All good bats.
Most Miken and Woeth are good and comes down to preference
Anarchy makes a Vioer that’s coming out
Primos are good
Pure’s are amazing but shipping is trash and durability
FireFlex is same, great bats terrible durability
Miley’s have a ton
If you’re playing the popularity contest then Miken and Worth win
Easton would be next but their food bats have terrible durability
I’ve read a lot on here lately people saying bats are equal and I can tell you those people are idiots and have never seen or did a test themselves lol
BP YouTube videos are decent, he just has a horrible swing sometimes but he did help me pick my first bat and I can give him full credit for loving my first ever bat and his reviews aren’t too shabby on YouTube
Other then you swinging some you won’t know what you like feel wise and it takes more then 20 BP sessions like some people say to now how the bat really is
I suggest buying two 2018 models for cheap and entirely different to start
Whatever you see in Miken Worth will have a equal and vice versa also so keep that in mind
Kp23 / DC-41 / envious / primos / branch / Harvey all good bats but all different
By the tone of your conversation,
it is EXTREMELY obvious that you are new to this site and possibly to softball itself.
BP Hero works a fulltime job
and has a family so there are more important things in his life outside softball and his swing is actually ok with me and many others.
It does not take "20 BP sessions" to determine the viability of a specific bat in regards to its performance.
when we are breaking in a bat at BP that requires 500+ swings
we have over 250+ balls with us
and 4-6 of us players are constantly swinging the same bat so we can get a bat broke in within 1 BP session and determine if the bat is solid or not.
You suggested that you should get a "2018 bat", I had to laugh because I got everyone on our team
swinging my 2016 Louisville Solo Z dual action and they love it. (It has over 3000+ swings and is on fire)
The "latest and newest" is not always the best in regards to durability AND performance.
And trust me when I say this,
I own, have owned and/or have swung NUMEROUS bats (Bought and sold over 50+ bats and sold over 1000+ softballs in the last year) and have done a number of reviews on here so I can back up what I am saying.
but I think you are doing a lil too much and need to do some research first before you jump into the fire too quick spouting off stuff that makes no sense.
(DAMN, I sound like JOKER now!!)