Category Archives: Easton Bats

2024 Easton MAV1 Bat: What’s New and Exciting for 2024?

Let’s be honest, for young players, a baseball bat can feel like an extension of themselves. It needs to be light enough to swing with confidence, but powerful enough to launch the ball into the outfield. The 2024 Easton MAV1 checks a lot of boxes, but with a caveat – it might not be the end-all, be-all bat for everyone.

2024 Easton Mav1 What’s New?

The big innovation with the 2024 Easton MAV1 is the XLD Optimized Barrel Performance. Translated from marketing speak, this means a thinner barrel wall across a larger area. The result? A supposed larger sweet spot for more consistent, harder hits.

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The Ultimate Comparison of the 2024 Easton Hype Fire and the 2023 Hype Comp. Find Out What’s Best for You!

Baseball enthusiasts know that the right equipment can make all the difference on the field. Among the many manufacturers in the industry, Easton has consistently delivered high-quality bats that have become favorites among players of all levels. In this article we compare the new 2024 Easton Hype Fire (at the present time only available in -10, -8, and -5 models) and the 2023 Hype Comp baseball bats. We examine the key differences between these two bats to help players make an informed decision when selecting their ideal weapon of choice.

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Here are the 2020 Easton Baseball Bat Reviews

Easton 2020 Baseball Bats

Easton has launched four new bats over three model lines for the 2020 season. Here’s are my reviews of their baseball bats. First, here’s their “claim” on each of their brands. Then we’ll go into a detailed breakdown.

ADV 360: The most advanced 2-piece composite bat in the game.
Maxum 360: The longest barrel and biggest sweet spot in the game.
Fuze Hybrid 360: 2-piece hybrid design with the thinnest walls in the game.
Alpha 360: Traditional 1-piece solid feel with the thinnest walls in the game.

The ADV 360, Maxum 360, Fuze 360 and Alpha 360 all use names that connect to Easton’s 360 Engineering technology designed for a 360-degree barrel-tuning design, creating new lines of bats that fit the BBCOR, USSSA and USA regulation designations.

The ADV 360 leads the lineup with a two-piece composite bat offering Launch Composite technology to optimize the barrel profile. A new, lighter iSo ConneXion made with proprietary Nitrocell foam is supposed to isolate the handle from the barrel for a solid feel and enhanced power through the zone and a new Dynamic Feel System carbon handle, using 90 percent carbon fiber, to provide more of a stiff feeling.

It includes their Speed Cap design designed for more flexibility at the barrel and has a more natural sound on impact. It also includes Easton’s Power Boost Soft Knob technology.

The ADV 360 is absolutely a very technologically advanced bat that is a top pick for those who are more advanced players. It will also help those not as advanced but are willing for fork over the hefty price.

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A Review of the Easton Mako Torq Baseball Bat

There’s no doubt that Easton is the leader in the industry by constantly coming up with new technology (that may or may not be a hoax). The new model year is no different with their latest release the 2015 MAKO TORQ. But be aware, this is their high end bat and you’ll pay for this “new” technology (real or not).

The review of this baseball bat is relatively easy because it has the exact same design as the returning, lower priced, Mako Comp. It’s a two-piece bat using Easton’s standard conneXion design made with their 100% THT Thermo Composite material. The only difference is the handle, which “twists” and adds an additional $100 to the price.

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2012 Easton Reviews

Easton is far ahead of the competition when it comes to BBCOR baseball bats, especially with 100% composite bats. Easton has always been the leader in composite bats and the 2012 model year is no exception. They continue to push their two-piece design in their top tier Power Brigade bats. They were the first to release a BBCOR approved composite bat, the Omen, and then quickly followed that up with new models (Power Brigade S1 and XL1). They are known for offering many options (sometimes so many its dizzying) to appeal to just about any player. Easton is the most popular bat brand in the market and it’s difficult to go wrong with one of their bats.

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Here are Oure Reviews of the Easton Power Brigade Bats

Easton’s long awaited Power Brigade series has finally hit the market. This lineup follows Easton’s format of offering a 100% composite two-piece bat, hybrid two-piece bat and 100% alloy bat. The difference is that they will come in two different series. The Speed Series has a low (Easton says the lowest) swing weights (MOI), and the XL Series has a higher swing weight (MOI) and claims to have a longer barrel. The pricing is the same for both series, it’s just a matter of preference. All of the Brigade bats are BBCOR certified.

The Speed Series Bats:

S1 – Two-Piece IMXTM Composite

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2010 Easton Bat Reviews

The 2010 Easton bats are essentially the same models as in 2009. They have made a few wise modifications by adding stiff handle versions to their best selling bats. Last year their composite bats were called the Stealth/Synergy IMX this year they’re called the Stealth/Synergy Speed bats but they’re essentially the same bats. The minor modifications include a slightly lower swing weight and stiff handle option on their Stealth Speed two-piece bat compared to the 2009 Stealth IMX and a stiff handle version of the hybrid SV12. For 2010 they’re putting their marketing efforts behind the handle flex rating of their baseball bats. Each of their best selling bats are accompanied with a number, the higher the number on the bat the stiffer the handle. This continues Easton’s efforts to be the leader in communicating detailed information about their baseball bats. They tell us the handle flex rating, swingweight (MOI) and hitting area for all of their bats. This is extremely helpful in selecting a bat and makes me wonder why the other manufacturers ignore or gloss over it.Don’t forget to check out the My Bat Recommendations section for my recommendations on bats segmented by material and price.

Here’s Easton’s 2010 line-up:

Easton Composite Bats

Easton Stealth Speed 75 and 95: 100% composite, two-piece end-loaded bat. The Speed 75 is the flex handle version that is essentially identical to the 2009 Stealth IMX, except that it is slightly less end-loaded this year (swing weight rating of 80 versus 90 in 2009). The Speed 95 is the new stiff handle version of this Easton bat design. It is exactly the same as the Speed 75 except it has a stiff handle. The handle is stiffer than the Synergy Speed bat. Easton’s two-piece composite bats are by far the most popular composite bats on the market. Both the Stealth and Synergy Speed Adult -3 models retail for $399 a $20 increase from the 2009 models.

Easton Synergy Speed 90: 100% composite, one-piece end-loaded bat (75 rating) with a stiff handle (90 rating). This bat is almost identical to the 2009 Easton Synergy IMX, except the swing weight (MOI) was ever so slightly lowered (from 80 to 75). Eastonclaims this design provides increased balance and bat control through the hitting zone versus the Stealth model. The Synergy Speed 90 is aimed directly at the heart of Louisville’s one-piece, stiff handle philosophy. This design is far less popular than the Stealth Speed/IMX design. If you like this bat you should look for the 2009 model. It’s priced around $259 or $140 less than the identical 2010 model.

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Easton Stealth IMX Synergy IMX

Easton has been the leader in composite bats for the last several years and will undoubtedly continue this trend with the IMX, their new 100% composite bats for 2009. Easton is extremely smart to their approach in manufacturing baseball bats by not putting all their eggs in one basket. They leave no stone uncovered by making top notch models in every category and design. Their top priority is pushing the 2 piece design and flex handle which they pioneered some 6 years ago with the Connection introduction. But they also make and market quality one piece bats with stiff handles that directly compete with manufactures that rely on this design, most notably Louisville and Rawlings.

They say the IMX or Integrated Matrix Technology optimizes composite design, materials and process for maximum performance. In this series Easton offers two bats made from the same IMX composite material in two distinct designs. They are the: Continue reading →