New Bauer Blade?

[lancerplayer 0]

I was looking at the blades at HockeyGiant.com and saw a blade I never seen before. It's called the Bauer Vapor X HoldFast Senior Composite Hockey Blade. Here is the link- http://www.hockeygiant.com/bau05vapxbldsr.html Is it the same as the Bauer Vapor X blade? Has anyone used this?

[the iceman 132]

They have been out for the past 2 seasons. Bauer released the Vapor X 2 pc (standard blades) and the Vapor XV 2 pc (tapered blades). I have the XV and found the blades to pretty good and durable.

[thejackal 46]

There are 2 vapor X blades (with different prices) on their site.

[lancerplayer 0]

There are 2 vapor X blades (with different prices) on their site.

Right, so is there a difference between them?

[ambro 0]

Yea, HoldFast is like Bauer's version of Si-Core. That's what's on the XV blades. The old Vapor X were Double Bridge like the Vapor XX and the Tri-Flex Golds.

[lancerplayer 0]

Do you think it is a good blade for the money?

[ambro 0]

I loved the XV when I used it. Much better than the Si-Core for dampening and making the blade softer. Even though it was the wrong curve it was up with my favorite blades. I don't even like soft blades like this, I prefer harder blades, but this was nice. I'd rather get the old Vapor X with WaveBridge, but that's personal preference. If you want a soft composite like the Si-Core, this would be a great choice.

For $30, this blade is an absolute steal. I'm actually going to order 2 or 3 myself.

[cobrAA 0]

i also tried the XV, and the dampening is AWSOME compared to the sicore blade i use for like 2 years now, but can't get used to lindros and this is the closest match possible to an iggy!

[warrior37 0]

is it the lie you cant get used to?

[cobrAA 0]

lie was a factor but it wasn't THAT important. Like Chadd say, the curve shape look like like the same as a iggy/recchi but the rocker is different..

Conclusion: It is a mix of the different lie and A BIT more mid-heel open curve than the iggy(more mid-toe open curve)

[warrior37 0]

yeah, i just realized that, its like as much as the lindros, iggy, recchi look alike they are all different