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Forum News and Suggestions => Old Advertisers => Admin Board => Vitas Cricket => Topic started by: gdb19 on June 19, 2013, 01:18:17 PM
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Just thought I'd post a quick review of some vitas gloves that Jake had sent me a while ago. I'd ordered some kit for my midweek team and we'd had some problems with the couriers, being the bloke he is Jake offered to send me some of these to try out to make up for the order being late. Entirely unexpected but it does show how good the customer service is from Vitas and is why I'll definitely be shopping with them again.
(http://i1233.photobucket.com/albums/ff381/gdbonner/F344A931-BA43-4C32-ADC8-304E271BA7EA-12098-000002C9C6242D9C_zpsd4f1e72a.jpg)
(http://i1233.photobucket.com/albums/ff381/gdbonner/91C6F423-8AB5-4C3A-AF1D-C006C755229E-12098-000002C9D2370660_zps781c8f37.jpg) (http://s1233.photobucket.com/user/gdbonner/media/91C6F423-8AB5-4C3A-AF1D-C006C755229E-12098-000002C9D2370660_zps781c8f37.jpg.html)
(http://i1233.photobucket.com/albums/ff381/gdbonner/AFD71590-3A03-44BD-B5A9-DC45A1550C7A-12098-000002C9DAB0F01E_zps93228428.jpg) (http://s1233.photobucket.com/user/gdbonner/media/AFD71590-3A03-44BD-B5A9-DC45A1550C7A-12098-000002C9DAB0F01E_zps93228428.jpg.html)
The gloves are pretty similar in design to other sausage types like the kook r900's and feel as well made as any other glove I've had recently. They're light and very comfortable to wear, the towelling on the back of the hand especially feels nicer than most gloves I've had for some reason. Palms are nice and soft with the usual extra wear patch near the wrist. I think part of the comfort factor generally is due to them not being the most protective, certainly the fingers are more flexible and perhaps less padded than the newbery sps 2's that I have but depending on the pace of bowling you face this wouldn't be an issue. The colours perhaps won't suit everyone but I quite like them.
I've worn the gloves for a couple of innings now and they're pretty good, I know Jake mentioned he was looking to tweak the design a bit before launching them properly so with a couple of little changes I think they'll be well worth buying.
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Many thanks for the review Graham.
My main intention with these is to first of all get the supplier (or a supplier) to get the colours correct, these were supposed to be pink with a very small amount of blue, not blue with a small amount of purple!
Also the stitching on my own pair is not of the highest standard, and i agree on the protection front.
I am much happier with our pads and also our split fingered gloves which have sold out. Hopefully moving forward i can get the v2.0 softs to a higher standard, good enough for the website and also the scrutiny of the forum.
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They like like kooks ! (Not that that is bad, mind you :)) great review, and Jake, do you have youth sizes ?
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We have no junior sizes, these may be part of our next order whenever we make it though.
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Out of interest Jake, any pics of the Vitas pads?
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(http://i.imgur.com/nvRIzl.jpg)
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Are those softs based on BS ?
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SS/Hawk I would say, which makes them bloody good
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They look very much like the ss test opener pads I've just got, if so they're brilliant pads
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Are those softs based on BS ?
We asked them to copy the design of the B&S Supreme softs, good spot.
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We asked them to copy the design of the B&S Supreme softs, good spot.
Oh ok, great !! Thanks :)
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Hi mate, do you have any of the Vitas gloves and pads on your website?
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Hi mate, do you have any of the Vitas gloves and pads on your website?
We do not at the moment, simply because i am not yet ready to launch them to the wider market as i am not 100% happy with them. They are selling very well in store though, and the players we sponsor have been very encouraging with their comments on their kit.
Better to make sure everything is totally spot on than rush out something not quite right to the market, thats what i believe anyway. If you are interested, i can fire some pictures and prices your way?
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See you have your own bats too. Looking forward to tomorrow!
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We do not at the moment, simply because i am not yet ready to launch them to the wider market as i am not 100% happy with them. They are selling very well in store though, and the players we sponsor have been very encouraging with their comments on their kit.
Better to make sure everything is totally spot on than rush out something not quite right to the market, thats what i believe anyway. If you are interested, i can fire some pictures and prices your way?
If they're selling, surely they're doing alright! ;) Do you think you'll have your gear sorted for next season then mate?
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If they're selling, surely they're doing alright! ;) Do you think you'll have your gear sorted for next season then mate?
Yeah people are buying them, no doubt about it. Mainly as many people can't help but kit themselves out in matching gear if the opportunity is there. But i myself know the quality is not as high as i want it to be, certainly not on the same level as many of the bat-makers who also sponsor the forum.
Planning on putting a lot of work in over the winter to release an updated and improved range of softs for next season.
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Those purple gloves look beaut! i want some :D
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Those glove's are some of the nicest I have ever seen, I have the rogue's which are like these with a crappy colourscheme. I spent a few hours tonight getting off the ugly ogos and all of the orange highlights with acetone as it stands out too much and I love the traditional look.
Mate those glove's are beauties. I really like them
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Many thanks for the kind words chaps, yes they do resemble the Kookaburra gloves of recent years. This design was not something i requested or approved though, purple was never in the colour scheme, and i wanted something similar to our split finger design (based on B&S Supreme) but in a sausage finger. These gloves arrived much to my surprise and initial dismay, although they have sold well and seem popular.
As they've come all the way from the subcontinent and payment is made upfront, there isn't a great deal we can do other than demand a discount on future orders or use a different supplier next time.
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If they were blue and not purple. I definatly would invest in a seasons worth of them! Love the style
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The purple is certainly different! What kind of price are you selling these If you don't mind me asking? The picture you added later on of the one's resembling B&S look good quality and very nice.
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The purple is certainly different! What kind of price are you selling these If you don't mind me asking? The picture you added later on of the one's resembling B&S look good quality and very nice.
Fattus Cattus nabbed the last pair of split fingers. These sausage ones are £35 I think.