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Title: Best bat you have owned?
Post by: badgerer on July 16, 2013, 12:22:17 PM
For me it's my GM Icon DXM Original, originally a catalyst until I sent it off to be refurbished and came back stickers as an icon. It's a few years old and it goes like a gun! Loved throughout the dressing room.

Recently received an Aldred Soveriegn and once that has been knocked in and played in it will be much better then the GM which is hard to believe. It's a machine, hopefully will bring lots of runs.
Title: Re: Best bat you have owned?
Post by: Colesy on July 16, 2013, 12:23:46 PM
GM Icon 606
Title: Re: Best bat you have owned?
Post by: badgerer on July 16, 2013, 12:25:07 PM
Think a few responses will be from the GM range!
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Post by: Jenko on July 16, 2013, 12:26:05 PM
Hard to seperate had a few guns. Scat, joker and laver...all awesome and all scored me heaps of runs.
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Post by: kaz on July 16, 2013, 12:27:54 PM
Salix praestantia! About 6/7 unevenly spaced grains but boy does it go! 3 Seasons using it now. Middles totally mashed up and held up by edge tape. Quite a substantial piece of the toe broke off - held together by edge tape again. Sounds a bit weird now like its going to break after every other ball but still going like a train!
Title: Re: Best bat you have owned?
Post by: badgerer on July 16, 2013, 12:28:04 PM
Which laver?
Title: Re: Best bat you have owned?
Post by: the little ripper on July 16, 2013, 12:30:09 PM
GM luna 505, sold on here at the end of last season and boy do I miss it
Title: Re: Best bat you have owned?
Post by: badgerer on July 16, 2013, 12:31:06 PM
Quote from: kaz on July 16, 2013, 12:27:54 PM
Salix praestantia! About 6/7 unevenly spaced grains but boy does it go! 3 Seasons using it now. Middles totally mashed up and held up by edge tape. Quite a substantial piece of the toe broke off - held together by edge tape again. Sounds a bit weird now like its going to break after every other ball but still going like a train!

A lad at my club says that bats are at their best when they are about to break! He has been saying that about my icon for months!
Title: Re: Best bat you have owned?
Post by: Jenko on July 16, 2013, 12:34:11 PM
Quote from: badgerer on July 16, 2013, 12:28:04 PM
Which laver?

Laver Reserve. Didn't think much of it to begin with but after a few knocks it really opened up - averaged 68 with it last year so served me well so far. Also goes to show don't give up on a bat too quick like you see on here a bit :)
Title: Re: Best bat you have owned?
Post by: Johng on July 16, 2013, 12:35:57 PM
Newbery Thruxton bought from Asad at Uzi Sports and a Scat that I traded with the owner of Blank Bats, absolute sling shots just incredible bats!!
Title: Re: Best bat you have owned?
Post by: badgerer on July 16, 2013, 12:38:28 PM
Quote from: Jenko on July 16, 2013, 12:34:11 PM
Laver Reserve. Didn't think much of it to begin with but after a few knocks it really opened up - averaged 68 with it last year so served me well so far. Also goes to show don't give up on a bat too quick like you see on here a bit :)

Cant agree any more! I fell out with my Icon during a spell of inconsistency and once I started scoring runs again I started to love it! A good works man should never blame his tools...
Title: Re: Best bat you have owned?
Post by: Manormanic on July 16, 2013, 12:39:23 PM
Newbery B52XL - went like a train from ball one and just kept getting better, even though it was an ugly mutha - and my current H4L Hattori, which didn't go particularly great for a month or so but now absoutely flies.
Title: Re: Best bat you have owned?
Post by: mr_wickets on July 16, 2013, 12:41:00 PM
GM Purist Original. Middle was huge, Picked up really nicely. Filled you with confidence looking down and seeing it.
Title: Re: Best bat you have owned?
Post by: gdb19 on July 16, 2013, 12:55:55 PM
Either a slaz v100 that an old club pro got me about 20 years ago or my Redback paradox.

