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After weeks with the 16 mm Pro Ultimate, it lives up to Gearbox's claims: most of the PPE's pop and power with more control, easier touch dinks, drops and resets, and no lead tape needed thanks to better twist weight.
“I've played for another two weeks using almost exclusively the Pro Ultimate and I am fully acclimated to it.”
Six months with the Pro Ultimate Elongated it is holding up great, and with their grip and weight setup it plays amazingly.
“I have been playing with my Pro Ultimate Elongated for 6 months now and it's holding great.”
Since August their Pro Ultimate has had no issues, but the twist and swing weights are brutal and it felt sluggish; it took a month to feel comfortable.
“I've had mine since August. No issues yet.”
After about six hours demoing, they find dinks, drops and resets easier with the Pro Ultimate than their Pro Power Elongated, with pop that's muted by comparison.
“I find, dinks, drops, resets easier with the ultimate which I demo’d for about six hours against a lot of players.”
Owning both, the Pro Ultimate is a fun power paddle and an upgrade on the PPE, but not for players still working on control.
“If you're working on your control game don't touch the ultimate.”
After 2-3 hours the 8.2 oz Pro Ultimate feels heavy and has much less pop than the Pro Power; they hope it breaks in.
“I just got the ultimate and have not been too impressed so far.”
Moving from the Ruby, the Pro Ultimate gives a better trajectory over the net and lets them block hard serves back into the kitchen with little effort.
“I switched from the Ruby to the Ultimate”