Hitting with the 1989 Easton CERAMIC Baseball Bat (Review)
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- Опубліковано 24 вер 2024
- Today we're trying out the Easton... Ceramic? This bat is from the unrestricted 1980s/90s "gorilla-era" and is actually one of the very first prototypes of a COMPOSITE baseball bat. Let's see how it stacks up against another 1990s legend: the Easton Reflex.
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Man, haven't heard the sound of that ceramic bat in nearly 30 years, what a throwback! Yes, that bat was brutal if you weren't on target.
I had one didn't like it at all!
Showing our age here. lol. A team mater of mine had one when I was 13 in 1990. HIs shattered in batting practice before the season even started. It was well over $100 which was a lot back in that time. I think $150 or more.
Me neither last time I saw it we were playing in a tournament in September in Massachusetts and I used my buddies ceramic 0:01 bat and cracked it bc it was so cold..
Had the ceramic a few seasons went dead pretty quick
I used it in 1989. The just misses went a little farther but it was hard bat to square up, gave up on it after around 4 games. Switched back to the Black Magic for the rest of the season.
In Little League those ceramics were the "It" bat. That was straight new technology. It took me back when Will showed it. I went & grabbed my Big League Chew.
Grape flavor?
I graduated in 91. My high school team had one of those ceramic bats. It sucked so bad. It literally broke in half during batting practice. I want to see you swing an Easton black magic. That bat had some pop.
I was playing Legion baseball in '89. None of us liked that bat, and only a few could stand the Louisville Slugger TPX bats .
Ole black magic 🤙🏻
Nothing compares to my late little league/into high school Reflex C Cores! Best bats ever.
Red line/ reflex winners
I cannot believe I was just looking this up the other day to try and remember what it looked like. My parents actually bought me one when I was 12 in little league in 1990. Everyone on the team used it and it ended up cracking by seasons end at a cool $100 bucks, even back in 90'! I cannot believe you are showing one a week after it came to mind, and I was just being nostalgic!
I'm sure I played on that team. Or one exactly like it.
Ceramic fibers made their way into tennis racquets in the late 1980s, as well. They actually helped a bit with vibration dampening, for the most part. It looks like that attribute didn't carry over into the baseball applications.
I found them all disappointing. A small vibration dampener adequately reduced vibration and maintained the performance of carbon fiber.
brittleness was the biggest issue
@@918_xDxceramic is insanely hard but also super brittle.
I remember getting the vibration damper for my tennis racquet in the early 90s 😂
I remember when these came out when I was playing in a 7-10 year old league.
Everyone wanted to swing it, until they swung it.
Then everyone went back to their favorite aluminum bat.
I can remember the Easton C Core bats of the mid 90's being super hot bats. What a throwback to funtimes of hitting with hot metal bats.
Great video showing the history of bat innovation. A few years later they released the j series "graphite" composite before the OG "c core" which lead to reflex and Z2k/redline C-Core. Would be awesome to interview an old Easton engineer.
I actually have the reflex, the graphite, and the Y2K. The ladder is still sold on some auction sites for close to $1000 and above
It’s funny I was thinking about this bat since I discovered your channel. My high school baseball coach had one of these ceramic bats and he said it was same as aluminum but feels like wood - nice to see it in action since he never let the bay out of his sight
I've got an original graphite from Easton, early 90s bat. It was really hot. It's a 34-31. I swung it when I was 13 and dropped bombs.
I had one as well it was nasty
@@TerryHughes-l1c I believe it was the original PING sounding bat. I loved it. Got it hanging on my wall.
@@ffstone77ify mine was a drop 5 and gun metal gray
@TerryHughes-l1c I had the original one. They didn't come in anything but drop 3. This back in 91. The drop 5s back in my day were the skinny barrel bats. If you wanted the big barrel you had to go straight to drop 3. So I went straight to 32/29 at 12, then straight to 34/31 at 13. I also grew over 8 inches too which helped. I wasn't exactly normal either.
I remember in 1994-1998 I loved my Easton EA70. It had such a sweet spot.
Sticking with Easton, can y’all do a review on the MAV1 and the ROPE?
My first ever “high-end” Bat was this very ceramic Easton…god did I hate miss-hits😂. I also ended my high school career with this model Reflex.
So, thanks for the nostalgia on this one, Will!
Carl Smith is the name of the softball fields I used to play at. Tulsa?
@@NoName-qs6eilol don't you think that would be a pretty common name?
@@juliebraden6911 you never know lol
In the 90s I had a Reflex slow pitch bat and it was unreal. I loved that bat.