In terms of value for money the £50 bulldog basher is almost as good as either of those.
Title: Re: Best bat you have owned?
Post by: mujju on July 16, 2013, 01:05:22 PM
BB and ca 15000 .. Both go like rockets 
Title: Re: Best bat you have owned?
Post by: Blank Bats on July 16, 2013, 01:08:25 PM
Quote from: Johng on July 16, 2013, 12:35:57 PM
Newbery Thruxton bought from Asad at Uzi Sports and a Scat that I traded with the owner of Blank Bats, absolute sling shots just incredible bats!!

Youre right on the Scat John, it has hit some of the biggest sixes ive seen, sold it on to a team mate though.

Current bb match bat is very good indeed. But pick up and comfortability matters most to me now.



Title: Re: Best bat you have owned?
Post by: shoab68 on July 16, 2013, 01:16:42 PM
CA 12000 TRD LE my best pick, is better than my LAVER Signature and Scat.
Title: Re: Best bat you have owned?
Post by: trypewriter on July 16, 2013, 01:40:06 PM
On the basis of how well it went from day one: Newbery Excalibur - 3 lb of lunacy. Those were the days... :(
Title: Re: Best bat you have owned?
Post by: SOULMAN1012 on July 16, 2013, 01:43:39 PM
Gray Nicolls Powerbow 5 star from 2005. Scored 1671 runs that season and it was a bullet of a bat.

My current HitsHard is fast becoming my best bat as the middle just seems to be getting bigger and bigger and also my choice Teutonic is very very responsive as well. The best pick up though is my Salix Falx just feels like a feather in the hand.
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Post by: King pair on July 16, 2013, 01:50:15 PM
Salix pod 1. Incredible. 2.9 no con caving and 16 perfect grains with a strip of heartwood on the outside edge
Title: Re: Best bat you have owned?
Post by: MD2812 on July 16, 2013, 01:51:28 PM
my 3 current bats,

Newbury GT Players - A gun from day 1
H4L Hellfire - bought off here for £90, beautiful had a broken handle for 6 months though now :( will get it repaired this winter
L&W Special Reserve - Beautiful bat, big bat and it absolutely flies. I won it in their comp last year, hit my highest score with it of 79.


