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Re: AOC Gear Test 2017
« Reply #31 on: March 09, 2017, 03:40:45 PM »
Hunts review;

"Only the wideness of the grains prevented it from scoring higher - pros, used to a high turnover of blades, tend to prefer tighter grains, which can improve performance but limit a bats lifespan"

*Rolls eyes*
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Re: AOC Gear Test 2017
« Reply #32 on: March 09, 2017, 03:49:37 PM »
Imagine GM will be really made up about being described as 'generically modified'.

Good work B3 @thedoctor , which shapes were the two bats?
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Re: AOC Gear Test 2017
« Reply #33 on: March 09, 2017, 03:53:23 PM »
Quote from: neoncricket on March 09, 2017, 03:40:45 PM
Hunts review;

"Only the wideness of the grains prevented it from scoring higher - pros, used to a high turnover of blades, tend to prefer tighter grains, which can improve performance but limit a bats lifespan"

*Rolls eyes*


And that's why I don't take these reviews seriously.
That paired with the fact the magazine sponsors always score very well...  ;)
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Re: AOC Gear Test 2017
« Reply #34 on: March 09, 2017, 03:57:40 PM »
Mighty Willow.. interesting those guys. Not heard about them much. Have done well to make the list. Who makes their bats... ?
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Re: AOC Gear Test 2017
« Reply #35 on: March 09, 2017, 03:58:36 PM »
The number 2 bat sounds interesting never heard of them previously.
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Re: AOC Gear Test 2017
« Reply #36 on: March 09, 2017, 04:13:33 PM »
Wait do the bat in 20th was marked down for "wide grains" but the 2nd placed bat only has 6 grains..
Shouldn't that have been marked down too? ???
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Re: AOC Gear Test 2017
« Reply #37 on: March 09, 2017, 04:30:14 PM »
Quote from: WalkingWicket37 on March 09, 2017, 04:13:33 PM
Wait do the bat in 20th was marked down for "wide grains" but the 2nd placed bat only has 6 grains..
Shouldn't that have been marked down too? ???

Seems very strange they moan about wide grain but like you say the bat finished second only had 6 grains but even more interesting they sponsor the magazine as well just for me how much of a blind test is it 🤔
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Re: AOC Gear Test 2017
« Reply #38 on: March 09, 2017, 04:41:33 PM »
Quote from: wasted_talent on March 09, 2017, 03:57:40 PM
Mighty Willow.. interesting those guys. Not heard about them much. Have done well to make the list. Who makes their bats... ?

TK made. IJC had them for a while. Brett D'Olivera uses them.
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Re: AOC Gear Test 2017
« Reply #39 on: March 09, 2017, 04:44:04 PM »
Judging by the photo of the Mighty Willow with its' 'six' grains, I'd say counting isn't the strong point of someone over at AOC.

Just spotted, H4L pro grades are rrp £235 now?! No wonder they thought it was good value. Anyone got Matt's phone number? ;)
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Re: AOC Gear Test 2017
« Reply #40 on: March 09, 2017, 04:45:09 PM »
Quote from: edge on March 09, 2017, 03:49:37 PM
Imagine GM will be really made up about being described as 'generically modified'.

Good work B3 @thedoctor , which shapes were the two bats?

the #1 is a Series DB1
the #7 is a Players shape CDX 31.2 (Shan Masood)
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Re: AOC Gear Test 2017
« Reply #41 on: March 09, 2017, 04:46:26 PM »
All these tests are a bit of a farce IMO, cricket bats are such a subjective item that it's almost impossible to have a fair test

Literally the only way I can suggest would be if all brands had to submit bats at the exact same weight, but even then the grain structure would just get pulled apart instead...
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Re: AOC Gear Test 2017
« Reply #42 on: March 09, 2017, 04:46:55 PM »
Quote from: DorsetDan on March 09, 2017, 04:46:16 PM
The article say "batmaker John Newsome".

So yeah, TK made ;)
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Re: AOC Gear Test 2017
« Reply #43 on: March 09, 2017, 04:57:45 PM »
The Hunts is an Indian made bat?
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Re: AOC Gear Test 2017
« Reply #44 on: March 09, 2017, 05:18:35 PM »
Quote from: Bats_Entertainment on March 09, 2017, 04:57:45 PM
The Hunts is an Indian made bat?

I would seriously doubt that, the 700 is the top model in the Tekton range
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