Relay Batons

[WLXC]

For the upcoming track seasons, I was looking into ordering batons for our distance squad, but I wondered if there was a "best" baton. Is there a material that is the lightest or the best? Do I want plastic or aluminum? Is either more likely to slip out of a runner's hand?


Thanks

[THIS IS TRIER!!]

plastic usually feels kinda low quality IMO and we -whatever relay i was doing- chose never to use that. other than that i dont really have much of an idea.

edit: i usually did relays no longer than 4x400m, considering you said "distance"

[runnerdude40]

http://www.everythingtrackandfield.com/detail.aspx_Q_ID_E_3117_A_rnd_E_49

Those ones are my favorite, I've used 'em for 800s and 400s and not even noticed them. They're really light and they have a nice feel to them.

[WLXC]

Kind of a bump...

Does anyone know what kind of baton most teams are using now. I've seen a lot of ones that aren't the usual aluminum, but I'm not sure what they are. They look plastic, but I don't think that is it either. Are they carbon fiber? Any help please?

[PenultimateStep]

i have only come in contact with aluminum and plastic ones for actual meet use. however, there are different surfaces of aluminum. my track team had 5 different types last year. the first two types are plastic and wood (rofl at having wood batons around). then we had 3 different aluminum ones:

there are the smooth and shiny ones posted before.

there are these ones with a slightly scratched-like surface (these are very very light and i feel more secure in the grip than the smooth ones): http://www.robbinssports.com/sporting-goods-store/index.php?main_page=product_reviews&manufacturers_id=97&products_id=6107&number_of_uploads=0

then there are these rougher-looking ones which feel slight bit heavier that google is failing me in locating now. i think these might be the ones you are talking about. if that is the case, they are just aluminum. they are nice, but i feel they are not any better (especially for distance running) than any other baton.

sorry i cant locate the last type. hope this helps!