brennytheball Posted May 24, 2018 Share Posted May 24, 2018 So is there x-static in the arms' liner? Also can you comment at all on the shoulder coverage issue Kapz indentified? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beansbats Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 I received my stock Optik CA from The Goalie Crease last week and will be trying it out tonight for the first time. While my review will not be as complete as the TGN's, I will write one after the game tonight. -steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGoalNet Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 @beansbats _ the more reviews the better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beansbats Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 It will be at least another skate or two before I write a review, because I need to figure out what adjustments I can make in order to make this CA work for me. This was not a love at first use experience. My next attempt at using this CA will be Sunday. -steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coopaloop1234 Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 17 minutes ago, beansbats said: It will be at least another skate or two before I write a review, because I need to figure out what adjustments I can make in order to make this CA work for me. This was not a love at first use experience. My next attempt at using this CA will be Sunday. -steve Is any first time use of a C/A ever a love at first use? I'm absolutely loving my R/GT C/A, but man, it took me a good 4 games before I was comfortable enough in it. I hate breaking in new C/A's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadAngle41 Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 17 minutes ago, beansbats said: It will be at least another skate or two before I write a review, because I need to figure out what adjustments I can make in order to make this CA work for me. This was not a love at first use experience. My next attempt at using this CA will be Sunday. -steve Interesting. I'm fearful of the same situation on the Passau unit I have on order... so many adjustments might take a while to find the sweet spot. I planned on sewing whatever once I do find it though. Any chance you'll do the same to keep things from moving again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beansbats Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 1 hour ago, coopaloop1234 said: Is any first time use of a C/A ever a love at first use? I'm absolutely loving my R/GT C/A, but man, it took me a good 4 games before I was comfortable enough in it. I hate breaking in new C/A's. So true. That is exactly why I'm not going to do the review until I have some additional skates with it. I was overly optimistic 1 hour ago, BadAngle41 said: Interesting. I'm fearful of the same situation on the Passau unit I have on order... so many adjustments might take a while to find the sweet spot. I planned on sewing whatever once I do find it though. Any chance you'll do the same to keep things from moving again? I am keeping notes of what caused difficulty last night and if a simple stitch or additional mods will make a difference, I am all in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kapz Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 Trying on the Optik in store I absolutely loved the arms and body, decided to go with SubZero 3 shoulders. Dying for it to be delivered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_shifty1982 Posted June 2, 2018 Share Posted June 2, 2018 Feels on the heavy side would you say? Compare to the CCM and Bauers... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coopaloop1234 Posted June 2, 2018 Share Posted June 2, 2018 5 hours ago, mr_shifty1982 said: Feels on the heavy side would you say? Compare to the CCM and Bauers... Felt about the same as my R/GT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGoalNet Posted June 2, 2018 Share Posted June 2, 2018 Wore the unit for pickup skate. Felt great. No real complaints in the limited use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bell31 Posted July 7, 2018 Share Posted July 7, 2018 I tried on the new Optik CA and the arms were very difficult to get on. I even loosened up the strapping. Did you have a problem like this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGoalNet Posted July 7, 2018 Share Posted July 7, 2018 3 hours ago, Bell31 said: I tried on the new Optik CA and the arms were very difficult to get on. I even loosened up the strapping. Did you have a problem like this? Yes, I can see that concern. They don’t just slide on as easily as my old Vaughn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brennytheball Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 Is anyone cooking up a review of one of these? Ive been looking to get in one of these for half a year or more and it just.. Wont.. Show.. Up... Anywhere..! Stateside I think goalies plus and BTM have them in too small a size. Where else are you lot finding them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacob Musselman Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 3 hours ago, brennytheball said: Is anyone cooking up a review of one of these? Ive been looking to get in one of these for half a year or more and it just.. Wont.. Show.. Up... Anywhere..! Stateside I think goalies plus and BTM have them in too small a size. Where else are you lot finding them? I went through my current retail job at pro hockey life to get a custom one, when it comes in I'm thinking I might do one as it's mostly a stock L with XL arms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beansbats Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 After about 10 skates, I am either going to either sell my