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[imogzyboy]

Hi guys most bats if not all bats I buy say ready to play for example my new addition says gm ready to play, yet they say it has to be knocked in still? Why do company's advertise bats ready for use yet if you used it straight away it could break?

[ProCricketer1982]

Hi guys most bats if not all bats I buy say ready to play for example my new addition says gm ready to play, yet they say it has to be knocked in still? Why do company's advertise bats ready for use yet if you used it straight away it could break?

Salesmanship

If you had the choice of two very similar bats, would you choose the 'not knocked in' or the 'ready to play' one?? Even though they say 'May need additional knocking in' -covers their backside a bit too

[Vulcan Cricket]

most brand will have a machine and will do the donkey work but you still need to do the rest ie softer old balls etc and work up to new rocks

[Vitas Cricket]

GM do it by hand.

GM are the only brand who say 'ready to play' and in my opinion yes you can go straight from the shelf to the middle if you want to. Retailers will always advise further knocking in to be on the safe side.

To my knowledge, no other brand is 'brave' enough to use the term 'ready to play' they use more ambiguous terms like 'pre-prepared' or 'pre knocked in' or similar.

Unless it says in clear language (ready to play) on the bat, then it needs knocking in.

[ItsJustCricket]

CA are the worst for this.  Their use of the word "fully" before "knocked in" is just laughable.  They haven't actually been knocked in at all - they have razor sharp edges!!

[Uzi Sports]

GM do it by hand.

GM are the only brand who say 'ready to play' and in my opinion yes you can go straight from the shelf to the middle if you want to. Retailers will always advise further knocking in to be on the safe side.

To my knowledge, no other brand is 'brave' enough to use the term 'ready to play' they use more ambiguous terms like 'pre-prepared' or 'pre knocked in' or similar.

Unless it says in clear language (ready to play) on the bat, then it needs knocking in.

well said Jake

[RaepTiem]

GM do it by hand.

GM are the only brand who say 'ready to play' and in my opinion yes you can go straight from the shelf to the middle if you want to. Retailers will always advise further knocking in to be on the safe side.

To my knowledge, no other brand is 'brave' enough to use the term 'ready to play' they use more ambiguous terms like 'pre-prepared' or 'pre knocked in' or similar.

Unless it says in clear language (ready to play) on the bat, then it needs knocking in.

so is this why gm bats are always $20 more expensive than other brands. in the end with a gm, you really get what you pay for, a pureist cricket company concerned with quality rather than flashy stickers and huge edges(which end up being overly dry bats to acheive this criteria)

[Jaffa]

CA are the worst for this.  Their use of the word "fully" before "knocked in" is just laughable.  They haven't actually been knocked in at all - they have razor sharp edges!!

What Paul said, I second. The modern flat face doesn't help.

[Wickets-then-runs]

What I look for is a sticker that says "Guaranteed 6-hitting, run-making, bowled-proof, bowler-sledging, chick-magnet run machine"....
Paul or Asad, do you have any bats with this sticker in stock at all? If so, I'll take 30! 

[Uzi Sports]

What I look for is a sticker that says "Guaranteed 6-hitting, run-making, bowled-proof, bowler-sledging, chick-magnet run machine"....
Paul or Asad, do you have any bats with this sticker in stock at all? If so, I'll take 30! 

Can get some made for u