The EPP Turbo Widebody is the one to get, and it's one of only three paddles I've tested that score 85 or more out of 100 for power, pop and sweet spot. The other two cost $169.99 and $199.99 with my codes. The Enhance EPP Turbo is a 16mm full foam power paddle that came out in March 2026, and I'm covering all three shapes it comes in, the Widebody, the Hybrid and the Elongated. Every shape scored 91 out of 100 for power, so the real choice is how much forgiveness and control you want with that pace, and the Widebody gives you the most of both. The Hybrid has the longest handle of the three at 5.9 inches, so it's the best fit for a two-handed backhand. The Elongated gives you reach, but it asks a lot of your resets. As of October 21, 2026, the Elongated is sold out on Enhance's store, and the Widebody and the Hybrid can both be ordered. Every shape is $119.99. The code STSPICKLEBALL takes $20 off, which brings all three to $99.99. I earn a commission when you use my codes.
Every version, side by side
| Out of 100 | EPP Turbo Widebody$99.99 with code · widebody | EPP Turbo Elongated$99.99 with code · elongated | EPP Turbo Hybrid$99.99 with code · hybrid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Power | 91S | 91S | 91S |
| Pop | 90S | 86A | 89A |
| Spin | 73B | 72B | 71B |
| Sweet spot | 88ALeads by 17 | 59C | 71B |
| Control | 70BLeads by 13 | 32F | 57C |
| Swing weightlower is quicker | 107.0 | 118.1 | 108.1 |
| Twist weighthigher is steadier | 7.12 | 6.38 | 6.46 |
Widebody
$99.99with code STSPICKLEBALL
list price $119.99Code STSPICKLEBALL takes $20 off, and my link applies it for you.
Elongated
$99.99with code STSPICKLEBALL
list price $119.99Code STSPICKLEBALL takes $20 off, and my link applies it for you.
Hybrid
$99.99with code STSPICKLEBALL
list price $119.99Code STSPICKLEBALL takes $20 off, and my link applies it for you.
Pros and cons
Pros
- At $99.99 with code STSPICKLEBALL, the Widebody is the only paddle under $100 I've tested that scores 85 or more out of 100 for power, pop and sweet spot.
- Every shape scored 91 out of 100 for power, and only 15 paddles I've tested hit harder.
- The Hybrid's 5.9 inch handle has room for a two-handed backhand, and only 10 hybrids I've tested swing lighter.
- The pace stays even across the face, with no hot spots that throw a ball long.
Cons
- The Elongated scored 32 out of 100 for control, and only 35 paddles I've tested score lower. A reset you push will float high.
- Every shape spins only about the same as the average paddle of its shape. The face is raw carbon with no grit coating.
- The Widebody's 5.3 inch handle is tight for a two-handed backhand.
- For the same $99.99 with code STSPICKLEBALL, Enhance's MPP Turbo ArmorGrit has more control and more spin than the EPP Turbo in the elongated and hybrid shapes.
Quick answers
Which EPP Turbo shape is best?
The Widebody, unless you hit a two-handed backhand. All three shapes scored 91 out of 100 for power, so the Widebody gives up nothing on pace. It has a far bigger sweet spot than the Elongated, 88 out of 100 against 59. It also has clearly more control than the Hybrid, with a control score of 70 against the Hybrid's 57. If you do hit a two-handed backhand, get the Hybrid, because its 5.9 inch handle is the longest of the three and the best fit for two hands, while the Widebody's 5.3 inch handle is tight.
Is the EPP Turbo better than the MPP Turbo?
For pace, yes, in the widebody and hybrid shapes. The EPP Turbo Widebody has clearly more power than the MPP Turbo Widebody, 91 out of 100 against 80. The MPP Turbo is the softer, more controllable paddle in every shape, and in the elongated shape it matches the EPP Turbo's power with clearly more control. Both are $99.99 with code STSPICKLEBALL, and I compare them shape by shape further down.
Is the EPP Turbo USA Pickleball approved?
