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I've had no issue with the buckle durability but the holders loosened up a ton and the rivets feel like they have oval holes in the boot since I can move the holder side to side. In other words if you see some size 8 konekts with black holders on sidelineswap this spring, do not be tempted and do not buy them.

From my understanding it has a very simple graphic so that it'll match nicely with other brands. Brians graphics don't generally work that well when mixed with other sets and eclipse is meant to fix that. Those who want a matching set and are already in brians pads can order a matching graphic eclipse glove and blocker if they wish.

2024

As far as I know warrior has no precurve option and expects you to add curve to the pads yourself. I've added a bit to mine but they're definitely no where near as curved as Brian's unfortunately

Had mine a season and a half. I'm between B and C width. They were great the first season but going into this year and through December the heel pocket got so loose that my heel would lift causing me to lose my edge more often and struggle with quick movements. Even rebaking the skates and adding pressure to the heel while cooling did not fix this. The hinge also seems to bind a little more when molded to narrower feet. I'm now in some stock Eflex 6 skates and loving them. No heel lift, no pressure points after a week of skating in them, and the only thing I struggled with for a little was getting used to the lower cut boot. Now that I'm used to it I can get deeper and wider in my stance than I ever could with konekt. I do miss the consistency of putting on the konekts.

I'm still surprised we haven't seen anyone try bungees limited with skate lace to push off the post

I still only count 50/50 as far as ccm 580s go. Who all is using the crossform strap in a 580 build?

Hopefully this means we can finally get supreme sticks with a white paddle

Do you have evidence of the crossform strap being used in normal 580s? Seems 50/50 since Levi and Demko have traditional 580s while Markstrom and Skinner share a custom glove build with the 5#1 backhand (and presumably crossform strap) on a normal 580 build

Those are absolutely sweet

As much as I love the look of bottom heavy graphics I think I'll be doing more white this year to try and blend in. I'm struggling to track the puck with this much black on the pads. Who knows maybe I'll do @coopaloop1234's worst nightmare

Per warrior's catalog the 7.1 will still be sewn in and 7.0 will be removable just like before. Also just noticed the link says G6 for some reason and warrior had updated that link https://www.warriorgoaliecustomizer.com/warrior_custom_app/?model=rg7

The final version of the warrior customizer is much nicer than the one I found. As far as I'm concerned this is right up there with bauer's customizer since it has descriptions with pictures for every spec option. https://www.warrior.com/C-RG6PP.html

Just came to post this but you beat me to it! These aren't my team colors but I just wanted to make a nice looking set

Ccm custom offer a fully custom shell and their higher level of custom offers nearly every option the pros get with the exception of being able to order an older model. Last I heard bauer doesn't even adjust the padding for their retail custom skates

Both true and ccm should be able to accommodate your needs. All you get with bauer custom is quarter sizes. If memory serves there was a period of time where true didn't do proper custom and just picked whatever foot last they had stored and was closest to yours with a few adjustments. As of last year I know for certain they're doing proper custom again (probably ties in to when they switched scanning processes).

This has not been true since G3. G4 was full width off the shelf (it did shrink over time) and every pad since then has been full width. What set G6 apart was its ability to maintain that width after a season of use

On true pads the farthest outside options just centers the toe ties.

M5 has sold poorly compared to X5. Bauer probably sees no point in keeping it around

Some would say it already has

Pure has the customizer link up but no customizer https://goalie.purehockey.com/product/warrior-g7-rtl-pro-goalie-equipment-custom-design-intermediate/itm/63429-31/&ved=2ahUKEwiWtNjZjdGDAxXCj4kEHT_AAh4QFnoECBcQAQ&usg=AOvVaw3EnAr00cKkA-yD31SpD9it

It's a very nice customizer I'll be honest

Iirc askarov used a 600 glove when he was in eflex and somehow got a proper Lefevre style bauer 600 glove instead of a supreme.

You know what that means. Guess who was right

Thinking about getting one of the XF helmets during off season since they're probably not as hot to wear during heavy practices. Anyone picked one up yet?