BoomSTICK

J.J.T. · 28 December 2013

Before I purchased this bat, my men's softball team was using a double-wall aluminum bat and a girl's fast-pitch composite bat in an ASA bat league--I know, I know, funny. Anyways, we could not produce offense to save our lives. We only have one dude who is a heavy hitter, the rest of us are dudes that you might consider line drive hitters but don't really have much power. Needless to say, we were getting shutdown every game because the ball would just die off of our bats, resulting in easy outs. Even our power hitter was not making it to the fence.Then I bought this bat after reading reviews on Bolo and various other bat websites. I got the 26oz bat because I am on the small side and need to get as much bat speed as possible to put some whip on the ball. Took it out to the batting cages and could immediately feel the difference swinging with this bat. The 26oz comes with a 1oz endload that I got use to quickly. Even not being the strongest dude, I am able to get the bat straight and true through the strike zone when hitting the ball even with an extra 1oz on the end of the barrel. The endload just guides and forces the bat through the ball, adding double/triple distance to hits that would have been shallow outfield singles. Really cool. And that's just on the first time using it!A couple things to know when swinging this bat:1) Hit on the sweet spot or your hands will pay for hit! Single piece composite, plenty of sting if you hit too low on the barrel.2) Gauze grip is meh. Wear gloves.3) Holy cow, you know when you hit the sweet spot on this thing. Lets loose an thunderous crack, the ball rockets off the bat and sails. Super rewarding.Anyways, our first game with the bat, my team put up the most runs we had all season! And our heavy hitter ended up with two jacks and a triple--he immediately fell in love with the bat and kept thanking me for buying/bringing it. Now with the bat in our arsenal, we are slowly becoming more competitive in our league, MOSTLY BECAUSE OF THIS BAT!If you play in an ASA league, the performance to value ratio on this bat is unbeatable. Perfect bat for the uninitiated or those that just started a team and are worried that it may disband. Get the equipment your team needs to be competitive without too much risk! AWESOME BAT!

Great bat for the price.

J.R. · 26 September 2014

Great bat for beginners and for the price. I wish I would have bought the 28oz bat. The 27oz bat is good, I have used both, the 27oz and the 28oz bat, but the 28 feels just right. The balance of the bat feels great and it will send the ball ~20-25ft farther than the 27oz (Compare 14 homers with the 28 vs 6 with the 27 last season). The weight difference wont affect your swim, plus it is made for slow pitch, if you can't handle a 1oz difference you might as well get the 26oz.

Easton>any others

g. · 8 November 2013

Easton guy right here. Bat is super end loaded. I prefer end loaded bats but the 28 was a tad too heavy. Should have went with a 27 but I don't think it'll be too much to adjust too. Will review more when I get a chance to do some BP. BP with this and the L4 out of the wrapper. Full stock. Both bats took about 70-80 swings to start opening up. Now that their at about 150-200 swings they are just sick! The only 2013 ASA that is a hair better is the demarini j3. Better in terms of the size of the sweet spot but pop and distance is pretty much equal.

I love the way this bat looks but I could not get comfortable with using it.

S.C. · 9 December 2014

I love the way this bat looks but I could not get comfortable with using it. The sweet spot is very hard to find and the top weighting seems to throw my swing off, making the bat contact the ball a bit lower than it should. The result is too many pop-fly balls. Not a happy camper. Went back to my old bat after 3 weeks of use.

cracked after 2 weeks

M. · 30 April 2014

I used the bat for about 4 games and now I hear a rattling sound inside... This isn't worth it.