Bread & Butter
Bread & Butter Loco 16mm Standard
The forgiving Loco. Widening the face lifts sweet spot and twist weight and drops the swing weight below the other two shapes, at the cost of some reach and drive.
- Core
- 16 mm
- Weight
- 8.1 oz
- Swing wt
- 111
- Twist wt
- 6.8
- Shape
- standard
- Surface
- Carbon–fiberglass–carbon face
- Grip
- 5.25 in
- Released
- 2026
Pros
- Quickest hands of the three shapes
- Wide, forgiving face
- Foam softness on resets
Cons
- Least reach in the line
- Shorter 5.25 in handle for two-handers
Paddle DNA™ — all 15 traits
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Key attributes
DNA match — paddles within 5% of the Loco 16mm Standard
Our similarity engine ranks the whole database by average DNA deviation. Tighten or widen the band to see how far you have to travel to save money or gain a trait.
Paddle DNA™ match
Bread & Butter Loco 16mm Standard
IQ 85.7 · $180
8 paddles within 5% of the Loco 16mm Standard
Ranked by DNA deviation
- +6 spin+5 twist weight-4 launch angle+3 stability
+6 spin · -4 launch angle · Higher IQ score (87.9 vs 85.7)
- -7 twist weight+6 plow through-5 forgiveness-5 maneuverability
+6 plow through · -7 twist weight
- -12 softness-7 forgiveness-7 sweet spot-6 swing weight
Saves $20 versus the Loco 16mm Standard · -12 softness
- -11 pop-9 launch angle-8 power-5 maneuverability
+5 touch · -11 pop
- +8 plow through+7 spin-7 maneuverability+7 swing weight
+8 plow through · -7 maneuverability · Higher IQ score (85.9 vs 85.7)
- -8 spin-8 swing weight-8 softness-6 twist weight
-8 spin
- +10 spin-8 pop+8 twist weight-7 launch angle
+10 spin · -8 pop · Higher IQ score (87.3 vs 85.7)
- -10 swing weight-7 softness-6 twist weight-6 plow through
Saves $81 versus the Loco 16mm Standard · -10 swing weight
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