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Let me know when eh

Wheres the sale?

6'2 190 Pounds 85 Flex, Gaborik Curve Used: 16 months Flex: All PP here. Luved the 85. Great flex for me. Found the M1 to have a beautifull consistent fluid flex. 9.5/10 Blade/Feel: M1 has a softer blade then most -- it was designed like this for a reason- to enhance puck feel while still having composite blade performance. It works well. It has good feel - almost a rubber - dampening feel to it when accepting passes and stickhandling - not as artificial and bouncy as a synergy-- or as ceramicy as the XN10 --yet still feels nice when passing and shooting. Some people have complained that its blade heavy-- i do agree it may be sligthly blade heavy - but i actually prefer this then having a blade light stick (xn10) - i feel it helps keep my stick more planted on the ice and i have more control while stickhandling. After 16 months of use its has gotten softer -- but it been solid for over a year. 9.8/10 Shooting: This is what i luved about the stick from the first time i used it. Along with the consistent flex i felt that on your snapshot and especialy on your slapshot you feel the bottom part of your stick act almost like a slingshot to propel the puck off your stick. Great release. Every shot you can feel it flexing and releasing exactly in the same spot -- very close to the bottom of the shaft. This is what i though made the stick. Very consistent, great kickpoint, and release. Oh ya and its shoots hard. 10/10 Durability: I found the whole stick shaft/blade to be extremely durable -- used it for over 16 months -- took about 1 year till i started feeling the blade go softer- and i just broke the shaft. For 68$ u.s i bought the stick for its an absolute steal. 9.8/10 Conclusion: Although i ripped the Hex 1 for being essentially a repainted M1 and terrible durability i felt like i have to give credit where credit is due. I luved this stick -- and again i luv the kickpoint and release --some people might say im crazy but i still havent felt that similiar slingshot feel on my Synergy, SL, True 1 or XN10. There has been many complaints about durability and the blade -- but i havent had any of those problems (My Hex is a different story)- all in all if its defect free its a great stick. 9.8/10

How much does something like that cost eh? Never in my life have i had a comfortable pair of skates :(

6'2 -- 195 Pounds 85 Flex, Hull Curve Shaft-Flex: Coming from an M1 - i found the the shaft to be slightly to boxy for me. It felt like an M1 on a small amounts of steriods. The flex was there -- smooth and consistent like the M1 was but overall no improvements on this stick. 6/10 Shooting: Again no upgrade here on the M1. Nice release-- good pop. But expected something more coming from M1. 6/10 Blade: Here where this stick goes downhill. Although there were many complaints about the M1 blade -- i luved it -- luved the feel --- the durabilty -- the soft blade. The hexblade was terrible -- it felt fragile from the first time i used it. After only a hour -2 hours of ice time the blade cracked on me. One of the worst blades out there. 1/10 Balance: Overall balance was good --- slightly better then the M1. Although i actualy dont have a problem with this- i actualy prefer the stick to be slightly blade heavy -- as opposed to blade light (XN0 etc.). But to someone else it will feel slightly blade heavy. It seems something Mission just cant avoid doing. 8/10 Conclusion: Overall i have been exptremely disappointed with this stick. I have never in 4 years of using OPS come across a stick that had some many problems-- seemingly for a number of players. To me the HEX 1 is a sligtly bulkier repainted M1 with a supposedly enhanced blade and a higher price tag. All in all the stick fails -- and has made me question my loyalty to Mission products. 2/10

Itech HS22 aviator Been debating what type to pick up - that or the staraght cut. Hows the visor been working out for you? And more importantly - hows the protection - length? Does it sit nice and close to your face? I have the same exact helemet - looks like a bauer 4000 - and im thinking about getting that combo. Thanks

What kinda visor is that eh ?

Seems to me easton took a step back on the looks color scheme for there sticks. Im extremely surprised that there getting rid of the silver color scheme of the Synergy ST - that has defined the SYNERGY since its beggining. The last years ones were perfect - not as shiny as the previous silver ones - suprised there getting rid of there most definitive product. All there stuff looks preety bland and ugly- looks preety cheap. Stealth's synergy's etc. etc. The only nice looking stick is the Z Bubble - non grip. The ultra lite's not bad - but like you guy said - a nice simple black with ultra lite in white - would have looked incredible. All in all - very unimpressed Ben