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Franklin FS Tour Dynasty 16 - Paddle Review
Feb 9, 2024
We give the Franklin FS Tour Dynasty 16 a giant green light. Perfect for intermediate and advanced players who need that extra power and control. Read our full paddle review here: https://pickleballunion.com/franklin-fs-tour-dynasty-16-paddle-review/ Pickleball 101 Video Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9oIu7Fg03I&list=PLmZXqa4DqDVos57pQJEBkh4a51qAGG0iM
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if you're looking for a pickleball
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paddle with that extra touch for your
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drives and your dinks that's well priced
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and even $100 less than some other
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competitors this could be what you're
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looking for I'm Brady at pickle ball
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Union and everyone else must be on
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vacation because they asked me to review
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the Franklin FS tour Dynasty 16 I'm not
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going to lie play testing this was
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actually a ton of fun so I would not
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mind becoming the regular review guide
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for starters it comes in the nicest
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paddle bag that I've ever seen in my
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life and when you get the bundle you
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actually get this Franklin paddle eraser
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which just saves you $5 to $10 which is
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a nice touch from Franklin things like
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packaging won't make you play like the
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Johnson siblings but it makes the entire
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experience of getting this paddle feel
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luxurious especially for a well priced
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paddle out of the box you'll notice that
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Franklin chose to make some aspects of
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the paddle really pop the biggest of
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that being the handle I usually elect to
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use an overgrip on my paddles but for
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this one I didn't really need to use one
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additionally the weight of the paddle
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felt perfect for me out of the box so I
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didn't even use lead tape these are both
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small things but for a paddle that's
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$1150 it's really nice to be able to
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just pick up and play so that's what it
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looks like but how does it play if
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you've played with other carbon fiber
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paddles you'll know that they play
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similarly but a little bit different I
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tested out different deep serves and the
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power and the spin I was able to
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generate just felt pretty natural I
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personally felt it was super forgiving
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no matter how hard I was hitting which
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is pretty refreshing this paddle
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definitely feels plush but with some
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paddles in the past I felt like the
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plushness really throttles the amount of
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power I'm able to generate with the
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dynasty 16 I felt like I was able to get
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distance and keep the power I wanted I
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like how the paddle feels in my hands
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but it is something to note that it's
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not particularly light the dynasty 16 mm
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weighs in at 8.5 Oz I've seen in some
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places that the swing weight felt pretty
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high for some folks but for me with the
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shape and the elongated handle I
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couldn't really tell at all again I
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gravitate towards a longer 16 mm paddle
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but if you want something lighter you
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can go with the tempo or the 14 mm the
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difference between the tempo and the
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dynasty is the handle length so for me
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being at the kitchen the dynasty with
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its 5.6 in handle felt pretty good in my
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hands ultimately what you want in a
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paddle is something that feels natural
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like an extension of your arm even
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though I own and have tried several
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different paddles I can see myself
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picking this one up for the foreseeable
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future honestly I could probably sell a
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few of the other paddles I think my wife
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would probably enjoy that but we'll see
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if that happens anyways if I were to
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give this paddle a red yellow or green
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light I would say a green that's my
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thoughts on it if you've tried it or
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gotten your hands on it you can put your
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comments down below of what you think
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but that's basically it for me
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peace
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