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Equipment => Bats => Topic started by: adam1312 on December 08, 2012, 08:21:37 PM
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Can anyone review the kooka menace
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I'd be surprised if anyone can do a full review just yet.
These are new out and would not have been used against a hard ball in anger yet!
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Can anyone review the kooka menace
They were highly rated in the Cricket Insight gear test which we hosted recently. Looks wise most reviewers were a little unsure on both the colours and the shape, but no-one could argue the Menace 700 we had to test was a weapon!
Forgiving middle, good pickup for such a strange shape and as long as you can get past the colourway and the odd shape, this bat is a winner.
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as above...
big light and went very very well!
just strange that the edges near the toe! but does help pickup
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We have the Menace 700 in stock now and have done a video review here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxQXcxEQd3k&feature=plcp Hope that helps!
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Hi Paul,
not sure what you are recording your videos with but id suggest using an external microphone as i have to turn everything up full wack to here ur voice,
then when u start hitting the bats its crazyyyyyyyy loud
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Hi Paul,
not sure what you are recording your videos with but id suggest using an external microphone as i have to turn everything up full wack to here ur voice,
then when u start hitting the bats its crazyyyyyyyy loud
Cheers for the feedback, mate - noted.
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Cheers for the feedback, mate - noted.
Hi Paul, your youtube videos not working :( before that they were working perfectly 8) i have checked other videos on youtube and they r working perfectly fine but when i click on yours no result :( me based in Sweden :)
Cheers
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me based in Sweden
Looks like we have the full Scandinavian set on here now.
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I love your comment about the pick-up being really nice, like the Ricochet Paul. I'd hope so too... The middle is so high, if it felt bottom heavy you'd feel proper robbed.
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Any othe reviews of the menace
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I love your comment about the pick-up being really nice, like the Ricochet Paul. I'd hope so too... The middle is so high, if it felt bottom heavy you'd feel proper robbed.
Well, not all high middled bats pick up well. The GM Flare immediately springs to mind...
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Hi Paul, your youtube videos not working :( before that they were working perfectly 8) i have checked other videos on youtube and they r working perfectly fine but when i click on yours no result :( me based in Sweden :)
Cheers
PMd you, mate.
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Can you still find the middle on front foot shots even though the middle is so high and it has that odd shape?
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Can you still find the middle on front foot shots even though the middle is so high and it has that odd shape?
Depends on how you play really. The Crictech analysis has proven that some batsman actually play front foot shots high up the blade. Also need to consider the speed and bounce on the pitches that you play on. Generally speaking, it isn't really best suited to front foot play though...
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In my opinion the kookaburra menace has a very similar shape to the sg stud t20i cricket bat.
Same profile and edge sizes, and since sg makes kookaburra it is possible !
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In my opinion the kookaburra menace has a very similar shape to the sg stud t20i cricket bat.
Same profile and edge sizes, and since sg makes kookaburra it is possible !
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6EksuVpFoE
you wouldn't be the first to suggest that mate
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Shape is similar to the Puma 2020 bat here http://custombats.co.uk/cbforum/index.php?topic=5273.msg74851#msg74851
I know the puma wasn't liked on here but I got the one from VKS in 2010 and I can say it's the most powerful bat I've ever come across, still my match bat.
I reckon Kookaburra are on a winner with this shape.
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Shape is similar to the Puma 2020 bat here [url]http://custombats.co.uk/cbforum/index.php?topic=5273.msg74851#msg74851[/url]
I know the puma wasn't liked on here but I got the one from VKS in 2010 and I can say it's the most powerful bat I've ever come across, still my match bat.
I reckon Kookaburra are on a winner with this shape.
I have a similar bat to this shape too, really powerful and a massive sweetspot.
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(http://i1097.photobucket.com/albums/g356/richroz1/2012-12-20210739.jpg) tryin to put a few pics up of the menace i got from asad.
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(http://i1097.photobucket.com/albums/g356/richroz1/2012-12-20210658.jpg) weight 2.8, will try and do a proper rewiew after nets next week, but looks and taps up great.
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Wow
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That's a very nice looking bat mate, glad to see some people giving the Menace a go!
Lots of the Menace 700's looked like this. We have two very nice ones.
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(http://i1097.photobucket.com/albums/g356/richroz1/2012-12-20211004.jpg)
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Must admit though im not a massive fan of the stickers, guess im just a sucker for grains.
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Must admit though im not a massive fan of the stickers, guess im just a sucker for grains.
Those grains wouldn't look out of place on a Cenkos!
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Looks a cracking stick buddy, personally like the stickers but I dislike the profile a lot!
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Looks a cracking stick buddy, personally like the stickers but I dislike the profile a lot!
It's a strange profile isn't it? It's like a ridge
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Yes the profile is growing on me. The pick up is good but was thinking it was gonna pick up a bit lighter with the big mid swell and mid to high middle.