Custom Bats Cricket Forum
Equipment => Bats => Topic started by: espocrespo on April 08, 2010, 06:26:50 PM
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Just had a look in the for sale section and saw a GM Flare Limited Edition for sale had a look at the pics and considering they are in the region of 200+ they look crap, there are hardly any grains and they are very far apart, you probably pay mostly for the stickers. But i think i wouldn't buy a brand bat again because i have had a few GM, Puma, GN etc. and have been disappointed with almost all of them and they only bat i have thought is any good is the one i have now which is no big brand but very good wood.
Just saying like, but what are you guys opinions on these expensive brand name bats
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what ive seen of the flare and apex they look horrible, but still a huge gm fan... icon and hero still 2 of the best bats going imo
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I think with any major brand you will pay more due to the stickers. I agree with you that smaller brands are the way forward.
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yup for example
Shark Hammerhead - 150.00 - Half Redwood - 17 Tight Grains
GM Apex 909 5* - 150.00 - English Willow - 9 spaced out grains
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Number of grains on a bat does not always improve performance in any way, I've had bats with 6 and I've had bats with 16 and the bat with 6 was by far and away better than bats with more grains.
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I would go for the GM every time with that example.
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I would go for the GM every time with that example.
agreed
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I dnt like tons of grains and the rep of gm is always good so it would be gm over shark is it ? any day
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millichamp gives 7-9 grainers to his pro's, nothing wrong with that!
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I love GM stuff, looking for an Icon soon me thinks
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Well I have a GM flare LE with 10 grains and it plays like gold. My previous bat was a Kookaburra ICE 40 with 9 grains played awesome as well. But a bat is as good as the batsman using it. The discussion of buying a big brand or not depends on your own needs, budget and taste. For me, I would go for big names, as the prices are similar and the shipping costs reasonable, just to benefit from their service if needed.
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Well I have a GM flare LE with 10 grains and it plays like gold. My previous bat was a Kookaburra ICE 40 with 9 grains played awesome as well. But a bat is as good as the batsman using it.
What he said.
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I nearly bought a GM Flare the other day.... its pickup and ping were fantastic but in the end there was just one bat in the whole shop that beat it so I opted for that.
Brand bats are expensive but you do have the advantage of being able to go to your local shop and hit balls which in a good shop means a choice of a lot of bats.
Certainly a good local shop ensures you see far less of the smaller named brands which is very sad but I can see why it happens.
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If I may ask, which bat did you buy?
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Guessing from his other posts, it was the Kookaburra CCX 900.
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It was the Kook... If I'd of gone looking for a certain profile and graphics the Kook would not of been my choice... however its pickup and initial performance is what made me have it.... I suppose thats what counts.
Got to say I feel a bit of a sell-out going back to using one of the big brands but I'm sure I will get over it lol
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Kook rules, pity their new look feels so cold (in my opinion) the 2009 range looked much warmer. Might actually enter the design competition this year if they do one.
Old Skool Kook.