Mizuno's FP line...quick and very small test

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Wilson = Evil Empire
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Figured would post a new thread as more have asked about these.

Very limited sample as I got home at 7 and was only able to hit about 80 balls with the 4 bats. Light was gone, so glad I had a flood light...haha.
None of these bats were beat up...they all looked pretty new'ish unfortunately so not a ton of hits on any of them.

Ti- Very unusual bat, I can tell by the sound, just as my rep said, it will turn some girls off. It pings like a metal bat which will make a certain percentage of girls hate it no matter what. I was even taken back right away, wasn't used to hearing that anymore...haha. Prob had the most endload out of all the bats but isn't an endloaded bat. Came off decent, again, wish I had more time. Not much vibration. Needed more swings.

Power Carbon - This bat had some juice to it, balls came off quick and has a distinct clack sound like many other bats do nowadays with their own sound. I enjoyed taking cuts with it. Balanced for the most part. Not much vibration. Thing was pretty hot as it was. Came off better than most bats I have hit with.

Carbon2 - I will relate this bat to the CF series of bats. Kinda soft and the bat flexes a lot. Balls came off good, but I have never been a flex bat fan. But that's just me...haha. Very balanced feel. Same feedback as a CF bat. Tell, it needed more cuts to break in.

Carbon1 - Ok, I really liked this bat, BUT I am a one piece fan, plain and simple. Came off good but def needed more swings. Many girls wont like it because its one piece and if you miss hit it, you will feel feedback. Balanced bat, BUT prob had the next amount of endload after the Ti.

All in all, again, small sample and cant say a ton of stuff. I think the Power Carbon is a winner for people even with the small swings I got. Can tell it came off very well. Ti will be a bat for a select few who can get past the ping. From what I have been told, the Ti passes compression in the sweetspot but outside the bat it illegal (testing doesn't test outside the ss so mishits may go better). Wish I had more time. If you are a CF fan, the Carbon2 may be your bat. Same type feel.

And I will prob be the only one who likes the one piece :)

Been told I will get them again next week for the weekend
 
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May 24, 2013
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A player on my DD's 14U TB team has started using the Carbon1 recently. It hasn't blown me away, but I think the issues are more related to her swing mechanics right now. The performance seems to be on par with the Make she was swinging before. I haven't heard much feedback from her directly, but her dad (an aerospace engineer) is excited about it being 1-piece.
 

CoreSoftball20

Wilson = Evil Empire
DFP Vendor
Dec 27, 2012
6,215
113
Kunkletown, PA
Maybe that was more her dad's choice. You also have to figure in price when looking at value...this bat has nice performance for the price

Aerospace engineer...come on...he can afford top shelf :)
 
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