Best Pant Shell?

[prokennex 0]

Just recently purchased a CCM Vector Pro girdle, and need to get a shell for it. I see that many major manufactures make shells, I am wondering if any of these is better than the others??? I am looking for leg zippers, but otherwise, just a shell.

If there is anyone with experience using girdle/ shell combos, your thoughts would be greatly appreciated. If there is another post on this, please direct me as I used the search engine with no success....

[hunt3rsean 44]

Honestly, I took a pair of Bauer X:3.0 pants and cut out the major padding. Left the padded belt section and it's now my shell. I also use the CCM girdle. Works great and took maybe 30min to accomplish.

EDIT: Size Med girdle and size Med "shell".

[jrgretzky99 1]

9k shell hands down in my opinion.

[althoma1 575]

I use the old Bauer Supreme shell and like it better than the CCM P52 shell I had before that because it has a full belt plus a lace up closure so I can get it nice and snug. The new Nexus looks similar, but has added ventilation in the back and leg zippers. I'd grab that one if I was buying another: http://www.hockeymonkey.com/bauer-hockey-pants-nexus-pant-shell-sr.html

[SirJW 207]

I'd say go with the cheap reg pants option or the best deal you can find on any shell.

[CommodoreColt 19]

Honestly, I took a pair of Bauer X:3.0 pants and cut out the major padding. Left the padded belt section and it's now my shell. I also use the CCM girdle. Works great and took maybe 30min to accomplish.

EDIT: Size Med girdle and size Med "shell".

I did the same for my Tackla 4500 girdle. In my case I used an old Tacks 652 pant I had stored from some years back. Matched sizes gave me a perfect fit with a look & feel I really like.

[SCOMPL 14]

I'm very happy with my Bauer Nexus shell.

It has zippered leg openings, a belt instead of just elastic, and the old school hockey skate lacing is a nice touch.

[Vet88 674]

I don't have any shell that has zippers, never saw the need for them. I have the Vector pro girdle (along with a 9k) and used a S19 or Tackla shell with it until I managed to find a vector pro shell. Any shell will work ok with it but advantage of the vector pro shell is the buttons around the waist to attach the shell to the girdle.

[beerleaguecaptain 999]

Looking at picking up the Bauer Nexus Pants shell to put over a pair of Bauer pants - size XL. Is the pants shell truly designed to go over pants - should I get an XL?