hello. I was up in Fort Erie at the store for ******* the other day (exactly a week ago, actually) and i was allowed to try on the ******* 994 as well as play around with all of their glove sets. Although i only did like, a hundred up-downs in them (lol), i must say that they were incredibly comfortable. I like how they have that furry-like material on the inside where you put your legs, soft materials make me go gaga, idk why, lol. They were also WAY more lighter than my ******* 993s, although that may be just that my 993s are 12" while the ones i tried on are 11". They were easy to go down in, and they felt freaking great. As for the gloves, i tried on both the ul4 pair, the 994 pair and the matrix 3 pair. No offense, i couldn't stand the matrix 3. For me, at least, it was weird, because usually i love double-T trappers, but this one for me just doesn't feel comfortable. I think it has to do with the placing of the pocket. I loved, however the 994 trapper. It just.....closed. It's as simple as that, it was so comfortable and lightweight and it had such a good feel to it, that for me, at least, it just closed, and it wasn't even broken in, at all (or at least thats what they said.) I ended up buying the 993 c/a there, which came in two days ago and is terrific. I only really read the part of your review about the pads, no offense, so i don't know if you've already mentioned this, and if you did, just forget this but, i think you should include something about your experiences with the service there. I, for one, when i went there, felt that they were absolutely terrific. At first the guy let me try on the matrix 3 c/a, and i felt that it was too big and bulky, so then i tried on the 993 and it felt a lot more comfortable to me. Now, to others this may seem like a very little thing, but to me it was big. When my mom asked the salesman (i forgot his name) whether she would be better off paying the extra 25 dollars for the m3, he told my mom that if i felt that it would handicap my play even the slightest bit, then i should not get it. To me, at least, that is a big thing, because a lot of people on this board make them out to be these cheap bastards who are trying to rip you off. And although i have nothing against people with this opinion, i will just say that personally, i own ******* 993 leg pads and i love them, and i also now own the ******* 993 c/a. If you want to express your opinion about something that you actually have used or tried on before, that is ok with me. But if you're just hating ******* because they pretty much copy the best manufacturer's stuff and sell for hundreds less, even though they mod it a little bit to their own liking, or are hating it for some other reason, thats ok if you hate it, but let's not make this thread, or this forum for that matter, into a warzone. I'm not intentionally trying to single anyone out, because i love this board and have gained a lot of useful information from it. I'm not trying to sound all preachy and stuff, and im not trying to say you HAVE to listen to me...im just making a suggestion about how ******* is a legit company like everyone else, and i frankly couldn't care less about whether or not nobody else likes em...they make great gear for a terrific price, and i couldnt give a damn whether or not theyre exact replicas of another large company's pads. Anyways, not to turn this thread into a www.pastorshinderhizzle.info sorta thing...im just sick of all these people dissing *******...........sorry if ive angered anyone out there...and good luck with your pads! I can't wait till next year, cuz my mom's promised me new pads and im definitely interested in the 994's!!!
by the way sorry for the ridiculously long posts...my mom wants me to study for a test i have in a week and a half and not only am i putting in my 2 cents, im also procrastinating
haha!