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I am anxiously awaiting the specs on this bat. It advertises an improved Tru3 connection point and PBF (Performance Barrel Flex system) technology. It appears that the LXT is moving away from the S1iD technology which is the inner disc. I am curious to see what exactly the PBF technology is and how the bat performs.
 

redhotcoach

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May 8, 2009
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I am no expert, but I would bet the LXT and Xeno are 99% the same bat as they have been for several years. Nothing wrong with that, except the higher retails.
 

CoreSoftball20

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Dec 27, 2012
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I am no expert, but I would bet the LXT and Xeno are 99% the same bat as they have been for several years. Nothing wrong with that, except the higher retails.

Last year, the whole composite layering was different than the year before...that's way more than 1% different. I know it doesn't
seem like much to people, but it is for a composite bat.
 

redhotcoach

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May 8, 2009
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Xenos and then LXTs have been advertised to be at legal limit out of the wrapper since they came out? What (and am really asking) more improvements can be done, and does it matter?
 

999

May 13, 2015
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I am anxiously awaiting the specs on this bat. It advertises an improved Tru3 connection point and PBF (Performance Barrel Flex system) technology. It appears that the LXT is moving away from the S1iD technology which is the inner disc. I am curious to see what exactly the PBF technology is and how the bat performs.

Looks like the Xeno has the S1iD on the link.
 

CoreSoftball20

Wilson = Evil Empire
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Dec 27, 2012
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Kunkletown, PA
Xenos and then LXTs have been advertised to be at legal limit out of the wrapper since they came out? What (and am really asking) more improvements can be done, and does it matter?

You said the bats were the same and I simply just said they were absolutely not the same as last years.
I never said that every change is an improvement and is going to make the bat twice as hot, because yes you can only
make bats so hot, simply that the bats were not the same.

Companies always fiddle with stuff to try and get other components better out of a bat.
Trying to extend sweetspot, get better durability, improve feel, get hotter faster...yada yada.
You are also always looking to improve technology as well. The inner barrel technology
is ALWAYS trying to get worked on by every manufacturer because that's where a lot
of the answers are because you just cant make thinner bats anymore like you used to
many years ago because it would just be illegal and never pass.

And yes, some years nothing is done to a bat because you don't have to change something
every year.
 
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