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[uknsaunders]

Just wondered how much added "extras" weigh on a cricket bat. What is the lightest grip and how much does stickers/scuff/tape/personal grip preference add to a bat? Looking at the B&S bat laser engraved bat, isn't their an argument for minimalism actual making a bigger bat for the weight?

[GDP1964]

Adding a scuff sheet +stickers+grip takes a dry weight  B&S bat from 2.6 up to 2.8 the grip is 3/4 of the extra weight

[procricket]

cheap Indian grip half a ounce and bb stickers half a ounce...

1oz

[uknsaunders]

I normally stick to a chevron grip and sometimes another half grip instead of two grips. What is the lightest grip?

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[kal_m]

An octopus grip is around 2 oz and the stickers around 1 oz. That's 3 oz total I took off a bat last week.Got the bat from 2.16 to 2.13. And I believe that a chevron grip wold be around 1 oz.

[roco]

I think my grip set up adds around 3-4oz

[smilley792]

An octopus grip is around 2 oz and the stickers around 1 oz. That's 3 oz total I took off a bat last week.Got the bat from 2.16 to 2.13. And I believe that a chevron grip wold be around 1 oz.

You mean 3lb yeah??

[kal_m]

You mean 3lb yeah??

No, I meant 3 ounces.

[wayward_hayward]

This thread has got me thinking about my GN Maverick. It's a touch on the heavy side as it is and the HUGE back sticker can't be helping things. Are we looking at about an ounce for that?

[Fezballoh]

lol

[Fezballoh]

I'll qualify that lol. It was for the 3lb joke

I'm not sure I buy too much into the amount of weight adding these bits and pieces. For me, it's more about weight distribution. After all, lots of people add a grip to improve pick up. And I see more and more pros with counter weights at the top of their bat handles.

 Pretty sure I've heard Julian Millichamp say on a video that he doesn't tell customers what his bats weigh when they come to him. Another case in point is a friend of mine who "doesn't like" heavy bats but always ends up with bats upwards of 2'10"! (I know cause I'm always gluing the toes back together for him!) Can we all really spot a change in weight of one ounce? I suggest a test. Everyone on the forum enters a guess-the-weight-of-the-cake competition and we see how many of us win.

[trypewriter]

I'll qualify that lol. It was for the 3lb joke

I'm not sure I buy too much into the amount of weight adding these bits and pieces. For me, it's more about weight distribution. After all, lots of people add a grip to improve pick up. And I see more and more pros with counter weights at the top of their bat handles.

 Pretty sure I've heard Julian Millichamp say on a video that he doesn't tell customers what his bats weigh when they come to him. Another case in point is a friend of mine who "doesn't like" heavy bats but always ends up with bats upwards of 2'10"! (I know cause I'm always gluing the toes back together for him!) Can we all really spot a change in weight of one ounce? I suggest a test. Everyone on the forum enters a guess-the-weight-of-the-cake competition and we see how many of us win.

I'm terrible at this even when picking a bat up! Paul at IJC is amazingly accurate when picking up a bat, inevitably right on the money.

[Red Ink Cricket]

i think you would have to be pretty sensitive to change if your picking up a 1oz difference just by picking up a bat. using it for a period of time may be different.

My current stickers, single grip and antiscuff add around 2-2.5oz to the weight of the bat. grips are arouind 1.2-1.5oz of that. New stickers when they arrive may drop that weight down a little.

my grip set up adds around another 2- 2.5 oz to that.

[kal_m]

This thread has got me thinking about my GN Maverick. It's a touch on the heavy side as it is and the HUGE back sticker can't be helping things. Are we looking at about an ounce for that?

I bet that would be adding an ounce.

[Chad]

I just use one grip, and find Chevrons and Hybrids to be my favourites. Generally speaking, they weight from 1.3-1.6oz. I'm actually quite liking the octo-scale grip on my B&S, and sometimes like a spiral on those thinner handles, which probably weigh around 2 ounces. In terms of stickers, they shouldn't make a massive difference in weight, unless we are talking about SS or something like that. (Funnily enough, I reckon mine would be too light if I took off those stickers!) However, you would prefer that extra weight in willow!