NEBULUS PROTECTOR SHORTS PRO-TECH, snowboard, men's, black

These shorts are too soft, they don't have hard inserts to protect tailbone and hips. If you fall down, it will be very paintful

I'd say these are ok because they really aren't amazing but I've used worse in my time. The pads themselve are pretty thin, I will be searching for something else that isn't a rip off but where the protective pads give you a little more confidence, I used these on holiday in March. Although I am very experienced I like to feel I can take on icey patches with no fear. If I was learning then I wouldn't trust it to save me from a bad fall.

Biggest complaint was the back side protector, the pad that is supposed to protect the coccyx just didnt seem to align properly. Problem is that I wore the shorts high up so it was covering my entire tail bone but this meant the hip pads were too high, and visa versa for when I wore it a little lower to protect the hips. All in all its a good fall back for impact injuries for someone experienced who wants low key protection and was a reasonable price - just wasn't heavy duty enough for me or learners IMO.

I can't say I'm an expert on padded shorts. I'm getting better at snowboarding so I didn't fall over as much this time. However I did fall a couple of time on my butt. I had no bruising at all and unlike other times I felt that if I fell again on the same part of my ass then it wouldn't matter. Definitely gave me more confidence and definitely a good buy, only downside was my incredibly sweaty...... well I suppose they kept you warm!