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  Your _____ Equipment
  This is how the game goes. Name one gear that is:
  Your Cheapest Equipment
  Your Most Expensive Equipment
  You only have to name ONE. You can name more then that if you want but one is the minimum.
  For me it's my Bauer Impact 75 skates. I don't use them anymore but I still have them.
  wat? I think you failed at your own game
  Best: Farrell H500 Shoulder Pads
  Worst: Farrell HG300 Gloves
  Cheapest: Whatever model Easton elbow pads I own
  Most Expensive: MLX Skates
  It seems like I did. I wasn't thinking but I meant those skates are my worst gear.
  My best gear is definitley my CCM U+12 Chest Protector which I still use. So mobile and lightweight but also enough protection. Not great for checking but it feels amazing.
  Best: Sherwood 5030 composite, $60 these days and a great deal, durable
  Worst: nada, happy with everything
  Cheapest: Sherwood 5030 shoulder pads, cheap n super light, full motion
  Expensive: Reebok 6K skates, really good, great fit, hope the tendon guards don't fall off
  The "skates" edition:
  Worst: Bauer Vapor x3.0 skates, my first pair of hockey skates, they were way too soft for a guy with my weight (at the time) - haven't purchased from that shop again since
  Cheapest: Bauer Vapor x7.0 skates - got the used for 50€, backup skates now
  Most Expensive & Best: Bauer Vapor X:60 skates, worth every cent
  Besides skates:
  Best: Easton S19 helmet, light and very protective
  Worst: Easton EQ20 elbow pads, always shifting
  Cheapest: Tackla 5100 pants used for 20€, great protection and mobility
  Most expensive: CCM Crazy-Strong Shoulders+Elbows, same as CL but with added liner, great mobility and really low weight, yet I feel well-protected
  Best: I love all of my stuff, but if I had to pick one item it would be one of my Warrior Pro Stock Dolos. The one I'm thinking about is a 110 flex and whoever "Dee" is, he or she created the perfect pattern IMO. It feels like it has just as much pop as the day I got it and I have been hard on it. I have used it less frequently in my rotation in the last six months in order to prolong its lifespan, but it always performs when called upon.
  Worst: I got a Bauer APX blade and it blew up during warm-ups after 4 shots - that is not an exaggeration. I've never really been a "Bauer guy" and after $70 and 4 shots (that's $17.50/shot) with that blade, I'll stick to what I like.
  Cheapest: I'm an Ebay troll, so I get most of my equiptment pretty cheap. The cheapest was a brand new Nike Ignite shaft (the ones made by Innovative) for $5.00on Ebay. Although I don't really use standard hosel shaft/blades anymore, it's got great puck feel and can't beat the price.
  Expensive: CCM U+ Crazy Light skates. $400 but worth every penny.
  Best = Jofa elbow pads
  Worst = My M11 helmet is a little uncomfortable and I wish I could wear my tongues over my Reebok shins, but I'm happy overall
  Cheapest = Sherwood 9950 shoulders...$35 new
  Most Expensive = Graf G35's...$425 on sale
  Best = Vapor X:60 stick. Perfect weight, balance, and flex. Scored so many goals.
  Worst = Any cheap stick I've ever bought, Itech shoulder pads (rode up), Bauer Vapor pants, no protection at all, Warrior Diablo that snapped on the second use, TPS R2 Armor shafts which always snapped right away, any Bauer wood blade
  Cheapest = Can't recall...probably all the beginner gear I bought
  Most Expensive = Graf G35's, see above
  Your Best Equipment - My Bauer Vapor X:30 skates, I'd often gone 'Below-Average' with previous skates, and decided to go mid-range... They're perfect if I'm honest!
  Your Worst Equipment - My ill fitting RBK/Jofa 3K Shinpads...
  Your Cheapest Equipment - My RBK 3K elbowpads...
  Your Most Expensive Equipment - Currently, my Krown 360 lid... My EQ50s are coming from America and so they're cheap, but still around £200 once everythings sorted out...
  Best Equipment - Has to be my Sherwood 5030 Shoulder Pads. Best fitting pads I ever owned.
  Worst Equipment - Bauer One90 girdle. That velcro POS has to be the worst thing in the world. Only used it about ten times and finally got frustrated and bought a tackla yesterday.
  Cheapest Equipment - CCM V02 Elbow pads. They do the job.
  Most Expensive Equipment - Reebok White K skates. They are great skates. Could've did better but the price point was fantastic.
  Best - Bauer One.9 skates - without a doubt - I can't say enough about these skates, seriously.
  Worst - I phased out the worst equipment as I got better and learned more about what I like/don't like in equipment. But looking back, I'd say that the worst piece of equipment I ever used were my CCM Tacks 652. They weren't terrible skates by any stretch and while I had them I really liked them, but they were 2 sizes too big.
  Cheapest - Currently, probably my Bauer Vapor elbow pads from Canadian Tire.
