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Companies => Off-the-shelf companies => Kookaburra => Topic started by: Tom on September 13, 2017, 06:00:50 PM
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Just looks like a sticker refresh, but add them in here as they release more.
There's usually a new model or two, so keep your eyes peeled.
(https://i.imgur.com/NWSSMT2.png)
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Kookaburra softs are the ones I look forward to more than any others
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(https://i.imgur.com/eXMRyu7.jpg)
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Puma have a lot to answer for...
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My eyes hurt looking at the Fever bat. But, I have to say, I do love how classy the Ghost stickers look. No major changes from the 2017 stickers, but these do look lovely.
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There is the Fever Max which is a bit more restrained than that
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@Tom are you at the trade show?
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They've also updated the blaze range with more restrained gloves... Seem to be releasing them all on Instagram
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They've also updated the verve range with more restrained gloves... Seem to be releasing them all on Instagram
The Verve was replaced with the Blaze last season as endorsed by Jos Buttler and was mainly oragne with yellow, red and black detailing, this year its similar to the Onyx colours of black with orange it would seem
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The Verve was replaced with the Blaze last season as endorsed by Jos Buttler and was mainly oragne with yellow, red and black detailing, this year its similar to the Onyx colours of black with orange it would seem
Sorry, meant Blaze, that'll teach me for multi tasking! Amended previous post...
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Anyone seen any images of softs? They uploaded a picture of Butler on their twitter recently and if that's the new gloves they look really smart.
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Sorry, meant Blaze, that'll teach me for multi tasking! Amended previous post...
If I wasn't sponsored by Kookaburra and using the Blaze range myself I'd probably got them mixed up myself as the Blaze is basically the Verve in a different colour scheme. The bat shape is virtually the same along with the style of the softs as they are designed for Buttler which explains why they are virtually the same again for 2018 which isn't a bad thing as the Blaze served me very well last season especially baring in mind I got some decent runs with a broken handle :D
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Anyone seen any images of softs? They uploaded a picture of Butler on their twitter recently and if that's the new gloves they look really smart.
I can almost guarantee that the Blaze softs will be virtually be the same in design as 2017 but the accent colour will be predominantly black with a hint of orange as shown in the Buttler picture. I would love to see the Ghost in a split finger glove as the white and chrome looks great but I'm not a fan of the sausage finger
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The Surge softs (specifically gloves) are different from last year. They have a "reverse opening" which basically means that the velcro strap opens in the opposite direction to usual. I personally really like it, as it means the hand opening opens wider when you put your gloves on. The other major change is all the top end (Pro) gloves have a neoprene closure, as opposed to a towelled wrist band. This allows a much more snug fit, especially for those with thinner wrists.
The Ghost range has been expanded (more price points and grades), whilst the Surge has a lighter blue colour way this year - looks stunning IMO. Blaze batting gloves are gorgeous. Not much technical change, but beautiful in the flesh!
The T20 pads and gloves are also available in black now too.
CBD
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Always been the poor relation to GM and GN over the past 5 years or so, softs are awful compared to the other two, all models very similar in shape and on the couple of looks at our club even the stickers are still boring 2D jobs
Yes the bats tend to perform ok but well behind the big 2 in my opinion
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Always been the poor relation to GM and GN over the past 5 years or so, softs are awful compared to the other two, all models very similar in shape and on the couple of looks at our club even the stickers are still boring 2D jobs
Yes the bats tend to perform ok but well behind the big 2 in my opinion
I can see where your coming from and its a very good point but the way I see it is that they've got something for most players especially softs wise. Whilst I was at the office picking out my kit for 2017 I had a good look at all the ranges and they have thinner and thicker handles along with slightly different tweaks to the shape and sweet spot height, the Ghosts I saw had enormous edges and were very responsive. Looking at the softs from 2017 with the gloves there were the sausage finger (Ghost), U splits (Surge), flat splits (Kahuna) and V splits (Blaze) which I personally found great. I think at the moment people either love Kookaburra or hate them at the moment but I am really enjoying their kit at the moment
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I think that their softs are ahead of GNs to be honest. Their legguards are certainly lighter than the blocks of concrete GM pass off as their top end pads. Their gloves are the best big brand offerings imo.
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If I as a primarily a bowler as able to open the batting bat 3/4 of the innings and score 62 with a cracked handle scoring 9 boundaries it shows how good the bats are really
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not sure about kookaburra Fever ? , Always love the Ghost :) ,
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not sure about kookaburra Fever ? , Always love the Ghost :) ,
I agree it's not for everyone myself included but you can't really go wrong with the Ghost, I wore the Ghost Pro pads last season and they were very comfortable and lightweight
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I agree it's not for everyone myself included but you can't really go wrong with the Ghost, I wore the Ghost Pro pads last season and they were very comfortable and lightweight
Quite agree any Softs that are White and minimalist always sell well , be good for these companies to try a different sticker style , but to fair its Working so no need to change it , havent seen what GM are up to, just seen Chases which are Based on White Stickers they look fantastic
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The other major change is all the top end (Pro) gloves have a neoprene closure, as opposed to a towelled wrist band. This allows a much more snug fit, especially for those with thinner wrists.
Cheers Chris, will be interesting to see that! Always good to see a bit of genuine change/innovation from the big boys
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Blaze gloves/colurway look mint.
Fever, small edge high spine bat, but they are doing the fever max which is there big edge oversize bat.
Kahuna top line pads have a moulding inner shins.
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They are revealing the range gradually on Instagram as we speak, some interesting stuff! Not sure how I feel about the moulded shin bolster on the Kahuna pad, looks different though...
