sam1991
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So I made a bit of a discovery recently and after finally getting them underground a bit, thought I’d share the experience, as these are honestly the best kneepads I’ve ever used!
I recently bought a pair of Gul Pro D30 kneepads from Amazon; they popped up on my search when I was looking to replace my Warmbac kneepads and I thought they looked really cool, so went ahead and purchased them. The RRP on these is £60 but they seem to come up for £40 regularly.
They are a sleeve design with open backs, the front covering is Kevlar, and between the Kevlar and your knee is reasonably thick D30 pad; for those of you who don’t know what D30 is, it’s a compound used by the military that remains fluid/squishy during normal movement but upon sudden impact becomes solid and dissipates force. It’s normally used in motocross/phone cases/military clothing applications. The sleeve has a Velcro tightening strap at the top to ensure a good fit, and the entire kneepad is made from 5mm neoprene.
Anyway, so I took these on two trips, a dry trip (Aggy to music room) and a wet trip (Swildons short round trip) and could not believe just how good they were, they absolutely blow my Warmbac kneepads out of the water!
On both trips, the pads didn’t need adjusting at all for the entire trip; they stayed exactly where I put them, and because of the sleeve design Gul have used they don’t dig in or ever become uncomfortable. Because of how D30 works, they mould around your patella really nicely, and despite the smaller surface area of the actual pad the fact that they sit properly means you don’t even really notice they are there. In terms of fit, I found that the large size fits best placed over the undersuit (they’re a bit too tight to go over an oversuit, though I have rather large quads so a smaller caver might get them to fit).
I haven’t had a chance to use them for SRT yet, but I would imagine because of the increased mobility with the design, they would again be more comfortable than standard pads. Durability wise, they still look and fit fine (only two relatively short trips, so time will tell), but at the moment I couldn’t recommend them enough!
I recently bought a pair of Gul Pro D30 kneepads from Amazon; they popped up on my search when I was looking to replace my Warmbac kneepads and I thought they looked really cool, so went ahead and purchased them. The RRP on these is £60 but they seem to come up for £40 regularly.
They are a sleeve design with open backs, the front covering is Kevlar, and between the Kevlar and your knee is reasonably thick D30 pad; for those of you who don’t know what D30 is, it’s a compound used by the military that remains fluid/squishy during normal movement but upon sudden impact becomes solid and dissipates force. It’s normally used in motocross/phone cases/military clothing applications. The sleeve has a Velcro tightening strap at the top to ensure a good fit, and the entire kneepad is made from 5mm neoprene.
Anyway, so I took these on two trips, a dry trip (Aggy to music room) and a wet trip (Swildons short round trip) and could not believe just how good they were, they absolutely blow my Warmbac kneepads out of the water!
On both trips, the pads didn’t need adjusting at all for the entire trip; they stayed exactly where I put them, and because of the sleeve design Gul have used they don’t dig in or ever become uncomfortable. Because of how D30 works, they mould around your patella really nicely, and despite the smaller surface area of the actual pad the fact that they sit properly means you don’t even really notice they are there. In terms of fit, I found that the large size fits best placed over the undersuit (they’re a bit too tight to go over an oversuit, though I have rather large quads so a smaller caver might get them to fit).
I haven’t had a chance to use them for SRT yet, but I would imagine because of the increased mobility with the design, they would again be more comfortable than standard pads. Durability wise, they still look and fit fine (only two relatively short trips, so time will tell), but at the moment I couldn’t recommend them enough!