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Not at all important - only balance counts in how the bat feels

Both weight and pick up are equally important in how the bat feels to me

Weight is more important than balance in how the bat feels to me

[procricket]

Wait until you get old!
I can't pick a 2.11 bat up!

Got a ace lightweight here with your name on it

[ppccopener]

Yeah Vitas!! wait till you get as old as some of us bits start falling off your body, it takes a week to get over gentle net practice and everything was better 'back in my day'

bats weights come up a lot on the forum. ive got a 2lb 9 nv2, and a 2lb 11 hellfire. Hellfire feels much lighter. middle is low on the nv2(on my bat anyway) and medium on the hellfire.far as im concerned that's the reason the pick up is different.

handpicking...totally agree with he above poster, it depends who is hand picking a bat. I had a hand picked bat this year break in half thru storm damage.Visable on the bat if you look closely enough.

so really that sums up hand picking.

a good retailer with knowledge of willow- can benefit us the consumer-absolutely...
 

[Churchy1989]

i would hand pick, but i don't drive!

need to sort my life out!

[Seniorplayer]

I can't swing anything over 2lb 7 and experience as taught I can't bat long with anything over 2lb 7 haven't got the muscles I had in my younger days

[smilley792]

What's classed as old? Lol.

I'm 33 years old, I use anything between 2.13 and 3.1. Latter weights for midweek and lms.
Saturday my 2.14 and a Bit bats are what I tend to score runs with.


I really can't use anything lighter, 2.12 bats even feel like toothpicks in my hands, and I just lose control as i tend to end up wafting far to hard/fast with them.

[ppccopener]

Youre young buddy
 

[Northern monkey]

I'm pushing 50 now, very old!

[WalkingWicket37]

I've given up weighing my bats.
I got a lovely Hunts Aura off Jake, and @wayward_hayward kindly bought one and posted it to me from one of his local shops.

When they arrived the dead weights were about the same. However the one from Jake had a thinner handle. I added a second grip to the one from Jake, while I reduced the handle of the other one. Their handles now feel virtually the same, and they both feel nice in my hands. But as I've added different grips, scuff sheets and tape etc their dead weights won't be the same any more. I don't know what they weigh any more to be honest, but would guess somewhere around 2lb12 in dead weigh (but both pick up like 1lb of Balsa wood...) 

[Blazer]

Does strength training help with going over the 10 % and use the bat with the same efficiency?

[JB]

What's classed as old? Lol.

I'm 33 years old, I use anything between 2.13 and 3.1. Latter weights for midweek and lms.
Saturday my 2.14 and a Bit bats are what I tend to score runs with.


I really can't use anything lighter, 2.12 bats even feel like toothpicks in my hands, and I just lose control as i tend to end up wafting far to hard/fast with them.

I'm 35 & use anything between 2.13 & 3.3 so similar to Chris. It has to be heavy and pick up like an absolute dog for me to think it's bad. Light bats feel like I'm batting with a tennis racket

[jamferg]

I'm 51 and trying to come down from 2.14 to 2.9 over winter . Probably regret it as last time I tried it I was getting caught square cutting to mid off I was that quick through shot

[Sitonit]

I'm 51 and trying to come down from 2.14 to 2.9 over winter . Probably regret it as last time I tried it I was getting caught square cutting to mid off I was that quick through shot

So that weight reduction still is within 10% plus/minus shift.
The OP is not worried about weight if it's within 10% off-set.

[Chad]

So that weight reduction still is within 10% plus/minus shift.
The OP is not worried about weight if it's within 10% off-set.

That's more than 10%.

[tenz84]

i would hand pick, but i don't drive!

need to sort my life out!

Alistair Cook seems to do ok just cutting and pulling

[tim2000s]

I'm 51 and trying to come down from 2.14 to 2.9 over winter . Probably regret it as last time I tried it I was getting caught square cutting to mid off I was that quick through shot

You'll need to get used to it. going from 46 to 41 oz is nearly 11% change so you could well see issues.