we learned 2 things today

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No, I'm saying there is no best. Use the bat that you like best. The differences are minimal.

He is tugging your chain…

 

[LEsoftballdad]

He is tugging your chain…

Oh, I'm quite certain. He's made his feeling clear.

 

[Rolling Hard]

The feel and SOUND are different. Once you get use to a certain sound every other bat seems not to have as much pop. IMO, manufacturers would be wise to engineer bats with good sound.

 

[LEsoftballdad]

The feel and SOUND are different. Once you get use to a certain sound every other bat seems not to have as much pop. IMO, manufacturers would be wise to engineer bats with good sound.

I would agree with this %. If there's one thing Easton did great, it was the sound for the Ghosts.

I did a demo day for my daughters' HS team last spring at a local indoor facility. We let them each take 10 cuts off the tee and measured their EV. We used a GA, DS, LXT, CF, XENO, Echo Connect, and a Mantra. One girl used an Anderson Rocketech, so she was the outlier. The results were all similar for most girls, meaning the different bats produced very similar exit velocity. But, the girls who normally used a Ghost all said they hit better with the Ghost than the other bats. The results showed otherwise. Our biggest power hitter had speeds 2-3 MPH higher with the Xeno than her GA, but said that couldn't be true because it sounded like she was crushing the ball with the Ghost, and the Xeno sounded like broken glass.

You always hear about a blind test. I wonder about a deaf one?

 

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The feel and SOUND are different. Once you get use to a certain sound every other bat seems not to have as much pop. IMO, manufacturers would be wise to engineer bats with good sound.

Not sure what you mean by good but the louder the impact the less efficient the collision (although the effect is minuscule eg a louder bat won’t really have any less “pop”)

 

[Rolling Hard]

I would agree with this %. If there's one thing Easton did great, it was the sound for the Ghosts.

I did a demo day for my daughters' HS team last spring at a local indoor facility. We let them each take 10 cuts off the tee and measured their EV. We used a GA, DS, LXT, CF, XENO, Echo Connect, and a Mantra. One girl used an Anderson Rocketech, so she was the outlier. The results were all similar for most girls, meaning the different bats produced very similar exit velocity. But, the girls who normally used a Ghost all said they hit better with the Ghost than the other bats. The results showed otherwise. Our biggest power hitter had speeds 2-3 MPH higher with the Xeno than her GA, but said that couldn't be true because it sounded like she was crushing the ball with the Ghost, and the Xeno sounded like broken glass.

You always hear about a blind test. I wonder about a deaf one?

2016 xeno had the braking glass sound. Loved it. Glad to hear Xeno has the sound back. Excuse me while I order one. Lol.

 

[LEsoftballdad]

2016 xeno had the braking glass sound. Loved it. Glad to hear Xeno has the sound back. Excuse me while I order one. Lol.

I know a guy who can get you one for a good deal.

 

[CoreSoftball20]

Considering all this "sound" started with LS bats...not Ghosts. Ever since then, sounds have
taken over softball bats.

But fact of the matter is, when you have inner tech, sound will follow. Hence why CFs are more thuds or
"soft" sounds...they have no inner tech. Carbon2s are more soft as well.

 

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Sheep….

 

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They all sound horrible compared to wood anyway