Custom Bats Cricket Forum
Companies => Custom companies => Topic started by: tommo256 on September 28, 2009, 08:39:49 PM
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I was looking towards the new season and rather than buying from a company like gm,gn, kooka etc. I was going to look towards buying from a smaller company around.... I had taken a liking to hell4leather and shark but dont know much about them, any reviews and recommendations would be useful
Many Thanks
Tommo
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Hell4leather all the way - dont even bother giving shark a second look.
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well i dont need bat but just need softs so i quite liked the excel pads and gloves from H4L so... i also looked at bulldog and Itias so i dunnoo, mixed reviews from friends
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ask away tommo.....
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Matt at Hell4leather will sort you out - superb service and superb equipment
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i dont need bat for new season as was kindly given one by our club pro, I was looking at the excel pads and gloves, looked nice, read good reviews etc. do you also do helmets, strippers and Bags?
regards
Lee
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We are hopefully going to release a range of thigh pads and bags for 2010.... Hopefully they will be released around feb 2010
matt
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I ccould be tempted into a purchase then. Do you have any idea of prices yet as i would like to put be able to possibly to put together a package deal maybe?
Lee
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itias have classy looking softs
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yeh and not to mention dirt cheap for their quality at the moment!
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i'm sure there will be some deals ...... no idea on prices yet
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now stuck in a dilemma, both look top notch stuff. Itias look new to market so not as developed as H4L who have been around 2 seasons i believe so stuckk now ......
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now stuck in a dilemma, both look top notch stuff. Itias look new to market so not as developed as H4L who have been around 2 seasons i believe so stuckk now ......
Itias has had about a season now so only one less than H4L, Think i will have had one of the earlier bats from tom and its been fine so it cant of got any worse, so i would go with itias, gloves are great also
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Im not saying it could be worse, i just dont know beacuse both look good so may just compromise and purchase both :)
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has anyone got any other brands they know of out there?
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I wouldn't recommend Shark from what I've heard, I know of a couple of pro's who got sponsored by Shark at beginning of the year got given the kit, and returned it before the end of season as they didn't rate it! I've got a bit of Hawk gear here at the minute, some new pads and gloves in plain white designs similar to Newbery, seem quite nice, the bats are pretty good too.
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Itias make by far the best softs there are going :P
Nah really, there's plenty of companies. Duck & Run, Fusion, Redback, CJI, Nixon
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one of my friends has got hawk kit says it is really nice, bat is good pick up as well. One of my mates got offered 40% by shark.... Duck and run gear looks nice but apparently isnt greatly rated. Hawk seems expensive as well
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What about CFsports (Charlie French) ive had kit from him and its always been top notch
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I have seen some good CF's and some crap ones.
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there really good bats, softs look alrite
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a guy at or clubs CF pads split and inside we were surprised to find... fish finger boxes!!!!!
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you what?
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My club has a deal with CF - good bats, but the softs aren't great, and are a bit garish.
I thought Itias had jacked-in? I know Tom did have some left over stock that he was selling cheap.
I have Fusion pads at the moment that are really good, but they're a few seasons old and they don't do the same model any more.
Personally, I'm now completely bought into the custom bats from small brands idea, but in terms of softs I've tended to go with bigger brands as I can go to a shop and try them on, see how they feel (my fusion pads are the exception, but I did get given them for free! :) )
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The club i played at for the last two seasons, the chairman was Charlie French so everyone seemed to have full CF kit bar me!, i rate his bats but i was also not much of a fan of the softs.
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Whats Ian Wills stuff like?
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I dont like the look of either personally, will probably stick to my guns and go for H4L
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Im in love with the dukes gear since seeing it on the morrant website - Classic looks, modern materials and the price! -absolutely perfect. Going there tomorrow to get everything from batting gear to wk equipment and even the clothing! wish me luck
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I dont like the dukes stuff, personally think it looks a bit out of sorts. I dunno as there is much coice out there
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for the sake of the forum dont get dukes
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apple you seem have good knowledge, what other makes are a vailable
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apple why should I not get dukes? I rang morrant today to make sure they have everything I want. Im going there tomorrow to buy the stuff so tell me if there is a genuine reason why I should not go for Dukes
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because u can buy much better gear at the same price
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because u can buy much better gear at the same price
-Pittards leather gloves at £40
-Octopus rubber, gel padded wk gloves for £40
They are extremely good prices for the materials and technology you are getting. If you can get me any of the above equipment at a lower price, I will not buy Dukes. Simple as. In fact, If I compare them to other brands:
- Kookaburra Kahuna RP gloves (use pittards as well) - £50
- Puma Iridium 6000 WK gloves (similar stuff) - £55
Im sure you will have your own reasons but I beg to differ.
