bunnyman666

As long as Jeff gets his stuff together, it's going to be good.

32 minutes ago, sebastiancp1 said:

So is the new Maltese sweatband actually available or did they post a product on social media that you can't actually buy yet?

I don't know. Could be an interesting product.  

15 minutes ago, TheGoalNet said:

Awesome. Great info 

never knew about the graphite. I've done a couple players sticks in the past and only used expoxy

It's funny- my first composite repair was on a disc wheel. That was what the engineers told me to use. 

I used epoxy powder as a reinforcement like using nano-carbon. No-it isn't QUITE nano carbon, but it does add more carbon to the layup. 

It has become somewhat of a go-to repair method for composite sticks.

1 minute ago, TheGoalNet said:

@bunnyman666 is powdered graphite easily available?

You lube your locks with it. 

9 hours ago, Zach_the_mac31 said:

I just have a question about goalie sticks:

I'm currently using a CCM premier plus composite goalie stick. I'm almost at the point where I've had it for a year. I wouldn't change a thing I love that stick so much everything is perfect about it! But, there's a small crack at the heel. It's very small but should I be worried? Pic on top.

Remove all tape. Clean the blade with acetone. Buy household epoxy and powdered graphite. Mix a 50/50 mix of epoxy and graphite, spread it into the crack, then wrap the blade with electrical tape. Let it cure for two days. 

If your son did not like your iterations, he would have HATED my April Fool's set. I will have to go on my other devise for that...

15 hours ago, Hills said:

I was going to order their Bacon Suspenders or what ever they are called... but then they charge $15 USD to ship them to Canada... which added on top of the USD base rate makes those far too expensive for me to order. Shame really and I know those could be sent off in basically a letter envelope for a few bucks.

Even from the "Monster Canada" site?

You saved yourself serious frustration.

12 hours ago, sebastiancp1 said:

I don't want to turn this into a bash thread, but I'm disappointed in the "high quality" shock cord.  It's already fraying and losing elasticity after about 6 months of playing once a week.  I know it's cheap, but still.  I know these things have been said before but there's just so much "other" stuff going on with that company that takes away from some of their good ideas.  Seems like their brand name changes per social media platform, some vulgar-language filled social media posts, constantly changing pricing, out of stock issues, favoring pro customers and those through other sites like GGSU and lastly their promotional strategy (this one gets me).  It seems like they run sometime every damn week or day so why am I going to buy something now when it might be cheaper later?  Openly admitting that if you just talk to a Rep you get a discount code?  Why would I ever buy anything at full retail price from them again?  Rant over.  I should really keep my concerns to myself because I really don't know what it's like to run a small business, but man that stuff gets under my skin.

You may not know about running a small business, but you do know the recipe for losing the faith of a small business' bread and butter- the regular paying customer. 

I am now changing my tune on Laum. Once he has your money, you just have to piss off and wait with no communication. 

This has become the norm. Poor customer service has become accepted practise. 

I apologise for EVER defending Laum.

The grade has downgraded. No confirmation from the full time rep. Queue the Genesis song "No Reply at All"...

Carbon fibre is NOT supposed to burn.

I was told once that the only carbon in the Vaughn "carbon" is the carbon pigment in the ink printed on the plastics. I wish a retailer would have a display of what is really inside of the "carbon" gear.

Jonas' shoulders look very, very square. You're not going to find this at your local Partial Hockey or Goalie Ape, for certain!

Yes- there is a review thread on the knee blocks, but now here is a gear thread. 

Some of you feel the same way about Jeff Laum as I do about Dave Wilcox. I get that. My initial experience was uniquely different, just like some of you had a much better Wilcox experience than I. It does not mean that either of us are liars. 

I can say, however, that Jeff is trying. He hired someone to be his main rep, if you will. I bought some Hals on the April 15 flash sale, as it was basically two for one. 

Needless to say, no email by yesterday was making the old rabbit twitchy. When I get twitchy, I get to start emailing people, then phoning them. I thought to myself "Great. I am going to be out $20". I don't even like to lose a penny, let alone $20. Being of two ethnicities that are reputed to be bargainers and misers, I get quite irritated even losing a penny.

