New Balance Elite Bat Pack Review

So I didn't see any reviews on this since it is relatively new, so I thought I'd throw up my initial thoughts. Bag is overall very nice, being New Balance I didn't quite know what to expect. As you can see in the pictures it is bigger then the 2 other back packs that I have. Both the Diamond and the Demarini zippers broke within a month of owning them. You can see these zippers are heavy duty and I don't really anticipate any issues. Bat has 2 sleeves that can hold 2 bats each, so total of 4. They are just 2 big pockets though, no individual bat sleeves. The whole back basically unzips so you can throw a uniform or jacket or something like that back there. It has built in shelves that attach with velcro to form 2 shelves separating the large compartment. I can easily fit 2 gloves and a Worth helmet in either compartment and could probably fit more. It has 2 smaller pockets on each side with a mesh pocket inside and a drink mesh pocket below that. The fence hook is nice and big and tucks away when not in use.

Overall I'm happy with the purchase and with the build quality. They are a little steep at $150, but I found a promo and got it to my door for $135. I had gotten a little tired of pulling around my roller and was looking for something that could carry most of that stuff. Any questions let me know

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chrometip78

The Hungarian Barbarian
Nice review, good to see the comparison pics too. Great looking bag with a well thought out organization, too big for me these days but if I was still lugging around a bunch of gear this would definitely be on my radar.
 

Darren

Addicted to Softballfans
Great review, could you squeeze 3 bats into each compartment to carry a total of 6 ? I have the demarini batpack that holds 6 bats but the zippers are allready going out on me and I've only been using it for a couple months.

thanks
Darren
 

jbo911

Super Moderator
Staff member
If it wasn't 150 bucks I might consider it. I don't know if I could stop taking enough crap to go back to a backpack though.
 

Joker

Well-Known Member
$150 is crazy. Looks good though. I wish demarini would have added a couple drink holders instead of 6 bat sleeves
 
Great review, could you squeeze 3 bats into each compartment to carry a total of 6 ? I have the demarini batpack that holds 6 bats but the zippers are allready going out on me and I've only been using it for a couple months.

thanks
Darren

Both the Diamond and Demarini zippers broke within a month for me. These look better, but I guess we'll see how they do.
 
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