I really want a GM Icon, everytime I see them in the shop I pick up a 606 to see if I could get lucky and it have a great middle. Can't justify spending the big bucks on an LE when have the 3 above. My search continues.
Title: Re: Best bat you have owned?
Post by: m.lalli on July 16, 2013, 02:25:10 PM
The best bat that I ever bought was in India 20 years ago.
An unknown brand to me, it was called a DSC.
Had the worst stickers ever with "power, timing, pick up, control" plastered over the edges!
But performance wise nothing I used before or since came close to it.
Didn't last long though, it broke after a season and a half :-[
Title: Re: Best bat you have owned?
Post by: compstallcc on July 16, 2013, 02:33:31 PM
my current blank bat that i got from soulman is made for me, i weighed it today thinking it was around the 2.9/10 mark and turned out to be 2.13! i'm not bothered by this as im only really bothered about performance and pick up. I seem to middle most shots with it which suggests that the shape is perfect for me. I got it for a steal of a price mainly due to very big bit of the toe being full of filler (which it has been since it had been made) but TK seems to have done a good job and it doesn't look to have any problems. Once the bat breaks i am likely to go to one of the bat makers on here to copy the shape.
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Post by: tushar sehgal on July 16, 2013, 02:34:17 PM
RPC
Title: Re: Best bat you have owned?
Post by: Montys Beard on July 16, 2013, 02:38:29 PM
My current bat, a Chase 175. Didn't really get on with it last season and was preparing to sell it this year, thought I'd use it in one last game...hit 30, middle going like a gun. Next game 47, again with the ball leaving the middle like a rocket. Needless to say plans to sell have been shelved...
Title: Re: Best bat you have owned?
Post by: imran75 on July 16, 2013, 02:38:56 PM
The best I've owned is my SAF Origin - slightly at odds with the other thread about bad bats! I love it - it's not the prettiest but it's got a lovely long middle, really responsive so you know exactly how far you've hit the ball and it's beautifully balanced. well worth the 9 month wait!! :)
Title: Re: Best bat you have owned?
Post by: timshort15 on July 16, 2013, 02:43:25 PM
I had a very nice blueroom bat and strangely a spyder bat which was way to heavy, had a terrible pick up and i could only play front foot shots with it but i had my best season so far with it
Title: Re: Best bat you have owned?
Post by: Montys Beard on July 16, 2013, 02:53:48 PM
May not be one I owned (Although I'm trying to get the owner to sell it to me as he's not been out of single figures for the last 2 seasons) is a Laver & Wood special reserve, first ball was shy of a length just put bat on ball (minimal back lift) straight six.....not hit one since.
Title: Re: Best bat you have owned?
Post by: PedalsMcgrew on July 16, 2013, 02:54:38 PM
My current TK 'Pro' (if there is such a thing!) which I got from Pete a few months back. He paid mega money for it direct from TK and apparently it was from a batch for a current international player. 2.9, no concaving, 40+mm edges, bigger than bats 3/4 ounces heavier. Feels deliciously soft! Probably won't last too long in comparison to most bats and I'm already saving to be able to afford to replace it! The face looks like crazy paving........I reckon it's at it's peak currently.
Title: Re: Best bat you have owned?
Post by: WalkingWicket37 on July 16, 2013, 03:03:27 PM
Quote from: Montys Beard on July 16, 2013, 02:38:29 PM
My current bat, a Chase 175. Didn't really get on with it last season and was preparing to sell it this year, thought I'd use it in one last game...hit 30, middle going like a gun. Next game 47, again with the ball leaving the middle like a rocket. Needless to say plans to sell have been shelved...

What model is it buddy??
Title: Re: Best bat you have owned?
Post by: countycricketplayer on July 16, 2013, 03:05:02 PM
my Woodstock airstream have already got 3 hundreds with it this season
Title: Re: Best bat you have owned?
Post by: BIG.G on July 16, 2013, 03:10:10 PM
Salix. had it about 16 years, not entirely sure what model it is though. Sent it for a refurb after about 4 years and it came back with different stickers on it, they say 'Royal SR3'. Cost me £119 from Romida, not the thickest willow you will see, but christ it went like the clappers. About 6 weeks ago a lad at our club turned up with a Hawk Xbow that he had borrowed from a mate in the army, had a knock up with it and it was as good if not better than my old Salix.
Title: Re: Best bat you have owned?
Post by: Montys Beard on July 16, 2013, 03:16:56 PM
Just the original Robin Smith 175 mate:

http://www.cricketbats.com/cricket-bats/1262/Chase/Chase-175 (http://www.cricketbats.com/cricket-bats/1262/Chase/Chase-175)

Got it new out of Lords 18 months back, got chatting to the guy in the Lords shop (I live near there) as I couldn't find anything I liked, he said they had a storeroom out the back....it's huge. Let me nose around an try some bats, dug under a pile of bats and found a 2.10 short handle, picked it up, felt amazing. I knew it was a few years old but was brand new and in Lords' stockroom where it has a perfect temperature so figured it'd be fine. Looked at the price and it was labelled up wrong as junior bat, anywhere else I'd have pointed out the error but it's Lords and they charge over the odds for everything else so figured I'd wait until the guy at the counter spotted the error. He didn't. £100 and out of the door....

10 straight grains, grade 1 willow....it's a beauty.

