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Equipment => Bats => Topic started by: kingputt on June 01, 2011, 01:07:39 AM
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My Brand New Chase 175 Beluga
£204.99 - 9-10 almost straight grains with no heartwood - 2lb 10oz
I decided to take a look at these bats for myself down at Fordham Sports and I was so impressed by it that I decided to buy it. The particular one I have has surprisingly not got an exaggerated oval handle which Initially I thought I would prefer, yet it feels just right. It has one of these swirl grips on it which may be influencing the degree to which I feel the oval handle. I went through about 35 bats at the shop ranging from Newbery to Salix to M&H to Puma to GN to GM to Mongoose and finally, after an hour and 20 minutes I fell for this one.
The bat specialist had his mallet out and was tapping each bat to see its response and this particular Chase outperformed some Newbery Thruxton Players and Puma 5000s. It certainly pings and I really feel if I prepare this bat well, that it should turn out to be a gun!!
Here are some pics, sorry for the poor quality of some of these, its off a blackberry 9700:
(http://i1198.photobucket.com/albums/aa443/kingputt/IMG-20110601-00170.jpg)
front of the bat
(http://i1198.photobucket.com/albums/aa443/kingputt/IMG-20110531-00169.jpg)
picture showing quite a high middle of the beluga profile
(http://i1198.photobucket.com/albums/aa443/kingputt/IMG-20110531-00166.jpg)
The Chase 175 looking beautiful next to my battered Kookaburra Kahuna and my borrowed GM Maxi 909
(http://i1198.photobucket.com/albums/aa443/kingputt/IMG-20110601-00171.jpg)
Don't think this picture does justice to how nice the grains are on this bat!
(http://i1198.photobucket.com/albums/aa443/kingputt/IMG-20110601-00173.jpg)
Here's a close up of the profile... you can see the bow here!
(http://i1198.photobucket.com/albums/aa443/kingputt/IMG-20110601-00174.jpg)
The back of the bat, showing no concaving
(http://i1198.photobucket.com/albums/aa443/kingputt/IMG-20110601-00176.jpg)
Another side profile showing the amazing bow and generally gorgeous profile of this bat
(http://i1198.photobucket.com/albums/aa443/kingputt/IMG-20110601-00177.jpg)
Modest edge width havent measured it exactly yet!!
I shall upload some more decent quality pics tomorrow! Really excited to get oiling and preparing!!
Hope people who havent been able to see these bats will benefit from this.
Jamie
oh... review to follow once prepared
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I LIKE...........
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sort of amateur bat pornography no? lol
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Fordham sports in Kingston?
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like the look of that bat.
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i have seen a bat such as this in ly local sports shop. . . .it was very very good.
good old classic shape. .
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I have a few teammates who use Chase bats as they are literally just down the road from our home ground. All have been very pleased with their purchases so I am sure yours will fly too! :D
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Looks a goodun pal
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The stickers look classy imo too
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great looking bat mate
How high would you say the middle is compared to your others?
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great looking bat mate
How high would you say the middle is compared to your others?
A good couple of inches i reckon, it makes a 2lb 10 bat feel a lot lighter!
Fordham sports in Kingston?
That's the one. Service was excellent, will definitely visit when I need a new bat again!
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Did you try any of the bats at Colt next door? when I went in there he had a few Keeley pressed bats which were about £160 and seriously lovely...
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Went to the Lords Show last year and Gary was showing me this model - I was impressed with it...the balance and feel were very good indeed!
Out of all the Chase models, this was definitely my favourite!
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Very similar to a GT. Nice.
Glad to hear our advice had absolutely no effect on you :D
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Too much bow for me but otherwise looks like a lovely stick 8)
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Very similar to a GT. Nice.
Glad to hear our advice had absolutely no effect on you :D
Trust me it did my friend, I just couldn't quite justify traveling to Kent to have it made. I know the pick ups would be incredible and they look like a lovely product, it's just if I spent 200 hard earned minimum wage quid on a bat that I didn't like once I received it (in the case that I went online shopping), I would be bummed.
You have to admit though the chase is a lovely looking blade and Tim Bayne at Fordham Sports just showed me how much better the ping was on this particular bat compared to all the other Chase 175s and all the Newbery GTs and Thruxtons which were the ones I was looking for originally. The amazing bats were a Puma Kinetic 5000 (the blade really looked like a 6000) which was orgasmically good, but was out of my budget at £244.99 cos it had been run in and a Newbery Uzi SPS and a Krakatoa SPS. They were too expensive at 250 quid as well. I did not like the Gunn and Moore bats. They were pressed too hard, just didnt have enough natural spring as the non ready play bats but picked up like beauties. There was a mighty gun of a SS Platinum Reserve which was £220 squid, but I have had bad bad experiences with Indian bats... handles are too whippy, willow is too dry.... however I did score my first 50 with a bat that was made by whoever made MRF english willow bats back in 2003. I think it was an exceptional case. Newbery TT Players was a lovely bat at 189.99 but it just didnt feel or look right, having that shortened blade.
It was really between the Chase and a Newbery Thruxton Players. Both 2lb 10, picked up like 2lb 8, but the Chase blade just performed better....
I have recommended H4L to the players I coach and they love the graphics of the bats, bless em theyre only 11-13 years old so they all have mongeese and silly bats like that. Some are clever and have bought Thruxtons and Krakatoas.
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How did the Beluga play in the end?
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Looks lush!