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Companies => Off-the-shelf companies => Gray Nicolls => Topic started by: jblowe on June 15, 2017, 05:25:58 PM
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Kingsgrove Sports have sale on their XP70 650. NOW ONLY £95 plus £25 postage to the UK. Some of you (@simonmay5, @Northern monkey, @tom line and @petehosk) have seen my one and know it is fantastic.
https://www.kingsgrovesports.com.au/gray-nicolls-xp-70-650-ready-play-bat-2016-17.html (https://www.kingsgrovesports.com.au/gray-nicolls-xp-70-650-ready-play-bat-2016-17.html)
PS. I just got another two!!! Couldn't help myself
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What are the import costs?
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Being an extremely tight northerner, it's not often I say bargain, but if they are as good as the one you have, then yes they are a right bargain
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What are the import costs?
I think it was £54, but that's when the bat was £160
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It's not a bargain if I don't need it, It's not a bargain if I don't need it, It's not a bargain if I don't need it, It's not a bargain if I don't need it, It's not a bargain if I don't need it, It's not a bargain if I don't need it, It's not a bargain if I don't need it, It's not a bargain if I don't need it, It's not a bargain if I don't need it.... :(
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It's not a bargain if I don't need it, It's not a bargain if I don't need it, It's not a bargain if I don't need it, It's not a bargain if I don't need it, It's not a bargain if I don't need it, It's not a bargain if I don't need it, It's not a bargain if I don't need it, It's not a bargain if I don't need it, It's not a bargain if I don't need it.... :(
I am willing to drive over to witney and show you the xp70
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How good is it? Is that the exact one you have? What weight did you buy and how does it go?
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I was very very surprised when the bat arrived. it was a 2.7
see for yourself, it is on this thread. It goes as good as my Laver
http://custombats.co.uk/cbforum/index.php?topic=42246.msg672296#msg672296 (http://custombats.co.uk/cbforum/index.php?topic=42246.msg672296#msg672296)
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They also have some GN DW Kabooms for £37
https://www.kingsgrovesports.com.au/gray-nicolls-kaboom-warner-31-kw-bat-rp-2015-16.html (https://www.kingsgrovesports.com.au/gray-nicolls-kaboom-warner-31-kw-bat-rp-2015-16.html)
or GRAY NICOLLS KABOOM SIGNATURE DW BAT 2015/16 for £107
https://www.kingsgrovesports.com.au/gray-nicolls-kaboom-signature-dw-bat-2015-16.html (https://www.kingsgrovesports.com.au/gray-nicolls-kaboom-signature-dw-bat-2015-16.html)
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How good is it? Is that the exact one you have? What weight did you buy and how does it go?
It is a seriously good bat! I tapped it up and it is very impressive!
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I ordered one as well :(
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I already have an XP80 on its way, otherwise I would have been extremely tempted!!
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Are they that good!?!?!
"Ready to Play" as in knocked in already?
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The first link to that first Kaboom is Kashmir
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no, no, no, no. Why did I decide a house. my cricket bat budget is exhausted yet my desire still burns! BIG BATS!!
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It's not a bargain if I don't need it, It's not a bargain if I don't need it, It's not a bargain if I don't need it, It's not a bargain if I don't need it, It's not a bargain if I don't need it, It's not a bargain if I don't need it, It's not a bargain if I don't need it, It's not a bargain if I don't need it, It's not a bargain if I don't need it.... :(
But... It's a bargain because you DO need it.... ;)
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Are they that good!?!?!
"Ready to Play" as in knocked in already?
I can only judge on the one I have, which is very good, I might have just been lucky, but I am VERY happy with it, I am even considering selling my Laver. I spent 10 minutes knocking it in before I used it in the nets. the bat was perfect for me. thin handle, good pick up and a big middle.
I purchased another 2 (1 for me and 1 for my mate), and I am still thinking I might get a larger one and chop the bottom inch off it, for £95
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I was in GCCC today and they had a couple of top end XP80s on sale. $600Aud (360gbp?) One was 2.10 and the other 2.11.
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I was in GCCC today and they had a couple of top end XP80s on sale. $600Aud (360gbp?) One was 2.10 and the other 2.11.
They would be a bargain!!
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I cant remember which XP80 version they were. I think they were reduced from about $850aud.
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I already have an XP80 on its way, otherwise I would have been extremely tempted!!
Which XP-80 are you getting? 2000?
It'd be interesting to hear your views about the toe and the driving full-balls with that bat. I am struggling there!
I want a high-spine bat like an XP-80 but with a thick toe!
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I think I would shatter the toe on that bat here in the UK.
I would wince every time I went on the front foot!
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Which XP-80 are you getting? 2000?
It'd be interesting to hear your views about the toe and the driving full-balls with that bat. I am struggling there!
I want a high-spine bat like an XP-80 but with a thick toe!
Let me just say that I've seen no issue with stopping yorkers and driving with an XP80. Hit some huge drives for six in the mid-on through mid-off region with no issues at all, and the toe is fine on the yorkers.
This forum obsession with toe thickness is nuts. The XP80s toe is plenty thick enough.
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Let me just say that I've seen no issue with stopping yorkers and driving with an XP80. Hit some huge drives for six in the mid-on through mid-off region with no issues at all, and the toe is fine on the yorkers.
This forum obsession with toe thickness is nuts. The XP80s toe is plenty thick enough.
Our pitches are astro-turf and ball comes up nicely. XP80 is perfect for good-length and short balls. Yorkers and full balls are another matter. I am just not getting the kind of response to fuller/yorker type deliveries that I used to get from my previous (retired) match bat. Don't get me wrong, my XP80 is not fully "prepared" in the middle and the response is outstanding but the toe region, and 3 inches above it, is showing no sign of life. Maybe I need to whack it with a mallet.
Isn't Velocity XL is the same bat as XP-80 but an improved/thicker toe?
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Which XP-80 are you getting? 2000?
It'd be interesting to hear your views about the toe and the driving full-balls with that bat. I am struggling there!
I want a high-spine bat like an XP-80 but with a thick toe!
1500 but just happy to get one at the mo!
If it's as good as I suspect it will be, I may have it copied with a little more thickness left in the toe! That is the best thing about being on this forum....there are a number of people on here who have the skills and expertise to copy and slightly modify a bat! :D But early days on that one yet. Need to see how I get on with the bat first!
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I was at kingsgrove today , saw those lower grade xp70s .... wasn't impressed . Not the same 'extended middle' profile as the 1200 version .
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1500 but just happy to get one at the mo!
If it's as good as I suspect it will be, I may have it copied with a little more thickness left in the toe! That is the best thing about being on this forum....there are a number of people on here who have the skills and expertise to copy and slightly modify a bat! :D But early days on that one yet. Need to see how I get on with the bat first!
^ If you know a bat maker who can replicate an 80mm+ spine on a bat, let me know. :) As far as I can tell, only GN has that kind of willow and those are getting rare to find by the day.
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Just heard my XL 2000 has turned up. Time to turn off the laptop and head home methinks.
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Interesting pic online xp70 face with an xp80 back ???? , would do some homework before you jump in , made in india or melbourne ???. Atomics & velocity being made right now , look for lighter weights & slightly different handles
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Just heard my XL 2000 has turned up. Time to turn off the laptop and head home methinks.
First report. 25mm edges and 25mm toe. 75mm plus. Weight, 2lb 11oz on sticker, 2lb 12,6oz on the scales.
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First report. 25mm edges and 25mm toe. 75mm plus. Weight, 2lb 11oz on sticker, 2lb 12,6oz on the scales.
Thicker than XP-80?