I enquired about the status of my order last night, which got a reply within an hour. I was told that the Hals for the flash sale were on back order. Of course in our email exchange,  coming from a man who has owned his own businesses since a wee boy, I gave my two cents worth saying that it would have been nice to have received a "sorry, but we're out; would you accept a substitute colour/style, instead?" email when the demand was going to obviously outstrip supply. 

Well, I got what I wished for. It took a little bit of prodding, but it's going to happen. 

Flash sales should have ample supply, or at least a finite supply that should be stated (i.e. 500 units left at this price). The concept of a flash sale is actually quite an old one. They are typically a way to either thank past customers or get new ones with either an over-run or a product that is a slow mover. Flash sales should never wait for production to pick up the slack. 

Customers should NEVER be left hanging when purchasing from a sale like this. The SECOND it becomes a back order situation, an automatic notification should go out with each receipt, offering a substitute or a refund. The customer should NEVER have to enquire about an order's status when it becomes a back order situation. Constant contact is key as far as business success. With numerous places to complain, fiascos like this can kill a business.

I am giving this ordering experience a C, being that the experience would have been graded lower had the new Monster rep not answered me in an expedious fashion and offered an alternative. It should have not taken an exchange like this to make me whole. Of course, I have not received my product, so we will have to wait and see.

I have another situation with an order I had placed on Thursday with a different vendor.  I got the "we took your money" email, and no shipping confirmation. If I don't either see a shipment confirmation email or my product by Monday (as I paid for 2day shipping), you had better BELIEVE I am going to raise holy HELL with that merchant, as they have more than $20 of mine!!!

Stay tuned.

I think that the big gear companies think we're stupid. 

Good looking masque.

Can't wait to see what you do with it. 

Welcome to the board.

24 minutes ago, TheGoalNet said:

Check out my page then! 

I did! Now check out mine @bunnydevildude

I am on Instagram...

2 minutes ago, TheGoalNet said:

I posted some pics of a Lundqvist "TotalOne NXG" the other day, its definitely not composite! 

Linky?

2 hours ago, TheGoalNet said:

Lundy uses a wood that's painted to match the Reactor line now. They used to paint them to look like the TotalOne NXG. No idea what they paint them to look like next year, Vapor 1X? 

I have heard that, but you know how urban legends go.

Even as I said that wood will go away before anything else does, it would not be that hard to make your own wood hockey stick, especially since modern sticks are veneers pressed together. Just glue and a press. Veneered wood construction would be the last thing to go, and considering that the way the old  sticks were made, you could make several sticks from the amount of wood in one old school stick.  

21 hours ago, Chester said:

I was in my local hockey store.  Guy in there said "most manufacturers are going away from foam core sticks. Gonna be either all wood or synthetic".

Anyone else heard this??

And while Im here, Warrior Ritual VRC goal stick. Anyone know anything about this stick?

Im finding stuff about VR1, VR2 and VR3, but not the VRC.

Crappy Tire special??

 

On a side note, he stated Lundqvist uses a full wood stick painted to look like composite.  

If anything, it's wood that's going away. Between the problems of sustainability and the weight and heft of wood to the fact that foam cores guarantee the need for constant replacement, wood is going away, not the other way around.

Note that whilst appreciating that foam is lighter, it breaks down and performs poorly after a certain amount of play. 

Composite sticks have the same foam core that the foam core, wood- handled ones. I don't know where that employee got his info.

Who knows what King Lundy actually uses? 

But through all of this- I look at hockey like I look at sex: bad hockey is better than none at all.

I think that's who was making OTNY's masques.

35 minutes ago, SaveByRichter35 said:

The last time I saw an open hockey was a Friday night, they had the ice after my game, there was one goalie on one end taking shots from like 3 guys.  The other end was another 2 or 3 guys taking turns taking slap shots on an open net with a go pro on the ice facing the puck as they shot it.  They were all complete benders.  This is what its like a lot of the time.  Then sometimes there are nights where there is a decent turn out.

I'd rather poke out my eyes!

Drop in IS the luck of the draw. That's all I have for now as I work two jobs and only have one day off per week.  As I say- you want consistency, start your own league. 

6 minutes ago, TheGoalNet said:

Josh Robinson (ECHL) gave me some crazy info! 

He said the new pant sizes are a complete sham. He said that Vaughn "legal" pants are bigger than his old CCM "non-legal" pants and the "New" CCM pants are too tight. He will be changing to Vaughn next season 

Just proves how non-uniform rules interpretations can be!