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[Huffy67]

Cool thanks mate, I re-grip every 6months so that's not a worry using the cone just never put another grip on a grip lol

[Seniorplayer]

Just a tip from experience it's easier to add more than one grip if the grips are thin chevron Type also to assist pickup just add cut grips to the top third of the handle.

[JMB174]

i have for around 3 years now used at least 4 grips (sometimes 5). but had a bat from b3 and i had 2 extra binds put on the bat and it feels just the same. as the grips they used slip / twist slighty. i would suggest this to anybody who uses more than 2 grips.

[Come in 5 and left a bit]

I've tried messing about and doing an extra bind on the bottom hand and adding a Salix hybrid grip seems very comfortable only tried breifly in a net but it feels comfortable and balanced.

[leatherseat]

I'm just returning to the game after a dozen or so years away. There now seems to be quite a few different styles of grip (octopus, chevron, snake etc), with varying thicknesses. Presumably, the weight of different grips varies considerably, too.

Does anyone know the typical weight (and thickness?) of varying grip types? Or do several people know the weight and/or thickness of their current grips?
This would be a useful database of information to fine tune the bat weight and handle thickness.

For the record, largish hands, I used to use two old style, thin grips, new bat has one thinnish grip and one thick (scale-like outer).

David

[leatherseat]

I have been playing around with the two grips on my new bat, trying to reduce the weight a little. A little info on weights from my very small sample.

One grip, a scale grip offered most thickness - it added 1.6cm to the circumference of my handle (to 13.6cm). It weighed 43g (1.5oz). I wa sexpecting greater weight, given the thickness.
A Gray nicolls grip was the lightest I found (at Talent Cricket), but there may well be lighter grips. It added 1.2cm of circumference and weighed 37g (1.3oz).
Another two grips weighed 43g and 44g. These were of similar thickness (but not measured), to the GN grip. This range of weight, between a very small sample of grips, amounts to around a quarter of an oz.

I have used some lightweight foam rubber (a sort of mesh, useful for gripping) to act as the lower grip, weighing just 11g (plus a little shoe goo) and adding an additional 0.1cm to the handle diameter, above that of the original (43g) grip. This has reduced the weight by around 1.0 oz. - not earth-shattering, but a useful step in the right direction. Of course, if there was a way to reduce the weight by 1.0oz from towards the bottom of the blade, that would be more significant; with the effect of leverage.

David

 

[liscon12]

2 grips for me, a Penta grip underneath and an octopus over the top. One of these bad boys bellow.

[Nmcgee]

I have been playing around with the two grips on my new bat, trying to reduce the weight a little. A little info on weights from my very small sample.

One grip, a scale grip offered most thickness - it added 1.6cm to the circumference of my handle (to 13.6cm). It weighed 43g (1.5oz). I wa sexpecting greater weight, given the thickness.
A Gray nicolls grip was the lightest I found (at Talent Cricket), but there may well be lighter grips. It added 1.2cm of circumference and weighed 37g (1.3oz).
Another two grips weighed 43g and 44g. These were of similar thickness (but not measured), to the GN grip. This range of weight, between a very small sample of grips, amounts to around a quarter of an oz.

I have used some lightweight foam rubber (a sort of mesh, useful for gripping) to act as the lower grip, weighing just 11g (plus a little shoe goo) and adding an additional 0.1cm to the handle diameter, above that of the original (43g) grip. This has reduced the weight by around 1.0 oz. - not earth-shattering, but a useful step in the right direction. Of course, if there was a way to reduce the weight by 1.0oz from towards the bottom of the blade, that would be more significant; with the effect of leverage.

David

I'm constantly prone to this!

[GarrettJ]

an alternative is to add another layer of twine and use one grip

[XBastaki]

 Right now I use one grip, the Adidas one I like how it feels and the thickness is just right for me. Used to use one and a half before switching though

[KIPPERS]

2 grips for me, a Penta grip underneath and an octopus over the top. One of these bad boys bellow.

Euurrggghhh

[liscon12]

Euurrggghhh

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder @KIPPERS 

[KIPPERS]

In deed Euurrggghhh IMHO

[19reading87]

Thought it was a good time to bring up an old forum favourite topic

It's always an interesting topic to see the variation people use.

What is your preference for the number of grips? Inners? Full finger or fingerless...?

[Jimbo]

I've gone back to a single grip, and using slimmer handles. Way better control of the bat with my hobbit size hands.