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[arsenal123]

I wait for my old match bat to die, then I wait for my match bat to get to a stage where I think its got less than a season left in it and buy a new one to start knocking in over the next few months.  Then I'll start using my new one in sunday friendlies until I'm happy with it.  Then I will start using the new one and the old match bat will become my net bat that I'll keep repairing until its dead.  Rinse and repeat for a number of years.

I like to think of it as the circle of life.

[Wickets-then-runs]

The voices in my head make me buy bats.... 

[fasteddie]

Two questions in one.

1) If there is the letter 'y' in the name of the day I will tend to look to buy a bat/guitar/beer.
2) It's been said many times, but 'before I joined CBF', I only ever had I bat at a time and waited until it literally had fallen apart.

In no particular order, but all equally important:

Pick up
Handle
Ping
Price
UK made

I tend to be loyal to a brand if they look after me and there is a good amount of trust. I also like to support fellow entrepreneurs so tend to swerve the big brands.

[jamesisapayne]

When I first joined this forum I got caught up in the whole thing and was trying lots of different bats to find one that I thought suited me, then I had a lightbulb moment and realised that was ridiculous and costing me loads of money.

Now have one bat (apart from a GM Flare I scored my first ton with) and will be using that until it's gone. I still go into cricket shops and look at the bats, think it would be nice to get another one then I have a reality check and walk away!

[Seniorplayer]

UK made and the bat needs to feel right in the hands , for me when I pick up a bat in my normal stance the handle and the blade of the bat need to feel as if they are an extension of my arms. The problem I have is that there are no cricket shops where I live.

[smilley792]

People often say. You never keep a bat long. Does it ever open up??


Yes it does usually open up into several pieces. I am a bat destroyer. And i can break up to 3/4 bats a season if im lucky.
I try to repair them but they dont last much longer after.


So currently what makes me buy a bat is my ability to break them easily. And the need for spares as i play 3 times a week.

[Alvaro]

An inability to say no.