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[Alvaro]

This has to be right but how can you be sure when you buy  a new bat  it will go from day 1

I buy a bat with the intention of preparing it for the following season.

[jd163]

I buy a bat with the intention of preparing it for the following season.

^ second that.

[Seniorplayer]

I buy a bat with the intention of preparing it for the following season.

even after prepartion mine don't always ping straight away.

[Righthand]

This has to be right but how can you be sure when you buy  a new bat  it will go from day 1

Maybe not day 1 but fairly quickly (within 2 weeks). I think its evident when your tapping up bats. When you have tapped up 10, there would be one that would stand out. Thats a good indicator the bat should perform very quickly.

[adb club cricketer]

This has to be right but how can you be sure when you buy  a new bat  it will go from day 1

If I purchase it in store, you know it by tapping a few balls. If online purchase, generally, I get an idea from the brand..But more often, we have so many bats already, so I just use the ones which go . Again, these days, I see very few bats across all brands which take a a long time/season to open up, almost all the brands are good to go in a week or two. I am not saying peak performance, that may take a while, but just referring to good ping performance not taking long..

[Wickets-then-runs]

I am a massive bat tart and go through more than my fair share of bats. As we play through the winter here in Brisbane, i tend to buy more bats in winter to pick out the bat i will use for the coming summer. I must admit though, i often wonder if a bat opens up the more we use it as much as we get used to the bat and where the middle is.

[Seniorplayer]

If I purchase it in store, you know it by tapping a few balls. If online purchase, generally, I get an idea from the brand..But more often, we have so many bats already, so I just use the ones which go . Again, these days, I see very few bats across all brands which take a a long time/season to open up, almost all the brands are good to go in a week or two. I am not saying peak performance, that may take a while, but just referring to good ping performance not taking long..

as well as the ping  tend to Listen to the tapping up sound the rebounding ball makes.

[Kulli]

I tend to only buy used bats for this very reason. If they've had a bit of use their usually already at or near their peak.
That, and I avoid the terror of using a pristine new bat to hit cricket balls!