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[Buzz]

Pete has my perfect bat, I just don't know which one it is.

[Joe]

Surely somewhere in there Pete has everyones perfect bat...

[tim2000s]

Weight 2.10
Number of grains don't care
Middle position mid to low
Short handle/long handle long or short
Oval or Round Handle Oval
Heartwood/no Heartwood don't care
Butterfly knots don't care
Long blade and the best performing willow the batmaker has, thank you very much...

[pacman75cricket]

2lb9oz
12 grains
Mid-low. Middle
Short handle,thick oval
Heartwood maybe but only 2grains ish
Butterfly stain: don't mind

[Manormanic]

hmmm, wierd to note I'm the only long handle user on here...

[tim2000s]

hmmm, wierd to note I'm the only long handle user on here...

Not the only one. I have a mixture of both LH and SH and also LB.

My current favourite bat is a LHLB...

[Manormanic]

Not the only one. I have a mixture of both LH and SH and also LB.

My current favourite bat is a LHLB...

Oooh, wierd - how does that work out for you?

[tim2000s]

Oooh, wierd - how does that work out for you?

Very well, but it is a TK special.

[19reading87]

Weight - 2.9 - 2.11
Number of grains - 10+
Middle position - middle, lower rather than higher
Short handle/long handle - short
Oval or Round Handle - oval
Heartwood/no Heartwood - don't mind
Butterfly knots - ideally not
Number of grips - 1 or 2

[junter97]

Weight - 2lb 6oz
Number of grains - 10
Middle position - mid to low
Short handle/long handle - short handle 1/2 inch shorter blade
Oval or Round Handle - oval
Heartwood/no Heartwood - no heartwood
Butterfly knots - no butterfly knots

[FvanN]

Weight - 2.8 -2.10 depending on pick up
Number of grains - 7-10
Middle position - mid to low
Short handle/long handle - short handle
Oval or Round Handle - not to bothered
Heartwood/no Heartwood - not to bothered
Butterfly knots - not to bothered

Its all about the pick up for me and of course the ping

[Joe]

There's only two people who like high middles, and yet I find that there's a lot more high middled bats on the market than low middled bats.

[Maverick79]

Weight - 2.9 - 2.10
Number of grains - 9 -15
Middle position - mid to low
Short handle/long handle - short handle
Oval or Round Handle - oval
Heartwood/no Heartwood - don't mind
Butterfly knots - don't mind

[Manormanic]

There's only two people who like high middles, and yet I find that there's a lot more high middled bats on the market than low middled bats.

Valid point - I find if I go in a retailer and ask for a LH, heavy with a lower middle they have very littel to show, yet lighter and higher middled there is plenty.  Even playing on one of the best and quickest tracks around, I would not want to face club bowlers with a middle right up under my armpit!

I suspect this is one of those areas in which the major brands are out of step with the recreational game - the likes of an Amplus is probably great for AN Other county opener who regularly has to pull an attack of 80+ seamers but would be as hard as hell for an average club player to use!

[tbarnfield99]

Weight - 2.8/9 (More depending on pick-up)
Number of grains - 7+
Middle position - Mid to Low
Short handle/long handle - Short Handle
Oval or Round Handle - Oval
Heartwood/no Heartwood - Not Fussed
Butterfly knots - None

Would trade most of that for the perfect pick-up.