Easton helmer green and orange
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tonys1
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I have a NIW 27.5 oz and it scales true to weight. If I recall, the scale said 27.58 oz
tonys1
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Ah - I haven't held it in my hands long enough to comment on the distribution of the weight, but the scale said it was pretty spot on weight-wise.
D-ROCK13
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Around 300 hits on the helmer and it's the hottest Easton I've personally swung in the last 10 years. The sweet spot has opened nicely and given me a lot more room for error. Hit my first 300 ft + shot of the year with it last week, unfortunately it went just foul. Only complaint so far is I'm slowly starting to forget about my Combats LOL
Jusrah99
Outstanding Bad Mudasuka!
Don’t say that around Normy...thats like cussing
D-ROCK13
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HA! I'm just about as die hard Combat as Normy so I cussed at myself as well
D-ROCK13
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Quick update on the helmer, around 600 hits and its just filthy. Hard to gauge the number of hits because 4 or 5 of my teammates have dropped their gamers to swing it. Fairly hard to miss the sweet spot at this point, though if you do, the ball still travels decently. Wish id have waited on a 28.5 because it does swing a tad light for me at 27.5
Squatchzilla
Extra Hitter
These do hit the harder balls really well... We're a Hot Dot league tho and I find they are still a fair bit behind the other brands. I gave up on my Helmer, but do have a Wegman and Baker with under 100 hits each on them still.
They murder Hot Dots if you like their weight and feel. So does Baker.
You just have to open them up a bit with 40/44's for a while in BP and then north of 500 cuts they start to smash Hot Dot 52s.
FireFlex have shown even better out of the gate with the 52s but fail comp test quick.
You just have to open them up a bit with 40/44's for a while in BP and then north of 500 cuts they start to smash Hot Dot 52s.
FireFlex have shown even better out of the gate with the 52s but fail comp test quick.
Squatchzilla
Extra Hitter
Well I did manage to hit one hot dot into the future with the Wegman so it does show promise. Im only bagging those two bats right now and am hitting them over lunch breaks with grey/gold dots and some rockets. We'll see where they end up. Im gonna actually take my time with these two and try to open them up.
That said, I do love the feel, sound, and weighting on the Wegman. Probably why Im gonna try to get it properly broken in.
The Baker on the other hand I had in a 26 and LOVED, this 28 feels really weird. Meaning not balanced and VERY middle heavy.
Purple Weggy took more work than the green Helmer IMO. But will get good in due time with work in it. You'll be rewarded with the green when you get to 500+ cuts for sure. Weggy prob more, like 750-1000+
But they last. And when sitting at pass line, will stay there a good while and last for you. (Unlike FireFlexes)
The Baker was just never right for me at all. I wanted to love that thing, but it never worked out for me. Did swing a wee bit midloaded and not true Bal like my Worth Dedonatis did.
But they last. And when sitting at pass line, will stay there a good while and last for you. (Unlike FireFlexes)
The Baker was just never right for me at all. I wanted to love that thing, but it never worked out for me. Did swing a wee bit midloaded and not true Bal like my Worth Dedonatis did.
D-ROCK13
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My helmer is now easily passed the 1500 hit mark, probably closer to 2k. Still no defects or signs of slowing down, just webbing and minimal field/bag wear. The green paint has held up tremendously well. The exit speed and sound is unreal and for a short barrel Easton, the sweetspot is huge, very hard to miss. Wish I could find these for 50 bucks like the 2015 and 2016s lol
Party mafia
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I dont think we will finding $50 Easton bats starting 2017 and beyond.
ShortYellowBus
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Why not?
Helmer finally bit the dust, shark toothed in the middle, had to have had 4k hits or better