Expensive Gloves

[blueshirt80 0]

It all really should depend on what feels better for you.

I have a college degree, a very nice job, and playing hockey is my only hobby. Some of the gear I purchase may be overkill but I now have the money for a nice high-end pair of gloves. So last year I ordered a pair of Eagle X70's. Paid over $150 if I remember correctly. I absolutely love them. Worth every penny. I have found them durable, comfortable, awsome feel and light. Much better than any cheaper gloves I might have owned.

When I was a cash strapped student, I would buy whatever may be on sale. In my opinion, I have found that most of the cheaper gloves just didn't seem to be a durable. The Nylon ones I would buy would fit great, at first. Three months later (playing 1 to 2 times a week) they would start to fall apart.

Why buy a cheap pair if you have to replace them often.

[Rustpot 1]

I haven't really gone through many pairs of gloves, but I have noticed that no two pairs fit alike, even within the same company.

I have some older Jofa 2500's that are broken in beautifully. They cost me $20 at PIAS over two years ago and the palm is a nice single layer that only gets stiff overnight not crusty. They're been my main gloves and the top hand palm is just getting to the point where it annoys me. They were probably the best bargain, and hockeyworld still has a few sets.

I picked up a set of Jofa pro stocks from a board member and the palms are worse in them. Not to mention the fingers are taking forever to break in and the cuff is just a bit too long on the top.

IMO it's more important to have a comfortable glove than a good looking one. I tired on a friend's vapor set and that wide open cuff wasn't doing it for me, I can see why pros tape them shut.

I haven't tried a set of retail Eastons that fit well. The fingers were too short or the palm sat too far from my palm, or whatever. I also had a set of Eagles at one point and I hated them. The fingers, palm and cuff were way too short for my liking. If they made 15" retail I might take a second look.

I tried on NBH 4-rolls, and those are going to be my next "big-spend" on gloves I decided. Just trying to find leather in black with gold accents. They had a broken in feeling to the fingers, a buttery palm, and a back that was easy to twist and flex with my hand.

It's a good thing I'm low on money, or I might just have 3-4 more pairs of gloves :P

[avery16 5]

gloves sticks and skates have to be three of the most important pieces of equipment.. and you can get pro stock glovse all the time on ebay for 50 or 60 dollars..

[TBLfan 25]

In the issue of pro stocks you need to be careful on some of them... You might not know what kind of palm you're getting, most are performance. You'll want to do some research if you're going to use pro stock as a way of saving money. Cheapest I've seen for repalming is $42 for the pair. I know Eagle charges $30 per glove to repalm a glove.

[ddbowdoin 0]

I really want some montreal ccm pro stock gloves but I just cant justify spending any more money just to have another color scheme to rock in old man hockey.

damn, I cant live with myself

[lampliter87 8]

I really want some montreal ccm pro stock gloves but I just cant justify spending any more money just to have another color scheme to rock in old man hockey.

damn, I cant live with myself

http://www.hockeymonkey.com/ccm-prostock-h...s-montreal.html

http://www.hockeymonkey.com/ccm-prostock-h...-canadiens.html

http://www.hockeymonkey.com/ccm-prostock-h...-canadiens.html

$80 isnt all that bad...

[usahockey22 0]

I think these look pretty sweet:

http://eastwesthockey.net/eaponyallblw.html

But can't justify the expenditure when I have a perfectly good pair of Pro Tacks.

[ashtonhutch05 0]

What are the chances of me finding some white out classic tacks anywhere? I think those would be ejaculation inducing.

[cch 0]

Hmm maybe I should rethink my glove preferences with all this palm talk, because I actually cut out my palms because I really like to feel the stick in my hands. That aside I would have to say the weight of the glove should be a significant factor especially depending on what you have been using.

[dnoboy 5]

I think these look pretty sweet:

http://eastwesthockey.net/eaponyallblw.html

But can't justify the expenditure when I have a perfectly good pair of Pro Tacks.

I have that same pair. Got them from EWH almost a year ago and are still mint condition. Also ridiculously light. I def recommend them.

[Spreedizzle 1]

Hmm maybe I should rethink my glove preferences with all this palm talk, because I actually cut out my palms because I really like to feel the stick in my hands. That aside I would have to say the weight of the glove should be a significant factor especially depending on what you have been using.

