Paddles Battles: CRBN 1 vs GRUVN E vs Diadem Warrior Edge Review
Three elongated carbon fiber paddles comparison: CRBN 1 16mm, GRUVN RAW-16E, and Warrior Edge by The Pickleball Pirate Keith Valentine.
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I am going to do a quick comparison of the CRBN 1 versus the Diadem Warrior Edge versus the GRUVN RAW-16E. All right let's get to it! These paddles are all very similarly shaped the carbon one has a little bit more of an extended handle while the E and the Diadem Warrior have a little bit more shape like the Invikta shape on the Selkirk. I personally play a Selkirk Vanguard Invikta, so I’m partial to this shape but let's talk about these paddles. First let's talk about spin. I would say out of all of these paddles the GRUVN probably has the most spin out of those. I would put that up there with the Electrums and Pursuits of the world. The CRBN here also has tremendous amount of spin. I would put it second in spin out of these paddles, and then lastly, I would put Diadem Warrior Edge. The Diadem Warrior Edge, the only reason it would take the last spot is the grooves on this the way that they actually did it is a horizontal groove, whereas the GRUVN and the CRBN 1 has a cross hatch on the carbon face. So they're a little bit more omnidirectional, whereas the Warrior, if you're a swiper of the ball, this thing is going to generate so much spin when you're swiping across the ball, it's pretty phenomenal! As far as touch, I would say that middle of the road the Warrior Edge has the advantage all the way around as far as touch goes. There's not a whole lot of dead spots on this paddle, if any. I can find it's controllable from any place, that it hits on the paddle, and it's got great touch, a little bit less power, but when it comes to the control aspect of it, I think this guy has the top one. The GRUVN E has a little bit more power. That's because it has a little bit longer face and when you get this paddle moving, it has a little bit more throughput so the more mass, the more inertia you can get moving forward you can get more throughput with this paddle, but phenomenally huge face. A very wide sweet spot, lots of control. It also got a big enough handle, that you can pull off a two-handed backhand. I've got several friends, which play this with a two-handed backhand with no issues whatsoever. As far as dead spots, obviously all these paddles around the edges are a little bit deader than in the middle. I say the GRUVN has the biggest sweet spot out of all of these paddles, that we're looking at this morning. As far as the CRBN goes, CRBN has the extended handle, and really easy and comfortable for a two-handed backhand. Phenomenal paddle for that. I would say, that if I was going to pick between all these three paddles, I wouldn't be able to pick. I would pick one depending on who I was playing against, and because of what I could do maybe on offense, because I could hit slightly different shots with any of them. If push came to shove and I had to pick any of them, I would say, I would grab the CRBN 1 first. That's all I got for you guys! I hope this was helpful to you, and I hope you enjoy. You can see links to all three of these panels down below in the description.