Title: Re: Best bat you have owned?
Post by: smokem on July 16, 2013, 03:20:50 PM
My Laver & Wood Private Bin shaped in a Classic/Bradman profile. I can't seem to miss the middle of this bat and it's gone like a gun from day 1.
Title: Re: Best bat you have owned?
Post by: Milky Bar Kid on July 16, 2013, 03:25:44 PM
Salix falx performance from PDC. Absolute gun for such a small bat, perfectly balanced, middle in the perfect place. Only issue: cracked shoulder  :(. The gm octane I bought recently is up there though.
Title: Re: Best bat you have owned?
Post by: justnotcricket86 on July 16, 2013, 03:31:27 PM
My H4L Hattori 5* (Should have been LE, cheers Matt) with the MH Puma stickers. Goes like (No Swearing Please) off a shovel. My perfect bat really, weight, profile, and it's all middle.

Dave calls it the Bat of Bats haha, I'll never sell it though

http://custombats.co.uk/cbforum/index.php?topic=10761.0 (http://custombats.co.uk/cbforum/index.php?topic=10761.0)
Title: Re: Best bat you have owned?
Post by: procricket on July 16, 2013, 03:34:40 PM
It is a great bat that one mate

For me it my b3 crown

It has surpassed even my old private bin I have mounted and kept the b3 is simply great it has changed the way I think about bats and shapes as it a shape I wouldn't normally go for but goes to show if you used something enough times it becomes the normal.

Title: Re: Best bat you have owned?
Post by: WalkingWicket37 on July 16, 2013, 03:37:49 PM
Quote from: Montys Beard on July 16, 2013, 03:16:56 PM
Just the original Robin Smith 175 mate:

[url]http://www.cricketbats.com/cricket-bats/1262/Chase/Chase-175[/url] ([url]http://www.cricketbats.com/cricket-bats/1262/Chase/Chase-175[/url])

Got it new out of Lords 18 months back, got chatting to the guy in the Lords shop (I live near there) as I couldn't find anything I liked, he said they had a storeroom out the back....it's huge. Let me nose around an try some bats, dug under a pile of bats and found a 2.10 short handle, picked it up, felt amazing. I knew it was a few years old but was brand new and in Lords' stockroom where it has a perfect temperature so figured it'd be fine. Looked at the price and it was labelled up wrong as junior bat, anywhere else I'd have pointed out the error but it's Lords and they charge over the odds for everything else so figured I'd wait until the guy at the counter spotted the error. He didn't. £100 and out of the door....

10 straight grains, grade 1 willow....it's a beauty.


You lucky git! I payed twice that for my 175 Beluga
Title: Re: Best bat you have owned?
Post by: beaver5 on July 16, 2013, 03:40:59 PM
This is a really tough question. Had a Stac black prince which just flew and everyone who used it went and bought one which says a lot I guess. It was a traditional shape bat. My Newbery Uzi went like a rocket, but it would have to be my current bat - Salix pod. So so light pick up and the ball just seems to fly off without any effort. I sometimes hit the ball and can't believe its gone like a rocket to the boundary.
Title: Re: Best bat you have owned?
Post by: Torque on July 16, 2013, 04:32:09 PM
Quote from: PedalsMcgrew on July 16, 2013, 02:54:38 PM
My current TK 'Pro' (if there is such a thing!) which I got from Pete a few months back. He paid mega money for it direct from TK and apparently it was from a batch for a current international player. 2.9, no concaving, 40+mm edges, bigger than bats 3/4 ounces heavier. Feels deliciously soft! Probably won't last too long in comparison to most bats and I'm already saving to be able to afford to replace it! The face looks like crazy paving........I reckon it's at it's peak currently.

