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[yvk3103]

Hi!

I am sure many of us here would have struggled to get performance out of GM bats as quickly as we get them from other rival brands who supply factory knocked-in bats.

GM bats come with GM Now treatment and they recommend some playing-in before using the bat, but the duration of paying-in these bats seems to be too long and sometimes frustrating.

Looking to hear peoples experiences on how to get GM bast to open-up faster - can wait for them to take one season to start performing.

[uknsaunders]

My GM Icon+ has gone well from pretty much ball 1. It's also got edge cracks despite extensive knocking in by me.

[Buzz]

smash it with a mallet or use it a fair amount with the bowling machine

[Byo]

My GM Hero went from the first time I used it - knocked it in for about 30 mins, and it was fine....

[BakarooBonzai]

My Icon+ performed well but it kept getting better over the season.  I have a feeling it still haven't opened up all the way yet.  I also have a lot of inside edge cracks.  I wonder if that has anything to do with their pressing?

[jimster]

Had a GM Icon Original L.e in Harrow and it was a disgusting plank! Never ever performed well at all

[RightArmRapid]

My icon+ started a gun and is still a gun despite some toe cracks.

[ca_gold]

my icon 909 has taken ages to open up. i knocked it for an hour, played a few matches, and at least a couple of sessions of a bowling machine - still not open (or is a plank)....frustrating - wont be buying GM again.

[Canners]

Buy one with a different brands stickers on

It seems the general consensus on here that GM are planks or don't perform, so why not get something else?

I guess people must really like their stickers

[uknsaunders]

buy a GM+ is surely the consensus?

[Canners]

It does seem the + bats perform better,

[yvk3103]

Don't think GM bats are plank. Once they get going then they hit a long ball with ease. The question here was how to get one to open-up faster.

Some people say they are pressed softer. I don't believe this as even when knocking with a mallet, hardly any dents appear.

The other view is that these are pressed a bit more (GM Now treatment) to reduce returns.

Not sure which theory is correct/true and not bothered as long as I get the bat to get going before half the season is over.

[procricket]

Maybe because people use them one or,two times don't score big so disregard them as bad bats

Try them over the full season or give them a few games

We're a very inpatient society

[Vantage_Cricket]

Maybe because people use them one or,two times don't score big so disregard them as bad bats

Try them over the full season or give them a few games

We're a very inpatient society

Agree with you here - as bats are getting more and more expensive, I feel there will be a lot less 'impluse' buys - people will start to understand the value of playing a bat in!

[Colesy]

Knocked in the toe and edges of mine. Hit a few balls in the nets and was good to go. One crack on the edge but my fault for inside edging a new ball