Easton Stealth Baseball Bats - The Stealth IMX and Ozone

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Easton Stealth Baseball Bats - The Stealth IMX and Ozone
By Brandon Bland

The Easton Stealth Baseball Bats for 2009 are the Stealth IMX and the Stealth Ozone models. The Stealth IMX is a 2-piece, all composite bat. It uses their IMX or Integrated Matrix composite technology. This is an aerospace grade composite material in which the fibers are angled and layered a certain way that creates a very large sweet spot on the barrel. The IMX is known for having a big barrel. It also uses Easton's ConneXion, or CXN technology. This literally means that since the bat is 2 pieces, it creates a "connection" between the handle and barrel. The main purpose for the two separate pieces is to reduce vibration to the handle on contact with the ball. The bat also uses Carbon Nanotube Technology (CNT) in the composite resin material. This is also an aerospace technology, used in many advanced applications and projects. It is used to make the composite extremely strong.

On a scale of 1 to 100 Easton gives ratings to four separate bat characteristics. The ratings for the Stealth IMX are a Hitting Area of 100 (big sweet spot), a Swing Weight (M.O.I.) of 90 (relatively barrel heavy), a VRS (Vibration Reduction System) rating of 95 (minimal vibration), and a handle flex of 75 (average flexibility in the handle).

The other of the Easton Stealth baseball bats is the Ozone model. It has some similarities to the IMX in that it is a 2-piece bat. However, this bat is a combination of composite material in the handle and an aluminum alloy in the barrel. This is known as a "hybrid" design. It uses the alloy from Easton's 2008 line of bats, the Sc900. The Ozone technology used in the bat is named after the way the sweet spot is designed. The walls of the bat are thicker at the taper (area between the handle and barrel) and the end cap, while the sweet spot is made thinner. This creates a trampoline effect on contact with the ball to create more "pop." You can learn more at Easton Stealth Baseball Bats.

Brandon Bland is the webmaster of Baseball Equipment Review, a site devoted to informing ballplayers of the quality of today's baseball equipment so they can make informed decisions about their purchases.

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