Best brand for batting pads?

Nah im not, but if i was im sure you could put in a good word yeh?

Aero Pads - 

Laver & Wood Private Bin

BDM Titanium pads (much better than Aero)

Kookaburra "The Beast" gloves.

Asics 150 not out Gel spikes.

How about you? I suppose you get free stuff from your job at Aero hey.

 

Is the heritage good?

Did you try a private bin?

I wonder if there is much difference, because the Heritage is like $100 cheaper.

 

Yep, i got it off their website.

Its a classy bat thats for sure.

Have u met James Laver?

I have a pair of gray nicolls test batting pads and they are the best ive ever had. They are light, have loads of protection and look good.

The morrant ultralights are good pads, but personally they are much to pricey.

A team mate of mine wears them and they seem to have moulded great with his legs and the flap part above the knee roll bends right around so it doesn't get in the way at all.

He's always saying that they are the only pair of pads he'll ever have to buy again - some kind of guarantee they offer.

I use BDM Titanium pads , very similar design, just cheaper. Sachin uses them at the moment and i've found them to be absolutely awesome.

www.middlepeg.com has some info about the morrant's and their story, i believe they have the weight info etc.

 

Have you tried the OBO pads MAde in NZ?

I hope I win them in that comp on just now. I have a budget of £50 for pads, what should I get and from which internet site?

All help is appreciated

Like many of the 'older' contributors here I still have (tucked away in my loft) a pair of rigid corrugated SS pads with thin buckled straps that felt like you were running in oversized brass greaves.  But the ball could smash you squarely on the shin and you'd barely feel a thing.

I now, after a bit of chopping and changing, play in Reader pads - dead cheap but offer all of the features I want - that is to say if I get smacked on the shin I hardly feel it.  That said, I have this lump of wood I hold in my hand when I am playing and I find if I use it to smite away the round red thing that chap at the other end is lobbing at me my legs never feel a thing!

Originally posted by 70_degree_spin I hope I win them in that comp on just now. I have a budget of £50 for pads, what should I get and from which internet site? All help is appreciated

Originally posted by marky Not had a problem with my Aero/Obo pads.I get plenty of stick from team mates and opposition players alike.They are quite extensively used in NZ and one or two county players have started to use them. I used the original Slazenger moulded light weight pads in the early 80's,basically exactly like the Morrant and BDM ones available now,they were good but too bouncy. The best thing is to use what you prefer and find most comfortable,despite what other people claim to be the best! Cheers, Mark.

Mate you better hope you don't grow out of them before you are 17.

Obviously a lot, I tend to get hit on the toe more myself, unfortunately

Cheers for that WG, might help me keep my toes until my 15th birthday

Originally posted by heinzhummer I HATE those pads from NZ.   Seriously, they are not good quality.   I know people who have bought them - very expensive - only to have them break and tear very easily.   Plus their design is just plain ugly and they feel bad on - DO NOT BUY THESE PADS!!