ZeroGravitas

I see the old RBK/Reebok masks, pre-Lefevre shell. Interested in trying them on, the Super Tacks X player helmets are pretty comfortable. But I don't know if there is anything that can get me to move out of my Protechsports.

What's going on with the knee cradle material? Looks like it's getting ripped up. How many skates do you have in these?

I think he had a video on his vlog stating he had some North American interest. I cannot fathom changing manufacturers when you're trying to crack a AHL/NHL team again, though. This and the fact that the gear looks to be off-the-shelf product makes me think it's just marketing rather than a true gear "siting".

Optik 3 pic per PureGoalie Same Optik 3 pic, but rotated so the boot is flat - pretty substantial curve. Not much local interest in Brian's so my knowledge and experience is super limited, FWIW.

Release date is 11/1, so probably some time in October at the earliest?

Not available to the public. Yet...

Looking good.

Hate this damn customizer.

That does make sense since its a little early. I think most stores starting placing orders a couple months from now? Also, the weird thing is that my box says "CCMEFX5 SP..." and that's not a sample product.

Price reduced on the True leg pads and blocker. Get them outta my house!

@Hockey34 mentioned the size was on the boot, so it could be off the shelf retail. Unless its a TCP pad and they embroidered the size on the boot but that seems unlikely. Do you have a picture of your EF6 box to see how it compares to my EF5 box and Kask's box?

It's funny (and kind of disingenuous) to say that you have to go custom just to get a full set of finger stalls/loops.

Nice catch, I totally missed that!

Don't wanna step on the Big Man's toes.

Thanks to Mr. and Mrs. Kaskisuo, we've got some video of the upcoming CCM set. The resolution of the box is pretty low, but these are pretty standard boxes from CCM, whether the gear is stock or custom. Below is the box from the video and a picture of my custom EF5 box. The EF5 box affixes "CUST" to each line for custom product. I think the "SP" suffix in the words also denotes that it is special/custom. Anyone with a stock or custom Axis 2/EF6 box to corroborate? We don't see a CUST suffix on Kaskisuo's box, but there may be a SP suffix in its place at the end. Resolution is too low to make it out. For colour, it looks like we can see "SR W/W/W/W..." for the pads and similar for the glove and blocker, with "REG" attached to denote regular handedness. Weight appears of the new set appears to be very close/same as EF5. I suspect this Axis XF is stock, though. Boot appears to be flatter than EF6/AX2? There was a very slight channel to AX2/EF6. Hard to tell with the brightness. Knee cradle material looks the same. The grey material used in the leg channel seems the same. Looks like the blocker has some of the knee grip material on the inside of the cuff. Hard to see, but the catcher might have some too, you can see something gray by the D3O tag. Hard to tell if the stitching lines that separate the calf landing from the pad are there. It seems like there is some kind of separation, so these might be Total Custom Pro pads rather than off-the-shelf retail Pro/standard Total Custom. Strapping looks the same. No change to the DRS PRO or QMSS 2 logos so it seems like there are little to no changes regarding strapping.

US with US stiffness vs Mach with Mach stiffness. US was used for about 2 years, Mach was either: new out of the box or less than 5 skates. Doesn't look like a radical difference, but it felt like one!

Like Coop says, Mach is much stiffer than M5. I've had both Ultrasonic (with US stiffness) and Mach (with Mach stiffness) and the difference is substantial. I've also had HL1 (with HL1 stiffness) and now HL2 (with US stiffness). While I have never used M5 Pro, it feels and looks (spec-wise) very, very similarly to the US. I had a review thread with the Machs and originally planned to do a long-term review, but ended up not doing a it because they were just too stiff and it was not good for my game.

Same for me. My thought is that if you go softer, you might be able to get at least a slight curve going on it as you break it in. I had a pic on one of these threads with my warranty replacement HL2 and my used HL2 and you can see the curve developing on the used set. Granted, HL2 is a much softer pad...

Stole these from reddit https://www.reddit.com/gallery/15x5pqr

You're in M5 Pro right now? Mach stiffness is stiffer than the M5 pad IIRC. You may prefer Ultrasonic stiffness instead if you like thr way the M5 feels.

You may prefer the Vapor TuneFit instead of Supreme TuneFit - most people seem to. See below for differences.

Make sure you're under Pro Custom and have Mach selected under Glove Construction. Should be the very last option under Glove Specs. Bauer/CCM and Warrior are more... turn and burn rather than building stuff to spec ala Vaughn/Brian's

Yep!

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Pants sold via SLS.