The Stunning Performance of the 2016 Combat Vigor SL -10

With so many bat options available in the market today, what’s so special about the 2016 Combat Vigor SL -10?

If you’ve already tried a bat made by Combat before now, then you already have part of the answer.

Combat really does take great pains in ensuring that their bats are all of high quality, so that they can compete with their more well-known competitors in the baseball bat industry.

It’s true that Combat is quite a young company, as it only entered the baseball and softball equipment arena in 2004. Yet in the short time that the company has been part of baseball, it has made quite a solid reputation for itself.

The people in Combat seem determined to find out what baseball players need in a baseball bat, and they go forth and supply that need.

And the 2016 COMBAT VIGOR -10 Senior League baseball bat is a good example of their desire to do just that.

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Features of the Combat Vigor SL -10 Baseball Bat

This bat features a 2 3/4-inch barrel diameter. Since such a diameter is not permitted for quite a few baseball leagues, you’ll first have to double-check with your league officials to see if this particular Combat Vigor bat is allowed.

You should also mention that it comes with the USSSA stamp and the BPF 1.15 Certification Mark. This Bat Performance factor 1.15 tends to be standard for many youth leagues, but you still need to check that it passes muster for your league rules.

Here is a video of my unboxing of this sweet 2016 Combat Vigor SL -10

After you’ve ascertained that this bat is legal for you to use, check out the following features:

As the name says, this is a -10 bat. It is available in length sizes ranging from 26 inches (16 ounces) to 31 inches (21 ounces).
It offers a full 12-month manufacturer’s warranty.
This is a one-piece design. Because of this, you get a bat that’s completely seamless.

The strands of fiber run continuously from the top to the bottom of the bat, so the strength of the bat is perfectly uniform.

You don’t get the dead spots that sometimes result when you have seams in the bat.
It also uses composite material instead of aluminum.
It comes with Variable Stiffness Technology, this optimizes the barrel compression when the bat contacts with the ball.

Additional Feature To Keep Note Of

Essentially, when the ball hits the bat, the energy is transferred into bending the composite bat, so there’s a trampoline effect that puts a bit more pop ball.
At the same time, the use of composite materials ensures this trampoline effect doesn’t cause any dents or cracks that will make the bat unusable.
Combat bats also uses computer-controlled tooling for precision molding.

The outer and inner diameters of the barrel are all manufactured with great accuracy, using hi-tech resin.
The bat also comes with single wall barrel construction. This contributes to its balanced swing weight, which in turn leads to an increase in the bat speed.

A balanced bat also offers greater plate coverage, since another way to get faster bat speed is to get a lighter (and therefore a shorter) bat.
You also get to handle the bat with the Ultra-Premium Lizard Skin Grip.

This is an extremely well-regarded grip, and it offers a high level of comfort for your hands while you also get a very secure grip so you can really boost your bat control.

You’re more able to get the bat swinging in the precise spot you want over the plate.

Pros and Cons of the 2016 Combat Vigor SL -10

This bat offers many advantages for baseball players, especially for senior leagues. With the seamless design and precision molding, the sweet spot is extended.

It’s probably one of the biggest and most forgiving sweet spot among bats for senior leagues. And that means you don’t get that rather unpleasant zing in your fingers and hands when you hit the ball just a little bit off.

What’s more, this Combat is very durable due to its material and design. The use of the composite material offers quite a few advantages.

It’s not just the fact that it can be used for a very long time. It lets you swing the bat faster so you can put more force into your hits, and you can hit it for a longer distance so that you can get more homeruns and extras bases than just singles.

With better bat control, you can make more contact with the ball. You don’t just reduce your strikeouts and put the ball in play more often.

You may even direct the ball in the general area you want. As they say in baseball, you “hit ’em where they ain’t.’

The one-piece construction also offers great feedback on the quality of your contact.

You’ll feel the difference in how solidly you hit the ball, so you can better gauge whether to settle for a single, go for extra bases, or just trot around the bases for a homerun.

Are There Really Any Cons?

So what’s the catch? The catch is that it may be too good, and therefore your league may not allow it. That’s why you first need to make sure that this bat is okay for your league.

In some leagues the 2 3/4 diameter may be too big. Others may also require a BBCOR-certified bat, and you only have a USSSA BPF 1.15 Certification Mark here.

Some new players who are used to aluminum bats may also be dissatisfied with the muted sound of composite bats. They may even think that the baseball isn’t coming off the bat as fast as with aluminum bats, even if it is actually faster.