4/5 Baseball bat power in your pocket.<br />Pros: Best Baton you can buy. Will go through anything without a problem. Can disarm knife attacks very simply. Basically it's a 20in titanium junior baseball bat with finesse, that you can wear rather than a knife and absolutely destroy anything or one. 8in long when collapsed (feels smaller and can be concealed with permit of course, easily). <br /><br />Cons: KEEP IN POUCH AT ALL TIMES. The spring is extremely tight and can easily break an arm, put an eye back into the skull, or through it. Seriously it shoots out like a jet. Handle takes a little getting used to.<br /><br />A Pro/Con --_ Hard as living hell to fold back in. So don't worry about it going back into the hilt on you, but don't expect to put it back in easily.<br /><br />This is without a doubt one the best batons I've ever owned. I actually have two (one for practice, one on me). The ONLY problem with this baton is that once, it is out, even oiled it will take a hard slam to go back in while holding the release lock.<br /><br />This is actually great though. I can thrust full force without it retracting. And if you want wondering how strong it is considering it is an extending baton, well its strong enough to break cinder blocks / trashcans / etc without a dent or bend in it. This baton is viscous. It will do what you need it to do and be as shiny and dent free as it was out of the box.<br /><br />I generally don't but I decided to give this credit, so I wrote this review (the only one I believe I have written on here) strictly to congratulate and encourage you to try this before a knife, and not be afraid of it's cheap price tag. Nothing about this baton is cheap.<br /><br />The handle can easily disarm blade thrusts from an attacker. And lets be real here, if someone has a knife on you, which is more intimating/would rather have? When that baton snaps out, generally that ends the would be mugger right there (of course however if he is 15m+ away with a pistol drawn then well get a gun).<br /><br />Best buy I've ever made on this site. Twice.