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

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.

Good hefty nice quality bat

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.

I took the sticker off immediately as I like it completely black. It did look cool when it was on. The bat is sturdy, feels great to swing and for me is not too heavy. (I'm a 150 pound 5 foot ten male) The very end of the bat on the side where you hold it has Cold Steel in writing embedded on it so even with no stickers you can still affirm it is truly made by Cold Steel. The grip is fine and someone could not likely pull it out of my hand, but if wet it may become slick so I'm putting black friction type sports tape that performs when wet on the handle. Nice size for home protection or vehicle carry. I recommend carrying a glove along with it if in your car. Cold Steel has not let me down yet. Thank you for reading this. God bless!

This is a nice product overall. It's well made, it looks good, and there's no doubt it's super durable. For me though, it was just too heavy. I wanted it for home defense and I feel like it's just a bit too unwieldy for that purpose. This thing will absolutely obliterate any object that it connects with, that's for sure. But self defense weapons like this need to strike a balance or power, speed, and maneuverability and this one is just too far on the power side for my liking. I also tried the 24" version and found it to be too heavy for a one handed weapon and too small to be wielded with two hands. But that's just me. If you're okay with the weight, this will likely be a good choice for you.

I bought this almost ten years ago in 2016. This bat lives invisible on the floor of my truck in between the seat rail and the center console. I have used it for all sorts of things you should never use a bat for, and it has never let me down. I have used it to break cinder blocks and cast-iron grates. I use it as a big pry bar and have hit thousands of rocks like baseballs. I use it as a hammer and to move burning logs around in a fire. This bat has some deep scratches and a few little gouges I could clean off with sandpaper. Unless I die, I'll be using it in another ten years.

Excelente calidad, muy buen producto

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