Selkirk Boomstik Review

The Boomstik is also loud. At contact you get a deep, hollow crack instead of a muted thud. Next to the Boomstik, a Honolulu J2NF sounds quieter and higher pitched.

Pop is the pace you get on short swings, like punch volleys and counters. Both Boomstik shapes are very poppy, and both have more pop than the Perseus Pro IV.

The power doesn't surprise you, though. Swing hard and the ball goes hard. Swing soft and it comes off soft. There's also no break-in period.

Strong in hands battles and on put-aways

The Boomstik is strong in hands battles in both shapes. The pop is instant, so your counters and speed-ups are tough for the other team to handle. Put-aways are a strength too. The Elongated gives you extra reach and punch, and the Widebody has clearly less punch than the Elongated.

Harder to keep soft at the kitchen

Keep in mind that the same pop that wins hands battles makes the Boomstik harder to play at the kitchen. Dinks are the weak spot in both shapes, because the pop makes it easy for a dink to float up too high until your touch adjusts. If your dinks already float up too high, expect them to float up even higher with the Boomstik.

On the Elongated, resets go well when you hit them clean and badly when your contact is loose. The Boomstik Elongated scored 56 out of 100 for control, and about two thirds of the paddles I've tested scored higher. The Widebody is clearly more controllable than the Elongated at the kitchen. The Widebody is still a little less controllable than the average widebody, though.

Steady on mishits in both shapes

The Boomstik stays steady when you miss the center. On the Elongated, the side weights make it stable and forgiving for an elongated. It also has a far bigger sweet spot than the average elongated. No elongated I've scored has a bigger sweet spot. When you get jammed on a block with the Elongated, the side weights keep the face from twisting.

The Widebody is one of the most stable and forgiving power paddles there is. It scored 98 out of 100 for sweet spot, and only one paddle I've tested scores higher, the 11SIX24 Pegasus Power 2.

Pick the Widebody if you miss the center a lot or get caught late at the net. It's also quicker in your hands than the Elongated.

Here's what stays the same. Both shapes are $333, and they share the same core, face, surface and warranty. Spin is about the same between the two shapes, and both handles are long enough for a two-hander.

Selkirk lists the Widebody's swing weight at 112, give or take 2. I measured a swing weight of 110.2, so that one checks out. The listed twist weight is 8.2, give or take 0.3, and I measured 7.22, so it came in lower than Selkirk says. That's still higher than the typical widebody I've measured, and a higher twist weight means the face stays steadier when you miss the center.

If you're coming from a 16mm honeycomb paddle, here's what changes. The Boomstik Elongated hits far harder than the average honeycomb elongated, and its control is about the same. The Boomstik Widebody has far more power than the average honeycomb widebody, but it's also clearly less controllable.

The Boomstik Elongated also beats the average 16mm full foam elongated for power, pop and control. The Boomstik Widebody has a little more power and pop than the average full foam widebody, with about the same control.

What Elongated owners love most is how easy the power and pop come. After that it's the sweet spot. They say the ball still comes off consistently when they miss the center. Several owners also called out the lifetime warranty and how fast Selkirk sends replacements. Widebody owners talk most about the huge sweet spot, and they say it's bigger than the Elongated's.

The most common complaint from Elongated owners is the $333 price. Some call the Elongated heavy and head heavy, with weights they can't tune. My numbers, though, show the Elongated swings about as heavy as the average elongated. Some Widebody owners say it's still poppy, and that topspin speed-ups can pop up when they come off the top of the face.

Elongated owners are split evenly on how it plays at the kitchen. Some say resets pop up, and just as many say the kitchen control was better than they expected. Both groups are right. The Elongated is less controllable than most paddles I've tested, but it's clearly more controllable than the average elongated.

Now for defects. Elongated owners have reported the edge guard lifting, mostly near the side weights, with reports from August 2025 to June 2026. Selkirk posted an FAQ about it on September 8, 2025. It said the problem came from early batches and listed some fixes. Over that same stretch, Elongated owners also reported cracks or seams in the face, and I couldn't find a fix from Selkirk for those. On the Widebody, owners have reported the edge guard or the side weights working loose, with the latest report in August 2026. The lifetime warranty covers the edge guard problems and the face cracks. Just know that a handful of reports shows a problem is real, but it can't tell you how common the problem is.

What you give up with the OMNI is power and pop. The OMNI has clearly less power than the Boomstik. It also has less pop, far less in the elongated shape and clearly less in the widebody shape. The OMNI's sweet spot is a bit smaller than the Boomstik's, and the OMNI swings a little heavier.

So if you like to speed the ball up and finish points, go with the Boomstik. If you'd rather win the soft game, go with the OMNI.