Jape Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 Does anyone know if Maltese is still around? I cant get a response from them and there website says they are sold out of stock neck guards. What are other products are similar with short wait timess? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Telfo Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 Maltese is basically done at this point as far as I know. Eco Pro neck guards from goalieparts.com are very similar. I believe some former Maltese reps started Roughneck as well. both use Eco Pro Foam. goalieparts will be the faster option for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MangoRhinehart Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 They are gone. Goalieparts.com with their EcoProFoam is the new deal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwarnar Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 As above... Direct Maltese clone: https://goalieparts.com/products/ecoprofoam-neck-and-clavicle-protector.html Or the Roughneck which is a Passau sister company: https://roughneckprotection.com/english Sarah at PAW, Kova and Aegis also.offer decent neck protection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadAngle41 Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 22 minutes ago, cwarnar said: As above... Direct Maltese clone: https://goalieparts.com/products/ecoprofoam-neck-and-clavicle-protector.html Or the Roughneck which is a Passau sister company: https://roughneckprotection.com/english Sarah at PAW, Kova and Aegis also.offer decent neck protection I second all of what @cwarnar said. Passau actually used to build the Maltese units... so saying the Roughneck they now make is a Maltese clone is damn near spot on. In fact I've noticed a couple wear spots on the corners of my Maltese and have considered contacting Passau/Roughneck to reskin it for me. That said, I've also had the pleasure of demoing the Aegis Interceptor Pro and can say that having recently taken one off the neck when wearing it... the Aegis performed equal to what I have come to expect from my Maltese unit. I have also demo'd the EcoFoam Pro unit and it had a VERY similar fit and feel to Maltese. No first hand experience with the neck guards PAW or Kova put out... but have no doubt they're tanks as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeff da goalie Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 56 minutes ago, cwarnar said: As above... Direct Maltese clone: https://goalieparts.com/products/ecoprofoam-neck-and-clavicle-protector.html Or the Roughneck which is a Passau sister company: https://roughneckprotection.com/english Sarah at PAW, Kova and Aegis also.offer decent neck protection I don't know about the new Aegis that is coming to the market soonish, but the current model does not provide the same neck protection as Maltese and its progeny. Not even close. The D30 or whatever that material is may be fine in other contexts, but not for a hard shot to the throat. Also, love everything Sara makes at PAW but there really are two models of neck protectors -- the Maltese and the Vaughn/PAW/everyone else. The Maltese is gel based and has no plastic. Very balanced. The PAW model (Kova is similar) is a completely different feel. I love the Maltese/Roughneck/EPF (I've had at least one of each) and sold my PAW as quickly as I could. Very well made, just didn't like the feel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jape Posted October 10, 2019 Author Share Posted October 10, 2019 I assume you have to order through the email on the roughneck site? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwarnar Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 44 minutes ago, Jape said: I assume you have to order through the email on the roughneck site? They do have reps. @Chenner29 (is here on the board) and Chris Piccinnini are US Reps while Rhys Johnson and Guillaume Miszczak handle Canada. You can contact them thru Facebook or PM here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadAngle41 Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 6 hours ago, jeff da goalie said: I don't know about the new Aegis that is coming to the market soonish, but the current model does not provide the same neck protection as Maltese and its progeny. Not even close. The D30 or whatever that material is may be fine in other contexts, but not for a hard shot to the throat. I can attest to the soonish to be released Aegis Interceptor Pro... they did a great job w/ layering D30 on the face along with a D30 lite material on the backing. Took one to the neck and it performed as well as my Maltese. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motowngoalie Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 Passau also has stock Roughneck items on their site: https://passauhockey.com/en/product-category/roughneck-protection/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaveByRichter35 Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 9 hours ago, BadAngle41 said: I second all of what @cwarnar said. Passau actually used to build the Maltese units... so saying the Roughneck they now make is a Maltese clone is damn near spot on. In fact I've noticed a couple wear spots on the corners of my Maltese and have considered contacting Passau/Roughneck to reskin it for me. That said, I've also had the pleasure of demoing the Aegis Interceptor Pro and can say that having recently taken one off the neck when wearing it... the Aegis performed equal to what I have come to expect from my Maltese unit. I have also demo'd the EcoFoam Pro unit and it had a VERY similar fit and feel to Maltese. No first hand experience with the neck guards PAW or Kova put out... but have no doubt they're tanks as well. Would they do that?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadAngle41 Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 13 hours ago, SaveByRichter35 said: Would they do that?? I'm not sure. I'll be sure to update this thread when the time comes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaveByRichter35 Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 2 hours ago, BadAngle41 said: I'm not sure. I'll be sure to update this thread when the time comes. That would be pretty awesome if that was something they could do. My old Maltese could use some TLC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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