Topic: Unusual pad designs/techologies (Read 4756 times)

gihanrat · « **on:** January 31, 2024, 08:24:01 PM »

Hi, just wondered if anyone has had any unusual pad designs (would be great if photos available), or any unusual technologies incorporated into pad designs, from current day or yesteryear. Any old technologies that might make for an interesting comeback??

InternalTraining · « **Reply #1 on:** January 31, 2024, 10:00:58 PM »

https://www.aerocricket.com/equipment/p1-batting/p1-legs.html

gihanrat · « **Reply #2 on:** January 31, 2024, 10:51:57 PM »

Ah yes, the Aero pads - Minimalist design...anyone tried these out - are they comfortable, how to they compare to traditional pads in terms of proptection?

InternalTraining · « **Reply #3 on:** January 31, 2024, 11:18:03 PM »

^ Owned and used them for many seasons. Absolutely the best pads I ever used bar none. Makes cricket footwork as simple and easy as walking. In the CBF pad database, they are the lightest pads size "Small" pads. They provide excellent protection against quicks. You need complementary thigh pads against real quicks. I used an inner thigh pad and no outer thigh pad. I rarely copped a hit on my thighs ( or even legs

).

Top product. It is a shame it didn't catch on.

Ayrtek Cricket · « **Reply #4 on:** January 31, 2024, 11:38:47 PM »

Too far ahead of their time when they peaked in 2005/6. It�s what we put ourselves up against when we came up with the concept that Canterbury took to market. No canes in them, just foam protection that was able to stand upto 85mph+ without any adverse effect.

Too lazy to find pics but link below to them for ref. Still got a couple of pairs of Surrey brown from making them for James Benning somewhere.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/134645428077

mo_town · « **Reply #5 on:** February 01, 2024, 10:50:33 AM »

Moonwalkr are known for their unusual design ... https://moonwalkr.com/products/moonwalkr-leg-guards-2-0

Howzat · « **Reply #6 on:** February 01, 2024, 07:03:39 PM »

Quote from: Ayrtek Cricket on January 31, 2024, 11:38:47 PM

Too far ahead of their time when they peaked in 2005/6. It�s what we put ourselves up against when we came up with the concept that Canterbury took to market. No canes in them, just foam protection that was able to stand upto 85mph+ without any adverse effect.

Too lazy to find pics but link below to them for ref. Still got a couple of pairs of Surrey brown from making them for James Benning somewhere.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/134645428077

These were great had a pair of the Ayrtek ones

gihanrat · « **Reply #7 on:** February 01, 2024, 09:36:15 PM »

Yes, quite a few asymmetric pad designs.

The Canterbury/Ayrtek designs were memorable for being quite leftfield (not as much as the Aero P1s I guess when they first came out - is it really almost 20yrs ago??). Did Canterbury/Ayrtek also have some funky glove design with an air pump incorporated? Were there some old pads that incorporated air cushions before the gel revolution came round?

Could some kind of hybrid designs incorporating old technologies be useful in the quest for lighter weight, more protective pads, or will pad designs go down the route of kevlar/body armour?! Any thoughts?

Ayrtek Cricket · « **Reply #8 on:** February 01, 2024, 10:56:55 PM »

Yes the glove design was my dissertation and that�s how I�ve ended up in the cricket industry for the last 20 years having started a business at Uni back in 2003/4.

gihanrat · « **Reply #9 on:** February 02, 2024, 09:30:07 PM »

Quote from: Ayrtek Cricket on February 01, 2024, 10:56:55 PM

Yes the glove design was my dissertation and that�s how I�ve ended up in the cricket industry for the last 20 years having started a business at Uni back in 2003/4.

Great work! Great to see hard work come to fruition! Did your glove design have an air chamber throughout the glove which you could pump up and improve protection? If so, has this been tried in pad form?

Ayrtek Cricket · « **Reply #10 on:** February 02, 2024, 09:44:50 PM »

Yeh it used the reebok pump system that was used in the trainers. Turned out a lecturer at Las Vegas uni invented it�.one of the more fun business trips that to discuss its use.

The air tech (hence co. Name) ran over the back of the hand and proved to dampen impact forced by 250% compared to the top puma and GM gloves we tested it against back then.

We looked at pads but given the sheer vol of padding in them it would have been expensive to implement throughout the length of it and no one was suffering from fractured tibia/fibias at the time compared to Hussain/Stewart etc that seemed to have fingers like poppadoms!

gihanrat · « **Reply #11 on:** February 02, 2024, 10:33:58 PM »

Quote from: Ayrtek Cricket on February 02, 2024, 09:44:50 PM

Yeh it used the reebok pump system that was used in the trainers. Turned out a lecturer at Las Vegas uni invented it�.one of the more fun business trips that to discuss its use.

The air tech (hence co. Name) ran over the back of the hand and proved to dampen impact forced by 250% compared to the top puma and GM gloves we tested it against back then.

We looked at pads but given the sheer vol of padding in them it would have been expensive to implement throughout the length of it and no one was suffering from fractured tibia/fibias at the time compared to Hussain/Stewart etc that seemed to have fingers like poppadoms!

Wow! 250%! What model of puma or GM gloves did you test against? What happened to the technology in cricket equipment - did it become too costly to maintain in the market against more modern materials?

Ayrtek Cricket · « **Reply #12 on:** February 03, 2024, 09:43:33 AM »

This was going way back to 2005so can�t remember exactly what models now.

We realised that the softs market was saturated so transferred the IP/tech into a helmet liner instead in 2007. The ceiling limit on gloves vs helmets was different, we were the first brand to market a helmet over �150i think and worked on the basis that it�s a potentially life saving piece of equipment so used the best materials available with carbon fibre, Kevlar and titanium to keep the weight down but improve the safety provided.

The air tech in the helmets proved to absorb 300% more impact than the Albion and Masuri helmets we tested them against back in 2008/9 and I�d like to think it�s lead to other brands having to go back and improve their designs since which has helped set a higher benchmark for player safety as a result.

gihanrat · « **Reply #13 on:** February 10, 2024, 09:10:14 PM »

Out of interest, what type of pad/material on the front facing gives the least rebound properties?

Kulli · « **Reply #14 on:** February 10, 2024, 10:18:28 PM »

Not the aero ones anyway, used to get loads of 4lb with those bad boys.

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