Topic: BUYING YOUR NEXT BAT (Read 13849 times)

smilley792 · « **Reply #15 on:** March 02, 2014, 08:51:08 PM »

Quote from: CameronPye94 on March 02, 2014, 08:49:05 PM

You should try getting a custom made Salix mate

I've emailed salix regarding info about 12 times over the last 4years. A reply every time, they are such a pleasant bunch to deal with.
Customer service is bob on.

fasteddie · « **Reply #16 on:** March 02, 2014, 08:52:26 PM »

Quote from: CameronPye94 on March 02, 2014, 08:49:05 PM

You should try getting a custom made Salix mate

Why spend that much when I can get a product which gives me the same outcome for �120/�150.

WalkingWicket37 · « **Reply #17 on:** March 02, 2014, 08:52:40 PM »

Quote from: Bulldog Cricket on March 02, 2014, 08:50:32 PM

Are you not worried about performance at all Cameron ?

If its the right shape for your game and picks up nicely you'll score runs with it.
As far as performance goes I've never had a totally dead bat, some just take more time in the nets before they "open up".

Bulldog Cricket · « **Reply #18 on:** March 02, 2014, 08:53:39 PM »

interesting theory.

Danny1981 · « **Reply #19 on:** March 02, 2014, 08:58:25 PM »

main factor is price.After that pick up/feel and customer service

procricket · « **Reply #20 on:** March 02, 2014, 08:58:55 PM »

Quote from: Steveo1000 on March 02, 2014, 08:51:03 PM

Disagree, as with pretty much everything in life, the more you pay the better you get.
My experience isn't based on tapping a ball on a bat in a shop, it's based on using a bat over a decent period of time. It may just be a coincidence, but the more I pay for a bat the better it performs. The Amplus I have now is miles better than any bat I have ever used, and I have used a few over the past 20 years.
I stand by my previous comment. Choose a type of bat that suits your game, the spend the most you can afford.

I could show to a grade 2 kg which out performs bats that cost twice as much even 3 times

Ask ryan a batmaker he will agree. Think the 40 bats I have bought over the last 3 years I know bats. Only reason I stuck to one brand now is I know the consistent quality I'm getting.

Maybe I have a inside track so your telling me grade 1 willow plays better than grade 2

Rubbish mate that what if I told you I could get a similar shape to the amplus for less than 200 quid
Is that worst than your because it it cheaper even if it pressed in he same place

WalkingWicket37 · « **Reply #21 on:** March 02, 2014, 09:00:12 PM »

Quote from: Bulldog Cricket on March 02, 2014, 08:53:39 PM

interesting theory.

Not everyone will agree with me, but how do you measure performance of a bat on the shelf or just sent to you?
Without knocking it in you can't possibly make a judgement on performance, can you?

fasteddie · « **Reply #22 on:** March 02, 2014, 09:01:58 PM »

Quote from: Bulldog Cricket on March 02, 2014, 08:53:39 PM

interesting

A plethora of subjective thoughts.

It's the result of a very well placed 'open question'.

procricket · « **Reply #23 on:** March 02, 2014, 09:02:33 PM »

Right my point

If a certain maker in Sussex makes for brand a who sell the bat for 400 quid

Then another brand with smaller overheads gets the same bat made in the same place for 250 which one you going to buy

Is the 400 quid bat better??

Is it hell

Blank Bats · « **Reply #24 on:** March 02, 2014, 09:02:50 PM »

Here's a challenge..... Anyone of you that's paid �300 plus for your number one match bat I bet we can match it or better it for �225 just to prove that price doesn't factor how good a bat is......

Or maybe we should just put our prices up 😉

Blank Bats · « **Reply #25 on:** March 02, 2014, 09:03:59 PM »

Quote from: procricket on March 02, 2014, 09:02:33 PM

Right my point

If a certain maker in Sussex makes for brand a who sell the bat for 400 quid

Then another brand with smaller overheads gets the same bat made in the same place for 250 which one you going to buy

Is the 400 quid bat better??

Is it hell

My point exactly.......

I guess it's those expensive stickers that make the bat better 😉

ProCricketer1982 · « **Reply #26 on:** March 02, 2014, 09:05:17 PM »

I don't believe price indicates performance. I believe it just indicates how pretty it looks. Plus, I think a few brands now are just jumping on the bandwagon of 'people will pay it so let's charge it'. Good business maybe but no indication of quality of bat

fasteddie · « **Reply #27 on:** March 02, 2014, 09:05:35 PM »

I agree with 'procricket'.

A mutual friend, Combined Services Wk and 'Bleep', with many years top level cricket told me that he never buys a G1.
He plays(ed) at the top level and is now a coach with (IMHO) a great career ahead of him.

It's an opinion we (procricket, our friend, and I) share, but so long as you base your's on knowledge, passion, and belief, you are fine.

GarrettJ · « **Reply #28 on:** March 02, 2014, 09:07:58 PM »

Quote from: fasteddie on March 02, 2014, 09:05:35 PM

I agree with 'procricket'.

A mutual friend, Combined Services Wk and 'Bleep', with many years top level cricket told me that he never buys a G1.
He plays(ed) at the top level and is now a coach with (IMHO) a great career ahead of him.

It's an opinion we (procricket, our friend, and I) share, but so long as you base your's on knowledge, passion, and belief, you are fine.

unless you can get what is being sold as grade 1 by a batmaker that another company can get and sell at grade 2 prices??

Bulldog Cricket · « **Reply #29 on:** March 02, 2014, 09:09:31 PM »

Quote from: procricket on March 02, 2014, 09:02:33 PM

Right my point

If a certain maker in Sussex makes for brand a who sell the bat for 400 quid

Then another brand with smaller overheads gets the same bat made in the same place for 250 which one you going to buy

Is the 400 quid bat better??

Is it hell

Exactly Dave, but people still go for example for the Amplus due to the stickers and heritage of the company which is fine. People on here know better though and know that you can get the very same bat from aleast 2 sponsors on here for, like you say, around �250.

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