Bats:
(http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f343/slogsweep118/95ED0A58-291A-4169-8CA3-67CACF63F0B0_zpsfnaqhmkw.jpg) (http://s50.photobucket.com/user/slogsweep118/media/95ED0A58-291A-4169-8CA3-67CACF63F0B0_zpsfnaqhmkw.jpg.html)
Top Blaze Glove:
(http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f343/slogsweep118/D9684821-DE6D-4881-A9BD-9FD9DCFFC631_zps5tv6dguj.jpg) (http://s50.photobucket.com/user/slogsweep118/media/D9684821-DE6D-4881-A9BD-9FD9DCFFC631_zps5tv6dguj.jpg.html)
Kahuna Pad:
(http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f343/slogsweep118/D1FC6101-1859-44B8-94CA-31C5FFDCCAE4_zpssgktsfxl.jpg) (http://s50.photobucket.com/user/slogsweep118/media/D1FC6101-1859-44B8-94CA-31C5FFDCCAE4_zpssgktsfxl.jpg.html)
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Its clear by the lack of any information regarding the bat shapes that Mr and Mrs Joe Public buy their bats based on looks and colours.
They should however be applauded for trying something new. The neoprene wrists amd reverse fastenings are a very interesting idea and the Kahuna pads will be completely marmite. Would love to know the science behind the designs
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Its clear by the lack of any information regarding the bat shapes that Mr and Mrs Joe Public buy their bats based on looks and colours.
They should however be applauded for trying something new. The neoprene wrists amd reverse fastenings are a very interesting idea and the Kahuna pads will be completely marmite. Would love to know the science behind the designs
To be fair, this is Kookaburra - at least they're past the stage where for a few years the only difference between their bats actually was the colour of the stickers!
As for the science behind the designs, you might be giving their product designer a bit too much credit there... Nice to see different things being tried though, softs are ripe for reinvention in a traditionalist market.
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I always thought Kook were quite good explaining each bat (on the website at least) with sweet spot position in mm, edge, spine, concaving, handle shape, bow, etc all explained.
They are, my pointnis that the launch has only shown the stickers, no profile shots whatsoever
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I always thought Kook were quite good explaining each bat (on the website at least) with sweet spot position in mm, edge, spine, concaving, handle shape, bow, etc all explained.
I think they have got better with that in recent times.
However I remember when the Blade/Ice era - where they stated that different bats had different sweetspots/edge sizes etc - but in reality, all of the bats were exactly the same shape.
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It's only the top of the list range(140rrp) kahuna pad that has the different shin bolster, rest of range is standard
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It's only the top of the list range(140rrp) kahuna pad that has the different shin bolster, rest of range is standard
I can't find pictures of that anywhere.
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It's on their twitter feed, posted yesterday I believe
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I can't find pictures of that anywhere.
@justnotcricket86 , scroll through the pics
https://instagram.com/p/BZN_9E6lpvI/
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Great to see some innovation from a big brand. I imagine some of these tweaks will make their way onto other big brands equipment, just like the Kahuna knee cutout did many years ago.
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The guys at Its Just Cricket talk a bit about the new bat profiles in this video (having been to the Lords trade show?), guess we'll just have to wait for Kooka to release some profile images to get a proper look...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7A4P29UjnlA (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7A4P29UjnlA)
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@justnotcricket86 this is the top Kahuna pad with moulded shin bolster:
(https://vgy.me/muV5eX.jpg)
Also, they've just released an image of the new 'PRO TOUR' bag, nice to see Kooka moving away from lime green on their top bag (assuming 'TOUR' means top end?) to electric blue with "heavy duty tarpaulin, denim cotton" material :o
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Having seen IJC review of the 2018 kahuna, realized that the kahuna and all the 2018 kooka ranges now have a proper round face.
Personally, I loved the flat face of the kahuna (that was really the main attraction for me regards the kahuna) and the other kooka range, so was disappointing for me. What do you guys think of the change?
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Having seen IJC review of the 2018 kahuna, realized that the kahuna and all the 2018 kooka ranges now have a proper round face.
Personally, I loved the flat face of the kahuna (that was really the main attraction for me regards the kahuna) and the other kooka range, so was disappointing for me. What do you guys think of the change?
This is coming from my own personal views (being apart of Team Kookaburra doesn't come into it) but I personally like the 2018 range and the changes to the profiles/faces. When I was picking my kit up around 6 weeks ago I was talking to the staff up there and they explained the changes were to optimise the size of the bats whilst also making sure they are in line with the new bat laws being introduced. I must admit my Kahuna is a 2' 9 3/4 and it still picks up very well, the edges are still quite big (I'm lucky that the one I picked had quite full profile for a Kahuna as well) and it definitely pings. I looked at over 10 bats that day in the 2' 9 weight range alone and must say they are definitely an improvement from 2017 and I thought they were very good bats.
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Definitely a winner, remember when Kookaburra used to churn out amazing bats like noone else and they all had round faces and big oval handles? Those were the days.
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Just the other day, was looking at the Kook Aus range in https://www.meulemans.com.au/product-category/cricket-bats/kookaburra-1617/ (https://www.meulemans.com.au/product-category/cricket-bats/kookaburra-1617/)
At the bottom of the page, it says "One of the biggest selling points of these beautiful bats is that each and every one is handmade here in Australia by expert craftsmen..."
Always thought kook bats are made in India and by SG. Anyone can throw light on the above regarding Aus made for Aus ranges..
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I have heard recently of Kookaburra opening up a division in Aus