Custom Bats Cricket Forum
Equipment => Your Kit => Topic started by: Buzz on May 01, 2012, 07:13:53 PM
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I have just been clearing out my kit and I realised that for as long as I can remember I have used matching pads and gloves from the same range from one brand, but with a different branded bat, whether that be Revolution ones or SAF or any other, but for whatever reason I don't really feel comfortable in matching kit.
some of my team mates like matching kit, others like everything different!
what do you guys go for and why... the sponsored look or the opposite?
I see that a few of you match by colour...
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I go for whatever is nicest in my price range, haven't got the time nor money to colour co-ordinate my kit.
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I just go for nice stuff sometimes matching pads and gloves but rarely matching bat as not that switched on
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Same as you Buzz, matching softs, all I care about really! Colour coordination with softs and bat would be nice but in reality I don't care!
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Personally I have all Colour Co-ordinated, Green/Black/White is my Theme for 2012;
- Ayrtek Elite Pads
- Ayrtek Elite Gloves
- Kookaburra Kahuna Players Gloves
- Bulldog Growler
- BAS, Green Revolution
- Black Masuri Ti
- Aero P2
- Asics Gel Advance 4's (Green)
- Ayrtek Stand Up and Duffel
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I bought a blue room and some kook r gloves in the space of a couple of weeks. clasherama! both feel great though, which is all I really care about.
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Although all mine matches, I have to agree, comfort with your Kit is key :/
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I like to look smart on the pitch, so prefer my kit to be colour co-ordinated. Don't think I've ever gone the whole hog and had all one brand, but will quite often have matching softs.
Previous colour combinations include:
Orange - Kookaburra Diablo gloves to go with a GM Hero Bat, with Slaz Test pads (which had plain black trim at the time) - put orange grips on all my bats!
Black/grey/red - Fearnley Xtec pads & gloves with Cicada Impetus bat - yellow grips on all bats
Blue & red - Sommers Pads and Gloves with my laver - yellow grips again
Red & Black - Fusion pads and gloves with my laver (yellow grips still)
White & Silver - H4L pads & gloves with my laver (white gripped now)
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That's a good point - I will invariably use the R900s with my white-gripped Paradox and my old Salix Pods with the Blue Room.
Trouble is, I'm now getting itchy fingers on the 'confirm' button to get some Instinct pads... Red, orange and yellow isn't a good combo!
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I usually pick one brand for the season, then that's it .... Gone for grays nics this year, also having a number of sponsored county player friends cheap cricket gear is always on offer.
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I don't know why but I also have Buzz syndrome: pads and gloves must match.
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For me its just whatever I like. However, I do like to have matching kit and wear that when I'm using a particular bat. When I use GM bat, I'll use GM pads + gloves, and same applies with other brands I have.
However, my match kit for this year is different, whilst I'm trying to have matching gear in colour combination at least but the comfort and feel of Salix Pod Black gloves is drawing me away from it :(
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None of my kit matches but Im never in it long enough to worry about it. But I do like not having everything the same.
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This is the first season I have had matching gear....Chase R11 pads, gloves and bat. Now I'm freaking out that it's a bit much and I'll look like an idiot as I try to mow a half volley over cow corner.....so I think I might have to use my BAS gloves from last year to look less 'sponsored'
Funnily, my skipper (who is an awesome player) will only use knackered kit. His pads have wadding falling out of them, His Maruri is actually rusty, his gloves are held together with tape and his bat is a 4 year old Puma 4000....When I offered him some new kit he just said...."I love going out to bat and carting them about wearing this manky old gear" They underestimate me!
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I normally go for matching colours, I have rogue 850 pads with the orange trim and have some GM d30 gloves with the orange trim. My Ayrtek has Green/Grey stickers and I thought about putting the white RK stickers in it. But I thought I'd leave the ayrtek ones on and hpgive Tom the recognition he deserves for a quality blade!
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My kit is not matched at all, i dont care/bother as long as everything is comfortable and to my liking...
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I try and stay as white as possible on pads and gloves, preferably match the gloves to my bat, or try and keep it as neural as poss. At the moment, I have blank pads (which the pvc is coming off), Bulldog spirit gloves which are amazing, and my Bulldog Pedigree plus. Not one for fancy colours, my batting gets me in enough trouble, without me looking flash a the same time lol.
