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[WARRIOR17]

What I don’t understand is, if most people don’t wanna drop just about $400 on it what makes people think they’ll get $600...$700 for it? I don’t car me how light it is, I wouldn’t spend that kind of money. The 1X lite is light enough imo

[Mapleleafs-13]

Lots of people with money out there, if they believe it's the best stick ever they'll pay sadly enough. How many guys with lower end skill do you see out there with the newest high end gear, guys playing E and D league with top tier everything but can barely skate or make a pass. Nothing against their skill level as we all have to start somewhere but if they believe the equipment will help them gain Xmen superhero abilities, then they'll open their wallets.

Unfortunately they don't realize a lot of you shot comes from technique, if you took that $400 and invested in some shooting lessons that would do much better than the stick ever could.

Won't lie though a friend of mine picked one up for the hell of it and he seems to like it, he played high level and says it's pretty awesome cause it's super light. People have come up to him a ton though and asked him about it, so if you want that attention then go ahead and cop one.

[rusty88]

So what is so special about this stick material wise? Or did they shave weight by doing with Sherwood did and by making precise cuts and avoid carbon overlap?

 

I'm used to seeing crazy prices on golf shafts cause they'll claim they are using some other type of carbon fiber/resin etc.  

[90Style10Skill]

At least visually from what I can tell, they got rid of this carbon layer on the hosel, but I can't imagine that this one layer or layers shaved 40 grams.

[PaulKariya]

I remember seeing a picture on here of the butt end hosel with the ODIN sticker inside but can't find it anymore. Can somebody post it here? Pretty please and thanks!

[90Style10Skill]

There was also a pic of the inside showing the BGP2B but I can't find it.

[PaulKariya]

Cheers

[Dupes]

nice find!

[Liddy019]

So just confirming is the BGP2B the ADV construction or is it just a pro option like the G3?

[90Style10Skill]

ADV = BGP2B
BGP2B = ADV

Some thoughts on the stick: holy shit it's light. And that makes stick handling and shooting movements that much quicker. But there's so little feedback. Puck feel is meh and you can't really "feel" the kick of the stick when you get a good shot off; wobbler or laser both feel the same. If Bauer could find a way to make feel and feedback better, this would probably be the best stick on the market hands down.

[Liddy019]

Durability?

[Jcantrell16]

A good two hand slash would make that $400 stick become trash...

[PittFan8]

Never 2 hand slash someone. Everyone hates that garbage.

[Jcantrell16]

I'd never two hand someone, but just saying, a good two hand will turn your $400 investment into trash..

[90Style10Skill]

Durability?

Seems to have held up well against your standard stick play, no one's tried to lumberjack the thing so far. The blade itself seems pretty durable even after a few aggressive plays on the boards with barely any scuffing on the toe (but I do a full sock tape job so maybe that helps).
 
 

A good two hand slash would make that $400 stick become trash...

A good two hand would make any modern stick become trash though.

[tcraig1226]

For those of you that have used both an ADV/BGP2B and the 1x-lite, do they have the same flex profile and kick point, or do they shoot differently? 

[MHC07]

any guesses at this point on why only the Vapor line was chosen to get the "ADV" make-over? And not Nexus or Supreme?

[HSelect09]

For those of you that have used both an ADV/BGP2B and the 1x-lite, do they have the same flex profile and kick point, or do they shoot differently? 

they have pretty much the same taper so im pretty sure kick point is similar ... been playing with the adv(BGP2B) 82 flex p92 for the last 2 month ! 

 

stick is definitely the lightest I've use , so stick handle and everything seems to be easier to do since its lighter ...

 

down side is definitely the blade feel and durability on the BGP2B ... after a few game pretty much all 3 stick lost their feel and feel kind of dead in the blade.

there is some weird foam noise coming out from the blade when flexing. (last time i saw something like that was on the first apx stick)

 

that being said , even with that lost of feel its still an amazing stick ... if they tune the blade a bit they might have the best overall stick ever ! After playing with those, its hard to come back to regular high end since they feel pretty much all blade heavy ... but weight is like my biggest factor on a stick ... some person are more picky on other specific thing , but for my self weight and balance is really important and their is no stick matching that balance and weight on the market right now. without even knowing the BGP2B construction , I've received the regular 1x lite that were really light and than receive those and right away i felt the difference. 

[HSelect09]

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[90Style10Skill]

After playing with those, its hard to come back to regular high end since they feel pretty much all blade heavy

This was my biggest takeaway, too. I normally use the A6.0 SBP which is another sub-400g stick but it feels *heavy* compared to the ADV.