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[procricket]

After buying around 10 to 15 bats this season (yes i'm no hosk i hate bats sitting around)

I have come to a theory most if not all bats are roughly the same...

Bar the top Top bats there not much difference from one brand to another or maker..

Most Pro players use the same quality bats most of us use only the very best get the very best for sure.

So to that end my bat quest has ended and if i honest i have been not that impressed.

I would say 90 to 95 per cent of all bats have the same playability in the average club cricketers hands.

Only thing i advice when picking a bat is pick up and balance nothing else stickers or what modle it is either..

Happy hunting

[Colesy]

To an extent I agree. Best bat I've ever used performance wise was my Ayrtek, but more than happy with my Boom Boom I have now which feels better but without getting onto the 'feel or performance' debate all bats are pretty much the same except slight differences.

[procricket]

agree Joe i have used bats worth 400 pound bats worth 50 pound and a bat used by a pro and a bat made by a novice and all went well and if i was to close my eyes i would not have been able to.

The top pro's get better bats the rest the same as me and you and as you said the onlt difference is the shape people prefer and profile

the wood quality is negligent between grade 1 and 3 and the cost at source is very similar but the cost at the end for a few streight grains is a giant mark up..

[tim2000s]

Started a similar thread a couple if months back dave. Agree with you!

[GarrettJ]

i would have agreed with this until i got my hands on a M&H Distinction ..... unreal bat, the ball just flies off it like no other bat i have used (i have had th e pleasure of using a Jayasuriya Laver & Wood, Chanderpaul GN, Martin Love GN).

[Johnny]

...except some bats (and this is regardless of monetary value) are absolute planks!!!!

Bought a top end bat 5-6 years ago - picked up beautifully, and felt wonderful in the hands, but was rubbish!

[Canners]

I do agree with you Dave

But the big question is... What bat are you currently using?

[procricket]

And Johnny that is the 10 per cent fudge factor of great and piss poor planks.

What bat well i think you know the anwser

[GarrettJ]

i have a blank ss limited edition, an absolute plank ......... will nerver buy an indian bat again

[procricket]

I too have a limited edition SS

better than my Laver well one of them..

And here lies my point

[procricket]

I too have a limited edition SS

better than my Laver well one of them..

And here lies my point

And what MR Garrett do you class as a indian bat

[GarrettJ]

its just the luck of the draw.

I recently sold on a kahuna 1000 which i thought wasnt great either.

A few years back i had a Bellingham and Smith fireblade, it was a shocker of a bat until all of a sudden after about 2 years it became an absolute beauty.

I think that buying a more expensive bat does give you better odds of not getting a plank though.

[Johnny]

Should the boutique brands be getting out a more constistently good product copmared to the mass produced ones?

Are you more likely to get a dud SS then a dud Laver, as Laver is basically a one man band with a more personal (and better?) check on quality?

[GarrettJ]

And what MR Garrett do you class as a indian bat

anything made in india .......... SS, MRF, BAS, Slazenger .... or with that big edge, big bow profile.

I prefer the english made bats, (newberry, M&H, Salix) but i usually go for the lesser known brands or freebies

[GarrettJ]

Should the boutique brands be getting out a more constistently good product copmared to the mass produced ones?

Are you more likely to get a dud SS then a dud Laver, as Laver is basically a one man band with a more personal (and better?) check on quality?

my thoughts are that you get a better bat from the boutique brands, not massed produced and over pressed so they last forever