Cold SteelBaseball Bat Brooklyn Crusher (92BSS), Black 29 inch

the bat is heavy and sturdy! perfect for self-defense

It is WAY heavier than it looks. I bought it for my daughter as a home defense... I mean a softball bat. The grip is slick and grip tape is an essential $15 add-on. In hindsight, a shorter bat may have been more ideal, but it has a good reach and once it gets moving, it's going to break something... I mean hit one out of the park. The price is awesome even compared to aluminum and wood little league bats which are twice the cost. I tested it by taking a full swing at a freshly cut tree trunk. It left a huge dent without a mark on the bat and, amazingly, I didn't feel the vibration in my hands. A must for the dorm, apartment, or trunk. Remember to keep a glove and ball with it. Your lawyer will thank you.

Great product!!

My wife and I wanted to feel more safe having a home-intruder defense option and as something to fend of aggressive animals while outside our house. While indifferent towards guns, we figured a bat would be a safer alternative with kids in the house. For traditional sport use, the 29" (33oz) Crusher is on the light-end for kids and folks with less of a build, while the 34" (39oz) Smasher covers the high end for large adults. But for a home scenario I choose the 29" regardless. By my estimation and test swings, having something longer would make it more unweidly in house corridors that would only be 3 to 4 feet wide in the first place. The weight of the smaller Crusher is relatively heavy for its size, which can be both good and bad. Remember you have to be able to swing this thing on command and with accuracy if awoken from dead sleep at 3am - no warmups or stretching allowed.It has an imitation wood grain to it and almost pitch black in color with the logo in white. The feel is unusual but not bad - just not like any bat I've held before. No grip surface - just molded material all around. As for durability, if you want to see it in action check out what appears to be a video from the manufacturer on YouTube:[...]I haven't had the desire to test it in the same way, but if the video is to be believed, they run over the thing with a truck against a curb and are still able to bend it back to normal. It does seem pretty durable just by feel and a few practice swings of my own. I can find nothing wrong with it for my use case at least. I'm sure baseball-playing reviewers can comment more on its abilities in that regard.While I hope to never have to update this review with how well it held up in a home-invasion defense story, it's at the very least, cheap and strong peace-of-mind for only $30.

Keep it for protection its just long enough to get a good swing and reach very sturdy .

this bat has exceeded my expectations I didn't know what to expect because this isn't the typical material you find in a baseball bat it is surprisingly dense because it is made of polypropylene it won't rot or we can overtime the grip is rather slippery but that can easily be mitigated with some hockey stick tape not a bad investment for the price I haven't tried it for its intended purpose but because of the density I think it would work well it is definitely more than sufficient for self-defense

My fiance and I bought this to add to our collection of ways to "self defend" so this was above and beyond what I expected. The bat is heavy, durable, and comfortable to hold if you know how to hold a bat. The size is perfect and it is easy to hold. It looks good too!For reference I am 5 ft tall, around 125 lbs, work out occasionally.

This thing wrecks! It hits hard. Doesn't even flex. This bad boy is not for playing games,it's playin for keeps!