SevenEleven
White Belt
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- Jul 20, 2006
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Hi I am going to start off with some pics for those of you who might want to see them ASAP. I am going to train in them tonight, and will post my thoughts tomorrow.
All I can say for now is wow, great shipping time. They got to me here in Canada (Ontario) faster than I could have imagined. I expected to be a week or so behind everyone else who won the contest.
First pic is a reference for length, width etc. and a color base. Pictured with the new sprawls is a pair of black cagewalks (split seam) size 33 and a pair of truth 2.1's size 32 (closed seam).
A pic of the lining and stitching
Mouthguard pocket - slightly bigger than the one you get in cagewalks. and more or less the same spot. Yep Foz its huge.
Closure system.
The back of the shorts.
Just had a 2 hour training session. Loved the shorts! Being used to my cagewalks as my main training shorts this was a very nice upgrade!
Sizing: I probably could have worn a 32, the 34's closed up nicely without having to bunch them up and look stupid. I have a 32 in the Truth's and I wouldn't be able to go any smaller. So if that helps anyone with sizing....
Mouth guard pocket: again with the cagewalks which I believe are just like the original sprawls - the pocket is much smaller and hard to get my mouth guard in and out of. However on the new sprawls it is very big! as you can see in the pictures. Out of habit I didn't use it tonight - the back of my ear worked just fine. I will try to remember to give it a try tomorrow.
Split seam: I think I could have gotten away with the closed seam and been just as comfortable. There was plenty of leg room, we mostly did knee's tonight from the clinch, it felt as if they shorts weren't even there. When on the ground I didn't notice them riding up very high. I don't like when shorts end up all bunched up, these did come up some, but not enough to bother me.
Waist and Closure: I felt a little bit of irritation from the closure at first - but a couple of adjustments and all was good. I would say even if I couldn't have adjusted the closure to stop the rubbing of the closure, it wasn't major - just an observation. The closure system was gravy, I am sure most of you are familiar with it.
Overall fit and finish: Easily my new favorite shorts. A few people at the gym commented on them and mentioned that they need to get some. I actually like the digital camo much more in person than what you see on the internet. The shorts are very light and you can hardly even tell you have them on. I wear them over top of Shock Dr. compression shorts and cup. The sprawl website mentions an improved cut to fit over cups better. This is my first pair of Sprawls so I dont have a reference to the old ones - but these easily showed less of a "bulge" My Truths make it look like I am smuggling grapefruits, the cagewalks lets say oranges, and with these new sprawls probably be accused of a grape or two if anything.
I would like to thank Sprawl for the freebies. I hope I have done them some justice with this review. If anyone has any questions or would like to see any other pics just let me know.
Thanks Sprawl. :icon_chee
All I can say for now is wow, great shipping time. They got to me here in Canada (Ontario) faster than I could have imagined. I expected to be a week or so behind everyone else who won the contest.
First pic is a reference for length, width etc. and a color base. Pictured with the new sprawls is a pair of black cagewalks (split seam) size 33 and a pair of truth 2.1's size 32 (closed seam).
A pic of the lining and stitching
Mouthguard pocket - slightly bigger than the one you get in cagewalks. and more or less the same spot. Yep Foz its huge.
Closure system.
The back of the shorts.
Just had a 2 hour training session. Loved the shorts! Being used to my cagewalks as my main training shorts this was a very nice upgrade!
Sizing: I probably could have worn a 32, the 34's closed up nicely without having to bunch them up and look stupid. I have a 32 in the Truth's and I wouldn't be able to go any smaller. So if that helps anyone with sizing....
Mouth guard pocket: again with the cagewalks which I believe are just like the original sprawls - the pocket is much smaller and hard to get my mouth guard in and out of. However on the new sprawls it is very big! as you can see in the pictures. Out of habit I didn't use it tonight - the back of my ear worked just fine. I will try to remember to give it a try tomorrow.
Split seam: I think I could have gotten away with the closed seam and been just as comfortable. There was plenty of leg room, we mostly did knee's tonight from the clinch, it felt as if they shorts weren't even there. When on the ground I didn't notice them riding up very high. I don't like when shorts end up all bunched up, these did come up some, but not enough to bother me.
Waist and Closure: I felt a little bit of irritation from the closure at first - but a couple of adjustments and all was good. I would say even if I couldn't have adjusted the closure to stop the rubbing of the closure, it wasn't major - just an observation. The closure system was gravy, I am sure most of you are familiar with it.
Overall fit and finish: Easily my new favorite shorts. A few people at the gym commented on them and mentioned that they need to get some. I actually like the digital camo much more in person than what you see on the internet. The shorts are very light and you can hardly even tell you have them on. I wear them over top of Shock Dr. compression shorts and cup. The sprawl website mentions an improved cut to fit over cups better. This is my first pair of Sprawls so I dont have a reference to the old ones - but these easily showed less of a "bulge" My Truths make it look like I am smuggling grapefruits, the cagewalks lets say oranges, and with these new sprawls probably be accused of a grape or two if anything.
I would like to thank Sprawl for the freebies. I hope I have done them some justice with this review. If anyone has any questions or would like to see any other pics just let me know.
Thanks Sprawl. :icon_chee