Any photos of the said bat? Sounds like a good 'un!
Title: Re: Best bat you have owned?
Post by: goody on July 16, 2013, 04:38:18 PM
had a few Slaz ultimates a Kook Bubble 5* a Purist 909 but the best bat ive ever used is my current Vantage Volt LE
Title: Re: Best bat you have owned?
Post by: Blazer on July 16, 2013, 07:23:18 PM
My current bat is easily my best bat. It's a Newbery GT 5 star bought off Soulman and was a case of love at first net.
Title: Re: Best bat you have owned?
Post by: Mortimer on July 16, 2013, 10:49:02 PM
For me it was a toss up between a GN dynadrive with a SS handle and a Newbery Mjolnir picked up from the chalet at Hove
Title: Re: Best bat you have owned?
Post by: i12breakfree on July 16, 2013, 10:50:14 PM
My current match bat - my blank bat is the best
Title: Re: Best bat you have owned?
Post by: Chad on July 16, 2013, 10:59:38 PM
Quote from: justnotcricket86 on July 16, 2013, 03:31:27 PM
My H4L Hattori 5* (Should have been LE, cheers Matt) with the MH Puma stickers. Goes like (No Swearing Please) off a shovel. My perfect bat really, weight, profile, and it's all middle.

Dave calls it the Bat of Bats haha, I'll never sell it though

[url]http://custombats.co.uk/cbforum/index.php?topic=10761.0[/url] ([url]http://custombats.co.uk/cbforum/index.php?topic=10761.0[/url])


That bat is a beautiful bat, looks massive for a 2.9! Has the Hattori shape changed now? I don't remember mine looking quite that good profile wise!

The best bat I've owned has to be my Helios, but it sure has had some competition! I've had a 'TK Pro' which was possibly one of the closest in terms of performance, but even that wasn't as good! :-[
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Post by: piethepker on July 16, 2013, 11:33:32 PM
My L&W PB, just such a good pick up and pings like nothing else i have had
Title: Re: Best bat you have owned?
Post by: MJB3 on July 17, 2013, 12:51:04 AM
Shark Great White 5*, took a bit of a gamble buying blind and it has paid off big time,  went right from the word go!
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Post by: potzy248 on July 17, 2013, 02:04:56 AM
Laver PB. Best bat i have ever used. Only weighs 2.6 but has hit some massive 6's.
Title: Re: Best bat you have owned?
Post by: littlemaster9 on July 17, 2013, 03:49:26 AM
My Laver and Wood Reserve. It's not the thickest, but it is very light and has a fantastic pick-up.
Title: Re: Best bat you have owned?
Post by: Simmy on July 17, 2013, 05:49:33 AM
Quote from: justnotcricket86 on July 16, 2013, 03:31:27 PM
My H4L Hattori 5* (Should have been LE, cheers Matt) with the MH Puma stickers. Goes like (No Swearing Please) off a shovel. My perfect bat really, weight, profile, and it's all middle.

Dave calls it the Bat of Bats haha, I'll never sell it though

[url]http://custombats.co.uk/cbforum/index.php?topic=10761.0[/url] ([url]http://custombats.co.uk/cbforum/index.php?topic=10761.0[/url])


nice bat! worse stickers ive seen in my life tho
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Post by: ogroupleader on July 19, 2013, 08:30:41 AM
Joker, Black Cat Shadow, Thruxton SPS and MMi super Premium. These are the bats I always come back to. The Black Cats are absurdly good. The Thruxton hits just as hard but is a harsher feel. It is also better on the crossbat shots than the Shadow. The MMi willow is not as good as the Black Cats but the design more than bridges the gap. If only Black Cat could make an MMi....
Title: Re: Best bat you have owned?
Post by: potzy248 on July 22, 2013, 07:31:31 AM
Quote from: Simmy on July 17, 2013, 05:49:33 AM
nice bat! worse stickers ive seen in my life tho

No way! Love the retro stickers. Wish I could get some in NZ.
Title: Re: Best bat you have owned?
Post by: Liam-SCCC on July 22, 2013, 08:02:36 AM
A Champ one, thats all I know! Got it off Hit4Six on here for £70, took the Adidas Pellara stickers off, put some Incurza ones on and away I went, that bat pinged like mad. A teammate hit a double hundred not out with it!
Title: Re: Best bat you have owned?
Post by: bruggers100 on July 22, 2013, 12:18:13 PM
Newbery Merlin 8 star (the one with counterbalance handle). A hand me down from my brother who was sponsored at the time. 20+ grains, only lasted a couple of seasons, but was superbly balanced and a gun.  That was over 20 years ago !