Any decent ref would toss you for having blatantly cut holes in your gloves.

[sonsplayhockey 0]

Guy on our team used to play roller. He kept his old small gloves. Not that much top side protection. Sunday night he got cross checked with the guy's stick pinning his hand into his rib cage and broke it on the top of his hand above the nuckles in 2 places.

[marsboy 0]

Sometimes you get what you pay for. Foolishly, I picked up a pair of RBK 4K gloves since they were comfortable and had decent enough protection for my needs. However, after one session of casual hockey, the outer palm layer on my top glove was worn through. Then after a light session of stick and puck, the inner layer had a hole about the size of a quarter. Apparently, thin felt can be called "nash".

Bah.

[cch 0]

Hmm maybe I should rethink my glove preferences with all this palm talk, because I actually cut out my palms because I really like to feel the stick in my hands. That aside I would have to say the weight of the glove should be a significant factor especially depending on what you have been using.

Any decent ref would toss you for having blatantly cut holes in your gloves.

Well I not an idiot about it out on the ice grabbing people through the hole, so there is really no reason they would notice. I have done it for about ten years and have never had a problem although many teammate's have told me I could run into trouble which is why I have two pairs of gloves.

[s4gobabygo 0]

i just got some TPS R8 prostock gloves from hockeymonkey. i think they were under a hundy, and they're easily the nicest gloves i've ever used. (previously had a lot of pairs of eastons, one pair of CCM pro tacks, and a pair of cheap eagles). the R8s are really comfortable, free moving, best palm i've felt, and gorgeous. i want to try Fury gloves next, but it'll be a while before i abandon these R8s.

[avery16 5]

i just got some TPS R8 prostock gloves from hockeymonkey. i think they were under a hundy, and they're easily the nicest gloves i've ever used. (previously had a lot of pairs of eastons, one pair of CCM pro tacks, and a pair of cheap eagles). the R8s are really comfortable, free moving, best palm i've felt, and gorgeous. i want to try Fury gloves next, but it'll be a while before i abandon these R8s.

i agree, you can get the r8s in nylon now for about 100 dollars at the giant or monkey, great buy, awesome gloves..

[BigDipper 0]

It's like anything fellas...you get what you pay for.

[shawn o 0]

I didn't like the looks of the One90 gloves but I bought a pair and love them. They are incredibly light...

[avery16 5]

It's like anything fellas...you get what you pay for.

not entirely true, didnt vapor xxxs have palm problems when they first came out? bauer even gave a second pair.. thats not 140 dollars quality..

[TBLfan 25]

You're not taking in account the performance of the glove.

You're looking at it this way: Vapor XXX, expensive, undurable palms.

When you should see it as: Vapor XXX, expensive glove, quality gloves with performance(thin) palms.

[bbruins8 0]

Hows the MSH2 on your new eagles TBL? I just got a pair of eagles repalmed with it through fixitbymail waiting for them to return.

[TBLfan 25]

Everything about the glove is SICK. Love the palms. So far, they're the highlight out of the glove. My x50s are getting MSH2 on them too!

[Spreedizzle 1]

Everything about the glove is SICK. Love the palms. So far, they're the highlight out of the glove. My x50s are getting MSH2 on them too!

Do you prefer that single MSH2 to the MSH2/1 overlay??

[TBLfan 25]

Thinner the better... With that being said, I'd probably really like MSH2 with MSH2 overlay. Thick as a normal single layer palm, less of a "nothiner there feel" and it just plain looks better.

The MSH2 single layer feels weird, It's nice but maybe I'm just used to having a double layer in the middle of the palm... On the ice, of course, I don't notice any difference in feel.

What I do notice from the gloves is that it's easier to move and remove and put my hand back on the stick. Makes it more seamless to shield off a defender and get back to puckhandling with both hands.

[jrgretzky99 1]

I just bought these gloves and they are totally old school. I love them.

They are 100% real leather. Very hard to find these days. Expensive as well at over 200 us with tax.

http://www.thehockeyshop.com/Merchant2/mer...;Category_Code=

Coaching and Saturday night hockey is all I do now being in my mid 30's. I love this game and hope to play the rest of my life.