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Old Mon Jun 02, 2008, 01:39pm
Mark T. DeNucci, Sr. Mark T. DeNucci, Sr. is offline
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Originally Posted by roadking
I see some of the college officials that are wearing a lightweight mask made out of a composite looking material. The mask looks like its molded plastic. Anyone know the brand, Ive looked all over the internet for this mask. thanks

As RKBUmp said you are seeing the =POS SUL200 made by All Star. +POS sold them as the SUL200 and All Star sold them with no specail model name attached to them. The mask is a graphite mask. It is the lightest mask made; even with pads and harness, you don't even know you have one hanging from you pinkie finger. I own and All Star but only use it for softball (because the bars of the mask are about twice the thickness of a metal mask) and the temperature is above 65F. Graphite tends to become brittle in cold weather and will break when brittle. I have also worn it for baseball games in very hot weather because if its lightness. In the 2001 AAU Boys' 16U Baseball National Invitational Tournment in Cocoa Beachl, Florida, I took a foul ball that was like a rocket launch (we were only about five (5) miles from the Kennedy Space Center) straight back to the middle of the mask and didn't feel a thing. I really like it, but just reserve it for warm weather softball and really really hot baseball.

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