Considering gettig a fungo, but have a few questions

[Frost033]

As the topic states, I'm looking at possibly getting a fungo going into the upcoming season. Basically I'm wondering if:
1. Are they worth getting?
2. Assuming #1 is yes, do you just use a baseball fungo? I'm not seeing softball specific fungos so I assume baseball is the way to go?
3. Wood or aluminum? Suggestion?

Thanks in advance

 

[Chris8]

1) Personal preference.

3) Yes mine was worth getting. I got a Mizuno Pro Carbon

I'm pleased with it. Durable but more expensive than wood

 

[_MIA_]

1) Personal preference.

3) Yes mine was worth getting. I got a Mizuno Pro Carbon

I'm pleased with it. Durable but more expensive than wood

Out of curiousity, since FP bats are so light to begin with, what do you feel is the advantage of using one over just a regular beater FP bat? I can see the advantage in baseball, you don't want to be swing a 31 oz bat for 30 minutes straight when hitting fly balls.

 

[ANNASDAD]

I’m curious also, if you want a fungo, get one! I used one with Anna’s 16U team, it really wasn’t anything special, I actually gave it away.

I love switching up between my old 33” Rocketech and my 2016 Xeno. But there’s also a Ghost, LXT, Nanotek, and a practically new Mizuno bat out in the garage.

You say old school fungo, I say old school Rocketech!

 

[lancer360]

I bought a 37" Easton Fungo this season and love it. I just don't have to swing very hard to launch fly balls. Feels like I have so much more control since I don't have to swing hard. Had to swing much faster to hit balls with DD 30" -12 LXT. Didn't have nearly the control the Fungo bat does. While the Fungo is lighter compared to a normal wood bat of the same size, it is heavily end loaded. Balls just seem to leap off the bat. Best $55 I have spent in a long time.

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[CoachJD]

I bought a 37" Easton Fungo this season and love it. I just don't have to swing very hard to launch fly balls. Feels like I have so much more control since I don't have to swing hard. Had to swing much faster to hit balls with DD 30" -12 LXT. Didn't have nearly the control the Fungo bat does. While the Fungo is lighter compared to a normal wood bat of the same size, it is heavily end loaded. Balls just seem to leap off the bat. Best $55 I have spent in a long time.

Curious about this. End loading makes a bat feel heavier than it is, which I'd think would make control more difficult.

 

[lancer360]

DD bat was too light. I really needed to swing for the fence to drive fly balls. Swinging that fast seemed to give me control problems. The Fungo being end loaded can cause control issues if it is too heavy, but the shaved long thin handle helps to reduce the bats overall weight without hurting the energy transfer to the ball to much. The 37" I bought is really long. I had to adjust where I was tossing the ball to get good results. I had to toss it much further away. You also have to use two hands or massively choke up if you are going to use it one handed. Easton makes a 35" one also.

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[_MIA_]

if you are going to use it one handed

 

[NBECoach]

Does anyone use the fungo that is like a square tennis racquet? I've heard good and bad about them.

https://i2.wp.com/softballjunk.com/...5/07/Accubat-fungo-bat1.jpg?fit=500,500&ssl=1

 

[ANNASDAD]

Does anyone use the fungo that is like a square tennis racquet? I've heard good and bad about them.

https://i2.wp.com/softballjunk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Accubat-fungo-bat1.jpg?fit=500,500&ssl=1

Couple years back I was this > < close to buying one to try, just never did. Awesome concept if it actually does what it says it’ll do!