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Equipment => Bats => Custom Made => Topic started by: Andypara on May 02, 2013, 02:24:05 PM

Title: best bat profile
Post by: Andypara on May 02, 2013, 02:24:05 PM

Hi guys what's the best profile or shaped bat you have ever seen, used or owned
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Post by: toenails97 on May 02, 2013, 02:27:00 PM
Either a trott profile or a standard aldred supreme profile mate
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Post by: farnham_quins_2 on May 02, 2013, 02:29:37 PM
Distinction profile of my BB. I love it!
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Post by: fasteddie on May 02, 2013, 02:30:06 PM
Hi guys what's the best profile or shaped bat you have ever seen, used or owned

Something very similar to the Mjolnar but on a Warsop bat.
Thin edges, long middle, and a superb balance.

Oh, and good enough for a 'hat!' to score a few with!
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Post by: uknsaunders on May 02, 2013, 02:35:33 PM
I think it will vary from individual to individual. I suspect the extended spine profiles or balance profiles would come out on top. Low/high middles tend to be a more personal thing, as does big/small edge or convex/concave. I love my GM Icon+ profile as it have a little bit of everything. Not to concaved, not too big on the edges, decent spine and a long middle (+ models from GM tend to have more wood than a standard Icon).
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Post by: King pair on May 02, 2013, 02:41:26 PM
i really dont think this is a question that can be answered by a group. hasnt everyone got a personal preference?
You might find in England the general consensus would be something with a mid to low middle because of slow tracks. What confuses me is how someone playing on English wickets (especially last season) could use something like a Newbery GT
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Post by: 400notout on May 02, 2013, 02:48:48 PM
I have played for the last 6 years with a GT shaped bat, no problems whatsoever. And I play on horrible Scottish wickets for the most part. I think it's more in the head, people adapt to use a shape rather than get on better with one over the other.
Unless its extreme cases, such as astroturfs that basically roll!
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Post by: Optical on May 02, 2013, 03:52:29 PM
Amplus shape for me, with slight offset edges, bowed face. Thing of beauty.
But agreed no 2 people will have the same opinion.
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Post by: Ryan on May 02, 2013, 04:16:46 PM
I quite like the legend profile,  but happy with anything that has a mid middle. 
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Post by: beaver5 on May 02, 2013, 05:38:20 PM
i really dont think this is a question that can be answered by a group. hasnt everyone got a personal preference?
You might find in England the general consensus would be something with a mid to low middle because of slow tracks. What confuses me is how someone playing on English wickets (especially last season) could use something like a Newbery GT

I don't agree. I play on a very slow wicket and the ball still bounces above a low middle position a lot of the time. I middle the ball far more often now I've moved to a higher middle bat.
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Post by: tim2000s on May 02, 2013, 06:03:14 PM
My favourite profile aesthetically is the Laver Heritage I own. My best to use is both my Hades and Instinct, which have the middle roughly six to eight inches above the toe, and also a dent at that spot where I regularly hit the ball...
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Post by: Torque on May 02, 2013, 06:53:40 PM
I prefer a mid to high middle. I think you'll be surprised at how many people use higher middled bats in the UK.
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Post by: WalkingWicket37 on May 02, 2013, 07:41:10 PM
Best bat I've ever owned is a Chase 150 Finback, was the lowest grade but went like a train!
It's taken a couple of seasons to open up but my 175 Beluga is going wonderfully now (two totally different profiles I know)
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Post by: crictech on May 06, 2013, 03:27:09 PM
You might find in England the general consensus would be something with a mid to low middle because of slow tracks.

sigh
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Post by: jamesisapayne on May 06, 2013, 06:28:16 PM
Gray Nicolls Nitro does it for me
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Post by: toenails97 on May 06, 2013, 07:06:16 PM
Gray Nicolls Nitro does it for me
Yeh I had one and it was unreal however it's too small now :'(
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Post by: tim2000s on May 07, 2013, 08:52:15 AM
sigh
Your reaction makes me chuckle... The best bat profile for me doesn't seem to really make a difference. The point on the bat where I hit it most frequently (judging by the dent at that point) is about 6-7 inches up from the toe... That's where I need most of the middle to be!