I like the fact that the expandable is always on your belt. I hate that the energy transfer is nothing comapred to a regular straight baton. Plus you can't do control holds and the expandables are shorter and way thinner.

I took mine out to take a guy down that was coming after me and it was not as affective as I would have liked it to be.

Back to a straight baton and I went with a custom because I like tradition and its just plain cool.