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 It depends on the shape too. I have bats with both CarboCane and C-Ten handles and they perform brilliantly. One of the CarboCane was designed by James based on my batting style and it generates a lot of bat speed.

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Which handle do you have on yours? I have the C10 handle and I thought maybe its to do with that, what do you think?

Carbo cane will not impact bat speed. It's only a tiny bit lighter than normal cane. C10 is interesting - it adds about an ounce, but at the very top.

So a 2lb 8 bat with c10 is actually a 2lb 7 bat (if it had a regular handle) 

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So a 2lb 8 bat with c10 is actually a 2lb 7 bat (if it had a regular handle)

Oh very interesting.  I knew the C10 was heavier but not an ounce heavier! Thanks.

[petehosk]

It is an interesting topic.
I have quite a number of slightly heavier bats which I am not planning to use in the collection and to be honest, almost all of them are just too heavy and upset the little timing I have!
These include a 2'13 H4L, a 2'14 BB, a couple of 3lb pingers, etc, etc! And I would have absolutely agreed with what people say until I got a 2'12.5 H4L Devil which I can time the pants off! I am ideally a 2'10 man but happy to use most bats between 2'9 and 2'11 range.
But this Devil just picks up so well (although I won't make any wild claims about it picking up like a 2'8!!) Maybe it's the balance, maybe it's the profile, or maybe it's the fact that it pings like a rocket with little effort and the middle is extremely generous? Whatever the case, it "feels" very comfortable when I am using it.
I know Si has used it, and possibly Cam? But I will bring it with me to Dummer tomorrow and would be really interested to get the honest opinion of Mr.F Cattus, as I know he is brutally honest! Plus would value the opinions of anyone else who is coming to Dummer tomorrow? Or it may be that it is simply well suited to my dodgy batting style?