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The top team in our league full of ringers is now 9-1 :)

Stephen would have more information than me, since he's been using the stick for a while now. I spoke to him about it, and he said he absolutely loved it. I'm looking forward to trying it myself soon! It is indeed our lightest stick ever, which some players will appreciate. Only way to know for sure though is to try it out! Malkin, like many pros, has tweaked his pattern over his career. I recall hearing that he once grabbed Derrick Pouliot's stick stick to get out of a slump, and that stick was a P88 curve. Scored two goals with it in the first game, so he probably switched to a P88 after that. His original pattern is what we have on file though, and that's a closed toe curve with not much rocker.

I wanted to chime in as being part of the 1% who's had an issue with this sharpener. After using the sharpener for some time (maybe 30 skates), my sliding skate locks got loose and wouldnt stay locked thus causing the machine to either not run or stop mid sharpening. I messaged Sparx and sent a video of the issue, within a day they replied and sent me a return shipping label and they fixed the issue the day they received the sharpener and had it back out to me. Customer service is responsive and great, glad I got this machine.

Bit the bullet and bought what I need to go from all inline to some ice. Jetspeed 300s, QLT 290 pants and ultra tacks shoulders. (Got a bad shoulder so good protection is imperative)

We've definitely had a handful of hardware/software issues affecting a very small percentage of sharpeners ~1%, but even when our customers do run into an issue, we're on top of it and usually have a solution same day. So, if it were up to me, I'd say you'd be fine to make a purchase knowing you have us fully supporting all of our sharpeners :). I think anyone here in the thread (who already owns a Sparx) can agree, if they've had an issue, it's been handled quickly. Keep in mind, we do not have a version 2 in the works.

Marriage.

I got my case! Pelican iM2200 fits perfectly. The case comes with a couple layers of pick and pluck foam since it's a 6" (ID) case. I'm using the middle layer to hold things like a couple extra sets of steel, and various other accessories like screws and a screwdriver, mask bits and bobs, etc. Here's what I've done so far: