Equipment: EQUIPMENT/BEGINNERS - Buyer's Guide and Advice

[GetchaGrubbOn]

Maybe pictures would help?

Playing tonight, will take a few pics.

 

[GetchaGrubbOn]

I am leaning over at the waist just a little there to get the shots.

This is what tends to happen every now and then when I get low.

 

[ArrogantOwl]

Those pants do look really small. I'm 5'5" and my pants go down to about the bottom of my knee cap. For reference I wear a Sr Med Bauer X60 pant with 12" APX2 shins. However my pants can be a little loose sometimes so they might be too big for me.

 

[dnmccoy]

I would agree, Im 5'7 and my pants appear longer than that as well

 

[GetchaGrubbOn]

I would agree, Im 5'7 and my pants appear longer than that as well

At 5'7" do you go Med? I went small based on the height chart but it seems that was a mistake.

 

[wils5150]

I am 5-5 and wear lg nexus 800 pants ( i was 25 pounds heavier when I got them) they are a tad long but it doesnt hinder my mobility or get snaged on my shins

 

[dnmccoy]

Im a medium

 

[dnmccoy]

Im looking at maybe trying my hand in goal. Any ideas for getting equiptment without taking out a second mortgage? Id feel bad if I didnt end up liking it but had a bunch of $$ wrapped up in it

 

[AIREAYE]

Im looking at maybe trying my hand in goal. Any ideas for getting equiptment without taking out a second mortgage? Id feel bad if I didnt end up liking it but had a bunch of $$ wrapped up in it

Used

 

[dnmccoy]

I figured, but didnt know if there was a retailer that sells it used. Ive been watching ebay but its so hit or miss

 

[PlayoffBeard365]

I'm 5'9 and wear XL Bauer. They even look small Imho.

 

[StLHokie]

I figured, but didnt know if there was a retailer that sells it used. Ive been watching ebay but its so hit or miss

Try Play it Again Sports. From my experience they've always had a pretty good selection of hockey gear and most of them have no idea as to what actual value is, so you might be able to snag some quality gear at a discount.

 

[octopi]

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I am leaning over at the waist just a little there to get the shots.

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^did you somehow end up in a large youth size..because those are short.

Speaking of youth size I am at the magnificant border where my gently used equipment could be either XL youth or small adult but is n't easily resaleable due to being older brands(doesn'tlook old) and I'm not sure what to classify it as besides 'would fit Theo Fleury"

 

[TrueBlue86]

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I am leaning over at the waist just a little there to get the shots.

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I'm tall (6'7) and had that problem. I had my pants extended (had the longest version to start with) but also started taping the top flap of my shin pads with hockey tape . ever since I started doing that I never had that problem once. you don't notice the tape when you are on the ice. Its just a habit at this point lol so I'd probably do it with new shins even if the pants were not getting stuck

 

[VaughanBender72]

I'm tall (6'7) and had that problem. I had my pants extended (had the longest version to start with) but also started taping the top flap of my shin pads with hockey tape . ever since I started doing that I never had that problem once. you don't notice the tape when you are on the ice. Its just a habit at this point lol so I'd probably do it with new shins even if the pants were not getting stuck

Do you have a problem with finding gloves at your height ?

 

[TrueBlue86]

Do you have a problem with finding gloves at your height ?

No not really I just wear 15s. My hands aren't that huge. I do have a gap between gloves and elbow pads but I wear slash guards which covered the gap (also absorb sweat).

 

[VaughanBender72]

Should I get new shin pads ?

I think my shin guards are too small, when I play they don't cover my knees to well, and when I fall my knees hurt I'm 5'6 and tuck the shin guard over my tongue. Provided some pics. size 13" currently using bauer one60s

 

[Beauner]

How would I go about putting a visor on my helmet? I bought a Tron S30 visor and it came with spacers/screws/etc but no directions...

I think my shin guards are too small, when I play they don't cover my knees to well, and when I fall my knees hurt I'm 5'6 and tuck the shin guard over my tongue. Provided some pics. size 13" currently using bauer one60s

It looks like your knee lines up with the pad and it's still long enough to go over the skate tongue. But if you're getting hurt when you fall then you probably do need to get a longer pad.

 

[Guffaw]

Starting up after not playing for 12 years or so I can safely say low end equipment is much better nowadays. So much so that a $50 pair of gloves is as good as $100 gloves were back then.

Especially skates now.

True, because it's all made in China. Equipment is cheap, but North American jobs and the environment suffer. I would pay double if it were made in Canada/US. "Cheap" anything usually has a downside ie poverty level wages or polluting the planet due to no regulations.

 

[AIREAYE]

True, because it's all made in China. Equipment is cheap, but North American jobs and the environment suffer. I would pay double if it were made in Canada/US. "Cheap" anything usually has a downside ie poverty level wages or polluting the planet due to no regulations.

You have a very outdated mindset. The North American economy, for the most part, is not manufacturing-driven. Uncle Joe down the road hasn't lost his job because Easton decided to produce sticks in Vietnam, Uncle Joe is in the service economy, doing marketing for Easton. The macro net-benefit of having international trade like we do today has been hugely positive for everyone. You're right about environmental impact though, but that has much more to do with heavy industry in all places, not only abroad. The lower level of regulations in some of these places have been advantageous for the North American companies to relocate production.

I commend you for saying that you'd be willing to pay double for NA made product, but that's probably just sentimental value. It's tough to avoid anything made overseas as we're in 2015 right now, not 1985.

 

[Rookie109]

Anyone know if a Bauer/Itech Concept full shield fit a Mission Intake helmet?

Thanks in advance.

It should fit, I have the Mission Inhaler and in use the Boulder full shield without any issues.http://hockeyfaceshields-com.myshopify.com/collections/all

 

[AIREAYE]

Updated guide to include the latest models, will continue to update as new lines come out.

Please note: Reebok as a brand is virtually gone from hockey.

 

[VaughanBender72]

Updated guide to include the latest models, will continue to update as new lines come out.

Please note: Reebok as a brand is virtually gone from hockey.

There basically just CCM now right ?

 

[AIREAYE]

Only on some product lines. Others are new.

 

[kev85]

Bauer Supreme 150

Are Bauer supreme 150 a good glove?