I have had a go at one of these due to club contacts, and you can get them, if you ask, to about 2lb 8, however the pick-up won't set the world on fire. However, they are BIG bats for the weight, as with most of GrayNics range this year. Having netted with one I can say that the shape works quite nicely, nice middles etc- and that was just a sample bat, so I think a proper LE or similar should be a quality purchase. The thing I have found is that the bigger companies make bats, the worse the pick-up gets despite the weight due to their size... There must be science somewhere to back that up.
It is set to be a HUGE year for Gray-Nicolls & the E41 is part of that success.