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Equipment => Bats => Reviews => Topic started by: Richie on May 25, 2008, 04:41:30 PM
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Fusion Superbest, SH
2lbs 10oz
Semi-Oval Handle
Slight Concaving
Slight Bow
Mid placed middle.
Service
I rang up James at Fusion, about 10-30 on a Monday morning; I spoke with him for around 10 mins. The more I spoke with him the more confident I felt I could trust the company with my hard-earned cash! In the end I ordered a Superbest which I was told would take no-longer than a week for me to receive. Then about 6-30 the same night, I received a call from James to say that he had some spare time on his hands and wanted to get some orders out of the way, and he had finished my bat! I then received the bat on Wednesday, and eagerly ripped open the box….
Looks
As one of my specs I told James I would have preferred a clean face, however if the grains were good enough I would have some blemishes. I was assured that the bat had a darker shade of wood but it wasn’t heartwood, and that it also had 13 straight grains. When I opened the box I wasn’t left un-impressed! I got exactly what he said and the stickers were much nicer than on a computer screen! The bat was concaved and had a slight bow which was exactly what I asked for, the edges weren’t massive but I wasn’t too bothered because the bat pinged….
Performance
I rushed into my back garden and forced my brother to give me some throwdowns, I was left gobsmacked! James had said that it will get better with use, however it is already better than my Salix, and in my first net I ‘injured’ 3 people by driving the ball out of the net by simply blocking. It has amazed nearly everyone at my club, and it has probably secured Fusion at least 3 new orders in the near future! The pick-up could possibly be the best part of the bat, on the good ol’ kitchen scales the bat weighs 2/12 however I’m not exaggerating when I say it picks up like 2/8!
I have only batted properly with the bat once, however people have already started to comment on how good it is! I have hit 3 amazing shots with it that made peoples’ heads turn- one a pull which knocked a slate off the Pavilion roof, a once bounce four from a leg glance and a cover drive for four which absolutely ‘rocketed’ to the boundary.
There is only one bad point about the bat which isn’t really major as the pick-up makes up for it! It seems to be a reacurring theme with Fusion that you never get the weight you ask for exactly, it is always around 1 or 2 ounces heavier.
All in all I really recommend Fusion to anyone who is on the look-out for a new bat, it is superbly pressed, shaped and balanced which are some of the most important things a bat should have!
Fusion gets a 10/10 for me!
Richie
Grains after the first net:
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Good review
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Cheers mate! Seen you've bought a cricket ball!
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I bought a cricket ball and about 15 steal credits and none of em worked!
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Haha, that's what you get for trying to steal! :P
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Yes that is a super bat
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Nice willow , Stickers are awful tho IMO .
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Yeah i dont like the new stickers... 2 people won the Sticker comp... Me and another lad but they used his stickers :P
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Yes i think its all the black to harsh a contrast , plus looks very busy to many stickers on back and side - especially at the moment when the classic pure look is everywhere - and those wavy lines on the bottom just look really tacky "what are they about ?"
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The wavy lines are meant to be the letter F.
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ahhh i can kinda see that but not really , think they should change it tom like leo i prefer the classic fusion design blue n silver for me why change it ?
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They'd had those stickers for 5 years or so, so wanted a change. Also they're releasing the Skyer's and that so wanted the whole brand to look similar sticker wise. The Skyer is a new revolutionary produce so classic stickers on it probably wouldn't look the best; something up to date was needed.
There's a newer front sticker which has silver going up to black on the front (like the Skyer front sticker) I have that on one of my bats, will get some pics up when I get chance.
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Any chance of the pics tom? are these type of stickers going on all bats now or is it still the all black ones?
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It's the silvery ones, Yash had a bat for sale with them on.
(http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e155/slogger02/FusionSuperBest.jpg)
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Oh right thats the one i'm buying i think =)