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My Fusion Superbest Review
« on: May 25, 2008, 04:41:30 PM »

Fusion Superbest, SH
2lbs 10oz
Semi-Oval Handle
Slight Concaving
Slight Bow
Mid placed middle.

Service

I rang up James at Fusion, about 10-30 on a Monday morning; I spoke with him for around 10 mins.  The more I spoke with him the more confident I felt I could trust the company with my hard-earned cash!  In the end I ordered a Superbest which I was told would take no-longer than a week for me to receive.  Then about 6-30 the same night, I received a call from James to say that he had some spare time on his hands and wanted to get some orders out of the way, and he had finished my bat!  I then received the bat on Wednesday, and eagerly ripped open the box….

Looks

As one of my specs I told James I would have preferred a clean face, however if the grains were good enough I would have some blemishes.  I was assured that the bat had a darker shade of wood but it wasn’t heartwood, and that it also had 13 straight grains.  When I opened the box I wasn’t left un-impressed! I got exactly what he said and the stickers were much nicer than on a computer screen!  The bat was concaved and had a slight bow which was exactly what I asked for, the edges weren’t massive but I wasn’t too bothered because the bat pinged….

Performance

I rushed into my back garden and forced my brother to give me some throwdowns, I was left gobsmacked!  James had said that it will get better with use, however it is already better than my Salix, and in my first net I ‘injured’ 3 people by driving the ball out of the net by simply blocking.  It has amazed nearly everyone at my club, and it has probably secured Fusion at least 3 new orders in the near future!  The pick-up could possibly be the best part of the bat, on the good ol’ kitchen scales the bat weighs 2/12 however I’m not exaggerating when I say it picks up like 2/8! 

I have only batted properly with the bat once, however people have already started to comment on how good it is!  I have hit 3 amazing shots with it that made peoples’ heads turn- one a pull which knocked a slate off the Pavilion roof, a once bounce four from a leg glance and a cover drive for four which absolutely ‘rocketed’ to the boundary.

There is only one bad point about the bat which isn’t really major as the pick-up makes up for it!  It seems to be a reacurring theme with Fusion that you never get the weight you ask for exactly, it is always around 1 or 2 ounces heavier.

All in all I really recommend Fusion to anyone who is on the look-out for a new bat, it is superbly pressed, shaped and balanced which are some of the most important things a bat should have!

Fusion gets a 10/10 for me!

Richie

Grains after the first net:






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Re: My Fusion Superbest Review
« Reply #1 on: May 25, 2008, 04:47:56 PM »

Good review
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Re: My Fusion Superbest Review
« Reply #2 on: May 25, 2008, 04:48:59 PM »

Cheers mate! Seen you've bought a cricket ball!
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Re: My Fusion Superbest Review
« Reply #3 on: May 25, 2008, 04:53:20 PM »

I bought a cricket ball and about 15 steal credits and none of em worked!
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Re: My Fusion Superbest Review
« Reply #4 on: May 25, 2008, 04:53:53 PM »

Haha, that's what you get for trying to steal! :P
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Re: My Fusion Superbest Review
« Reply #5 on: June 23, 2008, 09:13:00 PM »

Yes that is a super bat
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Re: My Fusion Superbest Review
« Reply #6 on: July 03, 2008, 02:10:30 AM »

Nice willow , Stickers are awful tho IMO .
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Re: My Fusion Superbest Review
« Reply #7 on: July 03, 2008, 09:29:10 AM »

Yeah i dont like the new stickers... 2 people won the Sticker comp... Me and another lad but they used his stickers :P
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« Reply #8 on: July 03, 2008, 09:55:52 AM »

Yes i think its all the black to harsh a contrast , plus looks very busy to many stickers on back and side - especially at the moment when the classic pure  look is everywhere - and those wavy lines on the bottom just look really tacky "what are they about ?"
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Re: My Fusion Superbest Review
« Reply #9 on: July 03, 2008, 10:22:31 AM »

The wavy lines are meant to be the letter F.
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Re: My Fusion Superbest Review
« Reply #10 on: July 03, 2008, 10:48:05 AM »

ahhh i can kinda see that but not really , think they should change it tom like leo i prefer the classic fusion design blue n silver for me why change it ?
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« Reply #11 on: July 03, 2008, 10:51:30 AM »

They'd had those stickers for 5 years or so, so wanted a change. Also they're releasing the Skyer's and that so wanted the whole brand to look similar sticker wise. The Skyer is a new revolutionary produce so classic stickers on it probably wouldn't look the best; something up to date was needed.

There's a newer front sticker which has silver going up to black on the front (like the Skyer front sticker) I have that on one of my bats, will get some pics up when I get chance.

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Re: My Fusion Superbest Review
« Reply #12 on: September 14, 2008, 12:26:09 PM »

Any chance of the pics tom? are these type of stickers going on all bats now or is it still the all black ones?
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Re: My Fusion Superbest Review
« Reply #13 on: September 14, 2008, 02:05:40 PM »

It's the silvery ones, Yash had a bat for sale with them on.

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Re: My Fusion Superbest Review
« Reply #14 on: September 14, 2008, 02:12:18 PM »

Oh right thats the one i'm buying i think =)
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