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Does anyone know much about Hunts?
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I think its quite old fashioned gear, but the bats that i have seen goin pretty well
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I like some of the new stuff truimph and Glory as my mate was telling me about them today and heard they local to me :)
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ur best bet is go and try there gear and see what u think never touched the softs so im not a good judge!
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Does anyone know much about Hunts?
Bats are quality mate, softs look tacky.......my opinion!
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Anyone know what Ian Wills stuff is like????
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one of the teams near me went down to the hunts factory and got some bats, they're pretty good seem to have a good middle too
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Anyone know what Ian Wills stuff is like????
ive had a ian wills bat they are good, u know he owns this forum right? and will be doing the custom bats equipment, his name is CUSTOM BATS he's a nice guy
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ive had a ian wills bat they are good, u know he owns this forum right? and will be doing the custom bats equipment, his name is CUSTOM BATS he's a nice guy
I didnt know that...... a lad got a ton against us using one of his bats, it pinged to all corners of the ground........very impressive!
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looks like pretty nice gear no pics of bats, but the top of the range gloves look nice http://ianwills.co.uk/shop/index.php?cPath=1 (http://ianwills.co.uk/shop/index.php?cPath=1)
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it doesnt look amazing
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does anyone know about bulldog
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yeah, i use there kit, good bats and very solid softs, and keiron has gr8 customer surface
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o rite, is the padds got knee roll? and what style gloves?
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looks like pretty nice gear no pics of bats, but the top of the range gloves look nice [url]http://ianwills.co.uk/shop/index.php?cPath=1[/url] ([url]http://ianwills.co.uk/shop/index.php?cPath=1[/url])
Beautiful gloves. M&H were banging on about their Distinction gloves being the only 5 split finger gloves in the market but they are wrong! (see below)
(http://ianwills.co.uk/shop/images/srgloves.jpg)(http://www.talentcricket.co.uk/acatalog/m+hdistinctiongloves.jpg)
Pads are awesome as well -
(http://ianwills.co.uk/shop/images/iwpads.jpg)
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course the pads hav got a knee roll! theres some sausage gloves and then there the broken up ones, i dont use the gloves, the pads are really good though can vouch for them
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yeah okay mate, i will have a look
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I like the Ian wills pads not sure oin gloves
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anyone know much aboiut bellingham and smith?
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Have a look @ Solitaire,tho you`d have to go to Worcester as their website`s down....nothing but good things to say and £100 for a handmade G1 is unbeatable
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Only thing I know about Bellingham and Smith is that All Out Cricket raved about them when they did their kit review before the season started.
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Yea, the softs look great!
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Couple of the Boks at our club have B&S bats, very similar to M&H IMO...........look the business but no Screaming Cat or Laver.........
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yeah i sqw it tyhrough some Boks and thought5 looks alright but havent yet found anywhere in england that sells it :(
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I think Aswani cricket sell Bellingham and Smith so give them a go
http://custombats.co.uk/cbforum/index.php?topic=1767.0 (http://custombats.co.uk/cbforum/index.php?topic=1767.0)
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yeah they only do gloves and not pads
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or you can go to the b&s UK website (lol)
http://www.bellinghamandsmith.co.uk/ (http://www.bellinghamandsmith.co.uk/)
BTW - I bought Dukes batting and keeping gear today - absolute beauties. Will do reviews later. so watch this space! :o
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o well it didnt come up on google, and is there a shop in england or just website?
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o well it didnt come up on google, and is there a shop in england or just website?
mail order only in england. But B&S are like the Salix, Newberys and Warsops of England - they make great bats
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There is a shop just look in contact on the above website it says vist us etc
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oh right yeah just looked theres hop is like 30 mins away from me may have to go down and have a look.... who owns it does anyone know?