My new arrival

[almeister33]

Your gear looks great.
I bought a set the last week of May, So I still have a long wait before I get mine!
Once you get some time in the gear give us a review!!!

[LuckOfTheGoalie]

im with almeister33

[RCS]

Which means, in theory, I'm before you two.

Yay!

[LuckOfTheGoalie]

did i mention that set is beautiful?

[Beazil]

Quick question: Are the knee rolls cosmetic? Or is there a reason for the offset angle on them? I often wondered about that regarding Vortek pads. I just have a hard time picturing that offset kind of break "working". Knowing they are made by folks who make good gear, I assume there's a reason. Curious mostly. Thanks in advance!

[the iron goalie]

Thanks for the positive comments. As far as th knee rolls being "functional" I believe they are, but I will check more closely this evening as I have my first on ice session.

Mark

[Keeps33]

i believe theyre cosmetic, if they were meant to flex up at the tops of the pads as the angle would indicate they would be useless in the down butterfly position.

[Ninj76]

These are great looking pads. You have the newer knee cradle set up (the older version had your knee directly against the back of the pad) with the the extra "U" stitched against the pad.

I did hear that was a mod to help with rotation (what seems to be the only rare "beef" with these pads) as some board members struggled with strapping systems to get them to rotate well in the butterfly and to line up perpendicular to the ice in the down position with a sealed 5-hole.

With mine, my knee would dig into the corner of the knee cradle rather than fall flat against the landing pad which would create a "V" opening in the butterfly. Drove me crazy! Especially coming of RBK's which, despite having many faults in my opinion, rotated beautifully and effortlessly.

Please let us know how they do. I am curious to see how the VK8 will look from a knee strapping perspective. I think I saw some members get more of an RBK knee set-up.

These are still the lightest most mobile pads I have ever played with and the best gloves I have ever played with.

[the iron goalie]

Gloves were great. Catcher is good out of the box but got better while on ice. Still needs a little more break-in for me as i like my catchers floppy.

Pads: The weight or lack thereof was very good. I did a b-fly slide right to left on a one timer fron @ 8' and it struck my rt knee (between the knee cap and the vastus medialis). The knee stiffened up rather quickly. I have never worn knee pads but am reconsidering. In defense of the pads I did not get squared up to the shot and the puck got through as I was pulling my 5 hole together. I also found on 2 occassions my knees fell out of the cradle in an aggressive slide and I hit my kne (left this time) on the ice. I tightened the cradle and this helped.

During my order process I thought I ordered a set of thigh wraps but did not receive them. I am not sure if they would have protected my knees in the scenarios above.

All in all i am quite happy with my new purchase. I just need a nother session or two to iron out the bugs.

Mark

[Rayzilla]

Originally Posted by the iron goalie

...I did a b-fly slide right to left on a one timer fron @ 8' and it struck my rt knee (between the knee cap and the vastus medialis)...

Mark

Hello Mark

Congrats on your purchase. The waiting game started for me about two weeks ago, so I still have a bit to go.

Do you have a somewhat permanent 'S' curve on your pads already? If not, that might be the reason that you had the opening on the knee. I have a permanent one on my C10's (34+2) and I've never come close to getting hit in the knee.