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Just some initial thoughts after receiving it the mail this afternoon. I have not worn it out on the ice yet, I'm actually kinda scared to. Once openning the box and taking it out, I immediately noticed two things. LIGHT - this thing is very light and nimble. Immediately I thought, oh no, this thing wont be very protective... I put it on and was very impressed however with the mobility out of the box. It moved like liquid while I had it on.
I ordered a small since i'm only 5'5 and one thing i noticed is that the portion that protects your stomach area is shorter than most other CA's. It also does not wrap around your (at least my) stomach completely exposing the bottom sides of my stomach (I'm not the skinniest guy but nor am I the fattest either). The side flaps just barely cover over my rib section, so the exposed section of my torso spans from just under the rib to my waist on either side. At first I thought I may have ordered a size too small but then i checked the arms and they were perfect length. The shoulder and elbow floaters have intelligently designed folds that bend naturally with your body. The plastics for these parts are also relatively thin. One shoulder floater completely covers the upper arm bicep area so to nullify any fears of stingers in the bicep region (that was nice). Arm protection looks solid, collarbone is scary thin as others have stated, dont wear this thing unless you have some sort of combo.
I am hoping that after I tuck these things into my RBK pants that my pants will make up the protection around the sides of the belly, but I don't think they ride up that high. I may have to find some way to sew in some additional belly protection to make up for it.
Anyway I will try this thing out tomorrow night and give my first impressions after.
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