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This was an early xmas gift for myself. I picked up these gloves almost 2 years ago for around $20, the palms had some holes, loops were cut, and the gussets were disintegrating. I sent them to ITR hockey so he could work some magic, had him put some airknit gussets and AX Suede palms with a Kovy overlay, they feel awesome now. Untitled by Jon Schusteritsch, on Flickr Untitled by Jon Schusteritsch, on Flickr

prostockhockeysticks.com offers the P46. they call it the P4466. @stick9 is correct... that was my curve for years! I have moved to a P90TM. Honestly, there is nothing truly equivalent.

I've used almost all of them and IMO, the Bauer Vapor 1X is the best knee pad on the market (thanks to @Hills for the recommendation). Passau stays up the best, is the most stable, and is pretty protective, but they're huge and heavy and have very little padding in the landing area. With the Maltese insert to fix that they are even heavier and bulkier. Warriors have the most padding in the landing area and are pretty light. But all that padding is soft and leads to instability in the butterfly and the protection isn't great, especially in the "SR" version that comes with the pads. Plus, I found them impossible to keep from sliding down without both taping and wearing socks over. Maltese KTPs were pretty much terrible in every way, except possibly the comfort in landing. I'm not a fan of the design of Brian's knees (which are similar to the Supremes). They're too rigid and enclosed around the knee. The 1X's are the lightest (thanks to the Aerolite foam and Curv knee plate) and probably the second most protective behind the Passau (again thanks Curv). They stay up on their own pretty well but come with a garter that really holds them up without noticing it. They're pretty cushioned and comfortable while also being stable in the butterfly (inbewteen the Passau and Warrios on both those spectrums). And they aren't bulky or restrictive feeling at all.