broken profile

[regulate34]

me firend jsut bought a profile
and it broken
5 days after haveing it
but it broke in a odd spot
one that i thought to be relitive strong
http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/9031/profolelg8ra.th.jpg (http://img522.imageshack.us/my.php?image=profolelg8ra.jpg)
haves anyone have a profile break?
anyone in this same spot?
ps it was pinched by the store
and it didnot break on the sidewall hole

[mustang_lax]

I've been using a slightly pinched (flared sidewalls) profile for the past year and a half. I've used it for indor league, camps, a season and for some box up in toronto and it's still in perfect condition. The store probably pinched it improperly and left it for too long in the heat or weakened it too much.

[ViennaLAX16]

Heads break at any given time..Catch it in the wrong spot. Hit the dround weird going for a GB

[regulate34]

ok because i always thought it was a tuff head
and i was thinking of going out to get one for this box season because i use trad in box and i doent wanna use my feild stick (its getting old)
but i was like oh i thought it was tuff but i was just checking

and another question
he paid 130.00 CND (strung)
i think this is way to much
am i right?

[mustang_lax]

I got mine brand new for 50 u.s. dollars

and yea the profile is a pretty tough head. Its like a bionic but better.

[regulate34]

you ordered your in form the states ware about what store and how long did it take to get to you

[mustang_lax]

i got it from bacharach with the forums code thing 2 christmas's ago. I got it in a week right before christmas. It was unstrung

[regulate34]

dam that sucks ill go to a couple of stores an be like hey lets deal

[PHSLaxDude]

I have broken two profiles in that spot and other players on my team have broken 4 or 5

[LaxBoy92]

I've had a finalizer break in that spot. The bad thing about breaking a head on a lower sidewall is taping won't work. The head basically bends in half during games.

[al1189]

mine broke in the exact same spot, the ball was too far out to my right, i swung down at it, missed and leaned on the head on the ground, and heard the snap

[DukeLax368]

Mine broke at the top of the scoop, where I've heard other people have broken theirs. It's been almost a year since then, no problems.

[AttackMan17]

My friends, unpinched profile broke twoards the throat on a sidewall hole.

[CougarLax07]

mine broke on wednesday right at the top of the scoop. i dont know how it broke there i just look at it mid-practice and it was broken

[wickedlaxer4]

profiles are cheap when it comes to durability

ive had two, one broke on the throat and a another on the sidewall... they seem pretty thick and durable but their not

[Orange]

My Profile broke in two symmetrical sidewall spots and on the neck = 3 spots total.

[ekajsk8er]

One of our defenders uses it for d in field and has had it for a couple years without it breaking.

[lVlike]

I broke mine in the upper right part of the scoop. But the wierd thing was that i didnt realize it was broken untill I was in car ride home after practice. I had it for like 7 months and it was a cold day so I guess that's why it broke. But the new one I got has no signs of breaking.

[Lax4Ever]

From what I've heard, they usually break on the nidewall near the scoop. My friend has one and that's where his broke, on both sides. Other then that, they seem to usually hold up fairly well. He should take it back to the store and get it replaced. If the store wont because it's pinched, ask them to try getting a new one from stx. The owner of the lax shop here said that they usually don't mind replacing pinched heads and since it's a wierd place for them to break, they may just replace it for you.
As for them being worth $130 Canadian, they used to be $120 but have droped to $90. Bringing them over the border costs a lot, just like any other equipment. You might be able to get a full stick on ebay for $80.

[regulate34]

k now wat postion do you all play kuz if most are defence i am not worrined

[Roadking013]

my profile broke on the scoop and I was able to repair it w/ this really strong apoxy glue that has held for a long time.

[Monzo]

My friend broke two profiles in less than a week. I don't know what he did to them, but both of them broke.

[longsticklax124]

i just broke my second one the firsdt one broke by the throught but this one broke in the same spot as yours

[Jesse]

Ive had a few heads break in that spot. All from takeing face off's.

[bballplayer15]

yeah i hear they break often, if you want a stiff head after pinching, get a fuse and take the rubber off and pinch it, best thing you could ever do!

[regulate34]

k i am starting to hear bad things about the profile
to me it sounds like you either get one that is week or a super strong one that will never break

[mustang_lax]

the first generation profile was very weak, the second generation one is much stronger.

[RichWutLax]

ive had mine for about a year now and its still great ..... it might also be because you used it in the cold ..

[Declan]

i think theyr might be like 1st nd second gen because ive had my profile for about a year now and love it no problems but a few kids on my team bought them long before i did and theres were breaking right in the middle of the scoops but i dont really know