Best value for money bat, between $300-$450 AUD

[breeno]

Thoughts people? What do you believe is the best value for money?

[Second XI At Best]

Originally Posted by breeno

Thoughts people? What do you believe is the best value for money?

Pay a grand, go to India to the MRF factory and u can get a ripping brand newy right off the production line for around $200. Bargain!

[evo]

In Australia try The Bat Doctor - Home for a low priced handmade bat.

[breeno]

The Bat Doctor Bats look good, but has anyone tried one, and are they good with a decent lifespan?

You can't go past a Fisher custom made for the price you have said.
2 year warranty on the blade and 1 year on the handle.
It's a no brainer.

[Forward of Square]

Originally Posted by imported_Craig Hutchy

You can't go past a Fisher custom made for the price you have said.
2 year warranty on the blade and 1 year on the handle.
It's a no brainer.

Definitely the fisher custom for about $450. Best value cricket bat if you're not spending the really big bucks.

[Fishing Charter Man]

Hi Breeno - this is how we pick good oil bats, that tend to last seasons & seasons.

Drive to Adelaide or your local city one afternoon.

Go to one of the Cricketing Mega Warehouses located there. Ask to go through the bats out the back - they should be in racks labelled brands, styles and weights.

Work out if you want a heavy bat or a light weight - Light Weight = 2lb8 to 2lb10. Heavy Weight is 2lb 10 plus. Find a weight your happy with. Pick out a few different models of Gray Nic, Kooka model etc correspondent to the price tag you've mentioned. There will probable be 10 -35 bats in each rack of correspondent brand, styles & weights. Go through each bat and check the grain is straight down the blade and that the grain flows straight through the toe of the bat and not on an angle or crooked. Check that no knots are also in the blade and most believe 5 - 7 grains is perfect.

You have now probably eliminated all but maybe 10 in each rack which originally contained 35. You should now have 10 kook's, 11 gray nics & 9 GM's etc or 30ish bats total. Now stand in your batting stance and pick up each of these bats a couple of times as if the bowler is just about to deliver. You will know notice that though they weight the same - some have a better pick up that others ... ie they feel lighter. Unless you want a toe heavy bat disregard the half that pick up heavily. You now have only 15 bats to choose from.

Now get a ball knocker innerer on a handle and tap the blade of each bat until you find the 1 in the 15 that has the best pick up & very sweetest middle and blade -THAT IS THE BEST VALUE BAT FOR YOUR $300 - $450.

[breeno]

Originally Posted by Fishing Charter Operator

Hi Breeno - this is how we pick good oil bats, that tend to last seasons & seasons.

Drive to Adelaide or your local city one afternoon.

Go to one of the Cricketing Mega Warehouses located there. Ask to go through the bats out the back - they should be in racks labelled brands, styles and weights.

Work out if you want a heavy bat or a light weight - Light Weight = 2lb8 to 2lb10. Heavy Weight is 2lb 10 plus. Find a weight your happy with. Pick out a few different models of Gray Nic, Kooka model etc correspondent to the price tag you've mentioned. There will probable be 10 -35 bats in each rack of correspondent brand, styles & weights. Go through each bat and check the grain is straight down the blade and that the grain flows straight through the toe of the bat and not on an angle or crooked. Check that no knots are also in the blade and most believe 5 - 7 grains is perfect.

You have now probably eliminated all but maybe 10 in each rack which originally contained 35. You should now have 10 kook's, 11 gray nics & 9 GM's etc or 30ish bats total. Now stand in your batting stance and pick up each of these bats a couple of times as if the bowler is just about to deliver. You will know notice that though they weight the same - some have a better pick up that others ... ie they feel lighter. Unless you want a toe heavy bat disregard the half that pick up heavily. You now have only 15 bats to choose from.

Now get a ball knocker innerer on a handle and tap the blade of each bat until you find the 1 in the 15 that has the best pick up & very sweetest middle and blade -THAT IS THE BEST VALUE BAT FOR YOUR $300 - $450.

Thanks alot buddy, I really appreciate that, does anyone know where one of these stors would be in Melbourne? Would it be Greg Chappell Cricket Centre?

[MV!]

Seriously. Don't waste time at Greg Chappell, go to Fisher.

You'll walk through exactly the same process that was noted above (i.e. picking up a whole lot of bats, working out which weighting, pick up, middle is perfect for you), and then you'll get a bat custom made for you.

Don't fall into the trap of thinking you need a 'brand' bat - if any of Fishers custom bats came with a Kookaburra or Grey Nich. sticker, they'd be retailing 550+.

[breeno]

I Know that MV, but I dont wanna pay $480 for the custom, I was only really looking for between $390-$420 but that was too narrow a margin.