Slazenger Power Blade

Advantages: Nice power to weight ratio
Disadvantages: Grip can feel a little loose

...Just bought this bat ready for the new summer season and I must say I?m very impressed. Weight wise it?s nice and light, although a tad heavier towards the toe, obviously for power purposes although the heavier end allows for a nice heavy swing with less effort in the elbows and wrists. If the bat is 100% with 0% being by the handle and 100% being the toe. The sweetest spot is at about 80%, although the bat is actually quite thin the sweet spot covers the entire face area around the sweet spot. I think this is because of the flatness of the bat this far down. As most cricket bats have a curve like a road where it?s higher in the middle and curves off towards the edges. Although at the sweet spot it seems to be flatter than anywhere else on the bat. Grip is very good; the grip provided with the bat is strong enough, although there...

m4tt_king 12.02.2009 · Read review
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Slazenger V500 Select Cricket Bat

Advantages: Brilliant middle, nice design
Disadvantages: None as yet

...After finishing my first season at my local cricket club with no cricket bat of my own, I decided it was about time to buy my own. After lots of recommendations about different bats I decided to go to the sports store and find out more. Thats when I stumbled upon an end of season price for the Slazenger V500 Select of £30. Usually this particular bat is £70. I plumped for the Short handle (mainly because it was the only one left in the shop!!). I wasn't disappointed. The bat didn't need 'knocking in' due to the protective cover over the front so I was straight in the Winter Nets with it. After a few overs getting used to the bat, I found the middle quite easily. The middle of this bat is not for the faint hearted!! A nice cover drive saw the ball hurtling THROUGH the bottom of the net and towards the far corner of the room...

Barthezz 02.10.2001 · Read review
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Review of Slazenger Select

Great Bat.

Advantages: Lovely Bat
Disadvantages: Seems A Lot Of Money To Some

...As it is now coming up to the new cricket season, I was in desperate need of a new bat, a good new bat unlike my previous few. I opoted for the Slazenger V600 Select (same model as Mark Butcher, England and surrey uses, but obviously a better bat), it was £94 from www.cricket-hockey.com, (RRP £120) with free P&P within 5 working days. The bat is made from grade three English willow, and with cricket-hockey, it came pre-knocked in (saves sitting there with a mallet for nine hours), and also with a toe gaurd, so you don't much up the bottom of the bat while using it. Although it came pre-knocked in, I would advise more knocking in to get the best perormance, and save it getting cracked in it's early stages of life. The new design for 2004, has made this bat designed with a maroon grip (handle), and a maroon patter on back...

andywood 09.04.2004 · Read review
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Bat Out Of Hell - Truly Amazing!

Advantages: Just a fantastic rock album!
Disadvantages: None!

...Bat Out Of Hell is an album, which was released by Meat Loaf in October 1977. The album contains 7 songs and is 46:33 long. The songs were produced and written by Jim Steinman and Todd Rundgren. It is the the third best-selling album worldwide - which gives you an idea of just how fantastic it truly is! 1. Bat Out Of Hell (9:48) 2. You Took The Words Right Out Of My Mouth (5:04) 3. Heaven Can't Wait (4:38) 4. All Revved Up With No Place To Go (4:19) 5. Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad (5:23) 6. Paradise By The Dashboard Light (8:28) 7. For Crying Out Loud (5:45) I'd heard my brother and dad saying how good Meat Loaf was, but as i didn't really like alot of the music that they do, i thought he would just be another one of these people who scream songs and you can't tell a word that they are saying. Upon listening to the 'Bat Out...

Claire230590 09.11.2009 · Read review
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Review of Bat Out of Hell - Meat Loaf

Bat Out Of Hell - Great Eardrum Exercise

Advantages: Iconic album, brilliant songs, awesome voice.
Disadvantages: Not everyones taste, maybe too much disparity in song types for just 7 songs.

