Topic: BUYING YOUR NEXT BAT (Read 13841 times)

SOULMAN1012 · « **Reply #30 on:** March 02, 2014, 09:10:14 PM »

Pick up and balance for me. Always wear a set of gloves when picking out a new bat. Once I'm happy with how it feels in my hands a few tap ups of an old ball ideally if not mallet. Price looks etc to me is irrelevant.

It's nice to have amazing looking bats and well finished and that's my personal choice but no guarantee it will equal performance. Finally I have to know or trust the maker or retailer also to make it a guarantee match bat.

ProCricketer1982 · « **Reply #31 on:** March 02, 2014, 09:13:30 PM »

Quote from: Bulldog Cricket on March 02, 2014, 09:09:31 PM

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.

As Kieron eludes to. On here we know (for example only) that a 400 Salix blah blah bat can be brought from another bat maker/sponsor for almost half the price and be just as good. However most more normal people just think 'reputable brand - check, do I like the stickers - check is the middle in the right ish place - check and finally if I pay top wack it'll be the best.

I think it's as simple as that for most bat buyers

procricket · « **Reply #32 on:** March 02, 2014, 09:13:36 PM »

Quote from: SOULMAN1012 on March 02, 2014, 09:10:14 PM

Pick up and balance for me. Always wear a set of gloves when picking out a new bat. Once I'm happy with how it feels in my hands a few tap ups of an old ball ideally if not mallet. Price looks etc to me is irrelevant.

It's nice to have amazing looking bats and well finished and that's my personal choice but no guarantee it will equal performance. Finally I have to know or trust the maker or retailer also to make it a guarantee match bat.

All great and valid point Chris..

Blank Bats · « **Reply #33 on:** March 02, 2014, 09:20:37 PM »

The premium price paid on a bat is generally due to its appearance, and more recently size to weight ratio.
But that still does not guarantee performance.

For me pressing contributes the most to the playability of a bat.

There is no reason why Grade 2/3/4 bats cannot play superbly. Blemishes which do not interfere with the pressing and don't appear in the main hitting area are fine, and in my opinion offer exceptional value.

But we are bat nerds on this forum first and foremost so look for perfection.

T

smilley792 · « **Reply #34 on:** March 02, 2014, 09:26:12 PM »

Quote from: Blank Bats 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 😉

Yet you quoted me 320 for a bat Ryan made for 180?

Steveo1000 · « **Reply #35 on:** March 02, 2014, 09:29:38 PM »

Is the whole oversized low density cleft costing more thing just a myth?
I have seen a number of M&H bats that team mates have (Master and Distinction) plus my own (Amplus) that don't look top draw but all play incredibly well. None of us bought on looks, we bought on the expected high performance which in all cases has proved to be so.
So, are we paying extra for these clefts? Or is the whole thing smoke and mirrors?

GarrettJ · « **Reply #36 on:** March 02, 2014, 09:31:41 PM »

the top m&h bats are superb but the same alleged bat maker also subcontracts himself out to smaller brands so in theory they should be the same.

procricket · « **Reply #37 on:** March 02, 2014, 09:31:55 PM »

Quote from: Steveo1000 on March 02, 2014, 09:29:38 PM

Is the whole oversized low density cleft costing more thing just a myth?
I have seen a number of M&H bats that team mates have (Master and Distinction) plus my own (Amplus) that don't look top draw but all play incredibly well. None of us bought on looks, we bought on the expected high performance which in all cases has proved to be so.
So, are we paying extra for these clefts? Or is the whole thing smoke and mirrors?

It is no myth Steve there hard to come by so the cost is higher.

As some on here know the weight of said low dencity clefts they are different but you do not see many with 20 grains

Blank Bats · « **Reply #38 on:** March 02, 2014, 09:32:22 PM »

The above 225 refers to our stock bats, it wouldn't have included any customisation.

fasteddie · « **Reply #39 on:** March 02, 2014, 09:34:02 PM »

Quote from: Steveo1000 on March 02, 2014, 09:29:38 PM

Is the whole oversized low density cleft costing more thing just a myth?

In my experience it's true.
I spent hours rifling through H4L's raw and handled clefts looking for such a beast.
At times I thought I was hunting Nessie, until I found it.

If I want to sell a H4L, all I do is let someone use my match bat for a few and kapow.

Find one......

procricket · « **Reply #40 on:** March 02, 2014, 09:34:22 PM »

About time we started talking about bats the market again.

Great topic always have difference of opinion.

Blank Bats · « **Reply #41 on:** March 02, 2014, 09:37:00 PM »

Scarce = higher price

Blank Bats · « **Reply #42 on:** March 02, 2014, 09:37:52 PM »

You got looks added in for free FE

Alvaro · « **Reply #43 on:** March 02, 2014, 09:40:19 PM »

Low density clefts are all well and good, but they've still got to be pressed right.

Steveo1000 · « **Reply #44 on:** March 02, 2014, 09:43:30 PM »

Quote from: procricket on March 02, 2014, 09:31:55 PM

It is no myth Steve there hard to come by so the cost is higher.

As some on here know the weight of said low dencity clefts they are different but you do not see many with 20 grains

So are the Master, Amplus and Distinction made from these rare clefts? Is that why they are so expensive?
I hope so as that is what I have bought into!
I might add that I asked a batmaker to make an Amplus replica weighing 2.9 for a little under �200 at the start of last season. Basically he said it couldn't be done.

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