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[will5210]

I like the look of the moulded Aero pads & I'm interested in their moulded grip too.

[MD2812]

Is that ridge moulded into the aero grip, or was it the shape of the handle?

Do the still do the Aero P1 pads as they were?

[Number4]

Aero are excellent innovators... They seem to listen to what we want.. For instance if we have a bat with a round handle and we want an oval they make a grip to imitate it instead of us put half grips and whatever else on our handles...great work

[tbarnfield99]

excellent stuff petehosk, very interesting and can't wait for the rest of your review!

[GarrettJ]

great thread Pete, like the red asics boots

[petehosk]

Only one 'B' for Bradbury. Boom Boom were there but was too busy gossiping with other brands!! 
Plus Boom Boom didn't look to have anything particularly new or exciting.

Paul Bradbury himself was there so ended up chatting to him for 20 minutes. The only interruption was for the Cricket Direct owner or main bloke (think his name was Shiv and was a very polite and well dressed Sri Lankan Gentleman)
Paul had been in the UK tracking round some of the retailers and was a lovely bloke to chat to! He also confirmed that he makes all the bats himself and has 1000 clefts waiting for him when he gets back to Aus.
Anyway, a few photos starting with some willow.................

[petehosk]

And now some softs - which I do like.
Paul (my friend  ) did mention that all the retailers seemed to want some colour in their softs 6+ months ago but Paul was trying to push the plainer softs. And then recently they all seemed to change their minds and want the plainer ones which he was suggesting a long time before. The softs he had were very comfortable and some of the nice softs in design IMO.
Photos to follow...........

[petehosk]

[petehosk]

Keeper gear............

[petehosk]

And their top notch softs.....

[afridilover]

Wicket keeping gloves are awesome !!!!

[Johnny]

Quite like the look of the aero stuff

[SillyShilly]

I hate to 'dis' your mate mr.hosk and far be it from me to question the owner of the brand. However, of all the Bradbury's i have seen recently they look to me as if they have all been  made in India/Pakistan, both the binding, finishing and shoulder shape all pointing towards this.
If he does make all the bats with Sally then fair enough, i just think he was trying to show off in front of you.........and who can blame him
Softs look good though, plain white appeals to a fairly large audience!

[petehosk]

To be fair, there is soome great gear! The Aero colouring (light blue and gold) looks almost regal and very nice.
The Bradbury softs are lush.

Next will be 'C' fo CA and Chase. BUT I will be holding back on both the Chase and some of the M&H bats due to both asking me to not post photos yet. I would prefer to respect their wishes - I realise that there have been some photos posted elsewhere but if I give my word that I will check with them first, then I will check with them first! 
Once I find out what their wishes are, then I will post for Chase and M&H.

Anyway CA now. Interestingly they will now call the CA bat range the TEST (not the PLUS) - this is so it's easier to see where they are for. Plus the guy did say that there are so many ebay 'copies' these days! 

[petehosk]

I hate to 'dis' your mate mr.hosk and far be it from me to question the owner of the brand. However, of all the Bradbury's i have seen recently they look to me as if they have all been  made in India/Pakistan, both the binding, finishing and shoulder shape all pointing towards this.
If he does make all the bats with Sally then fair enough, i just think he was trying to show off in front of you.........and who can blame him

Dom fella - I am kind of with you there. I was a little dubious as I was pretty sure that they were Asian made last season? Whether Paul was playing on the fact that they were 'making' them, meaning finishing them?
But he did seem convincing! 
Will see this season I guess!