Anyone else having problems with easton bats?

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.

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

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.

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

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?

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

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....

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.

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.

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

I had the same thing happen. The 1st bat broke where the bat joins together. Easton replaced it in July. The bat was used maybe 15 games in the Fall and then not used in the winter. Started using it in March and about the time the bat was broke in it cracked in two places the first crack was 6 inches long and the second was 3 inches. I called Easton and they would not replace it.

I never cracked/broke an easton, but I never cared a lot for them myself when I was in school. I busted up 4 Worth Copperheads though. I loved them though, with the LS TPX being my second choice.

the comp bats sound "dead" but if you hit it on the sweet spot the ball flys.

Aluminum bats are the devil. Biggest problem with baseball right now imo. They have more problems than wood bats as far as breaking/defects as well. Go to wood bats and require high schools to have composite bats and you'll save money and injury.

I loved wood bats. I took BP with wood bats quite often in HS, and even hit a grand slam with one in a game. Smaller sweet spot, but still plenty of pop when you hit that spot.

I haven't really noticed the injury problem...I have always thought it would be there, but it doesn't appear to be...If it was happening College pitchers would be getting killed right and left....

Changing the length/weight ratio to -3 in high school seems to have made a big difference as far as injuries go.

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: ndn12</div><div class="ubbcode-body">the comp bats sound "dead" but if you hit it on the sweet spot the ball flys. </div></div>
Exactly.

my son has used the comp bat for 2 years,no problems whatsoever with it so far.

He is hitting well with it, just afraid it is going to come apart where it has that movement in between the bell and handle.

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: neutral88</div><div class="ubbcode-body">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 </div></div>


The TPX bats are the best I have seen. My son has had several and he has had zero problems with any of them.

the stealth bats are always a little loose there especially the regular flex!....the stiff flex isn't as much but still some!...me personally love the easton bats and i want to hit with the new easton bats and see what they are like (the two new solid bats instead of 2 piece)

http://www.justbats.com/products/listview.asp?g=3

The Omahas are the ones my lad has alot of luck with.

Get a Demarini.

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: lpd_blue</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Get a Demarini. </div></div>

Wouldn't want to jinx him. Baseball is a fickle,superstition-loving sport,and he is swinging those TPXs well right now. [img]/LDPforum/ubbthreads/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/grin.gif[/img]

Oh I understand, I didn't mean that directly at you, I meant it towards the person who started this thread. But I would suggest a Demarini to anyone who is in the market for a new bat.

I loved Demarini softball bats, but I have swung one of their baseball bats. I figured they were solid too.

So do you think it is ok to use one that is a little loose like that? Is that normal? He has made some big hits with it and absolutely loves it and has gotten used to it. But I don't want him to use it if it is going to be dangerous. I guess we are just worried where it is loose that it will break when he is using it or hurt someone. We didn't know if it was something that would keep getting worse and then eventually break in two. He has used TPX's and Demarinis before and they are all good bats. He used alot of different ones before we decided to buy the easton. (it's a -3) I guess it is all just personal preference. He had a hard time deciding between that and a Demarini. I haven't heard of anyone really having problems with any of those mentioned except the comp eastons. He has always felt comfortable with it, just worried it was going to break.

The one peice Easton Synergy Softball bats hit well, but I haven't seen anyone hit the 1 peice baseball bats....

The best hitters in Kingsport leagues hit Synergy Softball bats from what I've seen from behind the plate...