Warranty this stick? What happened?

[shawn o 0]

Well, I've never bothered to warranty a stick before. Bought this April 12th and used it for two adult, no contact playoff games the following weekend. Was organizing my gear a couple days ago and noticed the nose on this was as pictured below. I guess I'd expect it to wear down over time, but not after only two mild uses.....stick is and looks brand new other than what you see below.

Should I warranty this? Has a 30 day warranty so hopefully they won't deny it if I submit?

[tareatingrat 4]

If that happened after two games, yeah, I'd be sending it back.

You'll probably get a lot of guff on here about it, though.

[Chadd 916]

If a blade did that with two uses, it would appear to meet the definition of a defect and be replaced via warranty.

[hrbekroenick 0]

Do you tape the whole toe? This is exactly why i ALWAYS DO.

[davidfinlay276 4]

Do you tape the whole toe? This is exactly why i ALWAYS DO.

Even if you don't tape over the toe, there's no way the toe should be disintegrating like that after just 2 low intensity beer league games. Seems like a legitimate manufacturing defect to me. I have taped over the toe the last few years, never did before, and didn't notice much of a difference in durability, the toes of my sticks have always stayed in pretty good shape regardless of whether or not I tape over the toe.

[Nealoc187 10]

I would certainly warranty that.

[gxc999 7]

I must concur as well. Unless your games involved the other players using chainsaws instead of sticks, that shouldn't be happening after being used only twice.

[sharks25 9]

Do you tape the whole toe? This is exactly why i ALWAYS DO.

Tape is just a thin layer of cloth. It doesn't protect that much. Even if it was taped that blade would still disintegrate, maybe just at a slower rate.

[shawn o 0]

Sent it back to Miken Saturday. We'll see what they say but for $200 hopefully I'll get another stick.

[Buzz_LightBeer 975]

Sent it back to Miken Saturday. We'll see what they say but for $200 hopefully I'll get another stick.

You should have mentioned that initially, thats just MBM, Mikens Being Mikens

[HockeySavants 5]

You'd be out of luck if that were an Easton.

[SmokinApricot 22]

This exact same thing happened to both of my Reebok AI's didn't seem to be a defect thought as another person on my team has a Reebok AI and it did the same thing and Reebok won't cover it. Hope it works out for you getting a replacement.

[HockeySavants 5]

Reebok Ai's blades have been brutal to say the least

[SmokinApricot 22]

Yeah ended up switching to the Warrior Widow and 3 months in haven't had any issues although based on what others say about the durability I'm not so sure that it will continue to hold out. Haven't seen that many pros playing with the AI's wonder if it has to do with the blade issues?

[chippa13 1844]

The tape is awful chewed up under the toe. I'm betting a lot of digging in along the boards was done with the stick. At the very least, I would suggest a higher lie.

[shawn o 0]

Got a new stick already today!

Hopefully this one will last a bit longer....

[Lee-Bro 1]

That's new?

[bruins89 1]

You'd be out of luck if that were an Easton.

false..i have sent back sticks like that to easton and they have been replaced. ive never had an issue with easton

[shawn o 0]

Ya, those newer pics are the replacement right out of the box. Doesn't look too good? Seems like its short on resin?

[Brian Harte 1]

the seam already looks ready to split!

[Lee-Bro 1]

It appears to have small chips along the toe's bottom edge. Wonder if it was a demo?

[shawn o 0]

No it was brand new, Still had the stickers on the blade.

[Chadd 916]

the seam already looks ready to split!

nothing is as bad as the original TPS pre-preg blades. Those split if you looked at them funny.