Farrell elbow pads

[duckjob 1]

Hockey Giant is selling Farrell football elbow pads. Just curious if anyone has used these and has an opionion about them in regards to using them for hockey. I'm considering them because I play in a non check leauge and don't need anything too heavy duty.

http://www.hockeygiant.com/farfe250fepsr.html

[JR Boucicaut 3810]

Can't really use them in a hockey setting.

[w0ahitsm3 0]

They seem fine for bumping into people and such, but from the way they just look it doesnt seem like itd help you much if you fell directly onto you elbow onto the ice.

[duch 0]

You need a good hard cap elbow pad for hockey. Even a cheap pair in case your elbow gets driven into the ice on a fall or a check. It's just a safer way to go.

[Buddy 7]

I wear these while I referee all levels of hockey, but I don't think I would wear them as a player. The padding is the same as their shoulder pads and that it is the small cubes. Nice for a non-contact league, roller hockey or officiating.

[Chadd 916]

I wear these while I referee all levels of hockey, but I don't think I would wear them as a player. The padding is the same as their shoulder pads and that it is the small cubes. Nice for a non-contact league, roller hockey or officiating.

They're fine as long as you don't need them for anything. Even as a ref you could end up landing on your elbow and I wouldn't want to be wearing them if that happened.

[stick9 905]

If cost is a concern, you're probably better off with something along the lines of...

http://www.hockeygiant.com/rbk073kepsr.html

You should be able to find a low level pad at your LHS for about the same price.

[dsjunior1388 81]

If cost is a concern, you're probably better off with something along the lines of...

http://www.hockeygiant.com/rbk073kepsr.html

You should be able to find a low level pad at your LHS for about the same price.

It's not so much the cost as the comfort and mobility that makes these so appealing, to me at least. any suggestions on such an elbow pad that also has a hard cap?

[pizzakid13 5]

i remember using elbow pads similar to those. right up until i got slashed across my forearm. that was the end of that! good luck if you use them.

[McDugan 89]

Bumping a really old thread here, but I have used these elbows on occasion in non-check scrimmage-type settings. I have faith in them to provide protection on par with a minimal pad like the 5030's. The foam cubes are much more protective than they look - they are actually made up of a hybrid of two foams, one being softer and one being pretty rigid. They absorb and disperse impact very well. A really hard shot straight to the elbow would be a problem, but I don't really feel vulnerable.

Wearing these elbows, you do need to make sure your forearms and biceps are protected separately, sine they only cover the elbow cap itself, but the mobility they provide is really amazing. I love the zero-restriction feeling I get wearing these, and I actually use a pad I rigged up myself made up of the same foam cubes to protect my forearms.