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Companies => Off-the-shelf companies => Gray Nicolls => Topic started by: SOULMAN1012 on December 26, 2015, 07:49:45 PM
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Been meaning to do a little review of this since picking this beauty up but just haven't got around to it. Now after eating a second Xmas dinner in 2 days ( so many left overs from yesterday) I can't actually move from sofa so a good time. Anyway!
I picked this up from @Vitas Cricket when they held the forum day in Dec. originally I had asked Jake to pick me a GN classic select but the one jake selected didn't feel right. But after looking all around the lovely willow Jake had at vitas I came across this absolute stunner. So this is the 400 model, originally I thought this was the 4 star but no this is the intro model I think as it was £105!! Absolute steal.
Now the stickers that a lot of people commented on when first released including me look a lot better in the flesh, I may remove the back ones but that's a minor. Personally I never know who great this profile is, basically to me its very similar to the F18 with a very full profile and a mid high middle. I weighed this at vitas and this is 2.89 so just under 2.9 so perfect weight range for me, 35mm edge and approx 59mm spine. I love this bat especially the stunning grains. I have no idea how graded so low, grains match on the back and the only blemish is a tiny mark towards the inside edge halfway up the blade. Semi oval handle that's a little on the thin side but a second grip has soon sorted that out. Pick up is now superb.
I picked up some Powerbow test gloves and pads cheap on eBay with the nitro pro performance bat so have a lovely little GN selection now as well. This I have been picking up more and more over the last few weeks, it's creeping closer to the top of my bat list for the coming season. Enjoy some pics.
(http://i1326.photobucket.com/albums/u642/soulman1012/88A33F8F-B164-4CF7-8C8B-CC89DCB1E0A5_zpsfdhcztqm.jpg) (http://s1326.photobucket.com/user/soulman1012/media/88A33F8F-B164-4CF7-8C8B-CC89DCB1E0A5_zpsfdhcztqm.jpg.html)
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Looks a steal for the price, not sure about the toeguard colour and stickers on the back, but face looks good
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That is an absolute steal!
There's a Powerbow Nemesis 300 for £90 on Pro Direct that I'm really tempted by, and this post hasn't helped!
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That is an absolute steal!
There's a Powerbow Nemesis 300 for £90 on Pro Direct that I'm really tempted by, and this post hasn't helped!
I think jake had another one of these in stock maybe ask him for pics, PDC can be a lottery in terms of looks and weight
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It's the Nemesis shape I'm after, so I don't care about looks or weight really, it will be used to try and hit everything for 12 once every few weeks :-[
The more I drink the more of a great idea buying one seems to get :D
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You have finally posted this beauty. If I had to chose a bat from the Vitas event to buy, it would have been this beauty. Lovely full profile and I quite liked the stickers except for the back ones. Let me me know if you want to sell it @SOULMAN1012 Haha.
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That looks a beauty, Jake has more of these you say?
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I'm considering retiring my old Powerbow in favour of this year's version, I hope my local cricket gear shop has some in stock so I can go have a wave about and see if I can find one that I like.
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That looks a beauty, Jake has more of these you say?
Certainly had other powerbows and I think from memory there was another 400 model but message Jake, if not I'm sure he can get you one but this was handpicked by them when they went.
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Great value for money. Grains on this lower end model is amazing. Stickers are a great improvement over the previous generation PowerBow. I kind of like the new ones when compared with the green/white/black combo of the old one.
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@SOULMAN1012 => Last picture in your post. Is that a blemish or is this some kind of butterfly willow ? If its a butterfly willow then i would say its even better !
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@SOULMAN1012 => Last picture in your post. Is that a blemish or is this some kind of butterfly willow ? If its a butterfly willow then i would say its even better !
No I don't thinks it's a butterfly stain just a blemish of some description
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I think it looks a great stick for a lower end model. I do like the stickers as well, nice buy mate.
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Fantastic stick at that price! Hope it serves you well mate
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Eh?! That's an absolute winner, any Nemesis in that kind of grade anywhere near those grains and I'll be sorely tempted!
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Beautiful bat and great price!
How does it tap above the mid part of the blade? I love this shape and have couple of similar shaped bats. Funny thing is that they ping all over and have as much punch high up (near the sticker) as towards the toe.
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Beautiful bat and great price!
How does it tap above the mid part of the blade? I love this shape and have couple of similar shaped bats. Funny thing is that they ping all over and have as much punch high up (near the sticker) as towards the toe.
Taps up very well. Seems to have a very long middle, right at the toe is obviously dead but seems to run up to the start of the stickers. Very impressed with this bat.