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Equipment => Bats => Reviews => Topic started by: cd0070 on October 05, 2009, 03:05:38 PM
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Has anyone seen one of them? If so your thoughts? Is 150 GBP delivered to the USA a good price? Is it worth that?
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costly in that price, not used Titanium though but I have BDM LE, great bat.
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BDM bats are quite consistent. Im not saying you cant go wrong, but compared to some of the lemons produced by other brands *cough* kookaburra *cough*, you wont be disappointed either
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are u buyin frm onlinestockist.com ?
He has some very nice bdm titanium bats in stock, nd recently sent me few pics of the bat I've posted them in post pics of ur kit topic.
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not sure where i'm buying from as of yet.. 150 is about avg that i'm getting on most sites.. the bat does look nice in your pic.. I use a bdm terminator now which i love.. any suggestion on something in that price range which should be better?
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Am not reli sure mate, which bat to suggest but BDM titanium is a very good choice it has big profile nd excellent balance, feel, ping and its made of premium quality EW.
I would recommened you to buy frm onlinestockist.com he will handpick a reli good bat for you and the customer service is very good.
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Thinking about getting an Untamed instead of the Titanium, seems like a better deal..
http://onlinestockist.com/BDM-Untamed-Rare-Grade-1-English-Willow-Cricket-Bat-P115290.aspx (http://onlinestockist.com/BDM-Untamed-Rare-Grade-1-English-Willow-Cricket-Bat-P115290.aspx)
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it looks hideous. Those Asian batmakers really need to sort out there graphics and designs:
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All you have to do is remove a few stickers then it will look great!
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They put lots of/large stickers to hide the faults in the wood as they buy lower grades and resell them as higher. You can buy a cleft with the face of a grade 1 with big knots in the bat for a quarter of the price, all you have to do is hide the faults and bingo, a grade 1 bat to sell making you much more profits. I'm not totally against this act, just the deception part.
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This is from Ajit at Online Stockist...
***** hello to be honest with you, TITANIUM is the best bat BDM & LE has to offer...untamed is also a grade 1 bat but not as good as TITANIUM or LE which are best grade 1 also called as super grade 1, so i would suggest u to stick with TITANIUM, actually people in UK sell UNTAMED for a very high prices ( Dont know the reason why )...*****
I currently use a Terminator its suppose to be G2 willow according to a few sites and others have it listed as G1+ (hate the fact that BDM doesn't have its own site which shows the grading) but it is awsome compared to some of the similarly priced bats from other bat makers I can't really complain. The ping is awesome no knots (I un-sticker most of my bats) 7 straight and even spaced grains... Titanium seems to be the next bat I will get.. (Just hate the fact it comes only a round handle.. the search for an oval handle bat of that quality at that price is still on going.. any help would be much appreciated.)
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As your mate **** for an oval handle.
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Do you mean - Ask - ??
If so, he only sells Indian brands which only have round handles (that I'm aware of).. He also has Kookaburra's but, I think there is a big difference between the quality of bats for export where I'm sure he's selling Kookaburra's which are meant for the Indian market.. So I don't see the point of playing similar price for the Kookaburra (if it's not export quality)..
Not to say that Kookaburra's for the Indian market are bad or anything.. It's just that the export quality is better.. (Not just in cricket bats but most goods, export quality is always better).. I even think BDM bats which are exported to Aus, SA, Eng and even some to the good old USA are better than the ones being sold on the Indian market..
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Too many () () () going on. Make your mind up.
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Sure thing Professor. Would you like me to correct it and resubmit my assignment?
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Sure thing Professor. Would you like me to correct it and resubmit my assignment?
;)
I thank you for your understanding.
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As you guys now I've been thinking about a BDM Titanium for awhile and been looking for a good deal on one.. So I had emailed Ajit at onlinestockist regarding this and he kept a look out for me for a special bat in my weight 2.8-2.9
So I got an email from him yesterday.. I've just placed an order for this beauty.. Will take more pics and see how it plays once I take delivery.. Also got the BDM Sachin gloves, was leaning towards BAS gloves but financially it made more sense to get the gloves with the bat shipping to the US is costly...
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can't wait till I take delivery... Can't thank Ajit enough with no pressure to buy help, he kept a look out for the perfect bat for me and didn't push me to buy until i was 100% satisfied...
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bat looks great. Btw Asian bats have lots of stickers because the willow is not true G1 - so they cover them up with stickers and pass them off as g1.
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Hey mate, looks like you get plenty of wood for your money anyway . . .so take it your having one from Robert Pack then?
Musama - how would stickers cover up the fact a bat is not grade one? How do you define G1 willow?
