Chinese hockey sticks...

[Chadd 916]

Shipping price kinda kills the deal.

It isn't cheap to ship half way around the world

[Scotty 8]

One of the features? "Perfect balance". Well hell, why didn't we think of marketing that one sooner?

[Fisticuffs 0]

It is. The Sher-Wood Momentum Comp's were also manufactured by True Temper, but were made in the United States.

I think I'm okay with a stick made by a reputable American or Canadian company in a plant in China, but I'd be wary of a stick made in China by an upstart no-name company. I figure an established company has a lot to lose by letting poor quality product go to market. If Brand X's first lot of sticks turn out to be garbage, they can close up shop and open as Brand Y a week later. If Bauer sends out sticks tainted with lead paint, they'll make it right, because they have a reputation worth defending.

[gxc999 7]

According to Inlinewarehouse.com the Dolos are around 480 gramms. The ST is about 510.

I forgot about the ST, good catch. But the Dolo can't be 480 unless it's much heavier than previous models, which were approx 445-450. Maybe the new DD is that much heavier?

[rachael7 1]

I forgot about the ST, good catch. But the Dolo can't be 480 unless it's much heavier than previous models, which were approx 445-450. Maybe the new DD is that much heavier?

The 2011 Dolo DD is 440g in the catalog and more like 465-470g in reality.

[bostonjuniorblackhawks 1]

After seeing a bunch of different weights for each stick(manufacturer, retail websites, people weighing their sticks, competing manufactures) I stopped giving a damn about weight.

[rachael7 1]

After seeing a bunch of different weights for each stick(manufacturer, retail websites, people weighing their sticks, competing manufactures) I stopped giving a damn about weight.

It only matters in a real rough sense for me. Since I'm not a real physically strong player, there is a real performance difference between a 550g stick and a 450g stick, but 10 or 20g one way or the other is pretty irrelevant.

[AIREAYE 248]

While I'm curious about weight, I think balance is waaaay more important than weight. But then again, high end light sticks are obv better balanced than blade-heavy lower end sticks

[bostonjuniorblackhawks 1]

It only matters in a real rough sense for me. Since I'm not a real physically strong player, there is a real performance difference between a 550g stick and a 450g stick, but 10 or 20g one way or the other is pretty irrelevant.

I'm a little confused about what you're trying to say. Wouldn't there be a performance difference between a high end composite stick and a low end composite stick that weighs 100 grams more for anyone regardless of how strong they are?

[rachael7 1]

I'm a little confused about what you're trying to say. Wouldn't there be a performance difference between a high end composite stick and a low end composite stick that weighs 100 grams more for anyone regardless of how strong they are?

I'm sure there are performance differences between high end and low end for anyone, yes. But I would say it probably has little to do with the weight for most people. Other characteristics like puck feel, shaft torquing, etc are probably far more important than the weight. On the other hand, if your wrist strength is marginal, like mine, dropping 100g can make it significantly easier to get a good wrist snap and significantly affect shots. At least that's how it seems to me, anyway.

[hamstercaster 2]

I'm a little confused about what you're trying to say. Wouldn't there be a performance difference between a high end composite stick and a low end composite stick that weighs 100 grams more for anyone regardless of how strong they are?

In theory, yes. In practice, maybe not that much and that may depend on the player I guess. I have a friend capable of playing some decently high caliber of hockey. He had I believe a S16 at some point and broke it. He then bought another good stick but could do squat with it until me and my friend informed him that the lie of his new stick was probably throwing him off. Turns out that he wasn't aware of that and never really payed attention to his curve pattern or lie. He checked to see what his old stick was and went out and bought the same curve pattern, another Easton but this time a entry level one. I think it's the 333 but not sure. My friend laughed at him a bit and told him that the stick was quite heavy and he responded back telling my friend, yeah but I'm strong enough to lift it. He was just pinning my friend who's a smallish player.

That being said, he's been playing with that stick for a month now and I can honnestly say that I've seen no difference whatsoever in his play, shot velocity or accuracy.

I've always used cheaper stick too and although I went up a bit by buying a Harrow 300 (some may argue that it's not much of an upgrade), I can honnestly say that for me, I haven't seen enough of a difference for me to even justify paying upwards of $200 for a stick. I should add that I'm not a great player by any means so that also helps me justify not paying exhorbitant amounts for sticks. I mean, it seemed like I could feel the stick load a bit more than low end stick when using the Harrow 300 but in the end, my shot wasn't any harder or more accurate then when I was using a Reebok XT SMU stick from Canadian Tire. Maybe it has to do with form or just me not being good enough to use a top end stick to it's fullest capabilities, who knows. But seeing my friend play with his low end stick and reading a thread here by Ollie Reebok made me realize that ok, I'm an intermediate player at best and that low end/mid level sticks should be quite sufficient for me so I went out and bought two Reebok 6K. That being said, if I was to see a top end stick at the same price as a 6K, I definitly would buy one.

