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Equipment => Pads => Topic started by: rickjames on August 26, 2015, 07:09:40 PM

Title: New Balance DC 580 pads
Post by: rickjames on August 26, 2015, 07:09:40 PM
Anyone have any experience of using these?

(http://www.prodirectcricket.com/productimages/V3_1_Main/95821.jpg)
Title: Re: New Balance DC 580 pads
Post by: Bowlers Name Please on August 26, 2015, 07:47:05 PM
Tried them on when they first came out in Aus and from memory they felt quite thin. Depends on how much protection you're looking for really...
Title: Re: New Balance DC 580 pads
Post by: rickjames on August 31, 2015, 04:27:32 PM
Cheers. Would I maybe be better off looking at the TC 860s, perhaps?
Title: Re: New Balance DC 580 pads
Post by: smilley792 on August 31, 2015, 04:28:11 PM
I have the 1260 and rate them very very highly.
Title: Re: New Balance DC 580 pads
Post by: rickjames on August 31, 2015, 04:31:41 PM
1260s are maybe a little out of my price range I'm afraid  :(
Title: Re: New Balance DC 580 pads
Post by: smilley792 on August 31, 2015, 04:33:48 PM
The ranges are changing for 2016 though and the seasons end is almost upon us.

You may well find some 1260 in the bargain bin with a little patience.
Title: Re: New Balance DC 580 pads
Post by: rickjames on September 01, 2015, 08:43:48 PM
That's the thing, patience! Ha. PDC have the 860s at £39 right now and the matching gloves at £27.50 which seems like OK value. Tempted to order and try them on and send back if they're not for me.

Anyone know how their pads stack up weight wise?
Title: Re: New Balance DC 580 pads
Post by: abdulwq on September 02, 2015, 01:42:47 AM
no experience of buying pads from PDC.
The above NB pads are i think the same design SS had some years ago used by a friend of mine...I think protection at them is very basic.
Recently got SS Matrix pads with foam inserts beside cane so the protection is not good. I recommend whatever you buy only with cane insert protection.
Title: Re: New Balance DC 580 pads
Post by: rickjames on September 02, 2015, 05:54:45 PM
Went and ordered the TC 860s and the matching gloves on a whim only for them to come back and cancel it because they'd had concerns/issues about the address/postcode. Dunno what's suspicious about SE11 but hey ho!