Yes. USA Pickleball added the EPP Turbo Elongated to its approved list on February 4, 2026, and the Widebody and Hybrid LH on February 27, 2026, so any EPP Turbo works in USA Pickleball sanctioned events. None of them is UPA-A approved, so you can't use one in UPA-A events like PPA qualifiers.
Firm, low in tone and even across the face
So, the EPP Turbo plays on the firm side for a foam paddle, in the same family as the Bread & Butter Loco, just a touch less firm than the Loco. It leans hollow, with a low tone at contact. Enhance says it designed the Turbo to feel hollow for more pop off the face, and that's how it plays.
What stands out is how even it is. There are no hot spots that suddenly throw a ball long, so the pace matches the swing you put in. Part of that comes from weight Enhance builds into the sides of the frame, which steadies the face. That built-in weight means the paddle plays well stock without lead tape.
The pop is real, but it isn't a trampoline. Soft contact stays soft, so a dink doesn't jump off the face on you, while a firm punch at the kitchen comes off with plenty of pace. Expect a short break-in, too. The face loosens up a little over the first few hours of play and then stays the same.
The Widebody is the quickest of the three in your hands. Swing weight is how heavy the paddle feels when you swing it, and lower means faster hands. The Widebody's swing weight of 107.0 is about the same as the average widebody's, which is about 109. The Hybrid swings almost as light, with a swing weight of 108.1. The Elongated's swing weight of 118.1 is about average for an elongated, but it's far heavier to swing at the kitchen than the other two shapes.
Cheaper than a Loco, and more forgiving in the elongated shape
If you've been looking at a Loco, the EPP Turbo is the cheaper way into that kind of paddle. The Bread & Butter Loco Elongated is $149.25, or $134.33 with code STSPICKLEBALL, so the EPP Turbo Elongated is $34.34 less with the codes. On my scores, the two Elongateds come out about the same for power, pop and spin. The EPP Turbo Elongated has a clearly bigger sweet spot and clearly more control, so it's the more forgiving of the two.
The widebodies make a different trade. The Bread & Butter Loco Standard is the Loco's widebody, at $149.25, or $134.33 with code STSPICKLEBALL. The EPP Turbo Widebody has clearly more power than the Loco Standard, 91 out of 100 against 77, and a little more pop. The Loco Standard has a little bigger sweet spot and a little more control, for $34.34 more with the codes.
The same 91 for power in all three shapes
How its spin stacks up against other widebodies you can buy
About average spin for a widebody, 11 RPM above the average
The top three for spin
- 1Honolulu J3CR Crystal Blue2,436
- 211SIX24 Pegasus Jelly Bean 22,37561 RPM behind
- 3RPM Q2 Widebody2,36967 RPM behind
- 19Enhance EPP Turbo Widebody2,284152 RPM behind
Drives, serves and put-aways
Every EPP Turbo scored 91 out of 100 for power, and only 15 paddles I've tested hit harder. That's far more power than the average widebody, and clearly more than the average hybrid and the average elongated. The Widebody is the standout here, because only one widebody I've tested hits harder, and its maker no longer lists that one. Enhance says the carbon, fiberglass and carbon layup in the face adds energy return, and committed drives and serves come off with real pace.
The Elongated adds the most reach of the three on serves and overheads, since it's 16.5 inches long. The Hybrid gets its pace a different way. Its long handle adds whip, so a wrist snap on a flick or a quick drive comes off with a lot of pace.
Spin is average in every shape. The Widebody spun 2,284 RPM in my spin test, the Elongated spun 2,277 RPM and the Hybrid spun 2,269 RPM. Each of those is about the same as the average paddle of its shape. Enhance says the raw T700 carbon face gives high spin potential, but my spin test puts it in the middle. If spin matters to you, Enhance's MPP Turbo ArmorGrit spins more in every shape for the same price.
