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[Vic Nicholas]

A picture of yourself eating, you morbidly obese mess Vic! 

A chocolate sundae from McDonald's too!

[Rob580]

Wow. One person likes a brand of cricket helmet more than another one and now it's made it to 4 pages of arguing / debate.

Some people have got far too much time / anger on their hands....

[joymarvin]

A chocolate sundae from McDonald's too!

Haha Vic 

[ScottParko]

Right wing?

You do realise that right wingers in Oz support the British monarchy don't you?

I support an Australian Republic. The sooner we divest ourselves of the anachronistic British monarch presiding over Australia - the better.

Anti-Pom?

Not at all. I love the English. They have given us some of the finest bands in rock history (think Beatles, Stones, The Who, Kinks, Led Zep, Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, Queen, Sweet, The Darkness etc), Shakespear, Elgar etc...

The ONLY thing I dislike about this forum is the conservative "Made in the UK is superior" mentality that pervades through here.

Does that make me a raving right winger? Or as one other poster just now - a racist?

It seems that you all have no dramas with calumniating a persons character when you cannot win an argument.

It is called "argumentum ad hominem" and unfortunately, many of you engage in it.

That is your prerogative.

I just like being a contrarian.

I was happy to give you the benefit of the doubt until you listed Darkness as a fine rock band.

Bit offended by the morbidly obese remark like but hey ho.

[shoab68]

Not much into helmets, so no comments on helmets.
Coming to bats, I have all top brands top end bats from UK, Aussie, NZ, India and Pakistan.  No offence but I rate my SS made bats the best. Yes, I  care more for my Laver signature and Screaming cat bats  because I have spent three or four times more than my SS bats.

[edge]

I just like being a contrarian.

Bingo. I've literally never read one single post on this forum declaring that 'Made in the UK is superior'. Feel free to share some and discuss rather than just the occasional 'I heart Shrey, down with the British Empire' thread.

[brokenbat]

I don't get the argument at all - being struck on the temple / back of the head is very different from being struck on the forehead or top of the head (you could probably survive the latter without wearing a helmet at all). Why does the brand of the helmet matter here? It would only matter if you can find an example of a Shrey helmet wearer getting hit at the same spot as Morgan - at 90+ mph.

[potzy248]

Its funny, the UK guys all rate UK made bats first and the Asian guys all rate Asian bats first. Crazy stuff.

If that V800 is anything to go by then Asian bats are getting pretty damn good.

[Vitas Cricket]

A couple of FACTS for you seeing as you have a propensity to distort the truth:

1/ Rogers was wearing an Albion when he got struck on the head and put out of the Windies tour - not a Shrey.
2/ When Rogers was struck by Anderson, he was wearing a Shrey, but he attached a MASURI stem guard. The Masuri stem guard has a metal clip - and the Anderson bouncer struck RIGHT ON the metal clip which is what caused the damage...nothing to do with the Shrey or it's design.

But don't let the truth get in the way of your anti-Shrey crusade, hey brother?

I really wanted to address this at the time, but having not seen the product first hand until yesterday at the trade show, I decided to hold off, apologies again to the many out there who get tired of the Shrey/Masuri back and forth that occurs in various forum topics.

The stemguard has absolutely no metal in it whatsoever. It is made from a very sturdy but flexible rubber, with foam inserts, which for want of a better way to describe, feel like carbon filters from a fancy Brita water filter or similar.

It isn't my place to say whether they offer any additional protection, or how much they offer etc, but what I am 100% sure of is that wearing one will absolutely not increase your risk of injury as suggested in the quote.

[Topgun]

A helmet no matter what its quality/features can only do so much to protect you

[Aussie]

This whole thread has made me laugh!
Aussies aren't anti-English. This pineapple might be, but not the rest of us. The statistics show support for a republic are diminishing and support for the monarchy and royals growing. For most of us we love playing and staying in the UK. People will wear what they want at amateur level. At professional level there'll be an element of wearing what they're told to wear. Different helmets suits people differently. Some fit, some don't. People ultimately will make a personal decision to wear what suits them. Same with bats, pads, gloves, shoes etc.

[OwzatOllie]

As far as I'm concerned, you wear a helmet that feels comfortable on your head.  They aren't going to make you immune to head injuries.

[tim2000s]

I wouldn't have wanted to be wearing this helmet....

[brokenbat]

hahaha..beat me to the punch..

here is the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cctGeYDIb7w

[Aussie]

That's awful. I've never seen the strap simply break like that. It's so shocking that I can see an entire product recall as it looks like a design flaw. I'm really glad I don't wear this certain brand of helmet.