New Steel

[cwarnar]

Would love to hear the pros and cons of both Step and Tydan... 3mm for Vapor X900 skates

[TheGoalNet]

5 minutes ago, cwarnar said:

Would love to hear the pros and cons of both Step and Tydan... 3mm for Vapor X900 skates

Any reason you would not consider the Bauer 5G? I have had very good luck with them. 

[cwarnar]

1 minute ago, TheGoalNet said:

Any reason you would not consider the Bauer 5G? I have had very good luck with them. 

Funny you should mention them... I just saw they are compatible with the Vapor line.

Have you used Step or Tydan before the LS5G?  Comparison?

[BadAngle41]

Of those on your list I've only used the Tydan w/ DLC. IMO even Tydan w/o DLC would be an upgrade to any steel Bauer put out up to and including LS3G. I'm sure LS5G is an improvement, but I can't think of anywhere I've seen a comparison of them except to previous Bauer steels.

[Mroy31]

I only have experience with the Tydan DLC blades, but it's definitely an upgrade on the stock Bauer steel.  My main rationale at the time of purchase was that I could order Tydan blades to my house, rather than driving to a retailer and having to order in what I wanted from Step if they didn't have it in stock.  No more reason than that

[TheGoalNet]

1 hour ago, cwarnar said:

Funny you should mention them... I just saw they are compatible with the Vapor line.

Have you used Step or Tydan before the LS5G?  Comparison?

This is my first bougie Steel. Sadly, I can’t compare them to anything but stock 

I don’t really have any complaints with the 5G... other than you need to be clear with your sharpener; Keep stones away!!! 

[Max27]

havent used any of them, i use ccm prolite steel and love it, but that isnt an option.

heard fantastic stuff abt tydan blades so i voted that

[Puckstopper]

I've actually used Step and Tydan.  Both were an improvement over LSG3 steel.  Personally I don't like the Tydan Black with a custom profile from Tydan on my 1S skates as well as I liked my Step regular custom profiled by Noicing sports on my old Bauer Pro's.   The Tydan might last 1-2 skates longer than the Step did, but the profile from Noicing was SO much better.  I'm looking forward to having a little down time so I can send my Tydan's off to Noicing to see what they can do with 'em.

[CG35]

StepSteel... had about four pairs of LS3G after switching to cowling-less S190's... It was good, but nowhere near as nice an edge as Step. More nicks and dings from the posts. Had the extreme blades for years in my cowled skates and finally back to the standard Step again this season. I was advised that any blade with the ceramic coating on the outside can't be side honed if required because it scratches up the coating... so i went with plain finish stainless.

I have never tried Tydan blades.

[RichMan]

I`d like to see a pic showing how much taller is the blade of Tydan vs the Ls1-3 blade. 

And last time I went on Tydan`s web page, I couldn`t find the goalie blades anywhere??

[Chenner29]

8 hours ago, cwarnar said:

Would love to hear the pros and cons of both Step and Tydan... 3mm for Vapor X900 skates

I rotate between two pairs of Tydan.

Have never tried Step.

I'm getting a lot more ice time off a single set of Tydan steel than I did on a set of Bauer LS3G.  I think I'm on skate #8 on my latest set since sharpening.  With the Bauers, I had to go every three sessions or else I would have no edge.

[cwarnar]

1 hour ago, RichMan said:

I`d like to see a pic showing how much taller is the blade of Tydan vs the Ls1-3 blade. 

And last time I went on Tydan`s web page, I couldn`t find the goalie blades anywhere??

Goalieparts.com has them

[cwarnar]

We have a winner!

[RichMan]

So on the HOCKEY SHOP they have the Bauer LS3 and the TUUK LS3. Are they the same?

[DL42]

You miss Massive blade as an option. everything is better then stock , don't know about the lg 5 or whatever its called.

Used the Tydan DLC, better then stock that came with the x900 or the mid model stock.

The Massive DLC is way better then the Tydan DLC (this is the matte finish,  the gloss like step finish i have not and am not bother testing).

STep black is or was on back order for couple months and is more expensive then both, not going to bother testing .

This is comparing on the same profile on both blades cag 80/160 size 9 blades on same ice surface 1 week apart , multiple times.  I have 5 sets : 3 sets of tydan and 2 sets of massive both sharpen to same specs. tydans had a little more sharpening like 2 more then new massive.

[cwarnar]

@DL42 I looked into Massive... Only available thru GM.  I'm in Canada so I'm not buying south of the border.  The monkey Canada site showed all size 8 for massive sold out.  And inquiries to their customer service went unanswered.

I ended up not going Tydan due to some of the fit issues with the Vertexx edge holder.  Saved myself some cash and just got regular Step.  Should be here this week

[beansbats]

Good call on the Tydan.  I ended my Massive Blade experiment and went back to my Tydan.  I have also used Step and the LS3 (Not the 5).  The Tydan seems to take and hold an edge better than the others.  

-steve

[cwarnar]

13 hours ago, RichMan said:

So on the HOCKEY SHOP they have the Bauer LS3 and the TUUK LS3. Are they the same?

No... Seperate.  Tuuk was Bauers long time steel supplier.  Likely close but not the same

[RichMan]

2 hours ago, cwarnar said:

No... Seperate.  Tuuk was Bauers long time steel supplier.  Likely close but not the same

So out of the 2, which one is a step above in quality?

[cwarnar]

I can't say much about the Tuuk, but I know everyone hates the Bauer LSG3

[RichMan]

Being fed up with my LS1 blades, I headed to my local shop and picked up the LS5 blades. The price was good, no wait time, they sharpened both my new LS5 and LS1 blades for free and honestly, the height difference between the two is not that bad. Sticking with Bauer to Bauer products saves me any uncontrollable issues. Hopefully my hips and knees can handle the extra lift. I just hope I don't keel over during a t-push LOLLL

[cwarnar]

1 hour ago, RichMan said:

Being fed up with my LS1 blades, I headed to my local shop and picked up the LS5 blades. The price was good, no wait time, they sharpened both my new LS5 and LS1 blades for free and honestly, the height difference between the two is not that bad. Sticking with Bauer to Bauer products saves me any uncontrollable issues. Hopefully my hips and knees can handle the extra lift. I just hope I don't keel over during a t-push LOLLL

I ended up going the same route.  Ordered Step but they were sold out.  Rather than deal with potential fit issues with Tydan I got LSG5

[RichMan]

Played an hour and a half Friday night with the new blades. I have to say that I'm surprisingly delighted. So much more bite. I didn't feel much discomfort with the height difference other than slightly sore ankles. I also played Saturday night and still the same results, found my happy feet again. Only thing that hurt is my inside boot collar digging into my leg during wide stance movements.

Still aiming at giving Grafs a shot and compare notes.

Bauer LS5 are worth the buy.

[DL42]

On 10/15/2018 at 7:38 AM, cwarnar said:

@DL42 I looked into Massive... Only available thru GM.  I'm in Canada so I'm not buying south of the border.  The monkey Canada site showed all size 8 for massive sold out.  And inquiries to their customer service went unanswered.

I ended up not going Tydan due to some of the fit issues with the Vertexx edge holder.  Saved myself some cash and just got regular Step.  Should be here this week

done right sports in alberta has them massive blades.

[goalie381]

Somewhat related, but does anyone know if there are compatible replacement blades for for the Bauer Reactor 9000s?