Speed-ups and counters
Pop is the pace you get off short swings at the net, and every shape has a lot of it. The Widebody scored 90 out of 100 for pop, and only eight widebodies I've tested pop more. The Hybrid scored 89 for pop, and only five hybrids I've tested pop more. The Elongated scored 86 for pop, clearly more than the average elongated. Counters and speed-ups jump off all three, and the light swing of the Widebody and the Hybrid helps you get set faster in a quick exchange.
Dinks, resets and third-shot drops
This is where the shapes split. Control and sweet spot are my scores from the same ball-machine dink, drop and reset drills every paddle gets. The firm EPP core and poppy face don't soak up pace for you, so a loose reset floats high, and it takes soft hands and a short stroke to keep one down.
The Widebody is the easiest of the three to keep low. It scored 70 out of 100 for control, which is a little less than the average widebody. The Hybrid scored 57 for control, clearly less than the average hybrid. The Elongated scored 32 for control, clearly less than the average elongated, so your resets and drops have to be clean with it.
Mishits
The Widebody is the forgiving one. It scored 88 out of 100 for sweet spot, a little bigger than the average widebody's. Twist weight is how much the face resists twisting when you miss the center, and the Widebody's twist weight of 7.12 is above the average widebody's, which is about 6.9. So off-center blocks stay steady, and it's the most stable shape in the EPP Turbo line.
The Hybrid scored 71 for sweet spot, about the same as the average hybrid. The Hybrid's face is short, and the Hybrid's sweet spot sits a little higher on that face than you'd expect, so aim your contact a touch further up on the Hybrid.
The Elongated scored 59 for sweet spot, a little bigger than the average elongated's, so for an elongated it doesn't punish a mishit much.
How it feels in your hand next to other widebodies you can buy
About average in your hands, steadier than most when you miss the middle
How heavy the paddle feels when you swing it. A lower number swings quicker.
About average swing weight for a widebody.
How much the paddle fights twisting when you miss the middle. A higher number is steadier.
Steadier than most widebodies.
How its sweet spot stacks up against other widebodies you can buy
A bigger sweet spot than most widebodies
Both rings are sized to their score.
Pick the Widebody unless you need two hands or reach
All three shapes hit the same, with power scores of 91 out of 100, and pop and spin come out about the same too. The gap is in sweet spot, control and handle length.
Get the Widebody if you play a lot at the kitchen, miss the center sometimes, or want the easiest soft game of the three. It has a clearly bigger sweet spot than the Hybrid and a far bigger one than the Elongated, plus clearly more control than the Hybrid. It's 16 inches long and 8 inches across, and its 5.3 inch handle is tight for a two-handed backhand.
Get the Hybrid if you hit a two-handed backhand or like to snap the paddle through with your wrist. Its 5.9 inch handle is the longest of the three, with plenty of room for two hands. The trade is a short face on a 16.25 inch paddle, with clearly less control and a clearly smaller sweet spot than the Widebody. Enhance's store calls this shape the Hybrid LH.
Get the Elongated only if you win from the baseline with reach and your resets already hold up. It's 16.5 inches long, and its 5.7 inch handle has room for two hands. You pay for that reach with far less control than either of the other two shapes and the heaviest swing of the three.
Price, core, face, weight range and warranty are the same on all three. If you're stuck between shapes, get the Widebody.
A floating EPP core with weight built into the sides
Inside is a 16mm full foam core with an EPP foam center, an EVA foam ring around it and foam injected at the edge. Enhance calls it a floating core. The face is a carbon, fiberglass and carbon layup with raw T700 carbon on the outside. Its surface is raw peel ply, which is the rough texture left on raw carbon, with no grit coating on top. The whole paddle is thermoformed.
Enhance lists all three shapes at 7.8 to 8.0 oz, with a 4.1 inch grip. On the Elongated, my swing weight of 118.1 falls inside Enhance's listed range of 116 to 120. My twist weight of 6.38 for the Elongated clears the 6.25 Enhance lists. The Widebody's swing weight of 107.0 came in just under Enhance's listed range of 108 to 112. The Hybrid's swing weight of 108.1 came in just under its listed range of 110 to 114. The Hybrid's twist weight of 6.46 also came in a little under the 6.6 Enhance lists.
