No not exactly.....Im going to use fractions this time......Paddles measure
2 11/16" (I measured the back of the paddle because that is what grabs and pushes the snow.
In comparison, the same measure on the 2.5 Bparks got slightly over 2-3/4"... pretty minimal difference. (but if anything, the 2.5 seems taller than the 2.6 for whatever reason, maybe just because it's not folded over)
I think both will be killer tracks, just wanted to point out that there's no actual gain in paddle. That warranty deal really ticked me off when it happened, I think that was a bunch of BS.. but it COULD have been due to a couple crappy dealers when that batch of bad 2.25's came out.