Love the sting reference! He was a fan of bat’s as well. Who knows he could have used a hot Easton in the square circle. Guessing it was a cheap bat though
Gotta give that bat another shot in warmer weather. It will feel a lot different. We put ours “in hibernation” when the temps started to drop.
I grew up in Florida so a lot of my friends loved this bat. Kinda confusing to see it get hate but that makes sense. Hated up north but loved down south.
For you next video you should do a video with "The Goods" and the "Icon" to see what is the best bat. I can't choose which is better. Like a Home Run Derby with "The Goods" or the "Icon".
The bell-tower "booong" at 2:54 is all you need to know about that beast
My brother used this bat! I actually hit my first BP homerun with this bat. What a sound!
I mean... it's not exactly the same material as what they use for cookware :) But it was still a cool iteration... I assumed they stopped making them because the weight/COR just wasn't there. It is kinda the opposite of a mythical titanium bat (which would destroy all other bats)
I have one of these bats in my "collection" of vintage baseball gear. I was playing in High School when these came out.
I went through like 2 or 3 of the Reflex. They were so hot but they dented in about a week if you hit a bunch.
I had one of those until I shattered it. Had more pop if you put it somewhere warm. It also came with an Easton bat sleeve. They replaced mine with an the the silver and green bat with the clear end cap. Favorite bat is a Worth Copperhead Cryo where they froze the metal to give it more pop!
Those Cryo bats sounded so cool when I was in Little League, never got to try one.
worth had some very expensive very hot but what we called "single tournament" bats as they damn near shatter in the cold and died after they launched just a few baseballs into orbit. They also brought tears on a mishit LoL... super thin super stiff handle... the sound was 🤌 when you connected tho and literally everyone knew it was a ringer when you heard that note
I want to see the 90’s Black Magic Easton. That was my hammer back then. That bat the most pop of anything
Yes, I used the Easton Black Magic, I felt it had the most pop of any model bat Easton had.
The reflex will forever be the GOAT. Everyone on my all star teams had that bat, into high school ball.
My heart is broken! I had this bat my first two years of high school 90-92 and it was the best bat I ever hit with…until I cracked it. Never found another one to replace it. You saying the bat sucks has crushed my memories of my all-time favorite bat…lol
You guys should do a video comparing all of the Louisville slugger selects from when they started to become end-loaded from the years 2017 to 2023 showing the main differences between and comparing them between the years and showing which are really worth it
C555 Platinum was ceramic and phenomenal. Even better 5 years down the road after it cracked. I hit a 500’ bomb in the first inning of an all-star game. If I can still find the article on google I’ll post it. There were a handful of very good ceramic bats in the 90’s and 00’s though.
It truly is a composite bat... it was reinforced with fiber... I guess in a way it was more like fiberglass than a true ceramic.
This really tells the technology improvements over 30 years.
You gotta do the BJ10 bat...next generation of this smokes it
My dad has this bat and I waited for the day that it would be reviewed. He got it from trading baseball cards for the bat.
That 1997 Easton Reflex might be the best bat I have seen on The Baseball Bat Bros. Watching Will swing the 1989 Easton Ceramic made my hands hurt.
I used to use that bat when I was 14 and I loved it.
The bat I used back in the 90s was the Easton Black Magic it was the best I ever used.
same
I remember the gold plated Easton, that thing was a tank.. I hit over the fence, that was after my coach told me not to use it because he thought it was to heavy.. He came up to me after the fact and said you use that bad every single time.
Ceramics engineering is pretty cool. They make these little pieces of glass (type of ceramic) for science shows that you can't break easily, but if you chip a little tab off it shatters. Neat stuff
My nostalgia bat was the Easton EA70 series ultralight (-9, granted I was 13). Man I loved that thing.
I was playing Legion baseball in 1989. I remember NONE of us caring for the ceramic version of the "Green Easton" at all. Those and the early LS TPX bats just felt wrong.
That 90's bat was the legit shit. I remember being in Little League and one of the other kids brought one to practice and everyone else wanted to get the same bat. Really well balanced. Didn't ring into your hands. Plus it looked cool as hell. I never got one sadly.
“One day, we’ll hit that light, bro…” Trying to recreate “The Natural”? 😜
It's amazing that I pitched in high school during the Reflex era and never gave up a home run. But then again I could not throw a football 7 miles !
I had a ceramic and a graphite bat. My dad got them from some close out store in the 90s. The ceramic would ring your hands up good.
nice I remember a kid had that one at my baseball camp in 1992 when I was 13. Also tried a Graphite one and it was so light 21oz . I loved that one. they were both over $100.
