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Tradition? -- Meet Ingenuity.
The MacDougall & Sons PowerWood™ is available in three models: the M-10, M-14 and the M-21 and the world's coolest Fungo bat. All are handcrafted and come with a limited one-year warranty and an industry leading 4 month breakage warranty. Our bats are -2 to -2.5 in Swingweight. Patent 7972229.
The PowerWood bat makes swinging wood actually less expensive. See why Here.
- NCAA approved as a "solid wood bat" -- BBCOR certified
- True Hickory handle for unparalleled stiffness, effectively creating a bigger sweet spot
- Hardened Birch barrel for balance, hardness and more pop
- Limited One-Year Warranty 4 Month Breakage Warranty
- Lasts up to 10 times longer than regular all-wood bats**
- Center-of-Balance is over an inch closer to the handle for a better, more balanced feel
- Moment-of-Inertia and Swing Weight numbers on every bat
- Available in lengths from 31" to 34" in 1/2" increments for custom fit
- Made in USA -- Bend, Oregon
It's not Rocket Science, but it's close.
PowerWood Technology goes into every bat we make. But what goes into PowerWood Technology? High- tolerance joinery, true hickory and birch hardwoods, plus a special laminating process, to name a few. All combine to create a bat that will never shatter or splinter - something other all-wood bats can't do. No foreign materials like plastic, foam, metal or fiberglass. We stay true to the Baseball Tradition.
The proof is in the PowerWood.
The Baseball Research Center put the PowerWood to the test. In case you think our bats look "flexible" in these videos, rest assured they are not. Thats what happens when you hit a bat on the end of the barrel at 198 mph. And remember, the regular "pro model" wood bats broke a LONG time before they got to this point.
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Test speed protocol: 170 mph 2" from the end of the barrel equivalent to Albert Pujols taking a full cut at a 93 mph fastball) The PowerWood goes the first 22 hits without breaking. In fact, nothing happened until the testers increased the speed to 198 mph, when a slight fracture appeared in the barrel. The bat was still usable. The pro-model comparison bat only took seven hits at 165 mph before the handle split open. |
Test speed protocol: 125 mph at the label (bat speed is slower near the hands) After 50 hits, the testers ramped the speed up to 163 mph (40 mph faster than it would see in the Majors). Nothing happened, even after 89 hits. The pro-model comparison bat only survived eight hits at 125 mph. |
- Ivory hickory handle and hardened birch barrel form a bat that lasts up to 10 times longer than other all-wood bats
- Patent-pending laminated design strengthens and stiffens the hardwoods to resist breaking
- PowerWood bats are constructed around a balance point that's over an inch closer to the handle, so the bat feels incredibly balanced.
