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[piethepker]

So from the start of the new season juniors will not be allowed to wear the old style helmets anymore, they will have to wear one of the 2014 ones.

Juniors, how many times will you get hit in the head as a junior!

Maybe if you play Grade but surely just playing club you shouldn't need something like that?

[Jimmyg]

Juniors, how many times will you get hit in the head as a junior!

Maybe if you play Grade but surely just playing club you shouldn't need something like that?

Its not unusual for juniors from 11 up to be hit on the helmet, not so much bouncers but full tosses especially.

However I don't think anyone has mentioned that it will be mandatory to wear a new BS helmet for any club player junior or senior. The current regs on juniors wearing helmets, from memory, don't specify that the helmet has to be to BS anyway.

[WalkingWicket37]

Juniors, how many times will you get hit in the head as a junior!

Maybe if you play Grade but surely just playing club you shouldn't need something like that?

I got hit on the head once as a junior, and there was an incident where one of the other lads had a ball go through the gap between peak & grille.
There were a lot of kids getting hit on the head that year, it was out first off season using the Rose Bowl nets, all the U13s found it came on quicker than normal with more bounce and they all think they're Brett Lee!

[Nato]

I actually quite like the new design, and if it's as safe as it's advertised to be by Masuri then surely it's a good thing. I remember thinking the Ayrtek lids looked a bit strange first, but they grow on you, and I see no reason why this new design won't as well.

[arsenal123]

I bought an Ayrtek (or is it Adidas now!  ) so I don't need to get one of those atrocities on the first page in the future!  I suggest others do the same!

[Vic Nicholas]

It is disgustingly horrible.

If that is all they are going to offer, they have lost a life long Masuri fan...FOREVER!

Utter, utter rubbish.

[rbblack]

It is disgustingly horrible.

If that is all they are going to offer, they have lost a life long Masuri fan...FOREVER!

Utter, utter rubbish.

Cannot agree more with this!

Shocking design. It seems that they've just thought "How can we meet the new regs but spend the least amount of money in doing so."

[brokenbat]

Optimus Prime might buy it

[ads10]

It is disgustingly horrible.

If that is all they are going to offer, they have lost a life long Masuri fan...FOREVER!

Utter, utter rubbish.

agree they are hiddeous. have been my favourite helmet over the past few years will have to buy another older version helmet if this is what they are going to dish up

[Vitas Cricket]

So from the start of the new season juniors will not be allowed to wear the old style helmets anymore, they will have to wear one of the 2014 ones.

No, nobody has said that anywhere. The new standard has been published in the last few days. Manufacturers have 6 months to stop making/selling old style helmets, I believe us retailers can continue to sell old stock until it is gone.

People are free to continue to wear an existing helmet, no-one will be forced to change, but soon, if you do decide to buy a new helmet, your only option (when purchasing from reputable sources like ourselves anyway) will be to get one that complies with the new standard.

[MD2812]

I know Masuri said this had been 4 years in design, but to me I'm not so sure.

I doubt that they will always look like this in the future as well.

Be interesting to see when these helmets start breaking out on the TV screens. Are any pros wearing them already?

[Gingerbusiness]

Lets be honest, for most club players - How is this any safer than we are currently wearing?

If you are facing 90mph regularly... Fair enough - You need all the help you can get.

For mere mortals, I just don't see how this is going to make a 'difference' to our safety.

I assume my old Masuri Ti helmet is now regarded as 'not upto standard' and therefore dangerous.

Ridiculous. Along with pads in rugby and head guards in football.

[Neon Cricket]

I've spotted a couple in the Big Bash but not many

If simply comes down to 1 question, do you consider what you look like whilst padded more important than being safe?

I know which I'd choose - which is why I own an Ayrtek! (With the bonus of them looking sweet too!!)

[Neon Cricket]

Lets be honest, for most club players - How is this any safer than we are currently wearing?

If you are facing 90mph regularly... Fair enough - You need all the help you can get.

For mere mortals, I just don't see how this is going to make a 'difference' to our safety.

I assume my old Masuri Ti helmet is now regarded as 'not upto standard' and therefore dangerous.

Ridiculous. Along with pads in rugby and head guards in football.

I've seen 4 players hit through the grill, not facing anything particularly fast (one was a spinner!) and the results have never been pretty...

[MD2812]

I've spotted a couple in the Big Bash but not many

If simply comes down to 1 question, do you consider what you look like whilst padded more important than being safe?

I know which I'd choose - which is why I own an Ayrtek! (With the bonus of them looking sweet too!!)

Well I have heard from people who have tried this new helmet on that the double grill is distracting.

The albion design looks like to me that if you couldn't set the gap wider than a safe measurement the ball wouldn't get through, I may be wrong.