The warranty is one year, and it covers the core.
The Elongated is sold out, and no defect shows up in owner reports
As of October 21, 2026, Enhance's store shows the EPP Turbo Elongated as sold out, with no restock date. The Hybrid LH shows in stock and ready to ship, and the Widebody can be ordered too, all at $119.99. There's no ArmorGrit version of the EPP Turbo. Enhance only puts its ArmorGrit face on the MPP Turbo.
The EPP Turbo has been on sale since March 1, 2026, so owners have had it for about seven months. As of October 2026, I haven't found a defect that three or more owners report on any EPP Turbo shape. Enhance's product page shows 206 owner reviews across the three shapes on October 21, 2026, and 187 of them give five stars.
The Hybrid's short face on a long handle looks odd, but owners like how it plays. Since the March 2026 launch, I've found four owner reports that name the Hybrid, and all four are positive. Two of them, from March and April 2026, call it quick in the hands and poppy.
EPP Turbo or MPP Turbo? More pace, or more control
The MPP Turbo is the paddle I'd weigh the EPP Turbo against first. Both cost $119.99, or $99.99 with code STSPICKLEBALL, in every shape, and they share the same face, surface and one-year core warranty. The difference is the foam. The EPP Turbo has an EPP center with an EVA ring and injected edge foam. The MPP Turbo has an MPP center with an EVA ring.
MPP foam tends to play softer and plusher than EPP foam, and that holds here. The MPP Turbo is the softer, plusher one, with a deeper sound and more control in every shape. The EPP Turbo is the firmer one, with more pace in the widebody and hybrid shapes. On my sweet spot scores, though, the two come out about the same in all three shapes.
In the widebody shape, the EPP Turbo Widebody has clearly more power, scoring 91 out of 100 against the MPP Turbo's 80, and a little more pop. The MPP Turbo Widebody has a little more control. Spin, sweet spot and swing weight are about the same, and both have a 5.3 inch handle.
In the hybrid shape, the EPP Turbo Hybrid has a little more power and a little more pop, and it swings a little lighter, with a swing weight of 108.1 against 111.8. The MPP Turbo Hybrid has clearly more control, 68 out of 100 against 57. Spin and sweet spot are about the same. The EPP Turbo Hybrid also has the longer handle, 5.9 inches against 5.5, though both have room for two hands.
In the elongated shape, the MPP Turbo wins on my scores. The two Elongateds have the same power score of 91, and pop, spin and sweet spot are about the same. But the MPP Turbo Elongated has clearly more control, 45 out of 100 against 32, and it swings a little lighter.
So in the widebody and hybrid shapes, get the EPP Turbo for pace and the MPP Turbo for an easier soft game. In the elongated shape, get the original MPP Turbo over the EPP Turbo, or better yet the MPP Turbo ArmorGrit Elongated below.
Same-price ArmorGrit picks, and three worth paying more for
Two paddles you might pick instead
How it stacks up against the MPP Turbo ArmorGrit Widebody and the Pegasus Power 2
A paddle only wins a score when it leads by 5 points or more.
EPP Turbo WidebodyWidebody · $99.99
MPP Turbo ArmorGrit WidebodyWidebody · $99.99The EPP Turbo hits harder. The MPP Turbo ArmorGrit spins more and has a bigger sweet spot. Pop and control are about the same. Same price.
EPP Turbo WidebodyWidebody · $99.99
Pegasus Power 2Widebody · $199.99The Pegasus Power 2 has more pop, spins more and has a bigger sweet spot. Power and control are about the same. The Pegasus Power 2 costs about $100 more.
For widebody shoppers
Enhance MPP Turbo ArmorGrit Widebody, $119.99, or $99.99 with code STSPICKLEBALL. It's the same price, and it spins more, at 2,341 RPM against 2,284 RPM. It also has a little bigger sweet spot, with about the same pop, control and swing weight. Its 5.5 inch handle has room for two hands. You give up a little power, since it scored 83 out of 100 for power against 91. Enhance calls ArmorGrit a durable grit coating. It's the pick if you want more spin or a two-handed backhand in a Turbo widebody.
