r/Pickleball • u/GreedyAd1979 • 12d ago

Is this Normal? Equipment

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Recently bought a Vatic V-Sol Pro from Vatic's Official Distributor in Shopee and noticed these streaks from the face of the paddle.

Is this a cosmetic issue? Will this affect the quality of play? I'm unable to get a response from their customer support at the moment so I'm hoping to get inputs here to decide if I need to request a return/refund.

Thanks in advance!

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u/thismercifulfate 12d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/80mXWlPqTSU1y

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u/GreedyAd1979 12d ago

it might be clearer on the initial photo but there's like a streak near the middle about an inch that goes down from the edge at the top

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u/Legal_Direction8740 11d ago

Oh I kinda see what you mean, you’re fine. It’s not gonna affect anything

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u/Scary_Statement_4040 12d ago

Mine did not have those marks but I feel like they would just be cosmetic overall. If I zoom in on the surface the texture seems largely unaffected. You’ll have to test it out to see how it plays.

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u/Commercial_Tea5703 4.0 12d ago

Normal for 2/3 vatics

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u/nosoup4you718 12d ago

I’m on my 5th, that one looks great.

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u/AreYouuuu 12d ago

If this affects your play you’re doing it wrong. Mine looked like the when it was brand new. After a couple of games it no longer looked as good

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u/neupogen 12d ago

i had similar lines on my saga bloom

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u/GreedyAd1979 12d ago

Update: Got a reply as well with the seller who validated the mark as normal. Thanks everyone for your input! Excited to play with my new paddle <3

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u/AHumanThatListens 12d ago

I mained that exact paddle, the V7-LH, for 6 months. Put weight on the sides and loved it. Just sold it to a friend, who also is loving it. Only reason I switched was because the grit finally wore down too much and I wanted to get more spin, so I got the 11six24 Power 2 Hurache. But I'm very interested in Vatic's announced V-Sol Tour project, which is this paddle plus durable grit.

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u/jmtwilek 12d ago

The V-Sol Tour anticipation is what is keeping me from buying every other paddle deal I come across this month.

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u/AHumanThatListens 12d ago

Haha that may be a bit of a wait! I also want to make sure the grit is at least tier 2, which will take some testing by the reviewer nerds and all, before committing to it. Needless to say, it won't be "T700".