Optik 3 chest protector

[Yzueblin]

Seen this video on instagram 

for me a is the optik 3 chest with the vent in front of it 

new pant too ? 

[keeperton]

3 hours ago, Yzueblin said:

Seen this video on instagram 

for me a is the optik 3 chest with the vent in front of it 

new pant too ? 

Can confirm there will be Optik 3 pants.

 

The chest is an absolute tank with rather decent articulation, no longer has the (re)movable neck piece, the arms are very padded throughout (I was impressed, I haven't seen such strong bicep padding on another stock unit), and the sternum piece is great.; there's not a huge softspot or "ah, that's where the stingers will get ya" spot I could find on it. The people that could fit into it that tried it on loved it and had full range of motion; I cannot recall if the arms were laced in/removable (perhaps they stuck with velcro from the Optik 2), but I think they were?

As is customary with Brian's, and a lot more chest unit these days, the strapping is very flexible.

Here's a couple more pictures of the Optik 3 chest, one from their social medias and one I took in person back in December (size pictured is a large):

Edited March 10 by keeperton

[A.YOUNGoalie13]

On 3/10/2023 at 4:12 PM, keeperton said:

Can confirm there will be Optik 3 pants.

 

The chest is an absolute tank with rather decent articulation, no longer has the (re)movable neck piece, the arms are very padded throughout (I was impressed, I haven't seen such strong bicep padding on another stock unit), and the sternum piece is great.; there's not a huge softspot or "ah, that's where the stingers will get ya" spot I could find on it. The people that could fit into it that tried it on loved it and had full range of motion; I cannot recall if the arms were laced in/removable (perhaps they stuck with velcro from the Optik 2), but I think they were?

As is customary with Brian's, and a lot more chest unit these days, the strapping is very flexible.

Here's a couple more pictures of the Optik 3 chest, one from their social medias and one I took in person back in December (size pictured is a large):

Sad to see the adjustable neck go, that was one of my favorite features of the optik 1 and 2.

[keeperton]

14 hours ago, A.YOUNGoalie13 said:

Sad to see the adjustable neck go, that was one of my favorite features of the optik 1 and 2.

Note that I could be wrong and it could change by the time it hits retail.

I think it's both a good feature, but entirely unnecessary.

[A.YOUNGoalie13]

3 hours ago, keeperton said:

Note that I could be wrong and it could change by the time it hits retail.

I think it's both a good feature, but entirely unnecessary.

Those pics seem to show it is no more. However I’m surprised you say unnecessary. A lot of chests the neck sits way to low, so low a neckguard is the only padding some may have up there. With the brians this was never an issue because of the separate piece.

[coopaloop1234]

3 hours ago, A.YOUNGoalie13 said:

Those pics seem to show it is no more. However I’m surprised you say unnecessary. A lot of chests the neck sits way to low, so low a neckguard is the only padding some may have up there. With the brians this was never an issue because of the separate piece.

Sounds like a fit issue. Most C/A's I've ever owned/tried on are easy to set up with proper coverage in the collarbone area. 

[keeperton]

12 hours ago, A.YOUNGoalie13 said:

Those pics seem to show it is no more. However I’m surprised you say unnecessary. A lot of chests the neck sits way to low, so low a neckguard is the only padding some may have up there. With the brians this was never an issue because of the separate piece.

 

8 hours ago, coopaloop1234 said:

Sounds like a fit issue. Most C/A's I've ever owned/tried on are easy to set up with proper coverage in the collarbone area. 

Going to have to echo @coopaloop1234 here and say I've never had one that didn't provide some collarbone or neck coverage. If it's designed "right" that shouldn't be a problem.

[old and stiff]

I'm looking forward to this hitting the market. I'll be in the market for a new chesty, and will probably get either a Bauer mach, hyperlite, or this. I loved how beefy the optik 2 was while also having pretty decent mobility, but didn't love how the side rib pillow made the unit flare out. I'd guess they modified that area on the optik 3. There also look like loops hanging at the bottom of the shoulder floaters, maybe they'll link into the pants. Does anyone know if the optik2 used Bri-core?

I really wanted to like the optik 2 pant- again, really well made and beefy per usual with Brian's. But the pants felt really uncomfortable when I would bend over to tie my skates and put my pads on. Protection didn't seem like it would ever be an issue, just couldn't get comfortable. 

[keeperton]

1 hour ago, old and stiff said:

I'm looking forward to this hitting the market. I'll be in the market for a new chesty, and will probably get either a Bauer mach, hyperlite, or this. I loved how beefy the optik 2 was while also having pretty decent mobility, but didn't love how the side rib pillow made the unit flare out. I'd guess they modified that area on the optik 3. There also look like loops hanging at the bottom of the shoulder floaters, maybe they'll link into the pants. Does anyone know if the optik2 used Bri-core?

I really wanted to like the optik 2 pant- again, really well made and beefy per usual with Brian's. But the pants felt really uncomfortable when I would bend over to tie my skates and put my pads on. Protection didn't seem like it would ever be an issue, just couldn't get comfortable. 

There was no Bri-Core in the Optik2.