Money isn’t the issue, if it was I wouldn’t be spending 300+ dollars on hockey sticks.
I found myself exactly what you’re describing, in sticks from the brand HPC (Hockey Players Club), they’re extremely similar to Bauer yet wayyy cheaper. A hyperlite costs 360$ without taxes and I got myself 2 HPC x1x sticks for 334$ with taxes and the 70$ shipping.
The majority of your opinions match on why I bought these sticks, don’t know why you’re disagreeing with me.
Oh, I thought you said it was too expensive lol. Maybe that was capsfan or smth. And I’m not saying buy off brand sticks, but I’ve found that the previous gen (i.e. Easton EQ30 vs. EQ50) is generally nearly as good quality to the point where you don’t really notice it, but significantly cheaper and much more likely to go on sale. Honestly that’s true for a lot of things tbh, if you find something you like, buy 1-2 iterations below it and look for a sale, saves a ton of money and only sacrifices the “clout” factor of having the brand new thing which is stupid anyway (e.g. 3 years ago I bought Sony’s 2nd tier of headphones on sale for like $240, and they are nearly as good as the top tier $600 version lol, and have been great under extremely heavy use for 3 years).
Oh, I thought you said it was too expensive lol. Maybe that was capsfan or smth. And I’m not saying buy off brand sticks, but I’ve found that the previous gen (i.e. Easton EQ30 vs. EQ50) is generally nearly as good quality to the point where you don’t really notice it, but significantly cheaper and much more likely to go on sale. Honestly that’s true for a lot of things tbh, if you find something you like, buy 1-2 iterations below it and look for a sale, saves a ton of money and only sacrifices the “clout” factor of having the brand new thing which is stupid anyway (e.g. 3 years ago I bought Sony’s 2nd tier of headphones on sale for like $240, and they are nearly as good as the top tier $600 version lol, and have been great under extremely heavy use for 3 years).
Yeah I said hockey was just too expensive for me to play in general