Title: Re: Best bat you have owned?
Post by: horseman on July 23, 2013, 11:57:23 AM
A lance klusener surridge. Around the 2004 champions trophy time. Spent a lot of time bowling at them in the nets during their stay. In return  He gave me a surridge zulu. Top bloke. Bit heavy but a top piece of willow.
Title: Re: Best bat you have owned?
Post by: horseman on July 23, 2013, 12:03:38 PM
And a viv richards slazenger v Caribbean.  Nothing special performance wise but cracking claret blue yellow cosmetics.
Title: Re: Best bat you have owned?
Post by: patriotscreen on July 23, 2013, 12:09:43 PM
My RK Custom has to be the best bat i've owned so far. Followed by my Slazenger V360 County and GM Luna 606. All three have been good to me but unfortunately the Luna was too heavy and I got rid of it. Can't get my hands on one at 2.8lbs now! :(
Title: Re: Best bat you have owned?
Post by: Elsi on July 23, 2013, 12:25:20 PM
My current salix bat is the best I've ever played with, it's only a small thing, but it pings allright!
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Post by: lukemannionzimbabwe on July 23, 2013, 12:27:19 PM
Quote from: patriotscreen on July 23, 2013, 12:09:43 PM
My RK Custom has to be the best bat i've owned so far. Followed by my Slazenger V360 County and GM Luna 606. All three have been good to me but unfortunately the Luna was too heavy and I got rid of it. Can't get my hands on one at 2.8lbs now! :(

Cant seem to find any luna's at all

Quote from: horseman on July 23, 2013, 11:57:23 AM
A lance klusener surridge. Around the 2004 champions trophy time. Spent a lot of time bowling at them in the nets during their stay. In return  He gave me a surridge zulu. Top bloke. Bit heavy but a top piece of willow.

You bowled to SA ?
Elaborate Please :) :)
Title: Re: Best bat you have owned?
Post by: horseman on July 23, 2013, 02:47:51 PM
Quote from: lukemannionzimbabwe on July 23, 2013, 12:27:19 PM
Cant seem to find any luna's at all

You bowled to SA ?
Elaborate Please :) :)

Bowled at them 5 or 6 times during their brief stint in the tournament.  As well as the pakistanis and americans.
Was a good summer. We had rory kleinveldt playing for us at the time so he gathered some bowlers together to bowl at net sessions and on game days. Bowled at the likes of gibbs kallis klusener pollock.
Title: Re: Best bat you have owned?
Post by: lukemannionzimbabwe on July 23, 2013, 03:02:18 PM
Good :)

MY TEAM MY TEAM MY TEAM :)

How was it, how did you do, how did they play etc.... ?
Title: Re: Best bat you have owned?
Post by: horseman on July 23, 2013, 03:34:02 PM
Quote from: lukemannionzimbabwe on July 23, 2013, 03:02:18 PM
Good :)

MY TEAM MY TEAM MY TEAM :)

How was it, how did you do, how did they play etc.... ?

It was great fun. Great to see good players up close as well. Bowled alright, snicked off gibbs  first ball of a practice match one morning. Then spent a lot of time on the treadmill and in the gym with klusener and the fitness coach just talking and telling stories.
Title: Re: Best bat you have owned?
Post by: tim2000s on July 23, 2013, 03:39:02 PM
Anyone else fancy me killing the moving text?
Title: Re: Best bat you have owned?
Post by: smokem on July 23, 2013, 03:43:33 PM
Quote from: tim2000s on July 23, 2013, 03:39:02 PM
Anyone else fancy me killing the moving text?
Please!
Title: Re: Best bat you have owned?
Post by: RoCo Da Pixie on July 23, 2013, 03:45:07 PM
Quote from: tim2000s on July 23, 2013, 03:39:02 PM
Anyone else fancy me killing the moving text?

