Comments on: UPDATED: Hot Pot Of Lax: The New Easton Lacrosse Helmet; Is It Going To Be Good Or Bad?

By: Swag

Swag — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 17:46:00 +0000

not only will it fail the sticker test, but from what i have seen on insidelacrosse.com, it is a very ugly helmet anyways. cascade pretty much owns the helmet market. no one makes them better looking or safer. guess we will have to see when the “raptor” (stupid name) is released

By: Mike Band

Mike Band — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 13:57:00 +0000

St. Andrews will be wearing them.

By: Paul Jones

Paul Jones — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 12:53:00 +0000

Plenty of other companies have made an attempt to tap into the expanding lacrosse market, and many have failed (shock doctor, for example). Unless their is a new technology innovation that is going to enhance concussion prevention, then I don’t see a lot of people switching from Cascade (in large part, as Cam mentioned) due to potential sticker pack issues initially. But, it’s possible they aren’t going after Cascade initially…they may be looking to take that segment of the market away from Brine and Warrior, and maybe even Riddell. Without knowing exactly what Easton is thinking, we wont know. My question is, which team is wearing them this weekend, if this is the big unveil. Normally you don’t plan something like this without a team on the field sporting them. Like others, I think they have saturated one market (hockey) and they are hoping to get into another, and may not be ready to be in it for the long haul.

By: 29guesswhere

29guesswhere — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 02:40:00 +0000

The problem is colleges are sponsored by cascade or warrior, rather than the school buying the helmet the kids want or need like they do in football (many schools have different brands and styles of helmets). If we can get rid of helmet manufacturers sponsoring schools, then we’ll see much more of a variety of lids on players. No one should ever force you to wear a helmet that you do not like.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 19:24:00 +0000

40% lighter than Pro 7. I’ve seen it, touched it, and worn it.

By: Cam

Cam — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 19:05:00 +0000

It looks like it will fail the sticker test. A lot of the helmet market is made up of kids who buy their own helmet, but have to put team stickers on it. Brine and Ridell were very accomodating of the old stripes, and even the backpanels almost worked. In my opinion, they’re the only non-cascade helmets to succeed. This will not be the case with the Easton from what I can see, and I think it will kill a lot of their chances for success.

By: Cody Hart

Cody Hart — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 18:16:00 +0000

Yea, because that Riddell helmet looked so awesome.

By: Jake Steve

Jake Steve — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 17:17:00 +0000

Cascade FTW!!

By: D H Royall

D H Royall — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 16:35:00 +0000

Don’t forget that Easton also owns Riddell, the biggest football helmet manufacturer. They’ve also been researching and patenting lacrosse innovations for a couple decades before anyone realized they were going to start a lax brand. Between Riddell, Bell, and whatever patents they’ve been drawing up, this should be a pretty good helmet, as long as they can make it look sweet

By: Mike Band

Mike Band — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 16:32:00 +0000

It will just be another helmet. If it manages to be as protective as a Pro7 or CPX-R then it will have do one or both of two things to steal a significant market share from Cascade: (1) be less expensive; and/or (2) be aesthetically on par or superior. It will just be another helmet.

By: Retro Gulls - 412 Lax

Retro Gulls - 412 Lax — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 15:09:42 +0000

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By: Bill

Bill — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 14:59:00 +0000

The thing I’ve noticed about the Easton products that have come out so far is they are really expensive. Maybe the F1 Launch is worth a benjamin and isn’t a gimmick that they stole from the Brine Pulse, but I’ll wait for someone who doesn’t work for Easton to say so.
I’d predict that the new Easton helmet is going to be really nice, but too expensive, but I hope I’m wrong.