[tahoe]

Anyone find this new traction strip Sprawl is putting in their new shorts effective? Waiting for comments before i buy.

[ShadowNINku]

NOOB

sprawl gripflex review

[Bucketbot]

Yeah no offense man...

but do a search before you ask a question like that.

Quite a few threads on the shorts, and several reviews if i am not mistaken

[Bobby Jacobsen]

I have two pair and I have been working on rubber guard stuff a lot. I have noticed a bunch of occassions where the traction has helped lock the arm in place. I notice it more with oma-platas than straight armbars though.

I wish they had made them in closed seam though since the splits sometimes allow the grrip panels to not be where you need them.

Overall I would definitely recommnend the shorts.

[Eric Lau]

Originally Posted by Bobby Jacobsen

I have two pair and I have been working on rubber guard stuff a lot. I have noticed a bunch of occassions where the traction has helped lock the arm in place. I notice it more with oma-platas than straight armbars though.

I wish they had made them in closed seam though since the splits sometimes allow the grrip panels to not be where you need them.

Overall I would definitely recommnend the shorts.

i agree with you bro. and these shorts gotta be the best ones from sprawl.

[stu3ufc]

ill be passing on this model-- not too keen on them rubbing together and stuff

[crossdx]

I've never had an issue with them rubbing together. You can buy these shorts and totally ignore the grip panels if you want, you'll only notice them on omoplatas and armbars mostly. Best Sprawls yet, but mainly because of the better fabric and bigger mouthguard pocket than the grip zone effectiveness.

[jlagman]

Originally Posted by Bucketbot

Yeah no offense man...

but do a search before you ask a question like that.

Quite a few threads on the shorts, and several reviews if i am not mistaken

To be fair, based on the thread's title, I think it's safe to assume that he didn't know the name for this specific pair of shorts.

On a somewhat related note, I just realized this weekend how much I dislike wearing my Sprawls (V-Flex) for Muay Thai training. My problem lies with the stitched seam on the inside, near the bottom of the leg. Perhaps my "vertical handicap" has something to do with it, but because the shorts are so long, that inner seam begins to irritate my knees especially when performing knee strikes, during padwork. I'm still very happy with my shorts, I'm just voicing one of my newfound concerns.

[jlagman]

Originally Posted by Bucketbot

Yeah no offense man...

but do a search before you ask a question like that.

Quite a few threads on the shorts, and several reviews if i am not mistaken

To be fair, based on the thread's title, I think it's safe to assume that he didn't know the name for this specific pair of shorts.

On a somewhat related note, I just realized this weekend how much I dislike wearing my Sprawls (V-Flex) for Muay Thai training. My problem lies with the stitched seam on the inside, near the bottom of the leg. Perhaps my "vertical handicap" has something to do with it, but because the shorts are so long, that inner seam begins to irritate my knees especially when performing knee strikes, during padwork. I'm still very happy with my shorts, I'm just voicing one of my newfound concerns.

[stu3ufc]

Originally Posted by crossdx

I've never had an issue with them rubbing together. You can buy these shorts and totally ignore the grip panels if you want, you'll only notice them on omoplatas and armbars mostly. Best Sprawls yet, but mainly because of the better fabric and bigger mouthguard pocket than the grip zone effectiveness.

i thought the V-FLEX mouth guard pocket was big enough lol