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[Tom]

Sorry to disagree with you Tom but I think the pick up is fantastic on these bats. i don't think you can make a decision on the pick up by looking at the photos or the profile

Regards

Asad

The few I've seen certainly don't pickup anyway near as well as the GT, Thruxton and Uzi ranges. It wasn't a decision made by photos, I have actually visited a couple of shops.

Cover_Drive, does the bat pick up fantastically?

[Howzat]

There are very few people i know who would request for the bat to 'pick up' heavier than it's actual weight.

I love my redback surefire, which picks up horribly

[steelcouch]

Ha, Funnily enough that is very similarto me.
I very much like my Surefire, but someone said the other day that it was a bit bottom heavy and i had to agree with him.

Mine is 2lb 8  so not too worried about it.

[GJ]

Dont like that profile at all. As people have said, its all edge. Thruxton profile looks similar too.
Much prefer the GT sort of shape and they pick up extremely well.

[Howzat]

I love my redback surefire, which picks up horribly

Might have been a bit harsh there, its 2lb 8 and it feels 2lb 8 rather than being any lighter is what I meant!

[steelcouch]

Also Agree about Krakatoa. There are better Newbery bats.
I would guess it is in response to the trend for Asian type profiles, ad i am sure they sell alright

[Cover_Drive]

Thanks alot for the positive comments guys. I really appreciate it

Dom - As I said I was really impressed with Newbery's quality when I saw my clubmates bats. So when mine came I absolutely stunned which the quality. I would say hard to match Newbery's quality.

stubbzy - Ahh no worries mate. I paid 200 for the bat including postage whereas I also bought Newbery Test gloves which are another 30 pounds.

Tom - Are you saying that would I have purchased this bat again if I had a chance? If so then I would say maybe. The profile and sweetspot does suit me as I like low profiled bats. So because of this fact yes and no because of fact I don't like getting same bats (lol). Basically what made me get Krakatoa was its profile. As I said earlier I tend to like low profiled bats such as GN Powerbow so I chose this one. I am not sure why but when I play any shot most of the time it will bounce of the middle of the bat but low at the bat. I hope it makes sense. If I hadn't purchased Krakatoa (due to some odd reasons) then it would have been GT and maybe (depending on GT's availability) Thruxton.

alexrickyponting - I always wanted a lightest pickup bat. So when I went with Krakatoa I assumed that since it has a low sweetspot then as people say pickup get slightly heavy so it did but by a really small margin.

[Cover_Drive]

The few I've seen certainly don't pickup anyway near as well as the GT, Thruxton and Uzi ranges. It wasn't a decision made by photos, I have actually visited a couple of shops.

Cover_Drive, does the bat pick up fantastically?

Ohh yeah it does have a beautiful pick up. To be honest, it picks up better than what I thought. My GN powerbow is 2.7 but to me its pickup looks like 2.10ish with no hesitation. This one seems quite lighter

[Cover_Drive]

GJ and steelcouch GT was my second choice

Perhaps in future I might buy GT

[peplow]

i have a gt for sale

[Cover_Drive]

lol...not at the moment.

[stubbzy]

how much you selling your gt for ? just wanting cash or swaps ? PM me mate

[Cover_Drive]

Played with my Krakatoa today for the first time since I got it and ohh boy it was impressive. I was mainly defending the ball but when I played few stroke the ball went like a gun. The toe is really impressive. I toed one or two balls and it went really fast compare to other bats I have used.

Great bat in terms of playing alongside it's quality.