Hills

It doesn't actually matter

But Warrior says the blade is the same on all of their sticks according to their website and YouTube videos 🤔

Or... and hear me out... stop trying to change what people already talk about to sound smarter than everyone else and continue putting the little "+ 5 flex" marks on the top of the sticks that people have done for years.

This is completely correct. If you have a 75 flex and have someone flex it as a reference, then hand them a 75 cut down they aren't going to say it flexes like a 75. I totally understand what they are saying, but now you also have no reference of what flex someone wants and likes.

All good! Just wanted to clarify things. Thanks for checking them out 🙂

I didn't pay near retail for it though haha. If I could get the same deal for the Aycane or Warroad stuff I would buy them too 😂

At least Warrior has made improvements on the QR5 Pro line of gloves. I should clarify, I ripped open an pro stock glove to show what materials were used before but I haven't gotten a chance to rip open a pair of retail gloves. But I point out the lack of plastics and more expensive (and heavier) foams used in the pro stock versions. It is sad that people pretend all retail gloves are the same when CCM, True, and Warrior now offer a more protective glove than Vapor and Supreme Bauer gloves.

All of there stuff seems pretty interesting. Can't bring myself to pay that much for base layers though

With CCM doing custom graphics... FT6 Pro with McDavid's Jetspeed graphics would be pretty awesome. Keep the retail models but offer his unique ones.

It took ONE loss to do this! I wonder why he tried out the girdle at all.

I think QRE 20 Pro was the last with Pro as 2nd tier.

I've had to cover their brutal naming in the last few videos I've done. It is super annoying. They copied Bauer when Bauer was doing the Pro as the top line, CCM and Warrior move over to having Pro as their top and then Bauer goes to unique top end names 😂. But for now, Warrior's Pro line is the top, then XXX 20 is the step down. Just of note, it is QR5 and not QRE5... which just adds to the confusion.

Warrior also makes their top end sticks in China as well. When they do LE or SL versions they are often made in China vs Mexico. I know there are people on this site that know the real reasons behind Warrior being in Mexico, I am not sure if it is more than being very quick to make custom sticks for pros. Quality wise it shouldn't matter, the Fantom was only made in China IIRC.

Ouch 😂

Commenting on there is such a losing battle it isn't funny

For sticks I disagree, but the way they are balanced matters as much if not more and the Sling feels lighter but not (holy this will totally make a difference) lighter.

Ignore the Sling and pretend it doesn't exist. It has garbage puck feel and a super meh shot. FT5 Pro will crush it in everything but rarity. Weight isn't a big enough difference to really matter, and cut the FT5 Pro down to the Sling's size and it will be closer.

Depending on the True skate I use SuperFeet in them. My customs have SF because if they didn't my toes were constantly jammed to the ends, SF pulls them back and makes the fit better. I am using SF in my Cat Pros for the same reason as above. But in my custom goalie skates it hasn't been needed.

Bauer raised the Sync to be the same height as CCM is.

Yeah... I have heard just the "steel is bent" but I have a hard time believe all of this steel went into the holders already bent and weren't bent over time from improper holder mount...

How much are you toes touching the ends when you are standing and they are tied up? I have been feeling the lack of heel lock in these so far as well when playing, my feet feel like they slide forward too much and I have to crank the laces on the top which kills any forward flex I had. So I am trying to find a balance. For the steel, try and pop the steel out and see if it comes out easily (you should have to pull, but I actually couldn't get the steel out of the pair I had).

Can you show photos for what you are talking about for the eyelets when they are on? You would go through your retailer to fix the issues.

We will see what happens after they see the "Areas of concern" section of the video haha.

I want to clarify, only the full customs I have had in the past had the excess glue/epoxy or whatever it is. The TF line and the Cat line has a lot of that cleaned up.

You can add notes when your order to call out pain points or issues you might have. But I am going to leave that question to a retailer who does True fits and would know better.