IPv6Freely Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 Maybe so. Meh, definitely sticking to a cat eye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creasecollector Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 Scary stuff. I too wear a non-certified cat eye cage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruckus007 Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 Cheater all the way. Never had a problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IPv6Freely Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 4 hours ago, ruckus007 said: Cheater all the way. Never had a problem. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coopaloop1234 Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 21 hours ago, RichMan said: I switched to a certified cat-eye some years ago and I can still see as well as a pro cat-eye. You soon forget that the extra bar is there, and it's much safer. I have a slight ding in one of the bottom bars and having seen what can happen on a good one timer, I prefer playing it safe. Not a chance you can. Cert Cat Eyes are absolute garbage. If you want to mix safety and sight lines, just get a straight bar cage. Even the crappy Bauer ones (like the image below) are better than cert cats. Lousy: Absolute hot mess of garbage that has terrible sightlines, barely any safer than above and makes you look like an absolute bender: God I hate Cert Cat Cages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raucebyalien Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 Haha I tend to agree about cert cat-eyes - I've never really understood them, so many bars. I had to use straight bar cage when I struggled get a replacement cat eye, and it wasn't too bad as the peripherals and downward vision is possibly slightly better than a cat eye, which somewhat makes up for the hit you take on straight ahead vision. Currently have a Hiller cage from goaliecages.com, decided to give it a shot as it has vertical bars supporting the curved bar of the cat eye, which for me is always the place cat eyes get bent back first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IPv6Freely Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 1 hour ago, raucebyalien said: Haha I tend to agree about cert cat-eyes - I've never really understood them, so many bars. I had to use straight bar cage when I struggled get a replacement cat eye, and it wasn't too bad as the peripherals and downward vision is possibly slightly better than a cat eye, which somewhat makes up for the hit you take on straight ahead vision. Currently have a Hiller cage from goaliecages.com, decided to give it a shot as it has vertical bars supporting the curved bar of the cat eye, which for me is always the place cat eyes get bent back first. I have one of those. I loved it for the downward vision, but it made the eye holes smaller and put the bottom bar of the eye openings in JUST the wrong spot. I also find their cages too big. I wear an NME and it’s almost like they make their cages for the fit3, making them a real bitch to get onto a fit1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGoalNet Posted January 15, 2018 Author Share Posted January 15, 2018 I agree that certified cat eye cages seem crazy. A regular 960 cage is not that bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruckus007 Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 Cert Cat Eyes give me tunnel vision, cuz all the extra bars mess with my peripheral vision, which is already pretty diminished due to my tiny asian eyes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IPv6Freely Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 1 hour ago, ruckus007 said: Cert Cat Eyes give me tunnel vision, cuz all the extra bars mess with my peripheral vision, which is already pretty diminished due to my tiny asian eyes. LOL This is where I’d post an Asian meme if it wasn’t going to risk somebody accusing me of being racist... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruckus007 Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 DO IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT If the Asian tells you to post a borderline racist Asian meme, You do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGoalNet Posted January 16, 2018 Author Share Posted January 16, 2018 My CCM Pro Stock Ti cage is way more rebust than the retail one I started with. My Ti cage has gotten rocked a few times with no issue. When Ti is used correctly, it makes a killer cage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichMan Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 You guys have been using the wrong cert. cat-eye cages. I do admit that some were ill designed, but my Reidic cage gives me perfect sight lines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostender Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 2 hours ago, RichMan said: You guys have been using the wrong cert. cat-eye cages. I do admit that some were ill designed, but my Reidic cage gives me perfect sight lines. But can I get one to fit my Hackva?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harman Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 Anyone use this to repair welds on cages / dented cages? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 7 hours ago, Harman said: Anyone use this to repair welds on cages / dented cages? Please don't. This is just epoxy putty with metal dust in it. If you are going to attempt to repair welds on a cage, at the very least bring it to a certified welder and have him/her actually weld the joints. This is not welding. This is glue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunnyman666 Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 On 1/16/2018 at 8:35 AM, craig said: Please don't. This is just epoxy putty with metal dust in it. If you are going to attempt to repair welds on a cage, at the very least bring it to a certified welder and have him/her actually weld the joints. This is not welding. This is glue. @Harman to add to what Craig said- whilst epoxy has been used to bond metals, it is for dissimilar metals combined with another method of mechanical bonding, i.e. “screw and glue”, which was a popular method for building bike frames in the ‘80s and early ‘90s. Stay far, far away from this stuff for repairing a cage. My belief is that by the time you bend it back and weld it back together, you will have a very brittle cage. If a bar is bent to the point where it breaks a weld, that cage has served its purpose; replace it promptly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 Exactly Bunny. This stuff has its purposes for sure. It can defiantly be used in structural applications. But it does not turn two pieces of metal into one. Cages are easy to replace. Eyes are not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IPv6Freely Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 8 hours ago, Harman said: Anyone use this to repair welds on cages / dented cages? No. Cages are designed to dent, like a crumple zone in a car. Replace it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichMan Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 18 hours ago, Ghostender said: But can I get one to fit my Hackva?? No. I had a Hackva as well and the geometry wasn't the same, the cage didn't align properly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big2 Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 12 hours ago, IPv6Freely said: No. Cages are designed to dent, like a crumple zone in a car. Replace it. Well put Freely - I don't want to sound like a snob but Jesus Christ man if your to cheap to replace a dented cage you should not be playing hockey! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IPv6Freely Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 56 minutes ago, Big2 said: Well put Freely - I don't want to sound like a snob but Jesus Christ man if your to cheap to replace a dented cage you should not be playing hockey! I have a couple kicking around new in package just in case I need to replace it and can’t wait for one to be shipped. I often see people on GGSU say it’s fine if it’s only a dent. WTF. Don’t take that risk for $50 or whatever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raucebyalien Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 On 1/15/2018 at 6:28 PM, IPv6Freely said: I have one of those. I loved it for the downward vision, but it made the eye holes smaller and put the bottom bar of the eye openings in JUST the wrong spot. I also find their cages too big. I wear an NME and it’s almost like they make their cages for the fit3, making them a real bitch to get onto a fit1. Yeah I found that to some degree - if you look at Hiller's actual airxess one the vertical bars that meet the curve of the cat eye are a lot more..vertical I guess (!) and meet the cat eye more to the side of the mask, opening up the front of the mask even more. Also concur with sizing issue - every non-Bauer NME cage I've had has always taken a lot of wrestling to get it mounted properly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IPv6Freely Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 This was mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punisher Goalie Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 @IPv6Freely love that mask. Whole setup looks money there too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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