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[Cover_Drive]

If it's a big profile and it's Asian and you're buying it off the shelf then it's almost certainly overdried. It's the way they make bats. Nothing wrong with it but it's highly unlikely to be made from a low density cleft seeing as how only a tiny percentage of willow clefts have truly low density and they are often the ones filtered out for sponsored players etc...

YOu really can't say it is overdrying, the thing is that some factories in Asia don't have controlled temperature room where they can store clefts, so due to atmosphere and weather they dry out.

[Cover_Drive]

So is it taken for granted that low density clefts will not have a good grain structure? Quite interesting to the effect that if one looks at the TRD he might be a little flummoxed.

A bat which has higher number of grains is going to be more dense whereas a bat with few grains is going to be less dense compared to higher grains one.

[PedalsMcgrew]

YOu really can't say it is overdrying, the thing is that some factories in Asia don't have controlled temperature room where they can store clefts, so due to atmosphere and weather they dry out.

So I can say they are overdried then     

[Canners]

So I can say they are overdried then     

I would say the vast majority of massive bats are over dried

[100 not out]

Certainly I'd say due to the warmer climate Asian bats are drier. Some may be purposely over dried too I'm sure of that.

[Opener]

So I can say they are overdried then     

In the experiment Kaustav mentioned the TRD had a moisture reading of 9% same as the GN legend. The Malik bat had a lower reading. I think the higher end Asian bats might not be overdried.

[Canners]

The TRD's look heavily concaved, I am guessing theyre not as big as you'd think.....

[Opener]

That might be true Canners but they were not overdried...

[johnnyw]

Low density....grains are way too over hyped in my eyes

[Cover_Drive]

So I can say they are overdried then     

To some extent but not deliberately over-dried

Either way most bats in the world today are over dried.

See these pictures too;

[kaustav]

I would say the vast majority of massive bats are over dried

You might have answered this elsewhere mate, but being the (former) owner of a behemoth of a bat from Laver, did you notice the moisture reading of the willow? Do you think it was overdried?

[Spanky]

How accurate is that moisture meter? Surely it is just measuring the surface moisture.

[kaustav]

And just to twist it a bit more, the GN Legend perhaps was made in India as well 

[kaustav]

How accurate is that moisture meter? Surely it is just measuring the surface moisture.

Though it is the pinless variety and we have talked about it elsewhere, trust me mate, it is dependable 

[Cover_Drive]

You might have answered this elsewhere mate, but being the (former) owner of a behemoth of a bat from Laver, did you notice the moisture reading of the willow? Do you think it was overdried?

I have heard stories they are overdried mate, never rule out any thing