  Most Expensive - Bauer One.9 skates - without a doubt - I had a tough time dropping that much money on skates, despite how badly I wanted them. As time went on I was able to justify it to myself. Didn't hurt that I ended up with a 25% off coupon plus approx $300 in gift certificates @ Sport Chek. I walked out feeling like I stole them!
  Best - Vaughn 7700 Piku Modded Catcher - Best glove I have ever used, bar none, Piku does some amazing work with the closure of the glove.
  Worst - Vaughn 7700 Piku Modded Blocker- Ironically... his blocker is also one of the worst I have ever used. Piku moved the palm of the blocker up an inch from the board so his goalies can stop the low blocker side shots with ease. Problem is, my weakness has always been up high on the blocker side, with this modification it only makes things worse! His other mods to the blocker were great though, just can't save a damn puck with it!
  Cheapest - a 3 way tie between my John Brown goalie jock, JB neck/collar guard, and my Sherwood 9950 sticks. Unfortunately they all cost me about 100 dollars. Damn expensive goalie gear!
  Most Expensive - Reebok P4 pads
  Best: Mako M1 stick. Great stick for the money, I've had it since they first came out. I'll get the new version when that one comes out.
  Worst: Easton 55S pants. Terrible ergonomics and the belt never held them up
  Cheapest: Easton 55S elbow pads. They're decent pads and comfy despite being low end
  Most Expensive: Reebok 16k skates. Great skates, and they're my first pair that I actually picked out based on which felt the best.
  Best: Tie between Bauer One90 skates and CCM V10 Elbows
  Cheapest: In terms of price.. CCM 1052 skates off of ebay. $20? In terms of quality.. Bauer TotalOne Stick that snapped after a week doing nothing but warmups?
  Worst: TotalOne stick mentioned above.
  Most Expensive: Bauer Vapor 7.0 stick. Awesome. You'd think the One90's would have been the most expenseive but I only paid $99 on closeout. I wear a jr. size 5.5 so that saved me some serious coin.
  Best: Easton RS stick
  Most Expensive: Reebok 11K skates
  Your Best Equipment: Bauer One100 skates
  Your Worst Equipment: Warrior Projekt Shin Pads - fat as elephant legs
  Your Cheapest Equipment: Graf G700 Shoulders on clearance
  Your Most Expensive Equipment: One100 skates
  Last edited by Wilch: 12-18-2012 at 03:34 AM.
  Your Best Equipment: Easton Z-Shock helmet w/Tron S30 visor
  -Super light and it has a sleek look to.
  Your Worst Equipment: Easton EQ10 Skates
  -Nice feel and comfort, but the blades seem to wear quickly
  Your Cheapest Equipment: Easton EQ20 Elbow pads and Tron S30 visor ($19ea)
  -Elbow pads were on sale and the Tron S30's are regular price at $19.99.
  Your Most Expensive Equipment: Bauer Nexus 400 Grip stick. $65
  -I have not spent over $70 on any single piece of gear. Win for me I guess.
  Your Best Equipment: Bauer Nexus 1000 stick- Great feel and I shoot better with it.
  Your Worst Equipment Reebok 7k pants- Alright but worn out to some extent
  Your Cheapest Equipment- Bauer Challenger shoulder pads
  Your Most Expensive Equipment- Nexus 1000 stick and elbowpads, APX shin pads, APX pro gloves
  Best - Custom Warrior Franchise gloves. Just unreal. An look amazing
  Worst - CCM U+03 elbow pads
  Cheapest - See above
  Most Expensive- Reebok 20K skates.
  Best: Koho 450 pads
  Worst: Easton synergy stick
  Expensive: Bauer mask... Was too much
  Cheapest: Koho 450 pads
  Your Best Equipment: Graf G65's love them
  Your Worst Equipment: i got rid of them a few years ago but the warrior hitmen elbow bads were pure junk, they were falling apart after 20 uses and kept sliding off my elbow. I upgraded to bauer ones, not sure which ones but they are great.
  Your Cheapest Equipment: Eagle gloves, bought them used and got them repalmed, they are sweet though
  Your Most Expensive Equipment: G65's
  never skim on a mask....
  Your Best Equipment: X:60 skates or Classic Supreme shoulder pads
  Your Worst Equipment: Don't have parsay but my shins are lowend Reebok2ks
  Your Cheapest Equipment: Reebok 2k shins
  Your Most Expensive Equipment: X:60 skates
  Should add oldest to the list
  My oldest are my Easton X-treme elbow pads..Not sure how old but I am 25 and they are a jr size, I assume I have had them since I was about 10-12.. I did purchase a new pair of Reeboks last year but didn't like the bulkier feel and how they slid on my arms so I went back to the old Eastons
  Best - tough to choose, I guess my totalone shaft/blade combo
  Worst - I like all of the gear I currently use
  Cheapest - my ancient Bauer 2000 shouldies, straps are so stretched that they do nothing. Still like the shouldies though, mobile and moderately protective
  Most expensive - unless you're a goalie, isn't this pretty much always your skates? It is for me (X40s)