What is the quick review?
The 2018 Combat Maxum continued the brand's tradition of massive barrels and light swing weights before their market exit. This one-piece composite design delivered one of the largest sweet spots ever created in youth baseball.
What models and sizes are available?
The Maxum featured Combat's seamless composite construction across all drops, creating an enormous hitting surface with surprising balance. The ultra-light swing weight made the oversized barrel manageable for most hitters.
How is it built?
the 2019 Combat Maxum is a single piece composite bat built with a huge barrel and a moderate swing weight. Expect a huge smash if you can barrel one up. Also, over the years, they have proved some excellent durability too.
How does it compare?
Aside from the paint job, there are no differences between the 2018 and 2017 Combat MAXUM.
After the bankruptcy of Combat's parent company, most thought we would never see a Combat bat again. However, Easton, who is owned by that same parent company but survived the proceedings, picked up the Combat Maxum and reproduced it for this year.
How that will proceed in the future is, we would guess, entirely dependent upon how well the sales of the 2018 Combat MAXUM go.
What bats are comparable?
There are very few single piece full composite bats in the baseball space. The other most popular single piece composite is a Louisville Slugger Catalyst. However, that bat does not come in a BBCOR. Most would argue the MAXUM is in a different category than the Catalyst. The Catalyst, although made of full single piece of composite, does not have nearly the same barrel size as the MAXUM.
Off the beaten path, a company called Dirty South Bats makes a comparable Combat type bat. In some circles they are very popular. Their Senior League bats are big barrel single piece composites with generally positive feedback from users.
