Quick Take
The Varo Silicone Bat Wrap is a unique, non-sticky, and water-resistant grip option designed for versatility and performance. With its thin profile and self-adhesive properties, it provides a sleek and customizable grip ideal for wood bats and high school players. Little League players may prefer double wrapping for added thickness.
Varo baseball released a new bat grip and it is something we’ve never seen before. It’s like a combination between a Lizard Skin or Vulcan and old fashioned bat tape. It’s made of silicone and therefore stretchy and water resistant. Most unique, the wrap is not sticky. As you wrap it around your bat it doesn’t actually stick to the bat, or your fingers, but to the wrap. It works surprisingly well. A feature we wish were on every bat wrap.
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Where to buy the Varo Silicone Bat Wrap
In time, expect the Silicone Varo bat wrap to be available at most major retailers, online and off. Look to their website for all the options. We like to check Amazon for when listings pop up which they undoubtedly will.
3 Things to Note about the Varo Silicone Bat Wrap
- The wrap is made to use on multiple bats. Its price makes it cheap considering each roll could be used on up to 4 different bats.
- If using it for youth, consider double wrapping the bat to create more thickness and padding.
- It sticks to itself and not the bat. So, when you want to change grips you’ll find it noticeably pleasant compared to other wraps.
VARO Silicone Wrap Thickness
You can control the thickness of the wrap by pulling it. It claims to stretch up to 3x the original size.
Without any stretching the wrap would be considered thin by most Little League and BBCOR players. There is very little padding like a traditional 1.1 or 1.8mm Lizard Skin. Most Little League/BBCOR bats come with a standard 1.1mm grip thickness.
VARO doesn’t give a measurement, but we’d guess it close to the 0.8mm range (which is the lowest range where Lizard Skin/Vulcan grips lie).
VARO Silicone Wrap Recommendations
Like any wrap, the point is straightforward. It improves grip, helps remove sting, and looks cool. On all accounts the Varo silicone bat wrap does just that.
Little League: Cool to look at, good tackiness, but might want more padding.
High School: For a wood-like grip feeling, the VARO silicone grip is great. Thin feel, great look, smooth finish.
Wood Bat: Ideal for wood bats. Great look, real tack, thinness won’t matter much to most wood bat players.
VARO has other stuff too, check it out here: their bat weight, their bat RAP.