In the end I prefer investing money in top end protection and skates which IMO matters most and also lasts a lot longer than a $300 S19 stick.

[bostonjuniorblackhawks 1]

In theory, yes. In practice, maybe not that much and that may depend on the player I guess. I have a friend capable of playing some decently high caliber of hockey. He had I believe a S16 at some point and broke it. He then bought another good stick but could do squat with it until me and my friend informed him that the lie of his new stick was probably throwing him off. Turns out that he wasn't aware of that and never really payed attention to his curve pattern or lie. He checked to see what his old stick was and went out and bought the same curve pattern, another Easton but this time a entry level one. I think it's the 333 but not sure. My friend laughed at him a bit and told him that the stick was quite heavy and he responded back telling my friend, yeah but I'm strong enough to lift it. He was just pinning my friend who's a smallish player.

That being said, he's been playing with that stick for a month now and I can honnestly say that I've seen no difference whatsoever in his play, shot velocity or accuracy.

I've always used cheaper stick too and although I went up a bit by buying a Harrow 300 (some may argue that it's not much of an upgrade), I can honnestly say that for me, I haven't seen enough of a difference for me to even justify paying upwards of $200 for a stick. I should add that I'm not a great player by any means so that also helps me justify not paying exhorbitant amounts for sticks. I mean, it seemed like I could feel the stick load a bit more than low end stick when using the Harrow 300 but in the end, my shot wasn't any harder or more accurate then when I was using a Reebok XT SMU stick from Canadian Tire. Maybe it has to do with form or just me not being good enough to use a top end stick to it's fullest capabilities, who knows. But seeing my friend play with his low end stick and reading a thread here by Ollie Reebok made me realize that ok, I'm an intermediate player at best and that low end/mid level sticks should be quite sufficient for me so I went out and bought two Reebok 6K. That being said, if I was to see a top end stick at the same price as a 6K, I definitly would buy one.

In the end I prefer investing money in top end protection and skates which IMO matters most and also lasts a lot longer than a $300 S19 stick.

I've used two lower end sticks and my shot was clearly worse with them. I just sold them to an older guy who played beer league. It would have cost him more to buy a 5030 lol. Retail Stick Prices have gotten high, but you don't have to buy them for that price. The last time I paid full retail on a stick, was an S17. The most I've spent on a stick since then is $115 and they have all been top of the line sticks. Look for pro stock sticks, sticks on clearence, ebay, craiglsist, etc.

[Ansonwolfe 0]

I did a quick search, but didnt find anything...

ok. Here is a Chinese hockey company "Prince Hockey" trying to push out composite sticks... they dont even provide good pictures of the product.. id love to know how easy these would break..

ABOUT US:... this is funny

"About PrinceHockey

Who we are

PrinceHockey was founded in 2004,with passions to design and create the PRO STICKS and other hockey gears,but try to catch up the top brand,with its commitment to constant innovation and evolving technology.Our sticks had been tested OK by NHL teams and players,and it will be constant to be improved!

What we do

In past 6 years,we work together with customers from USA,Canada,and Europe,we know what they need.Our experiences as below,

Branded hockey,

Hockey clubs

Hockey teams

Hockey chain stores

Special hockey design

Get solutions from PrinceHockey right now,just click on CONTACT US."

web address..

http://princehockey.com/

found out about them on ebay..

heres their current selection..

http://shop.ebay.com/prince-hockey/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=&_trksid=p4340

I'm very very skeptical of the company. If you look at the products page, the images they have are clearly not of their own products. The background image is an Easton S17. If they are in the market of selling hockey sticks, why couldn't they even have their own product featured?

I suspect this site came about more or less related to the recent Winter Olympics.

And here's a bit more about the domain registration. Site was registered March of this year, 2010.

Domain Name : princehockey.com

PunnyCode : princehockey.com

Creation Date : 2010-03-04 20:04:47

Updated Date : 2010-03-04 20:04:47

Expiration Date : 2011-03-04 20:04:42

http://whois.domaintools.com/princehockey.com

[simnorm 2]

Good post ham.

I've never paid more than 40$ for a blade, 60$ for a shaft. Canada is a brutal place for finding higher end sticks at decent prices. There are deals out there but it really helps if you're RH.

Back to topic: those Chinese sticks, no thanks.

[PrinceHockey 0]

I did a quick search, but didnt find anything...

ok. Here is a Chinese hockey company "Prince Hockey" trying to push out composite sticks... they dont even provide good pictures of the product.. id love to know how easy these would break..

