Got my orange Recoil last year from the store for 150, I play NSA. Been my my only bat last year and this year, it has gone to a new level this year, hot as fire with probably well over 1000 hits. Me and a few guys on the team use it every game and BP. Never used an OG but the RI I got was decent when I first got it, but just keeps getting better and better, still looks pretty good and I don't think its close to breaking. Mine is the balanced and not the maxload, but the maxload version is not really endloaded it refers to the stiffness, the maxload (think they say 250 or whatever on the taper) are the stiffer ones while balanced (believe it has a 180 sticker on taper) are the softer ones. The more my breaks in the softer it gets, its to the point now that I can feel it bend in my hands like alot of the super soft Demarinis.