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Musama - how would stickers cover up the fact a bat is not grade one? How do you define G1 willow?
The willow has blemishes on it and stickers cover it up - its not about my way of defining g1, its about how the companies define g1. Think about it - All the British brands like newbery, salix and M&H has minimal stickers but all the Asian brands like SS, BDM, SG and RNS have huge stickers - that is why
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mate was doubting what they do but surely isn't more imporatnt to have a blemish free face rather than splice, back etc!
Plus i believe salix etc are minimal as they are traditional rather than for any other reason . . .
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Dan - Still getting one from Rob.. His 2010 stickers won't be ready till Jan.
M91- that blade seems amazing to me 13 straight grains no knots or blemishes that I see. If the spine has a knot or blemish will it really matter? But I was thinking about taking the BDM stickers off and putting Puma ones on.. Now I will make sure to take a pic of the spine and check it out..
During my conversation with Rob, he said he grades all his bats on performances and the G1 bats he has have knots in them and he's not worried about them as the strengthen the bat and play well..
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Glad to hear it was looking forward to that review! haha :) So your gonna wait for the new one's then? Must admit i prefer the 2010 stickers!
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im not saying all bats are not g1 - there are some which are, but with these stickers, MORE can be passed off as G1
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those are average size for stikcker, maybe ther is a lot for the back of the bat, but on the front, normal
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This BDM bat looks absolutely lush quality and really huge sweetspot.
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looks like a hell of a lump of wood. Good to know that Ajit did look out for a beaut of a bat rather than just pass any old one of to you.
Enjoy using it
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musama, if you're going to lift stuff, don't do it from the beginning of the same thread ...
i didn't read what was said earlier! but hes right.
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Stickers or not, alot of people (not just on the forum) pay too much attention to cosmetics of a bat.. I mean ya its great to have a good looking bat (one of the main reasons i bought this one) but doesn't the performance of the bat be the most important?? I mean I find it kinda odd that so much attention is given to the idea that these bat makers get larger stickers to cover up blemishes or the faults in the willow.. Has anyone thought about maybe the market they sell in likes larger stickers? I mean aren't these the same bat making companies that produce majority of the bats in the world? They make bats for every brand and I'm no expert on their processes but unless the separate willow clefts at the factory and say this cleaner nicer cleft will be used for kookaburra bat and this less beautiful willow would be used for SG bats thats a different story.. Many of our batmakers have visited these factories maybe they can comment on it.
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Indian brands use big stickers because there's more space for a logo and therefore more advertising. Sehwag doesn't use those Hero Honda stickers to cover up the blemishes on his bat, same as Dhoni with his RBK ones. They're all quite square and boxed shaped.
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Got it today.. The Pick up is amazing!! The bat is 2.9 looks much bigger and pick up is like 2.7 if not lighter, it only has 1 grip going to put another grip on it which might make it feel even lighter... Bounced a few balls of it and the ping is amazing.. It has have 38cm edges and about a 55-56cm spine.
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that is one big bat! looks very nice too. one of my teammates was using his new titanium in the nets a couple of weeks ago. it felt like a 2lb 10 and its profile was not as big as yours!
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Lush bat! If looks are anything to go by, then that bat will go like a rocker!
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I honestly have to say I was so shocked at the pick up for that big of a bat, I compared the edges to a mates 2.14 big kahuna and this was as big but feels unbelievable light. The balance on this bat is just amazing..
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the toe looks very very thin, look out for the yorkers mate, other than that it looks a nice bat
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Actuallly sorry the toe isnt that bad, just dodgy angle in the second pic, my bad!
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ya sorry about that was trying to get a clean background..
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mate that bat looks gorgeous! I notice there are some seam marks on the face tho . . .take it uve not knocked it in?
Really like the branding on it too!
You still going for the RP bat?
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ya started to knock it a bit.. First I just wanted to see how it pings but the ping was so nice i kept at it for a little bit longer.. Ya I really want the RP have a month to move 2 bats the Kookaburra and the Crown..
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Well lets hope you sell them mate im looking forward to seeing and hearing about the RP bat, Ive a few of his Pumas but never anything custom or his own profile!
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Looks Lush!
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Ya I wan't to try and get my hands on Rob's bat.. He's working up a few stick designs at the moment so once he has finalized the one he will use I will know.
Than another part of me says I saved almost a 100GBP buying this BDM from www.onlinestockist.com (http://www.onlinestockist.com) (It was only 125gbp!! X-Mas special) Do I want to pay the extra 100..
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Go on cd0070 u got a very nice bat for an absolute bargain price.