You guys should track down the old air attack. Graduated in 99…. That and the reflex were the shit back then! Damn I miss those days
I didn't ever hear about drop when I played baseball in the 90s, I played for the Pony sytem mostly. But I was swinging 33 lenght 33 weight bats when I was just 12. Anything lighter and I was getting too far ahead of the pitch. When I stopped playing at 16 I was using a 34 length 33 weight bat.
I remember one of our players actually had this bat. It didn't make a satisfying sound is the reason why none of the other players liked it.
Giventhat we were kids,the rumor around Mt baseball park was always that the biggest strongest kid in our league shattered one during an at bat. I think it was because we misinterpreted the ceramic part to mean delicate like ceramic plates or cups.
I haven't seen an Easton "green bat" since I was 10!!! Had to be spot on with it to get anything good, but I remember those bee stings and ringers in the hands
I had a 34 in 34oz Easton Ceramic bat that I used for 4 years in the 90s. I bought it in 92 and it was white with black lettering. It was brutal on the hands unless you barreled it, but when I did that ball flew like a rocket and you wouldn't feel a thing. All the bats stung back then when it was on your hands.
Those bats taught us where the barrel really is the hard way. You had the sweet spot and the "give me a couple minutes to get the feeling back in my hands" spot.
Will is my favorite UA-camr
The craze of new materials hitting the sporting world when the aerospace industry took a massive shit in the 80's-90's. The reason the bats crack is from hitting or dropping the ends on a hard surface. I had one split on me. Minimum Wage was $3.15 and that Easton cost me a fortune.
I had the second generation of the ceramic bat. It was dark gray with black lettering. I loved it. Had it just before high school. Felt like the Hulk when I broke it on a double.
You should do an underrated budget bat review. Find the best cheapest bat. Also I love using the 918 prime from 2018 if you could check that hat out
You have to find a TPX Armor CB105 Ceramic bat to try for comparison it has a very forgiving profile. At the time my team shared mine because it was the hottest BESR any of us had used. Then we broke it after overuse Louisville replaced it with the newest at the time Omaha BESR it was not nearly as hot. Cheers
I remember those bats! My brother wanted one so bad but my parents refused to pay that much for a bat. One of his friends had one and they loved it. I believed they stopped making them because they found they cracked real easily. Also, back in around 1990 or so they were about 300 bucks if I remember correctly. I can't believe how much some bats go for nowadays! I went to the local Goodwill store and bought my son a bat for 5 bucks! No way was I spending a ton of money just so my kid could "possibly" hit a little further!
These were all the rage when I was playing competitive league softball. I may still have one in the basement.
I have a ceramic Easton! Someone left it at the ball park, there was no name on it. Mine ever since. 28/34 MDL SC1.
I had one at bat with that bat in 1989 as a 13 year old. Took one swing and popped out sky high to the pitcher. Never touched it again.
My teammates cracked SO many of these!!! But....I did hit my one and only no doubter with one.
My friend had this in 10 or 11u! What a memory man the ceramic bat.
Someone on my team had a little league version. The graphite bats were also popular. I was always a tpx guy
"stings"
its beautiful edit gems in life that make it all worth it.
Wills swing and consistency has drastically improved the past few years. Or perhaps he just got better at editing & posts only the good swings. Professional UA-camr HR hitter - my dream job.
Swung the same bat as a junior in high school in ‘93 only it was all dark gray. And yes it would ring you up if you didn’t dime it up.
I still have my ceramic 33in 29oz….best bat I ever had back in the day. It was a killer. Called me a cheater. Never used gloves and never got rattled by it. Get some hands bro! Lolol 😂😂😂😂
In high school i had a louisville tpx bat and it was gold. It was incredible. Not aure if you have ever found one or tried it
Next try Louisville Air Attack 2. I used both Reflex and Air Attack 2 in college.
And the Air Attack 2 had a lot more pop
One bat that I would love to see a review of if you could find it is the TPX white shark from the 90’s
The hand ring was gnarly on that bat! God damn I remember when it first came out in high school!
I have a softball ceramic Easton!!! It was my dads. Lol. I did Hit a in the park home run with it.
Louisville made a TPX besr out of ceramic. It was grey and blue and had a really rough texture on the barrels.
My older brother had the white TPX ceramic bat in mid 90s. That bat was legendary in his senior league and HS days. It was fire. When the cap broke our family literally was heartbroken.
