Schutt makes football helmets as well, pretty certain they are serious and knowledgeable about head protection. DD loves her white Schutt helmet, says she can feel heat difference between that and old black helmet, and it is comfortable (and this is a miracle, she complains about how pretty much everything else fits, socks, pants, belts, etc.). last fall she took a foul tip that came directly back at her, ball hit cage dead square, ball dropped right in front of her (so cage abosrbed all the energy of the ball, no deflection), got a headache, but no concussion (parent who is an athletic trainer for schools system checked her out).Thanks for the response, I tried to look into Schutt but there aren't a lot of reviews out there for them. I'm actually surprised by how little there is when it comes to catchers gear, and what there is seems to be more like paid advertising for the major companies via top gear of x year lists, which is why I liked Boombah, their was at least one written review for them.