Anyone else having problems with easton bats?

**mm70** · May 27th, 2008, 09:41 AM

We bought our son one of those easton comp stealth bats last year and have had nothing but problems from it. It started to come apart and was loose where the bell meets the handle. After weeks of trying to get someone on the line through their automated system, we returned it. They sent us a new one to replace it. This one is doing the same thing and has only been used for 2-3 months. We called today and they told us there was nothing they could do because it had been over a year since we bought the original. I really think it is a manufacturering defect or something. Several people have told me that alot of teams have had to send 4 or 5 back...

Looks like we are going to not get the bat replaced or any money back and the thing cost almost $400 dollars. My son saved alot of his own money to pay for it. Looks like there would be some kind of lemon law thing where if they know they are having alot of problems with it they would try to make it right. I'm pretty disgusted with the whole situation.

**sup-rbeast** · May 27th, 2008, 09:47 AM

Easton bats have always been bad to break right above the handle.

**mm70** · May 27th, 2008, 09:57 AM

Shew! We will never buy another one. We can't even get one good season out of it. Seems like not even half a season before it starts coming apart. That's alot of money to waste on one.

**sup-rbeast** · May 27th, 2008, 09:59 AM

I have personally witnessed 4 of the old black and yellow ones break...and they all broke in the same exact place.

**mm70** · May 27th, 2008, 10:01 AM

I guess we will have to get a new one. He hit with it last night and it sounded dead as can be. What bat would you recommend?

**sup-rbeast** · May 27th, 2008, 10:11 AM

I've been out of the loop so long that I wouldn't really know which bat to recommend.

**mm70** · May 27th, 2008, 10:14 AM

I know, they keep coming out with all this "high-tech" stuff and when they work, they are great but when they start cracking and breaking it's not good...I'm gonna shop around before I sink that much money in another....

**kmccall** · May 27th, 2008, 10:41 AM

I have always had good luck with Easton Bats. The Easton comp bats in the stiff flex (orange color) have a very good track record. Did you buy the stiff flex or the Regular flex. You see a lot of college teams using that Bat on TV. The way that the comp bat works is the more you use it the better it gets. As in all bats with these very thin walls they will have to be replaced under warranty. Thats why the cost is so high, because the manufactuers know that there is a good chance of it coming back.

**mm70** · May 27th, 2008, 10:52 AM

It says optiflex REG on the bat...so is that a regular one? I don't even know...the one we have now is the brand new silver with blue and orange writing that they sent us to replace the one we bought last year. It's not real loose yet, but when you pull on the bell it "gives" in between the bell and the handle.

**neutral88** · May 27th, 2008, 11:07 AM

If there is any sign at all of the bat comming appart it is dead as a door nail....Once they loose compression inside they are deader than a wood bat.....

My brother and me both always hit Louisville TPX bats and never had any trouble with them....

Here is a link to their new bats...

http://www.slugger.com/baseball/index.html