SouthSTLOF
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Great info, Uniballer. Thanks! I'll be strongly considering getting one of these this year.
Mizuno No Doubt.
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single wally
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One of my teammates who is too lazy to post on here was liking his 26oz in BP the other day, and watching from the OF the 52s were coming off nicely for such a new bat. I dry swung it and it was light and very balanced, Demar Mercy-like IMO. Will update after he gets a few hundred more swings on it.
GrinningBear
World's deadliest house husband
Mercy-like? Think I'll sit this year out and hope Mizuno gets that fixed before the world runs out of Techfires.
single wally
Professional Amateur
I just meant they swing light and very balanced, which some like. I'm guessing this is due to less weight on the end due to the rolled endcap.
GrinningBear
World's deadliest house husband
Most people seem to like the lighter bats, which is probably why that's all they make. Us old school Mizuno guys are in the ever shrinking minority.
And they could easily end load the No Doubt.
bird25
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Adamal24
Never Settle™
the no doubt is stiff as hell.. not whippy at all but def swings light so wouldn't be a bad idea to go up an ounce if you don't like your bat to swing light.
uniballer
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This for sure. Not whippy at all, which I like. And I agree with weighting...I'm wishing I had bought a 28 instead of a 27.
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GrinningBear
World's deadliest house husband
Last I checked they don't make the weight I swing let alone go up an ounce. I'm still pretty disappointed. I made fun of the design at first (and it's still silly to market it as impossible to alter), but the more people commented the more I wanted one. I'd have one but I can't swing a 28 that swings that light. Even the 27.5 FSE I'm breaking in right now feels so light I hate it.
GrinningBear
World's deadliest house husband
Endload, short barrel 29 AKA FuryII.
That'd be nice. I fear we're going to have to settle for a regular Fury and not pay the 175 price structure.
Thanks now I miss my first Fury. Did that one pass through your hands? Scaled at 27.8. It was from a Mid-south player the year they won the Major. Silliness. It had a small dent for thousands of swings before I sold it north of the border a few years ago. Probably still going.
Adamal24
Never Settle™
Just put 4 ounces of lead tape under the grip.. problem solved :biggthumpup:
slacker1
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This for sure. Not whippy at all, which I like. And I agree with weighting...I'm wishing I had bought a 28 instead of a 27. If anyone is interested in a 75 bp hit 27oz hit me up. I may give a really good deal on it so I can get a 28
I might be interested, I will shot you a pm
GrinningBear
World's deadliest house husband
Yes that would potentially solve the problem. But that's not necessarily where I'd put the weight. Actually I don't even need an endload. I don't swing a 26 any faster than a 29 and really light bats feel so foreign I never hit the ball well. I had a Craze, an ASA and white balanced Blackout, all 29 and they all felt as good as my endloads. Close anyway.
Fro Joe
Snowden is a hero.
Why do you think this? Other than rolling how could this possibly be altered?
ball go far
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el a no doubt i would try it
ball go far
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my craze is in the bag, pinkout needs more swings, the dc i just picked up from bimmer will hold me over until then
GrinningBear
World's deadliest house husband
You want brand names or just a general description. Not being sarcastic.
Fro Joe
Snowden is a hero.
How do you think this thing could be altered outside of rolling?
Adamal24
Never Settle™
good to hear!
GrinningBear
World's deadliest house husband
I've rewritten this about ten times to keep from getting infarcteded.
Compress it.
Endload it through the handle. Anything in the handle can be removed, which has its own benefits.
single wally
Professional Amateur
True, where there's a will, there's a way, but at least the rolled endcap should deter shaving, which is still a good step forward. That said, moving to the 52 cor ball is having a bigger impact on cheating than changes to bat design.
Fro Joe
Snowden is a hero.
Shaving is the biggest fish to fry when it comes to altering. Anything else just makes a miniscule difference in performance. That difference is being reduced further with 52s becoming standard in more and more places.
GrinningBear
World's deadliest house husband
Shaving is biggest, yes. Have you ever swung a compressed bat? Not rolled. There's a reason that is specifically listed on the selling forum rules. Far from miniscule. Far. Kettering was pretty far off with their estimations and nobody knows where they got the compressed bats. Not somebody who knew what they were doing.
And endloading is fairly effective with the .52's.
And no I'm not going to do this. If I were I wouldn't be whining about the weighting on the No Doubt I'd have just bought one.
rat bastard
Active Member
I'll be at the SBF store on Saturday, most likely picking up the No Doubt, your reviews have been great, well worth the money?
Adamal24
Never Settle™
So far, yes. Obviously no one can really speak to durability yet bc it hasn't been out long enough but everything so far has been a win with the no doubt!
I just got one. I got a 28oz because I read it swung light (and I usually swing 26-27oz). It does swing more like a 26 or 27oz. I went to DBAT and hit a couple rounds in the hit tracker cage. I'll see high 80s, some low-mid 90s (personal best so far is 96) with my well broken in 27oz USSSA Mamba, and I was hitting high 80s, a few 91s, and a couple 92s with the No Doubt right out of the wrapper. It felt like my broken in Mamba, and I'm sure it'll just get better. I got it for ASA league because I couldn't justify dropping coin on a bat just for a once a week league, and I can use it to back up or replace my Mamba.
I'm really, really happy with it.
I'm really, really happy with it.