The Bolt Tall Black is the extended-format edition of Head's honest starter: a 360 g even-balanced foam build with a fibreglass face scoring control 70 with civil terms (comfort 71, tolerance 72) and prompt handling (72).
PRR Score70/100
BalanceEven
Performance
Every metric, scored out of 100.
Power
Good66
Control
High70
Maneuverability
High72
Sweet Spot
High72
Comfort
High71
Value
High78
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The verdict
The Bolt Tall Black is the extended-format edition of Head's honest starter: a 360 g even-balanced foam build with a fibreglass face scoring control 70 with civil terms (comfort 71, tolerance 72) and prompt handling (72). Power 66 keeps the gentle profile. Value 78 is solid. The Tall format suits bigger-handed beginners who find standard grips cramped, a small accommodation most entry lines skip. Otherwise it is the Bolt formula unchanged: kind, dependable, benchmark-adjacent. Buy by hand size and the week's price.
This extended-format edition of Head's honest starter genuinely does something useful: the Tall format is a real accommodation for bigger-handed beginners, with civil terms throughout suiting learners well. It's the same dependable Bolt formula in a different length. Power stays modest by design, and standard-handed players will find the regular Bolt cheaper — the fibreglass face also mutes feedback more as your skills grow.
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