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[sarg]

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In the latest Hammer Black youtube clip, Jason Mellet mentions these bats come with a 1.4 ounce grip. Most grips i have seen weight around 1.6  to 2 ounces. This includes regular diamond grips. 1.4 oz is impressively light.

Does anyone know where to buy light grips? I would have thought grips would start getting lighter and more durable as technologies improve.

http://youtu.be/VjHdw5_AIZU

[Bambooman]

In the latest Hammer Black youtube clip, Jason Mellet mentions these bats come with a 4 ounce ( 115gram) grip. Most grips i have seen weight around 6 ounces (170 grams). This includes regular diamond grips. Based on this I just make sure i get the right grip for the job and take it for granted that they are all 6 -7 oz. 4 oz is impressively light.

Does anyone know where to buy light grips? I would have thought grips would start getting lighter and more durable as technologies improve.

Do you mean the grip or the handle? Most grips weight about 1.5-2oz handles weight about 6-7oz. If you do mean handles, then the only real way due to the laws is to make the handle thinner which would also make it more flexible. using cork/rubber composite makes it marginally lighter but not to the extent you want.

[sarg]

I mean the rubber grip, not the handle. Grips I have weighed are 1.6  to 1.9 grams. If I have my imperials wrong, it's because I use metric here.

[Jaffa]

Bought some 3M tape that was meant to be used on hammer grips. It is lightweight and works well. Tape is used in racket sports and Aero have used something similar. I wonder why it's not accepted in cricket.

Something like this...
http://solutions.3m.com/wps/portal/3M/en_US/Adhesives/Tapes/Products/~/3M-Gripping-Material-TB631?N=8699966+4294863679&rt=rud

[alba caerulea]

I tried the Aero tape style grip. It looks great and feels soft in the hands but wasnt grippy enough for me

[Red Ink Cricket]

Grips weigh Anthing from around an oz for the thinner cheverons to 2oz. 4-6oz for a grip means you are losing out on 2-4oz of wood in the bat. That must be an error unless he's using it as a counter balance type idea. If it's not a error and the grip does weigh that then Its a terrible idea and I'd much rather have the wood balanced in the bat that the extra weight grip.

[Jaffa]

I tried the Aero tape style grip. It looks great and feels soft in the hands but wasnt grippy enough for me

The Aero tape grip only really works with the Aero glove. I know, I have both. If only they'd made a more traditional glove they would have sold more.

[sarg]

Grips weigh Anthing from around an oz for the thinner cheverons to 2oz. 4-6oz for a grip means you are losing out on 2-4oz of wood in the bat. That must be an error unless he's using it as a counter balance type idea. If it's not a error and the grip does weigh that then Its a terrible idea and I'd much rather have the wood balanced in the bat that the extra weight grip.

Ok once again i have confused everyone. I said 4 ounces because  i thought jason said that. He said 1.4 ounces. Go to 2 mins into his video.

I then googled 4 ounces and got grams.



So ill edit the question above.

Apologies

[Seniorplayer]

I use Newbury chevron grips they are the thinnest lightest ones available weighing 1/ 2 ounce.
Which is just under 24 Grams.

[sarg]

I use Newbury chevron grips they are the thinnest lightest ones available weighing 1/ 2 ounce.
Which is just under 24 Grams.

wow thats light.

[Seniorplayer]

Yes I went and weighed one after I read your original post.