...Introduction Bat out of Hell is the third best selling album of all time, behind Thriller and Back In Black, and here's why I think that might be... I first heard the song Bat Out Of Hell eight years ago, when I was only ten, and didn't think that much to it. What I didn't realise however, was what I had heard on the free Daily Mail CD of Power Ballads, was an awfully watered down and pitifully edited four minute version of the song. I soon came to realise that Bat Out Of Hell was only to be listened to if you have the original edit, and ten minutes to spare, when my dad delved into his dusty record collection and cranked up the volume on his old player, just to prove that what I had listened to was not what Meat Loaf intended to be heard, and I quickly disposed of the god awful free CD. So I sat and listened, and thought the song...

davedave135 20.07.2009 · Read review
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beast of a bat

Advantages: a really nice middle
Disadvantages: Kashmir Willow

...LOOKS This Bat in my view is one of the best looking bats around and has not got to much pictures on the bat like the Kookaburra angry beast. I think the blue and red go very well together and really look good. Even the grip fits in with the style having blue slashes on it done by "the beast". The beast itself is not overdone but it still noticeable from a distance. I think the fact that the wood is unbleached giving it a more white effect looks better for it's style than a darker wood. I love the looks because you can really show the bat off and not worry about being seen bating with it. POWER The middle on this bat is awesome you can hit a cricket ball miles and you really know when you have caught it right. As for the bat itself it is very forgiving of bad shots and has a lot of power. The bat has great power considering it is...

danrugby2005 31.03.2006 (28.04.2006) · Read review
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Review of kookabura little beast cricket bat

Got Wood?

Advantages: Chunky, Light, A hitters delight
Disadvantages: Not for the defensive/classical player, bat-power comes too easily

...the extra batpower generated actually managed to perfectly pick out the boundary rider and therefore take my walk of shame. Before I had this bat I was very much a Gray Nicholls or Gunn and Moore man, I liked to stick with the traditional English brands but this really opened my eyes to Kookaburra, who, if you didn't know are an Australian bat maker. Different bats are for different players of course and I certainly wouldnt advocate this type of bat to a more classical style of batsmen ala Jacques Kallis or Rahul Dravid. Not really a bat for the finesse player or grinder. If you are a budding Yuvraj Singh or Andrew Flintoff then maybe this might be for you! I am just a cheap imitation of a cricket player, but with a good bat, at least I give myself half a chance! My Ultimate Belta bat is now officially ruined thanks to a ball...

shanediablo 26.05.2008 · Read review
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Review of Kookaburra Ultimate Belta Cricket Bat 2006

The Ultimate CD

Advantages: Old and new classics
Disadvantages: None

...The Ultimate CD The Queen of Pop, aka Kylie Minogue. Love her or loathe her, you have to admit she has staying power. She has been in the music industry for well over 20 years now and has had some amazing pop hits. Ultimate Kylie was released in 2004 and is the only comprehensive collection of her greatest hits from 1987 to the present day and the only one to feature each of her 31 hit singles. It comes with a very sexy picture of Miss Minogue on the front pouting towards the camera and her hair all tussled. What I love about this album is that it has a great mix of all her old classics and the new ones as well. If you could only buy one Kylie album then this would be the one you would buy to cover all your favourites. Like I?ve said above this album has 31 hit singles, including 7 UK No 1 singles and 25 UK Top 10 singles...

Spottydog11 04.03.2009 · Read review
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Hells Bells - Like a Bat out of Hell

Advantages: An absolute classic album
Disadvantages: None

...Is it really thirty years since this album was originally released ?(well coming up for 29 to be precise becasue it was originally released on 21 October 1977). This is rightly rated as one of the greatest albums ever produced, and despite their only being seven tracks on the album, each of them is quite lengthy in nature. This is definitely a case of quality and quantity. If there is anybody out there who has never heard of Meatloaf, or have only grown up with the later stuff such as I'd do anything for love (but I won't do that) then you haven't lived. This is the ultimate in classic rock, and there really isn't a weak track on the album. Bat out of Hell is Meatloafs (aka Marvin Lee Aday) second album and by far his most successful. The artwork on the album cover is second to none and depicts a motorbike riding off like a bat...

supercityfan 27.02.2006 · Read review
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Review of Bat Out of Hell - Meat Loaf

Like a bat out of CIAO

Advantages: Full of classic songs, The man is superb
Disadvantages: Could have added a few more tracks maybe

...Oh well, I thought I would try my hand at writing a review about a music CD for once, I have avoided this, as although I like to listen to music, I seem to struggle actually writing opinions on it, I guess it down to my limited musical terms vocabulary or something DOH, so here goes. Meatloaf, you either love him or hate him, I personally love him (well not literary if you know what I mean), he has got to go down as one of the most expressive and hard-working rock legends out there, I mean have you ever seen him perform, the guy puts everything into it. Anyway, I have owned the “Bat out of Hell” CD for many a year, and have to say it is one of my all-time favourites, it was actually first released in the late 70’s but is absolutely age-less and every track is written the famous music writer, Jim Steinman, who has...

brianlfc 29.05.2001 · Read review
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