Custom Bats Cricket Forum
Equipment => Other Gear => Topic started by: 0905119 on January 08, 2012, 10:20:31 PM
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I am in love with these things, however I have never had the balls to buy one. Partly because they seem a little on the expensive side... Agreed?
Does anyone have an opinion on why noone uses them? Also, where I could go about entertaining the idea of getting a second hand one to purchase and try out?
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keeping look on ebay as the odd one crops up. i was lucky enough to get one in superb nick for £40 inc courier. Highly recommend one but you need a large/huge boot!!!
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Got an estate! :)
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Got an estate! :)
Perfect, because its rigid its hard to stuff in most boots lol only just got it into a Golf. :-[
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Do you get a certain amount of stick for it? Also, was is the correct and technical name for them? Or atleast how you found it advertised on eBay!
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I found a website. I'll try and get you the details. They are traditionally known as Coffins. I bought a Fearnley one in 1980 and still use it to this date. Realy sad as well, I have pictures of it.
They do take up a lot of room in your average club dressing room. lol
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Do you get a certain amount of stick for it? Also, was is the correct and technical name for them? Or atleast how you found it advertised on eBay!
Cricket Coffin
http://www.duckandrun.co.uk/Cricket-Luggage/Custom-Made-Cricket-Coffin/details
Above is the benchmark for Cricket Coffins i think, I've sold it to Alba on the forum who will probably mention the pros and cons in a bit. His one is identical to this even down to the locking mechanisms and handle but it has 3 bat spaces instead of 2. A few of us have already planned to turn up in our whites for one away game this coming season as the coffin will fill up the away's lol
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Put Trifibre or cricket cases into google and it comes up with a website that specialises in cases, they have 3 cricket specific cases advertised. Standard one round about 72 quid, wheeled one which looks mahoosive around 190 quid.
Hope this helps
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Luckily my home changing room is pretty large as are the majority of the away dressing rooms we will be visiting, there are 2 or 3 that I won't be able to take my coffin to so am in the market for another bag, which will get used for netting and practice anyway.
Not sure i'd fancy one without wheels. For room it gives you more space than any bag i've ever had. My review of it is limited as I've only had it this winter so not taken it to a match yet but it easily fits in all my kit, whites, washbag, towel. So literally all I need to take to cricket is my coffin, thats the plan anyway. Previously i've used big bags (Albion, Kookaburra) and one season had a duffle bag with seperate football holdall for my whites and toiletries.
One problem I can foresee with it is that as its all in one you can't easily seperate wet/dry clothes, muddy spikes etc. I plan to solve this by using some of those thin gym bags, for my spikes at least. I'm sure a carrier bag would do the same job
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http://www.owzat-cricket.co.uk/acatalog/Hard_Coffins.html
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I have been using a coffin for the past season. Have just moved to a stand-up for next season, so if you are after a cheap coffin let me know. Duncan Fearnley one. I used to have a very good one many years ago that had bat straps in the inside of the lid.
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id like one for my kit but are changing rooms are far to small
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tbarnfield99, do you have a price in mind? Is it the DF you're looking rid of?
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tbarnfield99, do you have a price in mind? Is it the DF you're looking rid of?
Yes mate. I have PM'd you back.
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Whickers you have no chance of getting it into our changing room.
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had one once, switched to AERO stand up bags. Coffins look wonderful and you feel like a right jazz hat using one, but their rigidity can cause issues for those with huge amounts of kit (I found that my boots ended up in a seperate bag, and I could not carry the coaching gear that usually lives in the AERO). Also, if you are doing anything more than walking from front door to car boot, you'll find the wheels are not the most stable...
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had one once, switched to AERO stand up bags. Coffins look wonderful and you feel like a right jazz hat using one, but their rigidity can cause issues for those with huge amounts of kit (I found that my boots ended up in a seperate bag, and I could not carry the coaching gear that usually lives in the AERO). Also, if you are doing anything more than walking from front door to car boot, you'll find the wheels are not the most stable...
What type/make of coffin did you have?
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What type/make of coffin did you have?
http://www.owzat-cricket.co.uk/cgi-bin/sh000001.pl?REFPAGE=http%3a%2f%2fwww%2eowzat%2dcricket%2eco%2euk%2f&WD=coffin&PN=Wheelie_Coffin%2ehtml%23aCOFFWHLIE#aCOFFWHLIE
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I see the measurements are slightly smaller than the coffin I have. Space certainly isn't an issue with my coffin, its too big if anything!