Knee Pads?

[gibby]

Put another vote down for the Empires. Heck, I barely play paintball anymore but I still use them daily! They are light, comfortable, not bulky, with minimal slip that I use them under my pants when I ride my bike and do some tricks on it.

[j.storm]

Empire and JT.... Anyone care to rate dye (and proto obviously) or redz, ronin, etc.?

[929RR-MAN]

I use volleyball kneepads that you can get at any old sporting goods store. They're cheap, fairly breathable, hardly ever slide around (sometimes you have to adjust them, but not often) low profile, fit perfect under any kind of pants, and will last 4ever. I usually don't even notice that I am wearing them. Just enough padding to keep your knee's protected, yet remain flexible, and at the same time, not to bulky. Hope this helps.

[GA Devil]

personally none of us have had any luck with empires lasting very long. Few tourneys and their ripped. Im hearing alot of good things about the new proto line of padds.

[Athius]

Protec knee pads all the way baby.



I know they are not meant to be used on paintball since they are for skating and stuff but they are the best knee pads i have used in my life.


Empire knee pads gave me a very slight arthritis on my knees.

[trains are bad]

I've been wearing my WTP pads I used to wear when I rode my bike; I wear them more for paintball now than I do for riding. But they are mad comfy and stay put. They have a layer of flexible plastic sandwitched in them.

[urbansix]

I have a pair of Nike volleyball kneepads that I wear under my pants. They seem to work fine, and I throw them in the laundry after every use. No degeneration of the foam after 1+ years of "occasional" use. Would not reccomend them on the outside of pants though.

[abunkerer]

I have dye's, they are nice. However, I sometimes feel like they are a little thin, I slid into a bunker once and a piece of a broken pod ripped through and cut my knee. Blood was shooting everyone, and I bunkered someone with my knee blood...I think I made up that last part, but I still use dye pads because they are comfortable, good elbow pads too, although I use my JT elbows more because I get more "deflections" with them..not that I condone that sort of playing style. no shin guards with the dye knee pads, so you get a little more for your money with the empires. I hate my dye slider shorts, if they turned into a person I would beat that person...too much coffee, must...stop typing. both are good!..

[NukeGoose]

Proto kneepads are good but take a while to break in.

[Mr. Mouse]

i have proto knee pads along with my redz pants

[magmonkey]

I really like my dye kneepads, (and I am usualy not a dye fanboy)
mine are last years so I belive they are the same as this years proto