ABOUT US:... this is funny

"About PrinceHockey

Who we are

PrinceHockey was founded in 2004,with passions to design and create the PRO STICKS and other hockey gears,but try to catch up the top brand,with its commitment to constant innovation and evolving technology.Our sticks had been tested OK by NHL teams and players,and it will be constant to be improved!

What we do

In past 6 years,we work together with customers from USA,Canada,and Europe,we know what they need.Our experiences as below,

Branded hockey,

Hockey clubs

Hockey teams

Hockey chain stores

Special hockey design

Get solutions from PrinceHockey right now,just click on CONTACT US."

web address..

http://princehockey.com/

found out about them on ebay..

heres their current selection..

http://shop.ebay.com/prince-hockey/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=&_trksid=p4340

Hello Sir,

You are right,our web came in March,2010.And we use the S17 sticks as our web background.

You will confirm the quality of our sticks once you try it!

reagrds,

Lonson Zhu

www.princehockey.com

[JR Boucicaut 3804]

If you want one of our members to test out one of your sticks (which you offered and I edited out of your post) you would have to send it to me and I can find someone to test it for us.

[PrinceHockey 0]

If you want one of our members to test out one of your sticks (which you offered and I edited out of your post) you would have to send it to me and I can find someone to test it for us.

hello,

Good idea.Can you please send us a mail to send us some information about yo,then we can decide if we can send the stick ( only 1pc) by free charge.There is cost for us.(Hope to get your understandings.)

reagrds,

Lonson Zhu

www.princehockey.com

[Scotty 8]

Regardless of the product and how good or bad it is, at least they'll come here and stand behind it.

I'd give it a shot for a while just because of that.

[AIREAYE 248]

I admire their courage, and I wouldn't mind trying one myself haha. I hope these guys did their research into the market, and offer a competitive product, it's not easy to enter the industry nowadays because of the dominance of the top firms, entry/exit costs etc.

[mickz 107]

Anybody end up getting a stick from them? I actually emailed them and right away they were more than willing to send me one to try out, free of charge. I didn't hear from them for a few weeks after they said they'd ship it so I decided to shoot them another email. They told me they're not planning to ship me a stick anymore just because they don't feel like doing so anymore.

Not complaining that I didn't get a free stick in the end but pretty poor communication.

[fatwabbit 93]

Ive actually had a China made stick for a long time, its been marketed in Australia as Gryphon and they offer quite a number of blade patterns similar to more popular brands. In my 4 years playing hockey in AUstralia, I've only seen 2 of these Gryphon sticks break... there are quite a number of guys that use it here, so it does get around.

I've been using a Gryphon P88 clone for a couple of weeks, and have already decided to sell all my other OPS. The durability of the stick is great, although the shaft dimensions are a tad bigger than some other sticks. I've also got a shaft that has been made in Vietnam under the same name, and have been getting all my mates who live there to track down the factory.

[Scotty 8]

Anybody end up getting a stick from them? I actually emailed them and right away they were more than willing to send me one to try out, free of charge. I didn't hear from them for a few weeks after they said they'd ship it so I decided to shoot them another email. They told me they're not planning to ship me a stick anymore just because they don't feel like doing so anymore.

Not complaining that I didn't get a free stick in the end but pretty poor communication.

Wow, what a joke.

On a side note, my browser won't even let me visit the company's website because it has had been reported as an attack page too many times (unsecure, steals information, damages computers).

[dayroc 0]

Anybody end up getting a stick from them? I actually emailed them and right away they were more than willing to send me one to try out, free of charge. I didn't hear from them for a few weeks after they said they'd ship it so I decided to shoot them another email. They told me they're not planning to ship me a stick anymore just because they don't feel like doing so anymore.

Not complaining that I didn't get a free stick in the end but pretty poor communication.

Wow, what a joke.

On a side note, my browser won't even let me visit the company's website because it has had been reported as an attack page too many times (unsecure, steals information, damages computers).

Their communication is horrible; just based on that, i would never buy a stick from them ever. Even if someday they become the best stick manufacturer in hockey.

[JR Boucicaut 3804]

Anybody end up getting a stick from them? I actually emailed them and right away they were more than willing to send me one to try out, free of charge. I didn't hear from them for a few weeks after they said they'd ship it so I decided to shoot them another email. They told me they're not planning to ship me a stick anymore just because they don't feel like doing so anymore.

Not complaining that I didn't get a free stick in the end but pretty poor communication.

They contacted me and offered the same thing. I have yet to see a stick show up.

[HockeySavants 5]

My Bauer One95 is made in China, those look like Bauer copycats