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Equipment => Bats => Reviews => Topic started by: tehhaz on May 29, 2013, 03:12:43 PM

Title: Gray Nicolls Oblivion Carbo
Post by: tehhaz on May 29, 2013, 03:12:43 PM

Hi,

I have been a silent lurker for a while, but bought a new bat on a bit of a whim this week and figured it was a good opportunity to say hello.

I'd been sent a 20% off voucher by Barrington and decided to use it. After a fair bit of umm-ing and ahh-ing I plumped for this one as I liked the profile, it's been ages since I have used a GN so was keen to see how they go these days, and finally because I was also keen to see if the carbo handle element made any noticeable difference. With them offering a small discount over the weekend and using the voucher, it meant it has ended up costing £148.

I ordered 2'11, and it actually shows up as 2'10.25 on my scales which is fine as I was torn whether to get 2'10 or 2'11 anyway - I've been used to using bats around 2'13 so wanted to go a little lighter.

It has 6 grains, which become 7 towards the bottom where they veer off the straight a little, and there is a blemish near the toe, but nothing that causes me any concern (not that I am an expert on willow I admit).

I like the half moon grip, it feels good in the hands, whilst the handle itself is a little bit thinner than ideal but not so thin as to make me want to add a second grip to it. The edge is 35mm and the bat picks up nicely - definitely feels like a solid lump of wood when waving it around.

My first impression when tapping it with the mallet was that the sweetspot was tiny, but after knocking it for a few minutes that is thankfully not the case, though I get the feeling it may take a little while to hit its best in terms of performance.

Apologies if I have left out any other information that people like to read in these things, feel free to tell me if I have. I am not sure when I will get to use it against a ball, but I shall report back when I do if anyone is interested.

In the meantime here are a few photos.

Cheers,

Haz

(http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s51/Haz5168/DSCF2218.jpg)

(http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s51/Haz5168/DSCF2219.jpg)

(http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s51/Haz5168/DSCF2220.jpg)

(http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s51/Haz5168/DSCF2225.jpg)

Title: Re: Gray Nicolls Oblivion Carbo
Post by: toenails97 on May 29, 2013, 03:14:49 PM

Love the profile mate!

Title: Re: Gray Nicolls Oblivion Carbo
Post by: tushar sehgal on May 29, 2013, 03:15:36 PM

Welcome to the forum mate and nice bat.