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Specialist Cricket Retailers => Uzi Sports UK => Topic started by: Uzi Sports on October 09, 2015, 01:46:55 PM
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Initially delivery of stem guards arrived and we have only got very few left , more coming in the next few days
http://uzisports.com/seniors-cricket-helmets-masuri?product_id=1816 (http://uzisports.com/seniors-cricket-helmets-masuri?product_id=1816)
regards
Asad
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I am looking to buy one for the upcoming season here in India. With stem guards, would rather buy a Masuri. Which models of Masuri should I target so that the stem guards fit into those?
Or are they universal?
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I am looking to buy one for the upcoming season here in India. With stem guards, would rather buy a Masuri. Which models of Masuri should I target so that the stem guards fit into those?
Or are they universal?
There is a stemguard to fit all models. Club model helmets have their own separate stemguard, the most popular models, the Elite and Test, both accept the same stemguard.
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There is a stemguard to fit all models. Club model helmets have their own separate stemguard, the most popular models, the Elite and Test, both accept the same stemguard.
Thanks!
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Jake, can this stem guard fit GN legend helmet?
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Jake, can this stem guard fit GN legend helmet?
No, the Masuri stem guard will only fit Masuri and likewise the stem guards that we have seen so far from GM and Shrey will only fit thier helmets.
I would think a guard from Grays will be released fairly soon now that the other brands have started to do so.
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I think I have seen some international players wearing the Masuri stem guard with a Shrey helmet, but of course, this doesn't make many people happy!
I am waiting to find out conclusively if a Shrey neck guard fits on a Masuri helmet. I can't believe the Shrey one costs so much less than the Masuri but does the same thing! It's less than half the price. Is the Masuri one worth paying extra for?
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The issue will be that branded items will need pairing up with the same brand product, with the new safety standard we now have to label the grills so that they can only be fitted to X model of helmet in order to make it compliant. Chopping and changing between brand X's shell and brand Y's grille would nullify the helmet in questions safety standard compliance.
Rodgers had a Stem Guard on a Shrey helmet I believe in the ashes but subsequently converted to a full Masuri.
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As a standard fit the Masuri stem guard does not fit a Shrey helmet. It may well do if you cut it, but then that would be a total waste of money and risky as you would no doubt be affecting the performance of the product.
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I can't believe the Shrey one costs so much less than the Masuri but does the same thing! It's less than half the price. Is the Masuri one worth paying extra for?
Good question... I still can't understand how a small piece of protective foam can be retailed at £49.99. It's ridiculous. If it took that much R&D to produce then why did we see them on the pro's helmets within weeks of the unfortunate incident which led to it's creation?
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Good question... I still can't understand how a small piece of protective foam can be retailed at £49.99. It's ridiculous. If it took that much R&D to produce then why did we see them on the pro's helmets within weeks of the unfortunate incident which led to it's creation?
Agreed, especially as the Shrey one is just £19.99...
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do these fit on all masuris or is it just the new (post new standard) models?
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do these fit on all masuris or is it just the new (post new standard) models?
Only the newer ones that pass the new British Standard, so from 2014 onwards.
We did a short video on these StemGuards yesterday - do take a look if you'd like more info on them, and how to apply them: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1RjW0ykQVU (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1RjW0ykQVU)
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I'm getting a Masuri for christmas, I might buy a shrey neck guard to see if it fits, £50 is a joke
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I'm getting a Masuri for christmas, I might buy a shrey neck guard to see if it fits, £50 is a joke
Shrey ones fit masuri helmet i have tried it :D
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I can't believe how many of these stem guards are getting sold. £50 for a bit of plastic to attach on the back of a helmet. If people just kept their eye on the ball it wouldn't be a problem. Wasn't long ago that you could get a whole titanium lid for about £80. I find it pretty shocking how manufacturers are ripping people off on the back of a poor blokes death- should come as standard
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I can't believe how many of these stem guards are getting sold. £50 for a bit of plastic to attach on the back of a helmet. If people just kept their eye on the ball it wouldn't be a problem. Wasn't long ago that you could get a whole titanium lid for about £80. I find it pretty shocking how manufacturers are ripping people off on the back of a poor blokes death- should come as standard
Did you not see Levi get hit in the Ram Slam?
He was hit by a throw from the boundary. Accidents happen, stem guards may help prevent an accident becoming a tradgedy.
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Yes I did. I can appreciate that accidents happen and these things can reduce the risk to some extent, but for a supplier to charge £50 for that small piece of plastic is disgusting
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£50 for a potentially life saving piece of plastic, disgusting or not I can see why so many have sold (and I bought one myself, along with a top of the range helmet).
Do I really need a £200 Masuri with a stem guards? No
Will having this kit make me a better player? No - but I'll feel safer
Is it wortg it? Yes - if it takes a blow that potentially saves me from a serious injury it'll be worth it's weight in gold. Better safer than sorry in my opinion
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Yes I did. I can appreciate that accidents happen and these things can reduce the risk to some extent, but for a supplier to charge £50 for that small piece of plastic is disgusting
It is a form of TPU that has never been used in injection moulding before, combined with military grade crush foam.
If you are looking for cheap plastic used in helmets. Have a look at the shreys. The plastic grill mounts on the side are made of the same plastic as your average smoke alarm. I haven't seen many in the flesh, but every single one i've seen has cracks in the grille mount pretty much fresh out the box.
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Ok so maybe a bit more to it than a bit of plastic. Still reckon there's £50 there?
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Ok so maybe a bit more to it than a bit of plastic. Still reckon there's £50 there?
Initially I was a little skeptical about the price and did not feel they would be terribly popular at approx £50. Like many things in retail, if they don't prove popular the price will eventually be forced down, but customer demand has been high and we've just restocked on the stemguard for the second time since August, very unusual for a niche protective product out of season.
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Hell fair play
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It is a form of TPU that has never been used in injection moulding before, combined with military grade crush foam.
If you are looking for cheap plastic used in helmets. Have a look at the shreys. The plastic grill mounts on the side are made of the same plastic as your average smoke alarm. I haven't seen many in the flesh, but every single one i've seen has cracks in the grille mount pretty much fresh out the box.
That's bad to hear about the shrey, I was thinking of getting one since I tried on the Masuri VS and found it really uncomfortable for some reason.
Slightly changing tack, surely stem guards will only be an interim retro-fit solution to a fundamental design flaw in all the current helmets? It's laudible that Masuri & Shrey responded so swiftly to the Phil Hughes tragedy, since the current helmet standards (even BS2013) doesn't do anything to address neck protection. But surely it won't be too long (a couple of years perhaps) before manufacturers come up with a helmet design with properly integrated neck protection equal to the stem guard which doesn't excessively restrict head movement, a clip-on guard can't be the long-term solution? In the dim and distant past there have been some designs which have covered the neck more, pre-dating the original Albion riding-helmet based design, check this out...
http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/image/309703.html (http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/image/309703.html)
Any manufacturer's insight on this @Ayrtek?