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[jimster]

Im extremely mystified at how bats are weighed! Just placed my adidas cricket bat which weighs 2'7. Yet when i weighed in on the scales it came up as just under 1 kilogram, which converts into 2'2. Am i doing it wrong or is my bat really this weight? which can't be good as i want to now get a 2'8

[ajmw89]

Sounds like your scales are dodgy...

[jimster]

Nope, they're not :S

[junter97]

Maybe the toe or end of the handle was touching a surface when you weighed it?

[Red Ink Cricket]

If you are using the flag style digital scales you can find it will touch the surface if its bowed too much. I normally put it on the edge. If our using the old dial style you have to make sure the weight is reasonably centred. If not it can give a funny reading.

[tim2000s]

If using flat digital scales, weigh a bat on its spine side with the face upwards. Any bow is then pointing upwards.

Like this:

[langer17]

Straight out conversions from KG's/Grams to Pounds will always be lower. Grams to Pounds and Oz's is different.

[langer17]

Use this tool - will show you what I mean:

http://www.cleavebooks.co.uk/scol/cclboz.htm

[tim2000s]

Straight out conversions from KG's/Grams to Pounds will always be lower. Grams to Pounds and Oz's is different.

I Think you are adding unnecessary confusion. Both kg and g are standardised units. There will be no difference in the conversion to imperial, as long as you do your maths correctly.

[langer17]

Straight conversions to pounds gives a false reading though. Hence why it needs to be pounds & ounces

[tim2000s]

Straight conversions to pounds gives a false reading though. Hence why it needs to be pounds & ounces

No it doesn't. Converting metric to imperial WITHOUT understanding how ounces are counted does not create a false reading.

1kg = 1000g = 2.205 lbs = 2lbs 3.27oz

All of these are the same mass (with rounding at the lower decimal places), just using different notation... Your assertion is baloney.

[PedalsMcgrew]

What is Baloney? Is it a sausage? "Your assertion is a sausage" amuses me....

[trypewriter]

Ha ha Burns address to the Haggis, translated to German, then translated back, takes

Great chieftain o' the pudding-race!
to
Mighty Feuhrer of the sausage people.

allegedly

[norbs]

What is Baloney? Is it a sausage? "Your assertion is a sausage" amuses me....

hahahahahahaha <breathes> hahahahahahahahaha funniest thing I've read on here for ages

[langer17]

No it doesn't. Converting metric to imperial WITHOUT understanding how ounces are counted does not create a false reading.

1kg = 1000g = 2.205 lbs = 2lbs 3.27oz

All of these are the same mass (with rounding at the lower decimal places), just using different notation... Your assertion is baloney.

Yes, the lower the weight, the less difference there is. BUT, I have 2 bats at home. One weighs 1162 grams and the other weighs 1148 grams. Once converted it looks like this:

1.162kg =1162g = 2.56 lbs = 2lb 8.99oz's

1.148kg = 1148r = 2.53 lbs = 2lb 8.49oz's

So you see, the difference is quite large when you up the weights of the bats. They are the same mass yes, but if you sell a bat and say it is 2.56 as that's what your scales have said, but when the other person gets it and they weigh it with the proper conversion, and it actually comes close to 2.9, then that's where it can be a problem.

I do like Baloney though