LOK Easy Hype Gen 2

Three specs changed between the 2024 Easy Hype and this Gen 2: the core, the face and the handle. Everything else stayed put. That is a useful way to read this racket, because it tells you what to expect and what to doubt.

Three changes, the rest the same: reading the Gen 2 against the 2024 Easy Hype

The 2024 Easy Hype and the Gen 2 share a diamond shape, Top balance, 38 mm thickness and a weight window of 360 to 375 g. Level and surface are listed the same too.

What differs is the material list. The core goes from Custom EVA Rubber to Memory EVA rubber. The face goes from Mixed Carbon to Fiber Flex. The handle goes from Comfort Wristband to Comfy Wristband.

Note the handle: the name changed. Whether the strap itself differs is not published.

Memory EVA and Fiber Flex: what the new materials mean for comfort

The profile reads Medium for comfort here. It counts the core and the face as the two things that raise it. Weight and Top balance pull it down again.

Be careful with the names, though. LOK does not publish how the new core differs in density from the old one. Nor does it say how Fiber Flex compares with Mixed Carbon. So you cannot say the Gen 2 is softer or harder in the hand. You can only say the profile counts both materials as raising comfort, and that a heavy racket with head weight still loads the arm.

The product page also describes Gradual Face, a stepped surface it claims reduces vibration across the face. That is the brand's claim, and no independent source has measured it.

Grow on the track, says LOK: why a Top-balance diamond reads Low on control

The product page says the Hype 2 is for those who want to grow on the track. Its headline reads "Power made easy". The specs tell a more demanding story.

A diamond shape moves the mass towards the top of the head. Top balance does the same. Both raise power and both lower control, which is why the meter reads Low. A retailer lists the player profile as Power, which fits.

So is it easy? Easy for power, perhaps. Not easy for control. Control is Low, so placement is harder. If you grow by hitting through the ball, it might suit you.

LOK labels it Intermediate. Read that as a player who already makes clean contact. The sweet spot reads Low, so mishits cost you more here than they would on a racket with a larger sweet spot. It suits you if you want to attack and finish points, and have the arm for 360 to 375 g with head weight. It suits you less if you spend most points defending or trading fast volleys at the net. LOK does not publish a weight system, so you cannot tune the weight.

Easy Hype Gen 2 or Easy Flow Gen 2: the diamond and the round head side by side

The Easy Flow Gen 2 comes from the same brand and the same year. It has the same thickness and weight window, and also an Intermediate label. But it is round with Center balance.

The profile flips. Easy Flow reads High on control, Low on power and Medium on sweet spot. The Hype reads Low on control, High on power and Low on sweet spot. Both read Low on maneuverability. Easy Flow also reads Low on comfort, against Medium for the Hype. Choose by how you win points: placement or pace.

Easy Hype Gen 2, Vertex 04 Comfort or Ionic Power 2023: three diamonds

All three are 38 mm diamonds. The Gen 2 has Top balance, the other two High.

The Bullpadel Vertex 04 Comfort has the same meter profile: Low control, High power, Medium comfort, Low maneuverability and Low sweet spot. It is labelled Professional and tied to Martin Di Nenno. Its weight window is 360 to 370 g. On paper the behaviour is similar, but the brand points it at a higher level.

The Bullpadel Ionic Power 2023 is labelled Advanced. Its comfort reads Low against Medium for the Gen 2. If arm comfort matters to you, that gap counts.

Balance in mm, head size, frame: what is not published

LOK gives a balance label, Top, but not the balance in millimetres. Head size, frame material and weight system are not published either. As an extra spec, the brand lists a length of 455 mm.

There are also no reviews. No reviews were found. Treat the meters as an informed reading of the specs, not as court results. If a test appears, it will change the picture more than any spec line.