Lxt hyper vs demarini cf9

[VE_05]

I'm looking at getting my daughter a new bat. She currently has a 2015 xeno and a demarini cf6. I'm looking for one with good pop and a bigger sweet spot. She's a smaller girl, 5'1 about 86lbs but has really good hand eye coordination. Which does everyone think has a better sweet spot and most pop?

 

[wow]

My kid has had both bats. LXT has more pop. The CF9 has a bigger sweet spot. The Xeno is sounds like broken glass ratting around in a tin can. Some like it.

The LXT is really a great bat. And the new ones are out!

 

[WalkOffHR]

No such thing as more pop in terms of bat exit speed. Bats have limits and top manufacturers build right up to those limits. The best bat is last years model, brand new, for $200 less than this years model...which amounts to a paint job.

DD has a 2 year old CF7 with probably 25,000 balls hit over those 2 years. We were at Dayton Metro this weekend. I asked if her bat was dead. She hit back to back home runs. Guess it's still good. It has around 50 home runs over those 2 years of HS/Summer/fall.

 

[wow]

No such thing as more pop in terms of bat exit speed..

No Pop? ok. Sounds like a sports science challenge. Pop is perceived and heard so impossible to measure without distance measurements and sound equipment. Its about feel at the handle and ball travel. Bat exit speed? Is that when the bat goes flying off towards 3rd base after the hit? Because the ball speed off the bat is what's important.

These bats are extension of the kid, they don't make the kid.

Its like the $400 driver at the driving range. Can you still hit 300yrds without it? Yep. But there is technology built into these bats. I will also argue a lot of it is marketing and how a kid swings. If they are a poor batter a $350 bat will not make them better. However a good batter will benefit from the technology.

I still see CF4's out there with kids mashing!

 

[Fastpitch04]

My 13 year old has been swinging a LXT 34 -9 for the last season and has really liked it (she had a Xeno before). She has tried DeMarini's and she just doesn't like the feel. My advice, if she isn't seeing a hitting instructor, I would start there first then a new bat. IMHO

 

[wow]

Hitting instructer all day long.. A new bat will be WORTHLESS if you cant perform.

 

[WalkOffHR]

Bat exit speed, ball exit speed or just plain exit speed. Do we agree that manufacturers cannot exceed certain measures of the ball speed off of the bat?

I strongly agree that every player has a preference for how bats feel to them. But will one bat hit the ball appreciably further than the other? I doubt it. I assume by POP the OP was meaning power and not the actual sound the bat makes.

 

[VE_05]

I'm thinking some might be getting a little confused with my post. I was asking which bat has more pop/power and which has the larger aweet spot. She has a hitting coach and she bats pretty good.

I personally disagree on a certain batting hitting the All farther. If you go to wal mart and buy a $35 "easton" and then have a 200$ Easton, my money would be on the 200 bat hitting the ball farther. That's my opinion.

 

[WalkOffHR]

To clarify I am referring to the top models of bats in the $300-$400 range. Those bats all are manufactured to perform at the highest levels allowed by sanctioning bodies.

You named 2 bats that in the hands of a skilled hitter should be fine. What matters is your daughters preference. My only contention is that at the upper end of bats performance capabilities are negligible. My DD only likes the Demarini. Some players love Xenos. I don't think either of the bats you mentioned will perform significantly better, but they MIGHT feel different to your DD. Her opinion matters most. Fortunately DD's bats are supplied by her college team, but back when I was buying them I always bought a brand new bat from the previous year. So when Demarini came out with a CF8 the CF7 dropped in price. I bought it for $100 less. The difference? A paint job. That's the only thing that changes year to year because the standards limit the performance capabilities.

Right now CF9's run 250. The 2018 CFX's are 350. Same bat. New paint.

 

[wow]

Its really all just personal preference. Swing them all. SPC in Mentor has all the bats for demo. Find the one you like.