The composite stick: discuss

QUOTE (Ray Canuck @ May 13, 2008 03:33 pm)

Hmmmmm....
maybe I'm on to somethin'
1st Bamboo stick I see I'll be thinkin' damn had that idea ages ago ihwcforums/cuss.gif

LOL

Believe it or not......... I was just thinking about bamboo yesterday when I first read this thread........... I mean they use it in martial arts and it's strong enough.........

Great minds eh?....

QUOTE (Ray Canuck @ May 13, 2008 02:33 pm)

Once the stick gets a nick in it's armour they are toast!
One of my Snowboard suppliers is using Bamboo instead of Carbon Fibre, same tensile strength but doesn't suffer from repeated bending the way Carbon Fibre does...not as light as Carbon but much lighter than traditional wood used in sticks.

Hmmmmm....
maybe I'm on to somethin'
1st Bamboo stick I see I'll be thinkin' damn had that idea ages ago ihwcforums/cuss.gif

they're using bamboo in a lot of products these days,

from flooring to snowboards!

sounds like another hemp, it makes too much sense to use on a large scale, so naturally we won't!

btw guys, does anybody use this sticks outdoors? I used to play hockey in the winter so the temperature can be less then -10C. So I'm thinking should I change my stick or keep playing with wooden stick.... ihwcforums/confused.gif

QUOTE (schmeep @ May 13, 2008 01:15 pm)

i think you just get used to the feel of them, they aren't as responsive when recieving a pass either, but you get used to cushioning the puck more.

personally i couldn't go back to using wood and for only one reason, and that is the lightness of the composite stick.
i was given a bunch of them a few years ago and once i had gone through them i went back to wood...but not for long, the wood stick felt like a 2 x 4 after using composites.

but the breaking of these things is ridiculous, i've only ever broken two myself, but then again i figure i'm not strong enough to really put a lot of strain on the stick.

My oldest kid is a D Man...I watched him go through $550 in sticks in one game...lol....which is fine....I tell him if he breaks one over the crossbar in frustration....he'll be using $19.95 CCM's until he can buy his own....he's at a Junior Evaluation camp June 4, 5 and 6.....of course he saying he needs another new one before that..

QUOTE (Lucy @ May 13, 2008 02:19 pm)

QUOTE (Balder @ May 13, 2008 02:54 pm)

Or maybe they can, but won't, since they wouldn't sell so many then.

Yeah that's it!!!

I don't know much about the subject you're discussing but that statement is so true about most things made these days................ things are not made to last......... things are made so they would not last so people have to keep buying them again and again............so infuriating (even if you are capable of repairing them... the parts are more expensive than the whole new product so it's not worth it) ihwcforums/bangHead.gif

It'S CALLED....PLANNED OBSOLENCENCE

i dont' think planned obsolescence is a factor with the sticks because the companies wouldnt' want their sticks exploding on national television night after night,

doesn't make for good advertising.

i would believe it if my sticks were exploding while the pros' sticks were not.

QUOTE (schmeep @ May 14, 2008 01:33 am)

What do the kids care.....they're not buying the farking things lol...like I said it's a badge of honour for a kids stick to be exploding just like the Pro's...it's Mom and Dad that pay the price......