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HI!
And welcome to Unisport WebTV
Where todays main course is carbon fiber!
Because today I will be looking at one of the absolute -
Most crazy football products, I've ever held in my hands!
It's the Shin pad "C6 Agility".
And yes I know it is just -
A shin pad,
When this shin pad C6 came in stock,
Many of my colleagues and myself,
Our jaws dropped -
In a furor over how amazing this shin pad is!
C6 is made with 100% Carbon fiber,
And is very exclusive in the design!
And the producers behind say this is the absolutely best shin pad!
On the market right now.
But the question remains,
Is this true?
Find out today as I put on my reviewing hat,
And take a look at this space age -
C6 agility shin pad.
"Uhhhhhhh!"
The C6 saw the light of day in 2011,
And is therefore a relatively new product.
The man behind it is called Larry Mercier,
And when he was 12 he broke his leg,
Quite seriously while playing football,
He had chosen to play with a cheap and light weight shin pad,
Like most prefer them,
But in a tackle with the opponents goalkeeper.
Then his low quality shin pad showed, why it was so cheap.
The pad broke!
And Larry broke his leg clean through.
Thats both bones!
Years later Larry went to university,
Where he studied Space engineering.
He got hands on experience with carbon-fiber,
He also started working, at a local carbon-fiber manufacturer.
He got a look into Renaults,
Formula 1, carbon-fiber technology,
That is fairly advanced!
And also later he worked with the development of spacecrafts,
Where carbon-fiber is used a lot too.
In 2011,
Larry felt his know how,
and the technology was developed enough,
That he could use his knowledge of carbon-fiber,
To make the ultimate shin-pad!
And that is why I'm standing here today with these.
C6 Agility,
Are handmade,
And are made of 100% carbon fiber,
To put things in perspective,
Here's one of the other top pads on the market,
Nike's Mercurial blade carbon shin-pad,
Only contains 5% carbon-fiber,
The rest is glass-fiber to fill up the rest,
This high concentration of carbon-fiber,
Means the shin pad is monstrously strong!
While still not weighing anything,
On the inside it has PORON-material,
That is really soft,
And we also know from Nike's top model boots,
Where it works as shock absorbent,
Really nice !
This use of carbon-fiber,
means that the pads are very very light,
In fact one of these bad boys only weighs -
55 grams!
That is ridiculously light for a shin-pad,
And in fact C6 agility,
Is one of the lightest shin-pads on the market,
Along with Macron supreme -
And Nike's Lite speed shin pads,
Another cool thing about the C6 pad,
Is that it can afford to be extremely thin,
And it is actually only 3 mm. thick.
That is very very impressive,
For a shin-pad that strong,
On paper,
The C6 is one of the wildest pieces of football equipment,
Money can buy,
But they do cost -
159 € !
So the question is can they live up to this price tag!
And convince us they are worth every penny!
Stay tuned and we will find out,
Very Very soon,
I just thought now,
They are made by a space engineer.
And it... it doesn't weigh too much,
I wonder if it can fly!
Turns out it couldn't!
Normally,
I'm a size large in shin pads,
And that's also what I picked when I got my C6,
And here my first reaction was,
That they were quite big and rather wide,
But when I finally got my pad on,
I found out it doesn't really matter,
And it fits quite well,
On your leg,
That is mainly because the C6 agility shin pad,
Are made ergonomically correct,
Which means there is a left shin-pad,
And a right shin pad,
That fits perfectly -
On each leg,
At the same time this PORON-material -
Sits really well on your legs,
And one of the smartest things -
Is that this material is -
covered with PORONS microban technology,
This goes in and prevents the development of bacteria,
Mold,
And eliminates 99 % -
Of the smell that comes from sweat,
It's still a good idea -
To wipe it with a damp cloth, when you have played and sweat in them.
But otherwise this Microban technology
Does impressively well.
So after 5 months you don't have a pair of shin pads that 'STINK!'
Or thats what PORON promise,
But I guess time will tell,
When you wear the pad in a game,
Then it sits really quite well,
It won't slide about, even if it doesn't come with a sock,
And if you tape it up under the shin-pad,
Then it fits very very well!
At the same time -
It only ways 55 grams -
This combined with it being so thin,
Means I could hardly feel -
I was wearing it!
It is a great feeling and gives you that "Quick on your feet" feeling!
Which makes playing with them a delight!
The most important thing,
For the C6 Agility shin pads is of course;
Their ability to protect your shins!
And so far playing with them,
I have to say I'm yet to find a flaw.
They protect you very well,
And I haven't felt too much,
From the hard tackles I've gotten wearing these,
This means you feel safe while wearing them,
And means you wont hesitate,
Before I jump into a potentially hard tackle,
Really nice protection.
This is also because this carbon-fiber -
Is so hard as it is,
The core of the pad is one of the hardest -
I've ever experienced on a shin pad,
There is no way of breaking it,
No matter how hard you try,
Really really good protection while wearing the C6!
When we got this shin-pad in stock,
My photographer and colleague,
Were quick to suggest;
"HEY JAKOB!"
"Super cool your testing this", -
"That means we get to kick you over the shins doesn't it?"
And I thought, "Yeah, -
Why not?"
So we are taking the practical approach and started;
Project,
Kick Jakob over the shins!
Yeeeeaaa...
All this sounds well and good,
The shin-pad weighs hardly nothing,
The fit is fantastic,
And offers excellent protection,
But! -
C6 Agility's Price, -
Would make even a PSG player flinch!
And they make an awful lot of money, I just checked on the internet!
Jokes aside the C6 costs 159€,
And yes that is a lot of money,
For a shin pad,
But look at it like this;
It really is the shin-pads Lamborghini!
And it's made of the best material,
Money can buy,
100 % carbon fiber!
And it's handmade,
Plus you get the best possible protection,
It's in other words made for those,
Who want the craziest they can get their hands on!
That's why,
If you're sitting out there and think 26€ is more than enough for shin pads,
And you can survive on that,
Then no!
C6 isn't worth it for you,
But if you're sitting there thinking;
And want the wildest,
Want to make sure the equipment is in order,
something that doesn't weigh too much,
And want the best protection money can buy,
Then I'll go as far as to say "Yes".
C6 is worth it!
Especially because,
I expect these will last a very very long time!
Because of the high quality.
So maybe over several years it might be worth it.
Last chance to have your fun boys,
Now C6 say their pads are super strong,
Now I wonder if I can stand on them,
I certainly hope so,
Impressive!
C6 Agility!
Definitely lives up to Merciers dream of making the worlds best shin pad,
It's made from super exclusive materials,
It sits really well on your leg,
Its protection of your leg is absolutely top class,
So far my favorite shin-pad has been, the Nike Mercurial Carbon.
That I have been loyal to for almost three years,
Hats off, it's done a great job,
But you just have to admit that C6 just is,
A better shin-pad.
And that's why it takes the title,
as the best shin-pad -
I've ever played with,
That's worthy of a round of applause!
But!
The price is incredibly high,
On the other hand you do get "*** for the buck"!
With these pads,
And then it's up to you to decide,
Whether or not you want to invest in a pair of C6 agility,
If anything I'm quite a big fan of them,
This was my opinion on the pads,
But what do you folks out there think of a pair of,
100% carbon shin-pads,
For 159€,
Is it completely "bonkers"?
Or is it a bit cool,
That there's a super luxury shin-pad,
In the "Luxury class",
I'd like to know,
Write it, down bellow the picture,
This was what I had for you today,
But I hope you're well,
Until I see you the next time,
here at Unisport WebTV,
Cheers!