Selling old mask pads

[mw94]

I have 3 year old team wendys pads in black.   They probably have about 6 months of use ( I was not a fan & switched to Memory foam pads) Are they safe to sell or are they too old ?

[wolfe_man]

That's really up to you.   If you are asking if the pads are still safe or good, then that'll depend on appearance.  I am sure that all mask pads being sold off the shelf (website) to us were not made this year either.    Used pads don't have a huge following as a rule, unless they're super clean and appear to be in good shape still.

[tpatience]

1 hour ago, wolfe_man said:

That's really up to you.   If you are asking if the pads are still safe or good, then that'll depend on appearance.  I am sure that all mask pads being sold off the shelf (website) to us were not made this year either.    Used pads don't have a huge following as a rule, unless they're super clean and appear to be in good shape still.

Minor league baseball recommends that pads should be replaced once a year or every two years at the max. Their reasoning is that once you take them out of the packaging, the ozone In the atmosphere starts eating away at the foam and then you mix in the sweat and dirt of a baseball field, they deteriorate even more. If they’ve been used for 6 months, and then left somewhere for 3 years, I wouldn’t touch those. 

[wolfe_man]

1 hour ago, tpatience said:

Minor league baseball recommends that pads should be replaced once a year or every two years at the max. Their reasoning is that once you take them out of the packaging, the ozone In the atmosphere starts eating away at the foam and then you mix in the sweat and dirt of a baseball field, they deteriorate even more. If they’ve been used for 6 months, and then left somewhere for 3 years, I wouldn’t touch those. 

This makes a lot of sense.  Your brain will thank you if you follow this logic, plus the pads would be under warranty if they should fail, God forbid.

[mw94]

Thanks for the answers