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Hudef

Mage Pro

ControlElongatedUSAP approved2024Intermediate

2024 elongated control paddle from Hudef, with a 16mm core and a soft, dense feel.

$99

Street price as of July 2026 — retailers move it.

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Measured performance.

Where this paddle sits against the 514 we track. We describe the band it lands in rather than publishing the underlying lab figures — those are licensed, and the bands are the part we can share.

ControlVery highTop fifth of the catalog

Touch and placement — worked out from power, swing weight and the maker's play-style label, not a bench reading of its own.

ForgivenessMediumLower range

How stable the head stays on an off-centre hit.

Hand speedHighUpper range

How quickly it moves in a hands battle at the kitchen.

Spin and power aren't shown here: this paddle hasn't been through the bench those two bands come from, and 156 of the 514 haven't. Nothing above is invented — where a row is worked out rather than measured, its note says so.

Where to go from here.

Same play style, a different trade-off — one steps up the measured performance, one protects your wallet.

Top pick

Prokennex Black Ace 16

$279 +$180 vs this

The step up in this play style: more forgiving · quicker through the air · aimed at beginners. Widebody shape, 16mm core.

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Similar paddles.

The closest six in the catalog on shape, core, balance and measured character — not just the same brand.

Spartus Orion $90 Control Ronbus R1.16 $120 Control Chorus Shapeshifter EX $175 Control Vatic Pro Prism V7 LH $100 Control JOOLA Agassi Edge (16mm) $100 Control Selkirk Vanguard Control Invikta (mideweight) $200 Control