Previously I reviewed the Warrior X4 Pro hockey goalie knee guards, which I purchased as a result of Bauer had long gone backwards in knee guards since their superb Vapor 1X type. CCM have at all times been a well-liked emblem for goalie protecting equipment and the former CCM KP Pro knee guards (associate hyperlink) have incessantly been a favorite for being extraordinarily protecting but cumbersome.
One factor I spotted prior to now once I labored at retail shops, CCM did a VERY just right task of making sure shops had inventory in their protecting equipment. If the Bauer or Warrior choices had been bought out, likelihood is that the shops had inventory of CCM and it incessantly turned into the default emblem for apparatus merely on account of the loss of choices in other places. While this isn’t essentially all of CCM’s doing (so much is contributed to the “buyers” of the shops who position the bigger CCM orders in comparison to different manufacturers), CCM had an in to many goalie baggage just by being to be had to buy.
I spotted numerous Instagram reels and YouTube shorts appearing off those new CCM KP Pro knee guards (associate hyperlink) straight away once they turned into to be had, and their reward on-line perceived to proceed. So I determined to shop for a couple and notice if the hype is warranted or if that is so of familiarity bias and the KP Pro knee guards being “good enough.”
My favorite characteristic of the CCM KP Pro are their sock & jock pant attachment piece, which is a removeable velcro device that ties into velcro attachment on hockey jock pants. You can see how this works beneath in my Instagram demonstration.
One factor I at all times spotted with knee guard advice and on-line critiques is the observation of “bomb proof,” which is incessantly stated for those CCM KP Pro fashions… so I determined to in truth check the protecting qualities of the CCM KP Pro and put them as much as the check with my puck device. Watch the whole assessment of the CCM KP Pro goalie knee guards on YouTube beneath!
Overall, the CCM KP Pro knee guards (associate hyperlink) had been immensely disappointing. For a knee guards so cumbersome, their protecting qualities aren’t just right sufficient. They aren’t relaxed to land on and will simply reason balance problems when you ever land SLIGHTLY imperfectly. For how a lot reward the CCM KP Pro knee guards get I actually have to query the place it’s coming from. Even the up to date and (and getting worse than earlier fashions) Bauer Pro and Elite knee guards (associate hyperlink) collection are a significantly higher total package deal for a MUCH much less cumbersome knee guard.
I simply counsel the Warrior X# Pro knee guards over those CCMs however will proceed my knee guard trying out going ahead to search out the most efficient options of every!
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