Soft pressed bats tend to delaminate very early in there life, edges and face cave in. In general the bat just does not last. SF made big light bats last year that had minimal concave weights around 2lb 8oz 42mm edges. The year before they struggled to produce medium concaved bats with 40mm edges less than 2lb 10-11 oz. The result of this was bats literally disintegrated at the edges the face caving in, one bat split down the middle. SF were good in that they replaced them, but just shows under pressing and over drying does not work. BDM on occasion can be very soft especially bats with around 6-8 grains as they tend to press all there bats the same. The bats with more grains tend to feel a little firmer and better in my opinion. The best pressed bats coming out of India are BAS they have a nice balance and tend to be very consistent in terms of performance. Manufacturers struggle with trying to meet consumer demands of large edges and big profiles, which leads to inferior products been produced.
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