Sondico Match Indoor Ball

Advantages: Quality, feel
Disadvantages: price

...I recently recieved this ball for my birthday about a year ago and I must say it is pretty much as good now as it was when I first got it. I mean I knew mitre made some quality balls but I had never really owned a quality one like this. I have used this ball on pretty much all surfaces - from astro turf to indoor to normal grass and it seems to fair just as well in all of them. The outer part of the ball is extremely tough and a few misplaced shots into nearby bushes seem to have had no effect. I have even picked thorns out of it but the tough exterior has prevented these having any effect on the ball. It is also pretty low maintenance in terms of how often you actually have to pump it up anyway. The ball is a fairly top of the market one, costing around £40 in most shops now. This is because of the top quality though... Read review

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Advantages: Great shinpads at great price
Disadvantages: There are better shinpads than these

...My mum recently bought me these new shinpads and I instantly thought, "Sondico? MUM! Where's my Nike shinpads!" Now I'm glad she didn't buy the nike ones for a couple of reasons, I think these ones are far more comfatable. When I got these out of the pakaging I could already tell that these were going to be a really good pair of shinpads. They have rubber insides and rubber around the sharp plastic edges which will keep your shins well protected and really comfatable. They have an ankle guard already attached to protect your ankles from hard knocks and studs attached to them so these are ideal for football and hockey. They also look really cool, dark blue plastic with black rubber and a black ankle guard, or silver plastic with a black ankle guard. I have already used these shinpads for football, rugby and hockey, I am positive... Read review

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Advantages: Excellent for young cricketers
Disadvantages: Not ideal for high standard match play

...I'm basing this review of the CA Attack Cricket Balls on the junior (4.75oz) version. CA Cricket is a Pakistan-based company, who export their product to the UK. They also manufacture a wide range of other cricketing equipment, from bats to bags, and seem to base their offerings firmly within the 'value' sector. The CA Attack balls were my first experience of the brand, and, being a coach of Under 13 cricketers, I was looking for a number of inexpensive, hard wearing cricket balls good enough to last through 16 weeks of indoor net practise. The price of the balls is incredibly cheap (£2.49 per ball from www.thesportshq.com, who seem to have a tie-up with CA, as they carrry the full range of their equipment) and my initial concern was in terms of what kind of quality you are getting for your cash. A typical equivalent junior ball... Read review

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