Awful game ready closure. CCM Eflex 5 hockey goalie catching glove Snap Shot Review

[@oldkneeshockey]

I love that Axis set... the Eflex I completely agree.. I was at a shop and was blown away at how weird it felt on my hand. Closing the Eflex 5 felt like closing a glove that has never closed before..

[@pavelvoracek2721]

Thanks for your review, and I have to agree with you. Bought a set of EF5.9, the pads are amazing, the glove is comfy, but closure is really bad even after a week of practice on ice

[@HockeyReviews]

Thanks for sharing your feedback. I'd check out this video if you haven't already for trying to break the CCM 600 gloves in:
th-cam.com/video/-cQg1NZuwEY/w-d-xo.html

[@trevorleonard3230]

@@HockeyReviews i’ve tried baking and putting my axis game ready 600 in water but after 5 months i still can’t close it. bauer’s new hyperlite line is 10 times better.

[@slogs-the-great]

I had a set of eflex 4.9s and I hated the glove with a passion. Took forever to break in at home and even still the closure was really bad. I upgraded to ultrasonics with a vapor 2x glove skinned as ultrasonic and the closure is basically perfect with minimal break in

[@evancrawford2843]

Ive got a eflex 5 custom set, and i agree with the graphic , its really hard to make it look good. And even when i matched the lines, they basically faced the wrong way. But i have to disagree with the closure. I have a pro palm and ive used it on ice a few times while also doing stuff to it at home and it closes great

[@HockeyReviews]

The reason I put the video of my Eflex 4 pro palm was to show off how much better that glove was compared to this one.
I am confident you can break this thing in to be much better than what is off the shelf. But my point of criticizing it, is that CCM has a long way to go to make these decent off the shelf for potential buyers compared to all of the competition.

[@spike_kingxd3170]

I have this glove but I don’t know how to break it in any tips? I already tried a lot of things

[@HockeyReviews]

Have you tried this? th-cam.com/video/-cQg1NZuwEY/w-d-xo.html
CCM 600 gloves were notoriously bad though and hard to break in and use.

[@spike_kingxd3170]

@@HockeyReviews I tried this multiple times already and it still didn’t work. I’m starting to regret buying this glove.. thanks for the reply tho

[@fullsendgoalie]

Why is the CCM graphic upside down on the glove? That looks so bad.

[@HockeyReviews]

There isn't really anything good about the Eflex 5 catching glove graphic 😂

[@kd-pt1zy]

Can you get a custom graphic on the Ccm eflex 5?

[@HockeyReviews]

Not at the retail level

[@alkumhcounseling8634]

Agreed that the graphic is very lacking and that it's not remotely game-ready. I also really feel like the EF5 glove puts the wrist at a bad angle that affects closure ability.

[@seanrainorshine867]

I know why the vapor and this glove don’t close that well, this break is absolute garbage

[@PeteNice29]

At this point I’m assuming you’re taking the Trav approach and giving bad reviews for clicks. Any glove requires break in, CCM isn’t different

[@HockeyReviews]

I am pretty offended that someone thinks that way, but it doesn't really surprise me with the internet. The Eflex 5 game ready was worse out of the box than my Eflex 4 Pro Palm, my Premier 2 Pro Palm, and all other brand's pro palms I have worn in the past 8 years. "Game Ready" is supposed to mean exactly what it says, and the Eflex 5 wasn't even close.

[@m____w____6981]

CCM gloves are subpar in terms of quality and "feel" compared to other brands. Are you from CCM?

[@adamweeden9544]

it’s not a game ready palm it’s a practice palm

[@HockeyReviews]

Closure of a practice palm without the protection of one 😂