Luzz Glider Review: A Responsive Budget Gen 3 Hybrid?

Luzz has been super popular as of recent. The Cannon was a super budget Gen 3 power paddle that rivaled the Pro IV’s and the Inferno is their Gen 4 power paddle that I really liked.

Luzz recently came out with a new paddle that went really under the radar in my opinion.

It’s called the Luzz Glider and it is another budget friendly Gen 3 power paddle, so a potential upgrade to the Cannon.

Let's see how it plays.

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Caveats & Disclosures

Reminder: This is a first impressions review, not a full review. I played with this for a few days so can't speak to long-term durability.

I'll be rating this paddle on my website MyPickleList at the end so stay tuned for that.

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Quick Specs Overview

The Luzz Glider comes in 2 shapes, elongated and hybrid. I am a hybrid and widebody guy so I chose to try out the hybrid shape.

I am glad Luzz came out with a hybrid option given all their recent paddles only came in elongated form.

The Glider is a Gen 3 power paddle just like the Cannon.

So when I heard this, I thought the Glider was just a hybrid version of the Cannon, but they did make some changes to improve it.

They claimed to have reduced the vibrations and increased the sweetspot.

In my Luzz Cannon review, I noticed that there were a bunch of vibrations, and it was the only paddle I really ever had that thought about, so looks like they did try to address that.

My paddle came in at 7.9 oz.

On-Court First Impressions

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My first impression was that it has a crisp poppy feel but not overly poppy like some other power paddles.

Once you do counter it hits pretty hard.

No complaints with hands battles and putaways.

Control & Feel

The Glider has a more responsive feel and feels more poppy than plush.

Compared to a Joola Perseus Pro IV, it feels like it is lighter and also has less dwell time.

In comparison, the Pro IV feels like the ball sinks in and rebounds while the Glider feels like the ball comes off more instant.

That being said, I think your thoughts on a paddle are very dependent on what you played with recently, which is why I try to give comparisons when I can just to set a baseline.

But I mention this because when hitting this with my context of the Loco, RPMs and Joola Pro IV, I was ready to call this a more poppy responsive paddle.

But then I hit it back to back with an Aireo Cyclone and it is softer than that, so the Cyclone would be a true poppy paddle that pops right off the face.

One caveat is that my paddle could have broken in a bit, since it is a Gen 3 paddle and for the most part I am comparing the paddle to other more broken in Gen 3 paddles, but yeah just wanted to mention that.

Going onto the Luzz Cannon, probably the biggest comparison, I felt like my Luzz Cannon was very vibratey which I did not like.

I tried my friend's Cannon and it was way more muted and soft and I felt no vibrations. So I do think the break in time affects it in terms of vibrations.

Not the ideal experience in general with all these paddles breaking in, but it is what it is, even Gen 4 paddles seem to break in nowadays.

I will say the Glider doesn't start off vibratey, so I did enjoy it a lot more than the Cannon and the feel is a lot better as well.

Like I mentioned it has a more responsive Gen 3 feel, and I could tell what I was going to get every shot.

I was coming off a rough day with the Loco for context, and played with this the following day brand new and it played very well.

The Luzz Cannon I felt like was not as intuitive.

In stock form, the sweetspot was probably around average which means it is pretty decent.

My very first hits were a bit worse, but over time it did feel a bit better.

I think some weight could've opened it up since it is light.

This paddle is relatively light. The Pro IV feels very handle heavy, this one just feels lighter in general but more head heavy since this handle is very light.

It doesn't really help you reset due to the poppy feel, but you know what you're getting which is also important in resetting.

I will say the grit is above average and was definitely spinning right out the box. I don't think it should last longer than other carbon fiber face, so interested in seeing if Luzz experiments with grit this year like other brands.

Overall with control/feel, my initial thoughts were that it's a more responsive feel that may not help you reset, but you know what you're getting when you hit the ball which is important.

That being said, based on what I saw with the Cannon and this also being Gen 3, the feel may or may not change significantly if you do break it in more. I probably saw some slight changes in my shorter duration.

Power

I think the Glider probably sits in the mid tier power paddle category.

One caveat is that there is a shape component since elongated shapes in the Cannon and Inferno will typically hit harder.

I considered both mid to high tier power paddles, and do think this one hits less hard.

Didn't notice it destroying balls but there was never a time where I was like I need more power.

I felt like serves and returns weren't super hard but pretty deep as you increase power.

All that being said, it may or may not be fully broken in.

Early Verdict

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Back to the review.

The Luzz Glider is a very solid more responsive Gen 3 power paddle. It is especially good if you're on a budget as it is under $100 with code PICKLELI.

It doesn't do anything too different but with so many good paddles out right now, you really are just deciding between slight personal preferences.

I'm going to give the Glider an 8/10.

I played well with it which is always a good sign, and although it didn't provide crazy power or make things super easy to reset, what it did provide was a more responsive feel that allowed me to know what I was going to get every shot.

I used to be more into very plush dwell time paddles, but after reviewing more paddles the past year or so, I realized the importance of intuitiveness and I do enjoy more poppy responsive paddles that I used to steer away from.

I think this paddle is for you if you want a budget hybrid power paddle that isn't Gen 4 technology.

I will admit that Gen 3 paddles are more responsive on average, so if you do care about feeling your shots more I would probably recommend this over other budget Gen 4 options.

Also there aren't too many budget Gen 3 options that I know, especially in a hybrid shape, so that's also a plus.

In addition, I think this paddle is good for you if you care about weight, as it feels very light in hand.

Overall very solid paddle for the price. Performs well, just nothing too different than stuff already out there.

Kind of reminds me of the Engage Alpha Pro now that I thought about it, just a better shape in my opinion.

Personally a nice upgrade from the Cannon at the same very budget price.

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