Future Stealths

[willc7786 0]

I was talking to one of my friends who works at a LHS, and he was telling me that either next year or the year after, Easton is going back to the '05 Stealths without the CNT. Now, he isn't the most trustworthy source but he does know the Easton rep pretty well, so I was wondering if anyone else heard anything along these lines so I could know if it was true or not? Thanks.

[BK 0]

I was talking to one of my friends who works at a LHS, and he was telling me that either next year or the year after, Easton is going back to the '05 Stealths without the CNT. Now, he isn't the most trustworthy source but he does know the Easton rep pretty well, so I was wondering if anyone else heard anything along these lines so I could know if it was true or not? Thanks.

I don't see them doing this.. They will make new revisions to the blades, but Easton is pretty stubborn.

[JR Boucicaut 3805]

Pretty stubborn?

I love uninformed posts.

If they were stubborn they wouldn't change their lineup every year.

[AnthonyJTa 0]

I wouldn't say Easton is stubborn...

I'm not the most knowledgeable, but let's face it, they set the bar... you don't have to work in a lhs to know that. I highly doubt they would re-gurgitate 05's technology. I see Easton moving forward, as usual.

[Chadd 916]

I wouldn't say Easton is stubborn...

I'm not the most knowledgeable, but let's face it, they set the bar... you don't have to work in a lhs to know that. I highly doubt they would re-gurgitate 05's technology. I see Easton moving forward, as usual.

If you spin it the right way, any change can be called an improvement.

[supermanly 0]

im just throwing something out, but maybe easton will have a lower end stealth replacing synergy 300 & 350 stuff. thats if your friend is actually correct in what he was saying.

[BK 0]

Pretty stubborn?

I love uninformed posts.

If they were stubborn they wouldn't change their lineup every year.

Uninformed?

I was talking about them not going BACK to an old blade. Sure they change their lineup every year, but they always push something new with something old..

Stealth to Stealth CNT

Synergy to Synergy Sycore

Z Carbon to Z Carbon CNT.

I wouldn't be suprised if they ran another new blade next year.. but go back? I thought you would know better than that JR.

[JR Boucicaut 3805]

Yes, uninformed.

Went from one live blade (SyNergy) then told people that it was better to have a "dampening" blade (Si-Core) and decided that the best way to go was to make it even livelier than the original (Stealth), then decide that "Wow, the original sold best, let's go back to that." (ST)

The funny part is that the pros were still using the original stick, but had all of those paint jobs.

Chadd is spot-on. Slap a gimmicky name on it and bam, a new product.

[BK 0]

Yes, uninformed.

Went from one live blade (SyNergy) then told people that it was better to have a "dampening" blade (Si-Core) and decided that the best way to go was to make it even livelier than the original (Stealth), then decide that "Wow, the original sold best, let's go back to that." (ST)

The original SyNergy blade had very little support in the blade structure. Easton added 3 sections to it or "ribs" and hardened beams inbetween the m to enhance the structure a little bit (ST).. This is a huge change in the blade's structure and its nowhere near the original SyNergy blade.

Edit: I'm not trying to come off as trying to sound snide.

[Chadd 916]

Yes, uninformed.

Went from one live blade (SyNergy) then told people that it was better to have a "dampening" blade (Si-Core) and decided that the best way to go was to make it even livelier than the original (Stealth), then decide that "Wow, the original sold best, let's go back to that." (ST)

The original SyNergy blade had very little support in the blade structure. Easton added 3 sections to it or "ribs" and hardened beams inbetween the m to enhance the structure a little bit (ST).. This is a huge change in the blade's structure and its nowhere near the original SyNergy blade.

Minor change, minor improvement. Other manufacturers use single beam construction and have better durability than Easton did.

[JR Boucicaut 3805]

No, Easton LED YOU TO BELIEVE that there was little support. And you BELIEVED them.

Yet everyone else in the business still uses essentially the same technology (one I-beam) and do just fine.

[BK 0]

Yes, uninformed.

Went from one live blade (SyNergy) then told people that it was better to have a "dampening" blade (Si-Core) and decided that the best way to go was to make it even livelier than the original (Stealth), then decide that "Wow, the original sold best, let's go back to that." (ST)

The original SyNergy blade had very little support in the blade structure. Easton added 3 sections to it or "ribs" and hardened beams inbetween the m to enhance the structure a little bit (ST).. This is a huge change in the blade's structure and its nowhere near the original SyNergy blade.

Minor change, minor improvement.

Minor change, minor improvement.

But a new name every time. I don't doubt that they might go back to the old blade structure, but they WILL change it a little and market it as a new product.

[BK 0]

No, Easton LED YOU TO BELIEVE that there was little support. And you BELIEVED them.

I wont argue with that lol :)

[prenny207 1]

CNT is another term that got people to jump on the wagon and think... oooooo this is something new and better. sorry, CNT is a term used to describe how resin forms around the carbon. Marketing is a wonderful thing.

[sabre09923 0]

Back on topic... I'm thinking that there is some truth to what your friend said about the next Stealth(s) not having CNT in their blades. I don't think they're going back to a regular carbon blade a la the '05 Stealth; instead I think they're going to have some other gimmick in their blades, something resembling the CNT or Si-Core.

[pat19 0]

come on.. why would they replace "the strongest fiber man will ever produce"?

:)

[kovalchuk71 212]

Just wait for the CNT Si-core lol

Lively and dampening at the same time!

[sabre09923 0]

Just wait for the CNT Si-core lol

Lively and dampening at the same time!

No, you got it all wrong, the "hotter" blade face makes it more lively :P BTW, I don't even get how one blade could be "hotter" than the other...

[Chadd 916]

come on.. why would they replace "the strongest fiber man will ever produce"?

:)

Something with decent feel?

[willc7786 0]

come on.. why would they replace "the strongest fiber man will ever produce"?

:)

Something with decent feel?

That's why I'm hoping what he said is true. I can't stick handle nearly as well with the CNT as the 05 model. I remember reading on here about a SE stick coming out, could that be what he maybe means?

Like its been said, I couldn't see Easton going back to a older product. I always wished they'd go back to the gold grip after they made the yellow one but that never happened. Maybe the CNT shaft with the 05 blade?

[blueliner27 12]

I wish to see stiffer Stealths. I was gonna use CNT, but it was too wippy. So, I chosed Dolomite.

[Chadd 916]

I though Gold was the original grip synergy. I had a couple of them and they were tanks, Especially the Samsonov.

[mack 44]

The Golds are/were awesome. I have some Arnotts and a Sundin in the "in case of emergency" room.

[DamnLocust 0]

gold synergy and grip lite = best grip system ever.

it was waxy, not rubbery. nothing else comes close, and Since I can't have that, I'd rather have nothing.

[Eazy_b97 1]

I though Gold was the original grip synergy. I had a couple of them and they were tanks, Especially the Samsonov.

I know I got one the first day it was available. I was on the waiting list and pumped. I went through 2 in 3 weeks, and then finished off another within the warranty period. Once they put that sandpaper grip on the blade it seemed to help a ton.