Which Bat-tech do you wish had never existed?

[Flash Gordon]

The Hellbat thing is awful. I hate that kind of storytelling though, just kinda whatever nonsense. I'm fine with nonsense, but its gotta work within the rules of the universe. That's just fanservice.

[superduperman]

It's more the general "I have a plan for literally anything" mindset. Joker possess the Justice League? I have a plan for that! Go toe to toe with Darkseid? I built an armor specifically for that! The guy is a forensic scientist. He's not a specialist in literally every field. Some of this stuff is "Bat-Shark Repellent" territory. The gas shooters in the mask was dumb enough.

[Ansa]

It's more the general "I have a plan for literally anything" mindset. Joker possess the Justice League? I have a plan for that! Go toe to toe with Darkseid? I built an armor specifically for that! The guy is a forensic scientist. He's not a specialist in literally every field. Some of this stuff is "Bat-Shark Repellent" territory. The gas shooters in the mask was dumb enough.

The Justice League build the armor for Bruce, he didn't do it all by himself.

[phonogram12]

I didn't know it releases gas. I only know about the electrical shock.

The gas was in Hush. For whatever reason, the electrical shock doesn't bother me as much. Don't ask me why. *shrugs*

[Vakanai]

The gas was in Hush. For whatever reason, the electrical shock doesn't bother me as much. Don't ask me why. *shrugs*

The electrical shock makes more sense - it's just a taser built in. I could believe you could diy something like that. But having gas shoot from the mask? And in such a way you don't get gassed yourself? That's another step or two further along. Unlike tiny batteries for the taser, gas needs gas canisters, which can only get so small, so how do you fit that into the mask? Never mind doing it so getting hit doesn't puncture the thing and make it explode cause pressure. And again, how do you release tear gas or sleep gas or whatever that close to your face and not risk gassing yourself?

The electric shock defense to protect against mask tampering makes more sense. Again, I could believe a real world dedicated nerd could diy that up somehow in a good enough form factor, so for Batman it's a gadget I could easily buy without a stretch.

[John Venus]

I don't like it when Batman gets too much like Iron Man so I'm not a fan of high tech armors unless it's Batman Beyond or its for specific situations. Even then I prefer the armors to come with some kind of fatal flaw. Batman is about mind, body and will to me. Not expensive technology and deep pockets.

The gas that his cowl releases whenever he's knocked out and someone tries to remove his mask. That's just too much for me.

I didn't know it releases gas. I only know about the electrical shock.

The gas release was in Batman Hush. It's the first time I remember seeing it. I don't mind them, they are reasonable but not impenetrable defenses and is in the realm of believability. What I found ridiculous was in the Brave and the Bold cartoon when Lex Luthor rips off Batman's cowl and another instantly pops out of his suit to replace it. IIRC, Lex does it a couple of times before giving up. Yes, I know the show is over the top but I wish they did something else instead. I didn't mind the Batmobile transforming into a mecha but that cowl thing annoyed me a lot.

The flying bat cave or the Whirley bat... oy

lol, everybody hates the Whirley Bat but I love it as a Silver Age gimmick but I guess it's obsolete since Batman can fly thanks to his cape and he has choppers and gliders which are cooler and more believable.

[mathew101281]

Batman shouldn’t have any tech that’s more then one or two generations removed from modern tech. Advanced alien tech should be left to more sci-fi themed heroes.

[Restingvoice]

Not a tech but in Endgame Batman somehow sometime before the story began managed to contact Hephaestus and acquire the Lasso of Lies as a weapon against Diana.

He didn't actually say where or how he got it, just that the Lasso was crafted by Hephaestus, so he can just steal it somewhere, but even if that's the case, where? Something that equals the Lasso of Truth wouldn't be lying around randomly for Batman to steal. It'll have at least ARGUS' red vault security (which Catwoman can breach but come on) and Hephaestus forge itself was hidden under... Paris? Venice? I forgot. Diana didn't even know where it is, she had to find Eros first.

It just suddenly showed up just for that story.

[Ansa]

When he met Darkseid he used the chaos crystal shard to absorb one of Darkseids beams and teleported out of there.

How is that tech? And while my original phrasing might have lead to this misunderstanding, he didn't use the crystal or the beam to teleport, they used Cyborg's boomtube.
Reading some the complaints here makes me wonder if some of you even read the book and just looked at a top ten list of special batsuits.
Most of your complaints were adressed in the book.