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For some reason I don't see me buying something from Verbero, using it once for some project I am working on then returning it like I do at Harbor Freight.

Such hatred for a discount shop, why. Don't you go to Harbour Freight? Same thing.

Harbor Freight is a hardware store with mostly "Made in China" products. I shop there to get cheap tools once in awhile. It's not junk, but it's not "long-term lasts forever" stuff either. Cheap paint brushes if you are working on a painting job that isn't for something elegant, like an outdoor fence.

Optik 2 doesn't have a lot of bend. The funny part of Warrior flattening the board for more surface area kind of goes against the "we stuck the gear out further to take of more surface area" since with the bend the top of the board would theoretically cut down the angle... I like a big of the angle, I've had pucks ramp up and in off my blocker before so I can't see the straight one helping that.

I've never been into a Harbour Freight. And long story, but the owner threatening to find you and kick your ass will do that to you 🤡 Plus the hilarious "pro level" claims on all the junk from aliexpress they slap their logo onto. And the general low quality of everything they make (their socks and bags especially). There's an entire thread on this site about them. They're no different from all the other junk cheap stick companies you see pop up, for the most part. But this thread is about Verbero, which is why I was hoping they were no longer associated.

The email has a promo code, V350, that gives you 50% off. I think Andy Sutton might be a part owner, but suspect Chris Malki, who owns Hockeytron, is still very much involved as he shared the Verbero stick announcement on Facebook. I do hope they produce the Verbero Shield shoulder pads again so I can grab a backup pair at some point. I love mine and they're in great condition, but don't want to be forced to go back to a traditional pad anytime soon.

Here is an additional principal sketch over different wheel setups since many players seems to have questions about it:

No, R1 has a unique hole pattern. It depends on what your purpose with the chassis are. If you are an ice hockey player using them specifically for off-ice training we recommend to stay with the original O1, but if you play roller hockey its definitely worth an upgrade! It is a substantially different feel between R1 and O1, but i would not say it comes from the different wheel setups. Both HiLo and for example all 80´s has a flat wheel base, so the difference in skate feel is marginal. As far as I understand it the idea with HiLo is not to give any rocking or difference in ground contact, but that bigger wheels is better for speed and smaller wheels is better for manoeuvrability, so with HiLo you should get a little bit of both (correct me if i am wrong, Bauer 🙂 ). The main reason we have the same wheel-setup as HiLo is that it is more room under the heel than under the toe, and we want as big wheels as possible without making the chassis too high. /Petter, Development Engineer at Marsblade

R1 is slightly lighter than O1 (around 19% lighter for size medium). No big difference in length or dimensions. Many players seems worried about the weight but despite that we feel very confident about it. During the test period for the past months with around 15 high level players that have used them regularly in training and games, no one have negatively comment or complain about the weight. Its also important to notice that O1 has a lot of movement in both directions to always challenge your balance and force you to work hard at all times. This make them feel more heavy than they actually are. With R1 its the opposite, you can do more of your natural movements without lifting up the skates from the ground than with traditional chassis, making them feel lighter.

* The main difference with the different rocker setting inserts is the size of the radius. Small radius means more movement, and bigger radius means less movement. During the development of R1 we tried a lot of different settings to find the best one for performance. What we discovered were that different players with different skating style prefer very different settings, so we decided to make the chassis customizable with changeable inserts. Other things we can adjust with different inserts is pitch/angle and balance point. O1 has a small, fixed, radius (= lot of movement in both directions). By adjusting the bushing on the O1 you can change how much you can rock, in other words how much you can push your centre of gravity forward or backward during skating. * Lower part is an aluminium / magnesium alloy, and top part is glass fibre reinforced polyamid. What we have taken into consideration when choosing materials is mainly: strength (to withstand the forces of full match play over a long period of time), impact resistance (for puck hits), and manufacturability (to keep prices at a reasonable level and ensure stable production). Main pros for the polyamid is the freedom of shapes and geometries we can do, cons is that some players may reject the chassis if its made of any type of plastic (which does not really make sense to us, keep in mind that more or less every ice hockey chassis is made of plastic). Pros with the aluminium is strength in relation to weight, and that it is widely accepted by the players. Cons is that it makes the price of the product higher. * You can absolutely use the R1 for training as well, its much more ice-like feel than a traditional, stiff, chassis. And putting a smaller wheel in the front on R1 is not a problem, but if you are looking for a chassis specifically for off-ice training then O1 is a the better choice, as it is optimized for training while R1 is optimized for maximum performance.