This has to be one of the latest reviews for a bat as I purchased this around 18 months ago. Due to the issues of being on this forum and batting low down the order, I have never got round to using this beast until this season.
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Looks
This bat is graded as a premium, which I think is a grade 2 bat. Bat has 9 straight and even grains and no blemishes, a great looking grade 2 bat.
The stickers have to be some of the best on the market, the chrome and pink suit the brand down to the ground. I love taking photos of the stickers, they look fantastic under different lights.
The profile looks odd due to the shorter blade and the edge being largest at the toe. The toe is absolutely massive, it must be bigger than some middles.
Pick up and feel
My initial reactions was that the bat would be very bottom heavy and weighty due to the massive amount of wood low down. Waving it around without gloves, to me it feels odd and a bit unbalanced. However, get me in a net or the middle and it feels wonderful. No feather for sure, but thats how i like my bats. The lack of shoulders near the bottom hand takes a little while to get used to but feels natural after a few nets.
Performance
Oh wow! It's so easy to find the middle. The combination of the small splice and long middle means that even I can hit 6's with ease. Use it like a normal bat and it makes run scoring feels quite easy, surely what a great bat is all about.
I have used this in a couple of nets across the winter and tonight at Last Man Stands with some decent success. The middle feels very sweet and the balls stays hit for sure.
I intend to use it for all my LMS games and I'm keen to give it a try at the weekends if the innings needs some humpty. I hope that
@Tom has plans to make some more COR3's.
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Topic: Mongoose COR3 Premium - Awakening the monster. (Read 17526 times)