Custom Bats Cricket Forum
Equipment => Bats => Topic started by: tonup on September 18, 2015, 08:22:45 PM
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I'm looking for a new bat for the 2016 season and thought i might try and get one while they are on sale from the end of the 2015 season.
I'm looking for a g1 bat that's around or under £200.
I play on wickets that keep low.
Any thoughts on what to buy??
And also does it really matter about going to the shop and feeling the bat in my hands.
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What type of weight bat are you looking for?
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something relatively light. Anthing around 2.8 2.9 would be good
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Finding a bat on feel is the best thing you can do.
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Finding a bat on feel is the best thing you can do.
...and while you're about it wear batting gloves.
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Ok, I think I'll try and pick a bat up this week. Can you get any decent grade 1 bats for under £200
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do you live near the essex area ? if so warsop would be a good shout my grade 3 goes like a gun and looks like grade 1/2
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@ItsJustCricket have a very nice H4L Hattori G1 on their twitter account, I had a look at it earlier 2.9 with the discount code it is about £216
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I live in Cheshire, so the best place around me is probably Romida sports.
Does a higher grade willow mean that it will ping more, or is grading done on how good it looks
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@ItsJustCricket have a very nice H4L Hattori G1 on their twitter account, I had a look at it earlier 2.9 with the discount code it is about £216
Incredibly good looking one too! And performs well too as you can imagine from the hand picking!
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Red ink could make you somthing nice for around £200 you may even get a formite discount.
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I live in Cheshire, so the best place around me is probably Romida sports.
Does a higher grade willow mean that it will ping more, or is grading done on how good it looks
Normally grading is based on looks but certain bat makers grade on looks and performance.
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So what would be more recommended
Going to a shop and feeling the weight and ping of bats
Or ordering the exact bat you want online without feeling what the bat is like
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So what would be more recommended
Going to a shop and feeling the weight and ping of bats
Or ordering the exact bat you want online without feeling what the bat is like
Obviously going to a shop...
Unless you buy from a sponsor who will have hand picked their stock, ordering "the exact bat you want online" will almost certainly end in disappointment at this time of year...
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I live in Cheshire, so the best place around me is probably Romida sports.
Does a higher grade willow mean that it will ping more, or is grading done on how good it looks
What about Barringtons, you can try some out in store apparently.
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i went to Barringtons two years ago and wont be going there again. All the bats are stored in a dry warehouse meaning they break very quickly. The bats are also rather overpriced there too
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Good to know, I've only been on the website, makes me feel even better about my Red Ink arriving this week :)
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i went to Barringtons two years ago and wont be going there again. All the bats are stored in a dry warehouse meaning they break very quickly. The bats are also rather overpriced there too
I can second your comment regarding their bat storage and pricing. They aren't too bad for softs though if you wait for them to put on a decent sale.
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So what would be more recommended
Going to a shop and feeling the weight and ping of bats
Or ordering the exact bat you want online without feeling what the bat is like
Go into a shop and feel the wieght hold the bat with your top hand with batting gloves on and if possible give it a swing then when you find one thats suitable have one made by a batmaker on here made to the same specification.
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Whenever I've been on Barrington's website to compare prices they always appear to be the dearest out of the lot, the only thing I've ordreed off them was the 2014 England ODI shirt when it was on sale.