the bat seems like an incredible product, i'm not sure i'd use it the same why I'd use the Raven though. It is all depndant on the situation I guess. Lately I've felt uncomfortable just getting my Raven in the ready position in the middle of a routine, something I gotta work around.
The point of this reply though, is, much in fact, is some advice in performance and patter, something I've discovered through the years. If you have a trick that is rockin', that really is just dynamite, a very visual vanish, you really gotta be careful. Or it gets old, just like a new technology gets old. In this instance, the bat and the raven do a lot of the same thing, use them both for the same trick, then when a spectator thinks they've got it figured out, they realize they're brilliant breakthrough in your defense is completely foiled. Gotta keep em guessing...
your pull however sounds intriguing... i wish my computer would let me see the video, darn technology