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Equipment => Bats => Topic started by: EaglesCC on March 25, 2013, 05:10:39 PM

Title: Slazenger iBlade - Anyone have any experience with them?
Post by: EaglesCC on March 25, 2013, 05:10:39 PM
Just wondering if anyone has any experience with the older model Slaz iBlades?

Title: Re: Slazenger iBlade - Anyone have any experience with them?
Post by: petehosk on March 25, 2013, 05:24:24 PM
Seen the ones on ebay?
Title: Re: Slazenger iBlade - Anyone have any experience with them?
Post by: Maverick79 on March 25, 2013, 05:36:53 PM
Yep, I used to have an ultimate. What do you want to know?
Title: Re: Slazenger iBlade - Anyone have any experience with them?
Post by: EaglesCC on March 25, 2013, 05:51:39 PM
Seen the ones on ebay?

Yes- I know a couple of guys here have got some crackers so wondering if one of these is worth considering...?


Yep, I used to have an ultimate. What do you want to know?

Just as above. Curious to hear what sort of weight you had and how you rate it? I ones in the generic pics look like they have a huge profile but I suspect that just got the heavier weights?
Title: Re: Slazenger iBlade - Anyone have any experience with them?
Post by: Maverick79 on March 25, 2013, 06:07:18 PM
Mine was 2.10 and was a decent size for the weight. A very big middle and it tapped up very nicely. 10-11 grains on the one I had. The back has a unique design where the back is shaped so that extra wood is left on the back edges either side of the sweetspot. The result is the profile in this area is bigger and it feels as though it widens the sweetspot. Not sure if that was the aim or what the idea behind it was.

Out of the SX pro, SXI elite and an SE Pro I have had, the I-blade was right up there.
Title: Re: Slazenger iBlade - Anyone have any experience with them?
Post by: lastmanstand on March 25, 2013, 06:10:44 PM
i was using a pro blade last year which I thinwas around at same time as iblade. Was decent and lastest ages
Title: Re: Slazenger iBlade - Anyone have any experience with them?
Post by: tim2000s on March 25, 2013, 06:39:25 PM
I have one lying around somewhere. It says 2lb 9 on the scales, but picks up around 2lb 13.
Title: Re: Slazenger iBlade - Anyone have any experience with them?
Post by: EaglesCC on March 25, 2013, 09:44:56 PM
It was going sooo well until that last post.

These bats on eBay are pretty cheap but at the same time wouldn't want an expensive log for the fire...
Title: Re: Slazenger iBlade - Anyone have any experience with them?
Post by: tim2000s on March 25, 2013, 10:21:49 PM
I guess the issue is that the perimeter edge weighting is far enough down the blade to affect pick up. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news.