in order, what are the top 3 goalie pad brands and why?

1 Vaughn has excellent quality and customer support. They added Glen Miller to their staff this past year which should help even more.

2 Brians also has excellent customer support and will modify anything

Reebok is great for pros, but not so great for retail. Long wait times and not such good customer service. They are comprised of Koho and CCM under the Reebok umbrella.

Bauer has been good but they make most everything offshore now, quality control is a questionmark with them.

Warrior is going to be more interesting now that Pete Smith (who developed the velocity line for Vaughn) is making their new line of pads.

Don't overlook the small guys: Simmons, Boddam, McKenney and others who are a bit cheaper and more willing to do custom work.

Shut up john no one asked you. and I like

1.) Reebok because they are just what I am used to and also because they are loose and make a good butterfly position thingy

2.) Bauer - I don't know why but that would be the second type I would get

3.) Vaughn - I don't know why either but I would choose these if I had to.

Who cares play some baseball or some other real sport.