Been thinking about this one for awhile...
DD is 14u and swings a Demarini CF3. She's not the biggest kid in the world by any means, but definitely hits well. For those of you that are around them, you'll know that as these bats break in, the clearcoat on the surface begins to show mico-cracking similar to splintered glass. Others around us also experienced this as did others around them, so I'm not too worried about it. The bat continues to perfrom very well.
However, now that the bat seems to be fully broken in, I can report the following:
5 months of hitting with this bat...
4 months of individual hitting practice above and beyond tournaments and practices with THIS bat...
Each workout is approx 6-8 buckets of dimples - each approx 30 balls-worth...
Working out 3-4 days a week...
So...
After 5 months, we've worked out about 18 weeks making it roughly 11,000 hits. That may be plus or minus 1000, but we're still very likely north of 10,000 mostly dimple ball hits!
Now according to the Easton guys, their bat would probably be a limp-**** by now, but the CF3 still seems to be going strong. I don't want to turn this into a promo for DeMarini, but how long should we expect this thing to last? I'm getting ready to buy another one and it is going to be a pure game-bat since I don't want to go through a $200 bat 2-3 times a year. This one will then become a practice bat and the new one will be game-only provided something doesn't happen to one of them along the way...
Anyone else worn out a CF3 and what was the time-frame and indicators?