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[ppccopener]

what are these bats like to use? im going to pick one up second hand(kit tramp)

seem highly rated on the forum, I know customer service is excellent cos ive read all the posts, most people cannot be wrong-so that goes without saying

but actually using them, is it in the pressing, quality of wood, the handles?

or just allround a good manufacturer?

looking at the bats without much of a bow is not that appealing, but no one else on the forum seems to worry about that.

interested to get peoples views who have them.
 

[Neon Cricket]

I've only had one personally through the 50% off deal a year or so back. The finishing and build quality of the blade/handle was clearly very good (up there with the best), however I found mine to be very hard pressed so it ended up on ebay - I believe the pressing has changed since then though from what others have said.

(Ironically it actually sold for more than I paid for it!)

[sarg]

what are these bats like to use? im going to pick one up second hand(kit tramp)

seem highly rated on the forum, I know customer service is excellent cos ive read all the posts, most people cannot be wrong-so that goes without saying

but actually using them, is it in the pressing, quality of wood, the handles?

or just allround a good manufacturer?

looking at the bats without much of a bow is not that appealing, but no one else on the forum seems to worry about that.

interested to get peoples views who have them.
 

I have had a fair few.  each iteration has improved. Handle quality is the next improvement they made when I purchased a Beluga. Going for my second 3 stripe at the moment. Pressing is outstanding now. Only had one extremely hard pressed bat, a bat from the first year of production that had a small middle as a result. Having tried many brands now I rate the press.

No bow works for me.

[northernboy1987]

I've got one of the TKC Pepsi's and it's a bit of a weapon, up there with my Hellfire monster as best bat in my bag.

[csnew]

Bought one a few years back, was a complete plank and was pressed like a rock. I'm sure if I emailed them they would've done something about it given how good there customer service is (from what I've read) - instead sold it on ebay.

Happy to give them another go sometime (yes I need another "back up" bat) given the belters I've seen on here

[amritpremi]

Had 2 from B3, one in big TKC shape which was around 2.14/2.15, needed a bit of lnocking in but is a very good bat (at that weight it ahould be imo). The 2'nd one is the Warner small edge one around 2.11/2.12 with high middle and even this one plays very well.

[JB]

I've had 3, all have been excellent. Just prefer a bit of bow. The TKC 3 stripe that I got with the offer is a cracking bat

[jamielsn15]

Weapons...

[i12breakfree]

got some hard pressed one from B3 intially. Haven't tried anything recently.

[brokenbat]

have had quite a few - all superb... even the one that was "hard pressed" just 'felt' different..the ball would still ping off the bat.

[InternalTraining]

Got 4, 3 were pressed like a rock and made great nets bats against cheap balls, one still got cracked. One I bought from @procricket and that was a good bat. Other than that, no bow and performance free bats. I have stayed away since.

[jd163]

Got a big TKC pepsi last year & a Warner replica this year. Both bats are top level in terms of finishing, Ping & handle feel. As far as "Hard pressing" is concerned i think the bats are pressed to be match ready with minimal preparation needed. The ones i have are both 2 stripes (5 & 6 grains each) and they do feel a bit hard but goes like a rocket. 

[RF]

B3 make very good cricket bats.
I've got 3 and used lots more in the nets

[Wickets-then-runs]

Ive had 6 of them. The first one was a bit hard pressed but all of the others have been absolute rocket launchers! The handles are amongst the best out there imo.

[langer17]

I've had 3 total. One bought from gumtree and the other two from a sale that B3 had in Australia. First one was pressed really hardly. Then I got two matching in a sale but one had a weird handle and was also pressed really hard, but the other one it came with was awesome. The one that was awesome had a much higher number (as in manufactured number) than the two hard pressed ones, so their pressing could have gotten better.

I know @Wickets-then-runs  has had some absolute belters