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tim2000s

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Re: Which Bat?
« Reply #15 on: March 01, 2011, 07:35:20 AM »
I'd go with a solitaire specced at 2.8. That would get me a 2.12 that went as well as any of the others, given my limitations and I'd have £200 spare. And I could always get a spot of weight taken off.

I have a rule that I will never spend more than £200 on a bat (and even with what I've obtained so far, I've remained inside that rule by quite some way, except for the Instinct), so this keeps me well within that. To be frank, if I am spending more than that, I'd want to be speccing it entirely to my satisfaction. Only the Solitaire gives me half the chance of that (even if it doesn't always come out quite like it!) and it's about 1/3 of the price of all the others!
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Re: Which Bat?
« Reply #16 on: March 01, 2011, 07:39:52 AM »
I would love to try a Laver, just to see what all the fuss is about! Everyone on here who has ones raves about them, so I would get one too see whether they live up to the talk!
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Re: Which Bat?
« Reply #17 on: March 01, 2011, 07:53:33 AM »
For me, if the GM had of been a Luna profile I would have probably gone with that. But sticking with that list of bats, I'd go with the mongoose. I liked the ones I saw on my trip to hunts and really fancy trying one.
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Re: Which Bat?
« Reply #18 on: March 01, 2011, 07:58:46 AM »
Would be the laver tried the other brands and there yet to be tested
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Re: Which Bat?
« Reply #19 on: March 01, 2011, 08:00:50 AM »
Solitaire is the only one I could afford at the moment :(
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Re: Which Bat?
« Reply #20 on: March 01, 2011, 08:02:04 AM »
i would get the solitaire and order it at around 2'4 so it would feel 2'9 or 2'10 when i received it
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Re: Which Bat?
« Reply #21 on: March 01, 2011, 08:04:22 AM »
At this moment, I would go for a top range GN or GM.. Thats the only bats I have seen in real flesh.
This summer, i'm traveling to New Zealand, so if it could wait, I would go to the shop and buy one of there bats.
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Re: Which Bat?
« Reply #22 on: March 01, 2011, 08:09:42 AM »
Quote from: Johnny Firefly on March 01, 2011, 08:00:50 AM
Solitaire is the only one I could afford at the moment :(

I'm with you on that!

None of the list particularly grab me due to being either the wrong shape or wrong price, but if I were pushed I'd go with the GM. The ones I've seen in the flesh recently seemed very nice.
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Re: Which Bat?
« Reply #23 on: March 01, 2011, 08:25:41 AM »
Because I am a tight whotsit I would go up to the solitaire shop and pay my hundred notes and choose one - even if that meant I had to wait while some weight was taken off the bat.

I would pay around £150 give or take a bit for a bat, unless I was paying a bit extra for a special branded bat - which I would stretch to about £200 if I really had to.
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Re: Which Bat?
« Reply #24 on: March 01, 2011, 08:33:45 AM »
probably the legend if it was a good'un... maybe the laver..
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Re: Which Bat?
« Reply #25 on: March 01, 2011, 08:54:30 AM »
Solitaire Custom, £100 plus P+P
because i will never spend more than 200 on a bat.
and solitaire i had for 100 was absolute beauty
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Re: Which Bat?
« Reply #26 on: March 01, 2011, 08:58:29 AM »
Scat if it goes as well as the current one, happy with the profile and handle on it. Havant tried Salix yet but have used GM, GN, laver previously and enjoyed the experience :)
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Re: Which Bat?
« Reply #27 on: March 01, 2011, 08:59:56 AM »
If it was a gm Luna may have gone that way just don't like the icon
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Re: Which Bat?
« Reply #28 on: March 01, 2011, 09:03:51 AM »
would just have to borrow a teammates'. can only afford the solitaire from the list but need something weighing upto 2' 10" max.
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Re: Which Bat?
« Reply #29 on: March 01, 2011, 09:04:48 AM »
Mike (talisman), Which one would you have??
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