Kill away.
Title: Re: Best bat you have owned?
Post by: lukemannionzimbabwe on July 23, 2013, 03:52:46 PM
oi oi oi don't do that !!!!!

No go ahead :)
Title: Re: Best bat you have owned?
Post by: Corey23 on July 24, 2013, 02:13:27 AM
would have to say my Puma Signature (think the M&H S6 was very similar) and my SF Triumph rate alongside each other. Both are dead now though but were brilliant sticks.
Title: Re: Best bat you have owned?
Post by: Jason_Yuan on July 24, 2013, 04:45:11 PM
GRAY NICOLLS A61 FOR ME, but lost it......
Title: Re: Best bat you have owned?
Post by: Giraffe208 on July 24, 2013, 07:11:06 PM
Quote from: tim2000s on July 23, 2013, 03:39:02 PM
Anyone else fancy me killing the moving text?

yes please  :D
Title: Re: Best bat you have owned?
Post by: tim2000s on July 24, 2013, 09:18:41 PM
Quote from: Jason_Yuan on July 24, 2013, 04:45:11 PM
GRAY NICOLLS A61 FOR ME, but lost it......
How do you lose a bat?
Title: Re: Best bat you have owned?
Post by: Johnny on July 24, 2013, 09:51:34 PM
Laver&wood Carbo Firefly
Title: Re: Best bat you have owned?
Post by: farnham_quins_2 on July 25, 2013, 08:22:40 AM
SAF Mechten is going very nicely at the moment. Slightly lighter than what I was using at the start of the season, and that + the shape seem to compliment my game. Gave it a new scuff sheet/light sanding/waxing last week, and the middle grain seemed to be opening up slightly which is apparently a good sign :)
Title: Re: Best bat you have owned?
Post by: lastmanstand on July 25, 2013, 08:55:35 AM
county insignia limited edition. was only a size 6 as well, felt like a god with that stick though. I miss it
Title: Re: Best bat you have owned?
Post by: lukemannionzimbabwe on July 25, 2013, 12:31:59 PM
Best bat: recoil 700 and must mention a BS fireball that rocketed off the middle
Title: Re: Best bat you have owned?
Post by: Jacky on July 25, 2013, 12:58:12 PM
MRF Genius, I hand picked it from a large cricket store in India and it goes like a rocket, only six grains but it performs much better than any of the other 200 bats I tapped up.
Title: Re: Best bat you have owned?
Post by: MagicMonty on July 26, 2013, 01:01:29 AM
I love my current stick, a Hammer Hel 156 LE, it gets better with every game. But at the top of my list was my 2012 GN Quantum Players. Absolutely loved it, went like a train and always did me proud....until it snapped. Apart from those, I had a very handy Newbery Samurai a few years back.
Title: Re: Best bat you have owned?
Post by: Timbo on July 26, 2013, 06:47:42 AM
Hawk X10 Pro.... Full stop the best bat I have ever had the pleasure to use, simply amazing. Now having a full copy done by Norfolk Cricket Bats :)
Title: Re: Best bat you have owned?
Post by: mohawks94 on August 02, 2013, 01:50:32 PM
Kookaburra Ice Sub Zero, absolutely incredible middle, meant that anything I tried to attack would go the distance, finally broke for good a couple of weeks ago :(
Title: Re: Best bat you have owned?
Post by: mussaduq on August 06, 2013, 10:27:32 PM
Ca Plus 15000 ! lucky to have such a great bat  :D
Title: Re: Best bat you have owned?
Post by: coady123 on August 06, 2013, 10:28:15 PM
GM maxi 909 , quality bat
Title: Re: Best bat you have owned?
Post by: tim2000s on August 08, 2013, 01:00:17 AM
Hunts County Insignia from about 2000. Lovely bit of willow.