Today I played with the R2 Quanta Pro for the first time. I previously played with an R2 Quanta with 6 grams of weight on each side. The Quanta Pro has a different feel, it feels softer while maintaining the great pop that the original Quanta has. It feels like a black version of the Quanta, but hits harder like the original blue Quanta with weight added. Resets and dinks can be a little more difficult with this paddle, but not unmanageable. The texture of the Pro's paddle face is noticeably rougher than the original Quanta. The sweet spot is great, I played 9 games today and didn't notice any miss hits or inconsistencies in the sweet spot. The original Quanta has a very direct, stiff feel and it vibrates quite a bit when you hit the ball. The Quanta Pro doesn't transmit any of these vibrations to your hand. I love the original Quanta and I've played with pretty much every popular power paddle out there, I even own some of them, but kept coming back to the Quanta mainly because of the consistency and the pop/power. The Quanta Pro is a noticeable improvement over the original. It is significantly faster in the hand for me, since I didn't have to add weight to the Pro. The spin should also be better and longer lasting. I typically buy 6-8 paddles a year, but I like this one enough that I don't think I'll be buying any other paddles for the next 6 months.
