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Best setup I ever had? This goes way back but... Eagle leg pads with nylon face (not jenpro) which were a copy of Vaughn VPG3500, Eagle TB15 blocker and TT10 glove with Nash Face and Nash palm (copy of Vaughn B1050 and T1050 gloves), Tackla 6500 goal pants, custom made chest and arm pads by Miller (Are they still around? These were as good then as NHL spec today), D&R GK10 knee pads. Eddy Custom LT mask. All quite retro, and maybe not the best looking, but totally dialed in for fit protection and mobility at the time.

A huge +1 to the standardization of leg pad sizing. That's priority #1 because the cost of making a mistake when buying is huge. How about the industry offering different size/style arms and chest pads separately so we can mix and match the brand, style and lengths at the store. All we need is a standardized connection between them (I'll propose a simple velcro strap at the top of each arm that runs through a loop under the shoulder floater), Come to think of it, I'd like to be able to choose my own shoulder floater too--from any brand. It'd be like legos. Just combine whatever pieces you like in whatever way you want them.

I can't find any indicator of "fit 1", "Fit 2", etc. There no marking on the chest. But the arms clearly say "Regular" and I've seen other that say "long". I typically wear a size Large chesty (I'm 5'11, 34" sleeves on a dress shirt) and the arms on this one are perfect length for me. For others who may be reading this and don't know about these units. The arms are super easily swapped. There's just a piece of velcro strapping at the top of each arm and a loop in the shoulder it fits through, so you can move the arms up and down (by 3-4" at least) or swap them out in about 10 seconds. I've read some posts in various places where goalies have used this chest with Kennesky PP1 arms and vice versa too. As I mentioned previously, tons of adjustability. For what it's worth I measured the distance from the bottom of the chesty to the top of the padded collar (from the front) and it is about 20" (about 19" to the base of the collar).

I think if you can get a good fit on the chesty, you'll be okay. Most of the magic is in the arms. You can't really wear a padded shirt to make up the difference in the arms but you can make up for a thin chesty with a padded shirt + padded neck/collar from Aegis or Warrior or the like. If you've got the arms sorted out, then I think you'll 95-99% of the way home. One of the tricks you can pull on the shortening the arms is to remove the velcro at the wrists. I don't find the velcro does must functionally, (except get in the way of rotating my wrist within the cuff of the gloves lol) so that's another way to buy back about another inch or so. On previous units, I've also messed with the attachment at the top of the arm to shoulder to shorten things up there too. This area is covered by the floater so you can get away with removing some of the padding if needed. Ultimately, you're just looking for the elbows to be locked into the elbow cap. Without that, the arms will always be falling or shifting or twisting whenever you move..

BTW: the best alternate I found was a Hyperlite custom ordered with Mach/Ultrasonic arms, beefed up in floaters, forearm and biceps, with the arms cut 20 mm shorter than stock. Super pricey though and I think it was slightly heavier and a little more bulky than the CCM AB18Pro, but protection was good.

100% agree. I found one of these at a San Jose Sharks end-of-season sale last year and it's night-and-day better than retail units. Once you find/use one, you can never go back. The unit is all nylon (no "airfoam" or knit material which wear out and get holes quickly), the plastics and foams are thicker and the adjustability is outstanding. Mobility is also outstanding as you'd expect. One of the nifty/unique features is it uses no buckles for the elastic strap around your waist, just velcro, to avoid them getting broken by pucks. If you can find, one, it's worth owning at (almost) any price if you're playing at a high level and keep getting bruises. Of course, you'll need to be 5'11 or taller (likely) as just about every goalie in the NHL now is 6' or taller. My unit fits like a retail "large" but it's not uncommon for guys to have these made with a shorter/longer arm to fit their proportions.

Sorry for the late reply. I’ve been away and unable to capture a photo until now. Here you go. I had a ski shop technician drill out the bolt holding the rail and replace it with a longer rail held in by a removable screw. Totally routine workfor ski shops. Completely foreign to skate shops. The photo shows the two rails side by side so you can see the difference in length, but only the longer one on the right is attached to the boot.

What’s the break angle on the catch glove?

I have 2E wide feet and high arches and could not latch the lower buckle even when it was fully extended. Huge bummer. So I went to a local ski shop and had them drill out the rivet and replace the lower metal rail with a longer one that was screwed in (so it’s now easily replaceable). My local hockey shop had no idea, skills, tools, or experience in how to do this. For the ski shop it was trivial. Done to perfection in minutes. Now I can finally latch the lower buckle across the arch of my foot and have been able to play several times in the skates. I can’t imagine going back to lace up skates now. I’ve always had trouble with the Bauer toe caps being narrow and was having fit issues with my Bauer Elite Fit 3 skates. Those issues are totally gone with the Konnekt. No more pain in the toe box area. My feet can finally lay flat even when I’m crouched in my goal stance. with Konnekt, I just have a snug fit all around my foot with no hot spots. Never had that before. Truly a game changer for me. Flex is awesome. Neither too loose or too stiff. Feels perfectly natural on the ice. I ended up wearing the top buckle one or two slots looser than I thought I would when I fitted them in the store. They don’t need to be crazy tight for the hinge to work. I’m also in and out of these skates in seconds. Didn’t realize how much time and trouble it was to lace skates up correctly until now. Can never go back. Something important no one is talking about is that the skates run small by one size. I bought the recommended size for my feet (size 8). My right foot is 8.5 and my left is 7 according to Bauer scanner. Bauer says (it’s even printed on the box) that they’ll mold to fit my half size longer right foot and adjust to my wide feet. 100% on molding to the width but not the length. My toes are slammed against the front. I took out the footbed from the liner and compared them to my Bauer elite 8.5 and they were a full size smaller. No wonder my toes are jammed. I’m used to have a gap so my ties don’t touch the front. That is just my preference. I had to trim down my previous footbeds to get them to fit. After playing in them a few times I’ve decided I’m going to replace them with a size 9 so I can get the larger shell, liners, and footbeds. Hopefully the factory lower buckle will latch with no modification, it if not, I’d have no concerns taking these to my ski shop and having them replace that lower rail again. But I do think the new size will be a perfect fit after heat molding. Of course YMMV.