Optik CA or slap some Vaughn arms on it and give it another try. I like the body but I was unable to get the arms to work for me. The elbows are too tight even after adjustment, and the shoulder on my glove arm would catch no matter the adjustment(s) I made. Oh well. Win some / lose some. -steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bell31 Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 I didn't like the arms either. Returned the Optik yesterday and bought the new Vaughn V8 chest arm instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brennytheball Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 On 7/10/2018 at 10:42 AM, beansbats said: After about 10 skates, I am either going to either sell my Optik CA or slap some Vaughn arms on it and give it another try. I like the body but I was unable to get the arms to work for me. The elbows are too tight even after adjustment, and the shoulder on my glove arm would catch no matter the adjustment(s) I made. Oh well. Win some / lose some. -steve By "catch" do you mean the floater gets stuck out of your sleeve? also was there any issue with shoulder coverage like Kapz mentioned? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaveByRichter35 Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 On 7/10/2018 at 10:42 AM, beansbats said: After about 10 skates, I am either going to either sell my Optik CA or slap some Vaughn arms on it and give it another try. I like the body but I was unable to get the arms to work for me. The elbows are too tight even after adjustment, and the shoulder on my glove arm would catch no matter the adjustment(s) I made. Oh well. Win some / lose some. -steve This might be the first time I have ever heard someone say they would prefer to have Vaughn arms on their c/a lol. Doesn't say much for the Optik arms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeff da goalie Posted July 13, 2018 Author Share Posted July 13, 2018 1 hour ago, SaveByRichter35 said: This might be the first time I have ever heard someone say they would prefer to have Vaughn arms on their c/a lol. Doesn't say much for the Optik arms. Exactly! My only complaint I ever had with my Vaughn chesty was the arms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeff da goalie Posted July 13, 2018 Author Share Posted July 13, 2018 On 5/31/2018 at 10:42 AM, BadAngle41 said: Interesting. I'm fearful of the same situation on the Passau unit I have on order... so many adjustments might take a while to find the sweet spot. I planned on sewing whatever once I do find it though. Any chance you'll do the same to keep things from moving again? I didn't find that. I found my Passau good out of the box and there were very minor tweaks to make. No sewing needed. But I'm low maintenance. Once I find something that is comfortable, I don't go beyond to see if something is "optimal". i never mod my gear or order custom stuff (other than my Passau glove that I wanted bigger than NHL spec because, hey, it's beer league) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunnyman666 Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 1 hour ago, SaveByRichter35 said: This might be the first time I have ever heard someone say they would prefer to have Vaughn arms on their c/a lol. Doesn't say much for the Optik arms. Sub Z 3 arms sucked pretty badly for me; grafted on Warrior arms and it was a world changer for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGoalNet Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 On 7/9/2018 at 7:54 PM, brennytheball said: Is anyone cooking up a review of one of these? Ive been looking to get in one of these for half a year or more and it just.. Wont.. Show.. Up... Anywhere..! Stateside I think goalies plus and BTM have them in too small a size. Where else are you lot finding them? Don't have enough skates in yet to do anything formal. General thoughts: Good design, feels well protected, streamlined but not exposed felling, and hugs the body well Only things that people might not like? It's not "heavy", but it's not the lightest unit on the market. Arms work well, but require some break it. Again, that's not a major red flag... it's just NOT as "game ready" out of the box as some other units. Depends on if that matters to you or not. Overall, I think people should be happy with this unit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itis121 Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 Do the shoulder floaters have a connected feeling to the body? I debating on trading in my SLR's due to how bulky they are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brennytheball Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 So I've only had it for a couple of weeks, and I guess what youre after is how fixed in position they are..? The floaters are adjustable as they're velcro'd at the back but there are two short bits of elastic keeping them in place. I'm not sure how I would characterize the "feel" other than that they aren't as floaty as my last unit. As for bulkiness, I'm still sorting out having the unit lift up whenever I bend at the waist, but its much improved from the first skate. The extra padding they have on the wrist area does interfere with my lefevre 1 piece glove cuff. I do have a bit of interference with the chin on my CCM bucket and I've had to cut a piece of foam from the rib wrap around because it dug into my armpit. My other issues with the unit are the weight relative to my old zero-g and the absence of x-static liner in the arms relative to sz3 that I almost purchased. All that said, I'm satisfied with the optik ca and expect it to get even better with time. Should get 5-10 years out of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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