BBCOR for 2012- What is your team using?

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Originally posted by LadsDad:
Has anyone tried the new, revised Rip-It? I was wondering if it performed as well as the previous one.

My son is a senior and I would prefer not to invest $300 for a bat he will only use one season.

My son is using the new Rip It and seems to like it. He's hit a couple that short hopped the fence that would have been bombs with the old bats. So he will settle for a double instead of a roundtripper. So far so good!

My son has the re-certified model and it has performed beyond his expectations. Has gotten a lot of compliments from coaches and players on the performance of the bat. Bought it from fastpitchsales.com for $149. There is about a 2 week wait, but be patient and you will receive it.

Son used Rip-it all summer....loved it...so did a few of his teammates. Now at JUCO...coach said he heard the bat may not be legal. I emailed the company and here is their response:

"The 2011 Prototype was certified to meet BBCOR standards, however, we did have a handful of bats that tested .01 above the BBCOR standard.

We worked with the NCAA diligently to get all of our bats retested and re-certified. We did not alter the bat in any way for this testing. We tested them, throwing out any that did not meet the BBCOR standard.

The re-certified bat is on the NCAA approved bats list and we are more than happy to exchange it for the re-certified model, if you're more comfortable swinging that."

We'll be exchanging his for the re-certified.

My boy tried a Rip-It this summer, liked it, & we have a re-cert Rip-It coming for him. My sons two best friends are over quite a bit hitting in our cage & both feel more comfortable with a more neutrally balanced bat. That brings the question, has anyone hit this summer with both a BBCOR Kelley & BBCOR Cat 5 ? Both seem to have been well balanced bats as BESR models. Any input is greatly appreciated.

Any info on when updated BBCOR bats are coming out this fall? From here, sounds like Marucci Cat 5 or Rip-It are two of the best options, but open to suggestions. Need to pick one up in next 2-3 weeks. Thanks

After carefully consulting with current players, former players in college, and college coaches...I ordered the Rip-IT prototype, DeMarini Voodoo, and the Rawlings 5150, for our teams this spring.

My son has the Rip-it and the Rawlings 5150. He gets better Pop out of the Rip-it when hit square...but prefers the 5150 due to feel and control without giving up loads of pop.