series — Perseus, Hyperion, Scorpeus, Agassi, Kosmos — is the current line, all 16mm, each shape doing a different job. The earlier Pro IV paddles are still here and still good, and sit below the Pro V line on price. Fair warning: at $469 a Pro V is the dearest way to buy this feel.

RPM

Spin and power. Every RPM paddle runs a raw carbon face built to grip the ball. The Q2 at $357.50 is the best-value paddle they make; the Friction Pro V2 line is the signature side. These punish an off-centre hit — if you are still finding the middle of the face, start elsewhere.

Friday

Foam-core feel at a sane price, and they have built the whole brand around it. Foam sits softer than the polymer honeycomb most paddles use at this money, so the ball stays on the face a fraction longer through resets and drops. The Aura at $215 is the paddle we hand most intermediate players. We compared the two in our Aura vs Aura Pro review.

Luzz

Four paddles across four genuinely different core constructions — polypropylene honeycomb, thermoformed foam-and-honeycomb, microporous foam, and a dual-layer elastic core. Almost nothing else in the category spans that. All four are available to pre-order. The Luzz range guide explains what is inside each one, and our guide to paddle jargon uses them to explain the whole category.

Selkirk

We carry one Selkirk line: the Omni, in two shapes, both $449 and both on pre-order. They are the dearest paddles on the site. If you came looking for LUXX or Power Air, we do not stock them, and we would rather say so than waste your afternoon.

Honolulu

Hard to get in Australia, and we are one of the few places carrying them. The Crystal Blue Endurance Surface line — J2CR in two handle lengths, and the elongated J6CR. All available to pre-order, which means they take longer to reach you than anything else on the site.

Enhance

The value play. Both paddles are $180, both run a moulded foam core under a raw T700 carbon face, and both are on pre-order. What $180 buys here is a foam-core feel that used to cost twice as much. What it does not buy is the fit and finish of a Six Zero or a JOOLA.

PUSUN

Ball machines, not paddles. Two of them, both app-controlled, both in stock, both with local warranty handled by us. The PP-Mini Pro is the one most club players should buy; the PP Smart Pro is the flagship for people who drill for hours.

Which brand should you actually buy?

Honest answer: the brand matters less than the construction. A $175 thermoformed paddle and a $369 foam-core paddle from the same brand play nothing alike, and a Six Zero and a Friday at the same price will feel closer to each other than to their own stablemates.

Start with how you win points. If it is placement and patience, look at Six Zero and Friday. If it is pace and spin, look at RPM. If you want tour-grade and you know why, JOOLA and Selkirk. If you want the newest core technology at the lowest price, Luzz and Enhance.

Still stuck? Email Ben and Chris at support@pickld.com.au. We will happily tell you the $99 one is the right call if it is.

Free Australian delivery over $150, and a 30-day no-quibble return on factory-fresh gear. New here? WELCOME10 takes 10% off your first paddle order, on any brand on this page — the codes page explains the rest.