/ 2024
A Tuesday league
Four of us playing indoor doubles in Edinburgh, all holding paddles bought on a guess, three of them wrong.
Since February 2026 · Edinburgh
Built by people who play four times a week
Alvania started because buying a second paddle in Europe meant guessing from American review videos, paying customs on delivery, and hoping the grit lasted a season. We fixed the three of those we could.
How we got here
Short history, on purpose
/ 2025
Testing, properly
Eighteen months putting cores, faces and grits in front of club players from 2.5 to 4.5 and writing down what actually changed their scoreline.
/ February 2026
Alvania Limited
Registered in Scotland, warehouse in Edinburgh, three paddles and a promise: we fit you first and take it back if we got it wrong.
Edinburgh, 7:40am
Everything you see is on a shelf here
No dropship, no pre-orders dressed up as launches. If the site says in stock, it's in this room.
Stated in full
The 30-day play test
Buy the paddle. Play with it properly for thirty days — league, outdoors, in the rain. If it isn't right, tell us and we'll swap it or refund it. Postage is covered both directions.
We expect the edge guard scuffed, the grit worn and the grip soaked. None of that voids the return. The only exclusion is a cracked or snapped face from impact with something that isn't a ball.
- Window
- 30 days from delivery
- Condition
- Played-in is fine
- Swap
- Any paddle, price difference settled
- Refund
- 3 working days after arrival
- Return postage
- We pay, UK & EU
- Exclusion
- Impact damage to the face
No surprises at the door
Delivery & returns
- United Kingdom
- 1–2 working days
- Ireland & EU
- 3–5 working days
- Cut-off
- 2pm for same-day dispatch
- Free over
- £75 (UK) · £120 (EU)
- Duties & VAT
- Settled at checkout, nothing on delivery
- Tracking
- Emailed at dispatch
Orders leave Edinburgh the same working day if they're placed before 2pm. EU orders ship duty-paid — the courier will never ask you for money at the door, and if one ever does, we refund it that day.
Apparel returns: 30 days, unworn, tags on. Paddles: 30 days, played-in is fine. Balls and grips: unopened only.
Two minutes with a tape measure
Grip & sizing guide
Measure from the middle crease of your palm to the tip of your ring finger. That measurement in inches is your grip circumference.
If you're between sizes, take the smaller one — an overgrip adds about 1/16 in, and you can always build up. You can't shrink a handle.
Two-handed backhand? Add at least 1/2 in of handle length, not circumference.
- 4 1/8 in
- Under 4 1/8 palm measure
- 4 1/4 in
- 4 1/8 – 4 3/8
- 4 1/2 in
- Over 4 3/8
- Handle 5.0 in
- One-handed backhand
- Handle 5.3 in
- Mixed / occasional two hands
- Handle 5.6 in
- Always two hands
2,140 verified reviews · 4.8 average
Unedited, including the bad ones
Reviews are collected after delivery from verified orders only. We don't remove one-star reviews; we reply to them.
Talk to a player
Ask before you buy
Send your level, your grip size and what keeps going wrong. You'll get a two-line answer from someone who plays — not a push toward the most expensive paddle in stock.
- General
- hello@alvania.co.uk
- Reply time
- Under 1 working day
- Orders & returns
- support@alvania.co.uk
- Clubs & teams
- clubs@alvania.co.uk
- Warehouse
- Edinburgh, Scotland
The formal bit
Company & policies
- Legal entity
- ALVANIA LIMITED
- Registered in
- Scotland
- Company number
- SC878205
- Incorporated
- 6 February 2026
- Registered office
- Office 288, 18 Young Street, Unit LGE, Edinburgh, EH2 4JB
- Nature of business
- SIC 47910 — retail via internet
Terms of service, privacy policy, refund policy and cookie settings live here once drafted. Payment processing is handled by our provider; card details never touch our servers.
Consumers in the UK and EU keep their statutory 14-day right to cancel in addition to the 30-day play test — the play test is on top of your rights, never instead of them.