Remember a body having one of these in little. They also had a graphite one as well. I have one of the reflex reds myself
That bat was amazing! I crushed at ball at like 14 or 15 years old over 340.
The stinging takes back to high school in iowa and the early spring practices.
Oh wow had wondered if the Easton ceramic would ever find its way on the Baseball Bat Bros. My dad purchased one for me when I was in little league, 90 or 91…an expensive haggle he wasn’t happy about but it was the new thing at the time…but man, I’ll never forget how much it hurt on mis-hits, especially as a youngster…I remember one cold-evening practice when I was 9 or 10 getting teary eyed in frustration because I wanted to swing with full confidence but making contact was unbearable.
Looking back, I think it’s selling point was nothing but deceptive…getting barrel/sweet spot felt so smooth because anywhere else required a level of discomfort and pain tolerance.
I have got to send in my old Easton Magnum if you want stings. It was a 34 - 30
I was in little league when that bat came out. A few of the cool kids bought it. I tried it and hated it. I always used the Easton black magic.
I had that bat in 1994, it was so awesome
3:14 That ceramic bat looked a bit intimidating from a distance.
3:54 That must've stung so, so damn bad. ⚡🧤⚾
I still have mine. Bought it in 1991 from Big Five Sporting Goods.
Had one in high school....Hated it!
Have you guys done the reflex with 2019 baseballs? Maybe even throw Adley in there and see if we can get a 130 exit velocity
You guys should do a budget bat comparison with the 44, the guardian, and the clout ai. Clout and guardian seem similar!
coming very soon
Clout Ai is sooo whippy, I got the 34, it swings like a 31.
@@baseballbatbroshey batbros do you know how thick the grip tape is on the victus vandal my brother swings a victus and I love the grip tape and the tape on my stinger missile is coming undone and I’m going to get marucci grip I just don’t know what size to get and was wondering if you knew
Outfield camera angles would be cool. I know that's a lot more editing, but just a thought.
When I was a kid we just used a basic aluminum bat and my friend had that ceramic bat and I remember it just killing our hands.
Didn’t Louisville Slugger make the Armor in 2004? It used ceramic around the sweet spot to protect against damage?
I bought that ceramic bat back in the day and used it for less than half a season before selling it to some sucker err.....guy on another team. I bought into the hype and we didn't have UA-cam to easily get opinions on the new stuff.
Have you guys ever tested one of the Louisville sluggers that had the airbag in the barrel?
Eaton 478 moon shot,best bat i ever used and owned
I actually have every single one of those bats, except for the new one (I really don’t care much for -3 bats) the ceramic bats were probably a little more appropriate for senior league and below and you probably didn’t want to be using it in temperatures of 50° and under either. I’m sure glad I caught this video for the first time, I’m looking forward to seeing how he maneuvers the Y2K -5 bat, which was a banned bat.
Spoiled with all the hightech bats, I loved that bat.
You need to have another derby, but once the boys get their bats, you bring out the corndog and whip the shit out of that derby. I loved the corndog video. It was funny, and surprised the hell out of everyone. Keep the videos coming brother.
My memory is super hazy, but I remember at the time that the ceramic was supposed to have the power benefits of a modern bat at the time but have the feel of a wood bat, and if you were going to transition to a wooden bat league it was an okay in-between. They were not fun on the hands. I don't think anyone actually liked them.
I played 30 years in highschool & if I recall ... Worth had a ceramic bat as well.
Those bats feel/hit so much better when they are warm. We used to take them out of our bags and sit them in the sun when we got to the field - ready to go by game time.
This practice used to be common with wood bats too.
There’s a graphite Easton too. I got one from good will and it’s a great rock hitting bat but i can’t say I’ve hit a baseball with it. It launches rocks though
When will you realease the 2024 composite showdown? I heard they released the new axe bat so you will have all the -5 comps
My brother had a Fiberglass bat in the mid-70's. I think it had the Louisville Slugger trade mark. It had a black/blue rubber grip molded over a steel tube. Hitting with it was like shock treatment. (later it was outlawed because the glue that held the grip would fail and the bat would go flying onto the field). This Ceramic bat seems to be a gimmick imo. Good job.
Will are u guys going to do a cat x vanta review? All the versions?
My dad still has his graphite bat you should do a video on the graphite bat
Was waiting for the ceramic review as I remember it from my college days. I didn't swing it but for a few at bats. Wasn't my thing. That Reflex though, was absolutely not fair. I didn't swing it but for a few at bats because it was NAIA and they didn't provide us with bats and we weren't sponsored so the reflex was owned by a teammate and he let me try it for a couple of ABs.