Got my clubs off golfbidder a while ago and it rated the grips as 7/10 been playing about a day a week since april with them, how do i know when they need new grips on?
How much is a resonable price to get them done

I change mine every year, prefer full cord grips and just rough them up as i go along, but yearly is a good benchmark for changing.

if you played once a month I'd say every three years.

May treat myself to some at xmas then, then i know like where im starting from, is there much difference in the types or is it just really the look of them think the pro has a choice of 5.

cheers Wayne

Some are definitely better then others, the quality of rubber and how its treated being the main one. Some grips will last you all season, others will start to break down pretty quickly when they get dirty and greasy.

I find changing grips every 6 months seems to be the best option. Keeps your grips nice and new, plus getting into the routine means its easier to change them when you do change them. People who only change them every year or so make life hard work, because getting grips off that have bonded to the shaft and the grip tape thats congealed to the shaft is hard work. I change grips as part of my job and I hate the grips that have been on a club several years and to make matters worse the person putting them on used sheet tape which is harder to get off.

To anyone who is self re-gripping club use inch wide double sided masking tape and spiral it down the shaft. It'll come off so much easier when you want to change your grips again.

If you are doing them yourself then check out the Lamkin golf grips website.

Pretty good online wizard and size chart to give you an idea. 

chris, what the hell are you talking about man, what absolute twaddle.

You probably play more often than most, so you change accordingly, those that change after several years don't know that they needed to more often, and i blame people like yourself that do not give the info correct, if you sold me clubs and said I needed to change every 6 mths based on the fact i play once a week I'd say 2 words and the second would be OFF!!!!

when your paying around £9 per grip as I do for full cord, I don't need to change every 6 months.

Matt speak to the pro about your game plan and what you want the grips to do for you, full cord shred gloves but provide a stable adhesion to the grip. Weigh up what you need and talk to someone who knows.

The reason I say change grips every six months is due to winter really. I always change to cords in the winter time to give me better grip and help when its wet. In the late spring I'll switch back to standard lamkins or tour velvets. I only play on average now three or four times a month but I still change the grips.

You don't have to spend a fortune doing it. If you know what you are doing you can take the old grips off without damaging them and save them for re-use later on. I always through the ones I take off in the washing machine to clean them up.

Another reason why I say change frequently is because the people I come in contact with every day don't understand the concept of cleaning grips after you've played. If you clean your grips you can get a years use out of them no problem. If you don't then you really should change them more often.

We've provided members with a sonic wash to clean their grips and clubs and the idiots still don't then they wonder why they have to re-grip so frequently.

I seem to be missing something in this debate as I have never changed my grips on any set that I have had, in fact my blades are fifteen years old with original grips still in great condition.

I do need to change the grip on my driver as it is too thick and my ancient ping anser needs a new grip, but then it is over 40 years old.