ATXBlue Posted January 16 Report Posted January 16 Ti for under $180? I’m listening +POS, I’m listening. 1 Quote
Marcus6 Posted January 17 Report Posted January 17 On 1/15/2026 at 10:01 PM, ATXBlue said: Ti for under $180? I’m listening +POS, I’m listening. Does anybody actually buy these? Quote
grayhawk Posted January 17 Report Posted January 17 46 minutes ago, FranklinT said: Does anybody actually buy these? I had two rolled steel +Pos masks earlier in my career that served me well. Both got bent on wicked shots and I moved on to the Nike Ti. Is there any reason to believe the +Pos Ti is of lesser quality than the Nike? Quote
Purchase_Pat Posted January 18 Report Posted January 18 It was the best selling piece of new umpire equipment we've had in years after the first week. 1 Quote
grayhawk Posted January 19 Report Posted January 19 2 hours ago, Purchase_Pat said: It was the best selling piece of new umpire equipment we've had in years after the first week. Can you compare the quality or manufacturing processes to the Nike or Wilson Ti masks? Quote
Purchase_Pat Posted January 19 Report Posted January 19 We're pretty excited they are back, and glad they chose us to partner with. They have some pretty cool stuff in the works that will be coming out in the next year (the titanium mask was just the first). The Cobra v2 (in development) looks pretty awesome and innovative. Upgraded leg guards as well (the current low profile are good, but more of a starter leg guard). As for the frame, I've never personally seen the Nike - from the pictures they do look like the same template, but I'll leave it to you guys to scrutinize the fine details. When compared to the Wilson, I think the +POS frame is slightly lighter (by an oz. or so). I feel like the welds on the +POS are a little cleaner too for a little sharper look. Having the titanium frame in black is a nice new option (that's been our best seller since they arrived). I think it is a very high quality mask, and once they get the leather pads to us (a few more weeks), we'll have a pretty good titanium alternative to the Wilson. +POS knows their quality will be scrutinized so they are very focused on making sure their high end products meet the standards we've come to expect from them. 1 Quote
Marcus6 Posted January 19 Report Posted January 19 3 hours ago, wolfe_man said: Hi Pat, Is this the same frame template as the Nike? It looks identical and weight is the same it seems. I’m glad you guys bought +POS! Thanks! Was confused by this. Did Purchase Officials Supplies (also coincidentally POS) buy the +POS name because the acronym is ironically the same (long time umpires remember +POS was Parsons Officials Supplies and hard to believe they used to be the official supplier for MiLB). Will they also be bringing back the old +POS sweater?😂 1 Quote
The Man in Blue Posted January 21 Report Posted January 21 I have it from a reliable source that Purchase Officials is one of the official suppliers of the Annual @wolfe_man Garage Sale and Black Shirt Gala. 😉 1 4 Quote
eagle_12 Posted February 28 Report Posted February 28 I got a black frame only, and I have a Nike. They seem, on appearance, to be the same. Put them side by side and they were the same, and a nice black paint coating. Didn’t weigh them but felt very similar. 1 Quote
NicNag Posted March 2 Report Posted March 2 I’m definitely interested in one in black. I also have the Nike titanium and love it. Quote
TheRockawayKid Posted April 1 Report Posted April 1 Coming back to this question, especially for @Purchase_Pat I have a Diamond iX3 lightweight mask. It's done well on higher velocity shots. What would you say is similar in weight but still offers good protection? Quote
umpintosh Posted May 13 Report Posted May 13 New chest protector from +POS, supposed to enter the market in September Quote
MadMax Posted May 14 Report Posted May 14 3 hours ago, umpintosh said: New chest protector from +POS, Not exactly new. This is the +POS Cobra, revised... or Version II(?). Other than a few of us hardcore gear geeks, no one took this thing seriously. Granted, the 500-ton millstone around its neck – like Lex Luthor draping the kryptonite medallion upon Superman – was DPJ's (name withheld) failures in customer service and order fulfillment. The CP itself was a marvel, well ahead of its time. It was the first CP to use HDPE instead of ABS (All-Star Cobalt and Davis DX-family now do as well). It was among the first CPs to employ a multi-layer foam laminate "sandwich" for its padded vest, with EVA-TPU foam comprising the "meat of the matrix". By contrast, Wilson, Douglas, and all their imitators were using open-cell upholstery foam. The Cobra also offset the primary hinge, the joint between the breast plate and the shoulder arch plates. Only the Wilson Platinum (and the imitating Diamond DCP-Pro) and All-Star CP4000 (AKA System 7) ever addressed this, in their case by fusing the breast plate into the shoulder arch plates as they swept up and over. By offsetting this hinge, +POS was actually protecting the all-important clavicles better than all other hinged CPs (Gold, et. al.), yet still allowing flexibility – which worked against the Platinum, which would invariably flatten out. At the time of its introduction, the Cobra had a really funky harness (IIRC, it was 1" webbing instead of 1-1/2"), and lacked any other accoutrements. This latest version imitates Ray's harness, and borrows some inspiration from the Davis DX-family units; while it's still using SRBs, the SRBs are colored, to make locating them visually a bit easier. I do have to admire how flat and smooth the plates are, especially the pauldrons and ailettes, something that rightfully annoys All-Star Cobalt owners, with the odd, turtle-shell shaping of their ailettes. I also have to hand it to +POS on this, too... the abdominal diagonal creases will allow this CP to tighten and conform to the wearer's torso really well. 4 Quote
Purchase_Pat Posted May 16 Report Posted May 16 I think it is pretty awesome. I don’t have the exact specs in front of me, but I believe it weighs around 2.3 lbs — incredibly lightweight while still delivering a very high level of protection. The model shown is the Cobra-Pyramid, named after its internal patent-pending pyramid padding system. +POS sent us several samples for umpires to test, and we distributed them to collegiate umpires for evaluation. The feedback has been overwhelming. Every tester was supposed to return the chest protector after a few weeks, but so far I haven’t been able to get a single one back — nobody wants to go back to their old protector... 😂. 1 Quote
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