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Re: Batoff rates some willow!
« Reply #90 on: October 30, 2011, 05:10:40 PM »
Nike and Aero you must mean.
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Re: Batoff rates some willow!
« Reply #91 on: October 30, 2011, 06:51:28 PM »
its interesting to see all the ping 10 bats are a) keeley pressed or b) a laver, was there a significance in the 2? between a laver and a Keeley bat?
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Re: Batoff rates some willow!
« Reply #92 on: October 30, 2011, 07:08:09 PM »
Do you mean a significant difference between the Keely's and Laver in ping?

Not really, certainly the Laver and the other '10-ping' bats had virtually nothing between them. I think they all proved the idea of correct and experienced pressing makes the bat.

The Reebok and the Lion were just a smidge under 10 and both of those absolutely flew too.

You could really feel a difference in the way the bat felt when you middled it between say - The Fat Bat and the SG - a totally different feel through the handle.
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Re: Batoff rates some willow!
« Reply #93 on: October 30, 2011, 07:21:06 PM »

Thats exactly what i meant, thanks for explaining that 'Stig'...errr i mean Fattus  :)
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Re: Batoff rates some willow!
« Reply #94 on: October 30, 2011, 07:23:18 PM »
The other interesting point was the difference between the kook and sg, even though both are apparently made in the same place.
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Re: Batoff rates some willow!
« Reply #95 on: October 30, 2011, 07:39:32 PM »
Could it be owt to do with the handles?
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Re: Batoff rates some willow!
« Reply #96 on: October 30, 2011, 07:41:11 PM »
what surprises me is that the h4l wasnt up there in the pintastic group, as the ones ive used have all been super pingy with large sweetspots......
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Re: Batoff rates some willow!
« Reply #97 on: October 30, 2011, 07:48:25 PM »
canners we have explained that, on about page 4 ...
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Re: Batoff rates some willow!
« Reply #98 on: October 30, 2011, 07:51:00 PM »
I'm keen to stress that this doesn't make the H4L a bad bat, it's just that we were lucky to test another 3 or 4 which were exceptional.

Also, the Kook CCX, the SG and one of the Slaz's were surprisingly poor - so you just never know.

and remember, it is a subjective test, I used a superb Hattori in a net about a year ago, and a Millichamp that I thought was a dog!

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Re: Batoff rates some willow!
« Reply #99 on: October 30, 2011, 07:52:45 PM »
you are so picky now you are a proper batsman.
the stig was happy with the training bat... :o
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Re: Batoff rates some willow!
« Reply #100 on: October 30, 2011, 07:55:17 PM »
I think this test has proved that, its impossible to guarantee any bat is going to a world beater regardless of what stickers it carries.....

but what you can certainly do, is increase the chances of getting a great bat, by selecting carefully
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Re: Batoff rates some willow!
« Reply #101 on: October 30, 2011, 09:29:24 PM »
What it also shows is that with careful picking you need not spend a fortune to get a bat which the majority of people would consider to be very good.
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Re: Batoff rates some willow!
« Reply #102 on: October 30, 2011, 09:34:55 PM »
Quote from: tim2000s on October 30, 2011, 09:29:24 PM
What it also shows is that with careful picking you need not spend a fortune to get a bat which the majority of people would consider to be very good.
The thing is - you bought a fair few bats to get the two good cheap ones - but you only needed to buy one Laver...
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Re: Batoff rates some willow!
« Reply #103 on: October 30, 2011, 09:53:43 PM »
Quote from: d7bow on October 30, 2011, 03:01:37 PM
Why include lblh in a test if 4 out of 5 people cannot use them?
I didn't see this - we tested the LBLH bats because it is a lovely bat and we all wanted to use it!! Almost all of the bats are owned by the testers - so we wanted to use them. 
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Re: Batoff rates some willow!
« Reply #104 on: October 30, 2011, 10:08:46 PM »
Quote from: Buzz on October 30, 2011, 09:34:55 PM
The thing is - you bought a fair few bats to get the two good cheap ones - but you only needed to buy one Laver...
Yes, that's a fair comment, and I suppose if you are buying blind, i.e. over the internet, going with the recognised top makers has resulted in far less slippage of standards when compared to the other end of the market. The only way you'd get around that would be to take a mallet with you whenever you went bat shopping!

On that note we should probably also provide some feedback on the fat bat we tested.
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