Hitting with the Victus Nox -5 | USSSA Baseball Bat Review

there's a guy walking his dog behind the fence clear over what up what up will here with the baseball bat bros and today folks we have the drop five u triple s a victus knox two-piece hybrid let's get it all right folks here's a closer look at the new utrip version of the nox a beautifully designed bat here that actually did very very well in bbcor so victus is capitalizing on how well that bat sold we were a huge huge fan of it and now they're bringing it out in the drop 10 drop 8 drop 5 space so we're looking for this bat to be very very similar to the cat 9 connect so if you don't know victis and marucci are tied at the hip they're essentially the same company of very very similar metal bat products and this cat 9 connect here guys honestly far and away our favorite alloy you triple sayback right now it feels like a composite bat just the freaking size of the sweet spot and the feel off of the barrel is absolutely incredible for an alloy bath overall again we've said this a ton i think composite bats are hotter in the utrip space they just break a lot so these alloy options these aluminum barrels are going to last people a lot longer they're cheaper it's just a more economical option and a lot of people are just sick of their composite bats breaking this bat is selling out pretty much everywhere it's really hard to find the cat 9 connect in stock and it's also pretty m loaded which deters some people away so we want to find out today if the victus knox is going to be a good replacement for it similar idea but they market it as a little bit lighter we'll see how that holds up today let's go ahead and look at the barrel size of these two bats really quick and you can see the barrel sizes are almost the exact same the cat9 connect just a tiny bit bigger barrel so we'll keep this nice and brief i'm pretty sure we're just going to have kind of a slimmed down lighter swinging cat 9 connect here let's check it out all right folks we got a couple 32 27 drop five u triple s a two piece hybrids here the cat 9 connect and the knox we have about 335 to 340 all around with pretty high fences wind kind of blowing in a little bit so what deters a lot of people from these uh alloy bats as opposed to the composite bats some of these one-piece alleys can really ring up the hands compared to those two-piece composites but with the two-piece hybrid you'll have a bit more give on the hands and a lot more comfortable feeling that whereas a lot of those one pieces will ring you up a little bit so first let's set a base on here with the cat 9 connect and then see if the knocks can hang and you guys have seen it before but these u-trip bats have a lot more pop than bb cores so you'll see some pretty effortless swings going a long way here that is so loud dude just no feeling on the hands at all oh go ball come on dead center oh very top of the wall like 340. oh yeah no dents yet it's kind of off the hands there oh wow that was piece yeah it's very very good a super super impressive sweet spot for an alloy bat that's why this is my favorite aluminum drop 5. all right now folks moment of truth the victus knox utrip let's see what it's got yeah the sound is almost the exact same come on ball oh mobile yeah noticeably lighter for sure damn shot little little less barrel tiny bit oh got it come on ball oh wow all right it sounds super similar it feels almost the exact same i feel like this is a lighter cat 9 connect with a little bit less barrel but it just feels incredible on the hands feels like a two-piece composite the sound is really the only giveaway and obviously you're not gonna get the same velos that you're gonna get with the composite bat but this will last you a lot longer oh nice and light dent check i had a couple that's pretty hard no dents love to see it alright see how far i can hit it that was hammered sorry on to the golf course holy smokes top three aluminum you trip that 100 there's a guy walking his dog behind the fence clear over yeah guys kind of just like i was suspecting uh the victus knocks here in the drop five space a little bit lighter version of the cat 9 connect here essentially the cat 9 connects just going to be a little bit more unloaded a bit more barrel maybe a bit more for a power hitter this i was able to get around super super easy an absolute toothpick pretty dang balanced but still a really really forgiving sweet spot for an alloy bat there huge huge thumbs up guys i honestly think marucci invictus kind of own that alloy usa bat space right now with the cat 9 the cat 8 uh the vandal and the knox here those are all super super good bats the louisville slugger solo is another good one the mizuno b21 hot metal those are really good bats but these just feel like composite bats they're just gonna sound and perform like a metal it's just so comfortable to swing super easy on the hands so realistically guys i think i probably have number one for alloy utrip bats and then number two right 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