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Are you tired of buying hockey bags? Needing to replace a hockey bag that zippers or wheels failed, the fabric ripped or the handle broke! Do you want to break-away from the ordinary?
Now here’s a solution that won’t cost an arm or a leg!
Welcome to world of PARRLINE Hockey and BRAVE Hockey Bags (**Patent Pending) - the most innovative hockey bag since man’s first trip to the rink!
Why the name PARRLINE Hockey? Why BRAVE? The Parr Line was the road where I grew up. It runs through a farming area in south-western Ontario. Thoughts of that time in my life bring back so many memories - memories of my first time on ice and so many hard-fought shinny games with my brothers and friends. There was always ice somewhere back then - a flooded farm field or a do-it yourself rink that a friend’s dad built every year.
It was a time when purchases seemed to last longer! The “throw away” society concept hadn’t gained traction yet. This year represents my 7th decade playing organized hockey. I’m a life-long hockey player whose been playing hockey since I was 8. I’m an average player and found over the years that many of the hockey bags in the market were “average” at best!
And the name BRAVE seemed to fit the situation. Whether it described a goalie stopping a slapshot, or on the receiving end of a body check or developing a new product, the term just seemed to fit!
So how did we get here? My experiences growing up and a love of product design guided my hockey bag development! The final straw for me was a hockey bag purchase that ended badly with premature wheel failure and a handle breaking all within a short period of time. I hoped to repair the bag but soon found that my only option was to buy another hockey bag.
That started me thinking about building a “better mousetrap”! I had been thinking about designing a hockey bag for years. But soon after I retired several years ago, I began focusing on designing the PERFECT hockey bag. My 1st focus was ensuring the quality of the hockey bag! The 2nd focus would be adding useful and fun features!
Initially I experimented with a heavier polyester fabric but settled on a tough 900D polyester fabric with a water-resistant foamed PVC backing. This gave the bag an attractive but rugged look. This was the first important step in my quality journey. The next step was to address the common zipper, wheel and handle failures. The zipper challenge was easy – we ensured our hockey bags were made with only YKK brand zippers. YKK is the world leader in zipper technology. Wheels face the harshest winter conditions – ice, snow, sand and salt! To combat these unforgiving conditions, we use rust resistant, stainless-steel hardware combined with larger 4” diameter heavy tread wheels. In the event of a mishap, all our hockey bag wheels are easily replaceable! We use an upgraded, single stage sliding aluminum handle instead of the simple multi-stage suitcase style handles.
My 2nd challenge was to design new features that would both be fun and useful. I’d been thinking what could dry my hockey equipment easily? I experimented with fans, hockey equipment dryers, etc. It just seemed to be too expensive and too complicated. Then it hit me one day in our laundry room! Why not just connect the register of our forced air furnace directly to the hockey bag? That was the beginning of the Air-Kraft Drying System! Every BRAVE hockey bag comes with this passive drying system. A system that moves air into the bag and pushes it throughout the bag and exiting through strategically placed mesh drying the hockey equipment passively.
Another unique feature to our hockey bag is the Insulated Beverage and Snack Bag. It’s a well-thought-out way of transporting water, drinks or snacks. It can hold 3 x 500ml cans. It fits into an exterior pouch that doubles as a valuables case (lock included!).
The Deodourizer Pouch was added after hearing so many complaints from mothers, wives and significant others about the equipment smell in the home. It is placed near the access opening for the Air-Kraft Drying System. The pouch is designed to hold many of the pocket deodourizers on the market.
Well, after reading this, we hope you agree that we have built a “better mousetrap” and it will lead you to the “door” of PARRLINE Hockey and the world of BRAVE Hockey Bags!
Greg Love