New Itech Titanium cage

[jason@ewh 0]

So what do you guys think about spending $140 on titanium a cage??? would you buy it???

[Miike 1]

Do you have a link for this? Personally i wouldnt buy it.

[jason@ewh 0]

new for 06-07

[Project_2501 0]

I might have been inclined to get it if I was on some sick college team and had a Rbk 8k.

[mik3 1]

I wouldn't, how much weight can you REALLY take away from a cage? Though I know there's the "weight crazies" that would pay 50 more dollars for a stick if the weight of a pen was removed from it.

[hockechamp14 0]

If it really is stronger and won't get bent like other cages I would get it. Also I would hope it was a chrome and it didn't rust.

[Chadd 916]

In my area(1M total population), I can't see more than half a dozen kids with them.

[kovalchuk71 212]

Unless it turns invisible, no

[t-bone 1]

Maybe...

Titanium is great, weightless and does not rust. Are the wires any thinner than standard cage? That would be a deal maker. What is the wire pattern? I like Jofa more than 2 wires in the middle types. Weight is important on the cage because it is a lever on your neck, so I'd spend cash on that. But if i don't like the rest of it, I won't.

[Edge 0]

Maybe...

Titanium is great, weightless and does not rust. Are the wires any thinner than standard cage? That would be a deal maker. What is the wire pattern? I like Jofa more than 2 wires in the middle types. Weight is important on the cage because it is a lever on your neck, so I'd spend cash on that. But if i don't like the rest of it, I won't.

Yeah i find myself buying 3 or so cages a year because of rust and dents, etc....so depending on the design, it may be okay.

[Rustybender 0]

If this cage is made from 100% titanium wire, it will be crazy light. Go to a camping store and pick up a steel coffee cup then pick up a Ti cup of the same size. The difference in weight is dramatic. There's alot more metal in a cage than a cup so the difference will be even greater.

Still, that being said, I've never felt that my steel cage was heavy in the first place. No way would I buy it, I'm too cheap for that.

[mik3 1]

I'm one of those people that will buy something more expensive if it's justified, but the fact I'd have to dent/rust 5-7 cages before the price evens out would make me shy away from this.

[Eazy_b97 1]

No.

[KillerCarlson 0]

No way.

It is after-all still a cage - so barring some revolutionary cage design, vision would still be an issue. So the only benefit would be weight...

$140 for a little extra weight? $140 is just too high. I understand that people will buy top dollar products...but wow, $140 is gonna be awful hard to part with when I'm standign there with a piece of metal in my hand...

[althoma1 575]

As mentioned Titatium is strong, light and doesn't rust...baring a major accident it should last for years. Right now I'm happy with my Itech I2 cage and would probably wait to find the titanium cage for a better price than $140 before I took that plunge...maybe I'd wait a year and if no one else was willing to pay $140 would end up picking up one at a clearance price. $140 is A LOT for a cage...especially considering I paid like $40 for the one I have. I think if it's still profitable for Itech they should try to keep it under $100 to help sales...a $90 cage is still expensive, but I think more people could live with that price. $140 US converted to Canadian plus taxes and you're looking at around $200 Canadian...yikes! I could deal with a little over $100 Canadian if it's substantially better than what I have now (lighter, stronger and/or better visability), but it's hard to imagine spending much more than that on a cage.

[mik3 1]

Also, think of it from a marketing standpoint. If someone walked into your shop with 140 bucks, would they buy a cage when chances are you'd have a high end OPS in the same price range?

[JGraz15 55]

Here you go

http://www.theozone.net/photo_app/photo.vi...5&SortOrder=ASC

[Keith 0]

Itech had a ti cage out for like 5 min like 5-7 years ago... Titanium is an unsafe cage material. From what I have been told over the years, titanium tends to shatter into tiny shards when it fails rather than bending like steel. Think about it, do you really want a crapload of tiny, sharp, heated shards of titanium being blown in your eyes/face? They have had these things for goalie cages for years and many have mentioned this concern...

[headcasehockey 0]

As a competing manufacturer all I can say is that it is VERY impressive. Noticably very light. As light as a halfshield in my hands though I dont know what the difference is on a scale.

[Ogie Oglethorpe 14]

Here you go

http://www.theozone.net/photo_app/photo.vi...5&SortOrder=ASC

OK, but who's trying to sell the CAGE for $140. Anyone got a link to that?

[Rustybender 0]

Good point about the failure characteristics of Ti. It's probably a Titanium alloy and not straight Ti. If you alloyed Ti with the right metals, you could make the cage flexible enough not to shatter while still retaining alot of the weight savings.

[Edge 0]

Here you go

http://www.theozone.net/photo_app/photo.vi...5&SortOrder=ASC

good find. They stick out a lot...

[Reaper 0]

I think that has more to do with the player wearing a cage that is too small for him than the cage design. Check out the gap between the top of the cage and the J clips.

[Chadd 916]

Here you go

http://www.theozone.net/photo_app/photo.vi...5&SortOrder=ASC

good find. They stick out a lot...

The helmet looks like it's riding high on his head and the chin cup is on the bottom of his mouth.

[A_Steeves12 0]

i would never pay that much for a cage, i could buy a new stickl for that.