11SIX24 Pegasus Power 2, $209.99, or $199.99 with code STSPICKLEBALL. It's $100 more with the codes, and it's the other widebody that scores 85 or more out of 100 for power, pop and sweet spot. It has about the same power and control, with a little more pop and more spin. Its sweet spot is clearly bigger, a perfect 100 out of 100. In my wear test, 11SIX24's HexGrit lost about 1% of its spin over 75 games. Its 5.75 inch handle has room for two hands. It's UPA-A approved only, so it's the pick for UPA-A players who want the most forgiving power widebody.
For hybrid shoppers
Enhance MPP Turbo ArmorGrit Hybrid, $119.99, or $99.99 with code STSPICKLEBALL. This is the hybrid I'd take at this price. It has clearly more control, scoring 73 out of 100 against 57, with a little bigger sweet spot and more spin. It has a little less power and about the same pop. Its 5.5 inch handle still has room for two hands. Take the EPP Turbo Hybrid over it only if you want every bit of pace or the longer 5.9 inch handle.
Pickleball Apes Zen S+, $188.88, or $169.99 with code STSPICKLEBALL. It's $70 more with the codes, and it beats the EPP Turbo Hybrid almost everywhere. It has a little more power, more spin, a clearly bigger sweet spot and clearly more control, with about the same pop, and it swings a little lighter. Its 5.75 inch handle has room for two hands. Just know Pickleball Apes doesn't say what foam is in the core. Like the EPP Turbo, it's USA Pickleball approved only.
For elongated shoppers
Enhance MPP Turbo ArmorGrit Elongated, $119.99, or $99.99 with code STSPICKLEBALL. This is the elongated I'd take at this price, and you can order it today. Power and pop come out about the same as the EPP Turbo Elongated. It has far more control, scoring 53 out of 100 against 32, plus more spin and a little bigger sweet spot. It also swings clearly lighter, with a swing weight of 112.8 against 118.1, and it has the same 5.7 inch handle.
Honolulu J6CR Crystal Blue, $195, or $175.50 with code STS10. It's $75.51 more with the codes, and it's the elongated for players who want this pace with an easier soft game. Power and pop are about the same, and it spins far more, at 2,424 RPM against 2,277 RPM. It has far more control, scoring 69 out of 100 against 32, and a clearly bigger sweet spot. In my wear test, Crystal Blue lost about 1% of its spin over 75 games. Its 6 inch handle has room for two hands. It's UPA-A approved only.
Buy the Widebody for pace with forgiveness, and pass on the Elongated if your resets float
Want real pace and a big sweet spot for under $100? The EPP Turbo Widebody is my pick, at $99.99 with code STSPICKLEBALL. Hit a two-handed backhand? The EPP Turbo Hybrid gives you the same power with a 5.9 inch handle, though the MPP Turbo ArmorGrit Hybrid is the more controllable buy at the same price.
Skip the EPP Turbo if spin comes first for you, because every shape spins only about the same as the average paddle of its shape. Skip the Elongated if your resets still float, since its control score of 32 out of 100 is far below the other two shapes. And if you're new to this much pace, expect some pop-ups and long balls at first, because no EPP Turbo soaks up pace for you.
Testing details
- Tested, Widebody
- June 8, 2026
- Tested, Elongated
- May 26, 2026
- Tested, Hybrid
- June 8, 2026
- Power and pop
- 20 full serves for power and 20 punch volleys for pop, every ball speed read on a Stalker radar gun.
- Spin
- 20 more serves on the radar. I drop the outliers and average the rest.
- Swing and twist weight
- Measured on a Briffidi SW1 swing weight machine.
- Sweet spot and control
- The same dinks, drops, resets and drives off a Titan ONE ball machine, for every paddle.
- The scores
- Out of 100, with the same tests for every paddle. The top paddles I've tested score 100.
- Published
- Scores from
- My database, updated October 21, 2026. How I test
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