Six Zero Coral Review

Hey guys, today we’re taking a look at the Six Zero Coral. A lot of people have been raving about how this is the best all court paddle on the market right now but let’s take a look and see what my thoughts are on it.

All right so construction wise, this is a 16mm floating core foam paddle with a carbon fiber surface that comes in the elongated, hybrid, and widebody shapes. For the average swingweights and twistweights of the shapes, the elongated has 117 and 5.90, the hybrid has 114 and 6.70, and the widebody has 110 and 7.10. It comes with Six Zero’s new technology such as the long lasting diamond grit texture, power gel adhesive between the face and core, and the shock shield to reduce vibrations, but in this video we aren’t going to do a deep dive into the tech and instead talk more about how the on court performance is and how it compares to other paddles. 

I did do an initial impression video a few weeks back but just to recap I found this to be a solid paddle that’s overall firepower is in the all court category. It didn't have the power output of the foam power paddles I compared it against but it still had enough juice to it where I wouldn’t consider it a control paddle.

For the following playtest I’m about to show, I compared it against a few other paddle releases from this year that people had said the Coral felt similar to, so let’s take a look at a live playtest on how I think these paddles stack up.

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All right let’s do a quick recap on my thoughts about the paddles in the live gameplay test. With the Honolulu J2FC+, this was at #1 for overall firepower. It’s the only paddle I don’t consider an all court paddle as I would classify at the lower end of the power category instead. Compared to the Six Zero Coral, the FC+ wasn’t as dense on contact and had a lighter feel to it. There was less dwell time as well and overall it was the stiffest paddle from the test. 

The Crbn TruFoam Genesis 4 was on the opposite end of the spectrum where it had the most flex and you could really feel the ball dig into the face more on contact. Compared to the Coral, the Genesis had a more muted ball feel and had less firepower, though I would still classify the Genesis as an all court style paddle. The firepower is similar to the Pickleball Apes Charm though the main difference is that the Charm didn’t have as much flex in the face as the Genesis. For weight setups I did 3gram strips at the 9 and 3 position for all paddles and for the sweet spots, I found the Coral and FC+ to both be above the Charm and Genesis. Even with weight, the latter two paddles were a bit lacking in that department and I could tell the Coral and FC+ had more overall forgiveness. 

Overall, I thought the Charm felt the most similar in feel to the Coral but because the Coral did have a better sweet spot, I felt that it was the better option. The Charm and Genesis I would only recommend if you wanted more flex on contact while the FC+ I thought felt the most different out of the 4, and it was something you would go for if you wanted a step up in firepower.

Now one more play test comparison I did was seeing how the Coral compared against Six Zero’s existing paddle lineup. Specifically against the Black Opal and the Double Black Diamond. It’s been a while since I’ve hit the original Double Black Diamond and in today’s age compared to modern paddles, it’s no longer an all court paddle but now a control one. Out of the lineup, it has the lowest power output and the lightest feel with the least dwell time. It’s still a solid paddle but it’s now the control paddle from Six Zero while the Coral is the new all court option. As for the Black Opal, this had the most solid feel on contact and the most overall firepower. It did have the smallest sweetspot compared to the other two and combined with its status as a power paddle, this was the more advanced paddle in the lineup. 

So overall what are my thoughts on the Coral? I do think when you hit the paddle, you won’t find anything particularly exciting about it. It’s a foam paddle with mid range power supplemented with solid stats such as above average forgiveness and high spin. With the current trend of players chasing power, people may not be as excited for this lineup but I do think that for what it aims to be, it does very well. 

I do think that it’s the best all court paddle option you can get right now as it has very solid metrics across the board to go with its all court firepower, and it comes in the 3 major shapes at a decent price point. For someone starting out that is looking to get their first serious paddle and wants to begin learning the game more, this is the series I would recommend, as its blend of control, power, and forgiveness offers a great baseline to develop technique.

All right, that's it for this video on the Six Zero Coral, I hope you guys enjoyed this style of video and let me know what you think in the comments down below. If you do want to support this channel, as always I’ve added discount links in the video description below, and a link to my website where you can read the written version of this review. All right, catch you all in the next video.