I liked Centurian - i liked their branding and their funky shapes.

They don't want to be patronised with "pink it and shrink it." I think footwear and clothing were mentioned as needing a female fit (I think football boots are going through something similar), but bats are just a spec. It either fits them or it doesn't. They didn't feel like it needed colours traditionally associated with females to make it "for them." (This became apparent when buying a kit bag for those new to the game)

So the objection is to the use of "female" colour schemes, not the production of women's size equipment. A five minute Google found at least 3 options for women's size kit in neutral colour schemes.

Kit bag, I'm not sure I understand why you couldn't just use/buy a men's kit bag, works fine for the u15 girls I coach at my club.

You must be the only other person here who had bats from MG2.

I sold one but I don't regret selling it, it was a bad one. Kept others which are just fantastic.

Would be great to see pictures of your MG2. I cannot remember why I sold them! Must have not been overly enamoured with them.

On blade length… I’m only comfortable up to 2.9 SH, but love SB/LH up to 2.11. Managed to pick up a few silly SH bats in 2.11s which I feared were unusable for me, but after a bit of trial and error I’ve found 8-10mm off the toe makes a big difference to pick up and still feels great in the hands (5ft 9 in and getting on a bit). Still get the benefit of a massive bat and surprisingly the slightly lower middle as a result of shortening the blade doesn’t seem to have any noticeable impact. Anything over 10mm taken off feels uncomfortable, but I suspect that’s just personal preference 👍🏻

I remember my brother had an amazing piece of willow from Fusion Sports back in 2003, was so light in comparison to size, before I knew there was such a thing as pro willow clefts, certainly he paid "normal" price for it so wonder if it was misgraded. Unfortunately it grew legs and walked out of the clubhouse one day - may be a magic bit of willow then?

Wait until you find out there isn't such a thing as pro willow clefts! 😆