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[junter97]

One persons bad is another persons perfect.

This is kind of why I don't like the pick up index system, surely one persons index 1 could be someone's 3. Why not use the actual weights as that is fact, pick index is an interpretation.

[tim2000s]

This is kind of why I don't like the pick up index system, surely one persons index 1 could be someone's 3. Why not use the actual weights as that is fact, pick index is an interpretation.

And yet from experience at the Batoffs, most people rate one bat very similarly, even when they don't know other people's ratings. A pick-up index of 5 says to me it picks up heavy. It doesn't mean that it picks up badly and you'll find that some like a bat to feel like that.

[Vitas Cricket]

Pickup is an interpretation true.

I believe GM have 2-3 chaps give their thoughts on each bat and as a group they decide which of the 5 numbers it is.

Problem with weights is they can change (moisture loss/gain) also do you give the weight naked or stickered & gripped? Also many people round down the weights. So something that is almost 2'11 will get listed as 2'10

No system is perfect. I"ll be honest and say I very rarely see a bat where the weight on my scale matches the one the manufacturer has written on it.

I really like GM's system, the flare I mentioned before is a perfect example of it. Speak to Chad, he picked it up and was adamant it was 2'8 max. His jaw dropped when I said nearly 2'12

[Chad]

Pickup is an interpretation true.

I believe GM have 2-3 chaps give their thoughts on each bat and as a group they decide which of the 5 numbers it is.

Problem with weights is they can change (moisture loss/gain) also do you give the weight naked or stickered & gripped? Also many people round down the weights. So something that is almost 2'11 will get listed as 2'10

No system is perfect. I"ll be honest and say I very rarely see a bat where the weight on my scale matches the one the manufacturer has written on it.

I really like GM's system, the flare I mentioned before is a perfect example of it. Speak to Chad, he picked it up and was adamant it was 2'8 max. His jaw dropped when I said nearly 2'12

Honestly, it picked up extremely light, I thought it was 2'8 and I wouldn't get on with it, which is why I tested it last. I thought Jake was kidding me when he said 2'12, as I had always heard Flares don't pick up well, so expected it to be 2'8 or 2'9 at the very max. You barely had to hit the ball and it rocketed, and the bat speed and follow through didn't feel anything like what a 2'12 should have, while the performance of a 2'12 was there. I think that's the beauty of the pick-up index, although a pick up index with a weight would be an ideal system! I would have snapped that bat up, it felt so much better than any GM I've used, and is probably among the best I've used. It has been a demo model for a while though, and just shows that playing in a bat well is the way to get the most out of it!

If anyone is going to Vitas for a net and visit, I would definitely recommend using the Flare, it's the one GM bat which has changed my opinion entirely about the performance of GM bats!