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I'm wondering who's buying what in terms of goalie pads. What's popular? What's underrated and overrated?

I would say Vaughn is the best. Rbk second. Itech's break down really easy and so do CCM from what I have heard.

i think brians new pads are pretty well built. maybe a little underrated. and even though rbk's are a good pad, i think they may be mildly overrated.

gabT wrote:so do CCM from what I have heard.

yea they do. ive had mine for 2 years and theyre trash.

i actualy just got some itech x-wings and they r awesome. old itech pads did break down, so we will see if the x-wings do.

What about the sherwood pads are they good? i love there sticks

Simmons are very will built. People don't know it, but they are actually really nice pads.

simmons are just a knock off of vaughn.

gopherhockey33 wrote:simmons are just a knock off of vaughn.

There still good quality pads. Not all of there models are. And a lot less $

If I were you I would go with Vaughn.

SOONTOBESIOUX wrote:If I were you I would go with Vaughn.

Why would I want to spend 200+ more $, for the same quality?

they arent the same quality. it isnt even close. vaughn is way better than simmons. how many NHL goalies use simmons? and how many use vaughn?

gopherhockey33 wrote:they arent the same quality. it isnt even close. vaughn is way better than simmons. how many NHL goalies use simmons? and how many use vaughn?

There pretty close. Have you ever worn Simmons? And some ECHL goalies use them actually.

ok ill give them a little credit but not much, vaughn is the most popular pad (yes over RBK used all over at every level)

look at this there critisizing vaughn simmonshttp://www.donsimmons.com/ice_hockey_go ... 0Light%203

Who ever vote's simmons has no idea what they are talking about. Ya there excellent pads if you 10 years old. They are not made to the same quality of vaughn and rbk pads. Simmons is just some sh*tty knock off that isnt even comparable to vaughn. Do yourself a favor and buy vaughn pads, they are better quality and you can get a better resale for them. I gurantee that you will be happier with a pair of vaughn pad then simmons. Just look at the pictures of simmons on line they look cheap. You can just see that the buckles and the padding is awful. Hell the pro simmons pads have less padding and comfort then the jr. velocities.

The hockey state wrote:Who ever vote's simmons has no idea what they are talking about. Ya there excellent pads if you 10 years old. They are not made to the same quality of vaughn and rbk pads. Simmons is just some sh*tty knock off that isnt even comparable to vaughn. Do yourself a favor and buy vaughn pads, they are better quality and you can get a better resale for them. I gurantee that you will be happier with a pair of vaughn pad then simmons. Just look at the pictures of simmons on line they look cheap. You can just see that the buckles and the padding is awful. Hell the pro simmons pads have less padding and comfort then the jr. velocities.

Have you played simmons ever?

Hell no, bc those pads are so cheezy.

The hockey state wrote:Hell no, bc those pads are so cheezy.

So you don't have a clue if they are good quality or not. So don't say crap about them, if you don't know what your talking about.

has anybody seen the new reebok chest protector? they look big and they look lik theyre a lot tougher than the yellow chest protector

also im gonna get new pads should i get v3's or the premeir 2's?

ive tried them both out and used them and i say v3's. but ive used vaughn my whole life so it depends on what you like.

i have never used vaughns but i really like the v3s there great id say get them as quick as posible