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My matching (cheap Sports Direct Special) GM D3O kit this year is the first time I have ever used matching pads and gloves. Must mean I am now a proper batsman.....
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All Ayrtek for me
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I seem to go through stages where I either want all matching kit or try to get the best gear possible for my budget even if it doesn't match. Last year I had puma pads and kook gloves with entirely different colours. This year after picking up some bargains I've gone for a GM theme with D3O LE pads and last years original LE gloves, both of which are really good.
After buying my redback bat last year I was tempted to get matching softs but didn't like the gloves and prefer pads with coloured insides that won't stain. Doesn't matter too much really as I'm not usually in that long and even when I am I'm far more likely to get stick for being a slogger than what I look like.
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I like my bat grip to match my bat stickers. The rest is just the best I can afford
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all matching Newbery stuff for me. Usually use Newbery bat too, though think my Black Cat will be the way for this season...
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I just buy stuff, not matching at the moment got Red and Blue, quite a contrast :-[
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I always try to buy products of two brands,CA & SG....
Right now I only have My CA bat & gloves matching but hopefully after a bit of more investment I can have two full kits of CA & SG.... :)
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I'm all matching this year with pads gloves bat and duffle all from shark, although I still have my Woodworm bat as well.
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Some colour co-ordination needed, green gloves and grip. As long as I like my kit then I'm not too worried
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Never used to even think about kit coordination but I'm finding since joining this forum I've become more conscious of it - to the point where I've considered using less comfortable gloves purely because they match my pads (kahuna 600's).
Sensibility should prevail though ???
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Im currently a mix of green and blue but looking to add some more blue into the mix sometime in this season.
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I'm a bit mental when it comes to this. Colours aren't important, but for some reason I feel compelled to use all the same brand when I buy kit. Actually, I do prefer traditional and understated colours (greys, blacks, whites) on my kit, rather than the larish oranges and pinks and blues and neon greens. At the moment I'm in all Gray-Nicholls, and before that I used all Puma.
Currently I've got a XXX GN bat, XXX 750 gloves and XXX Custom pads. It helps that the pads are the best pair I've ever had and the gloves are extremely comfy and the leather on the palms is so soft. On the gloves, I did go for those over another pair because they had a white wristband rather than the traditional GN checks (so I guess colour did matter after all!). I also bought a Masuri helmet in my club colour (navy) because the only Albion, which I was going to buy (ideally I'd have bought an Ayrtek, but cost!) in the store was white.
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I like having gloves and bat match and then pads can be anything plain.
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only under sponsorship would i wear matching gear
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It's value for money for me, best spec at the best price so not likely to match. However, being fairly new to this forum, it does appear that I missed a bit of a bargain with the slightly lower range Nixon batting pads and gloves, which were very well priced and looked good spec. Happy with what I did get though.
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My kit on the outside is all Gray Nicolls.
Gray Nicolls Oblivion bat.
Gray Nicolls Oblivion 5 star gloves.
Gray Nicolls Nitro players pads.
But an Albion helmet.
It's not that I want to boost my ego and look sponsored I just love Gray Nicolls.
But the inside is mix and match...
Aero P2 stripper
Gunn and Moore box
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All the same for me ;)
I think if you buy from one brand you can often negotiate a slight discount.
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Already planning mine for next year! I want plain ish straight caned pads, plain ish gloves (GM LE probably) and then the bat will be an exact copy of my favourite bat, sourced by mike and fitted with the white/black RK stickers.
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I buy protection in the sales. This year I got lucky and ended up with matching pads and gloves. First time for everything...
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It's not that I want to boost my ego and look sponsored I just love Gray Nicolls.
Exactly. When I bought my pads it came down to the XXX Customs and a pair of Puma Irridium 4000 pads. The Pumas were lighter, but the GNs were more comfortable and that got them over the line.
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i like to be all matching..
but using rk bats now
so h4l pads gloves and rk bat
but made ryan get yellow and black stickers to match :D
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yes you did! lol
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yellow n black look good tho lad :)