August 2024
How Stacky Can Save You Money & Help the Planet
Don’t waste money on endless new sticks — make the smart choice with Stacky, the first adjustable stick extension tailored for youth sticks. Subscribe now to our newsletter for early bird access to our upcoming Kickstarter campaign. Early bird rewards with sweet discounts are very limited—don’t miss out!
As any hockey parent knows, keeping up with your child's growth spurts can be expensive—especially when it comes to buying new hockey sticks. Over the past decade, the price of youth hockey sticks has increased dramatically, with some models now costing up to €170. Kids grow fast, and every time they do, it feels like you need to buy a new stick to match their height. But what if there was a better way? That’s where Stacky comes in.
Save Money: Stretch your budget further by avoiding the need to buy new hockey sticks every season. With Stacky, your child's stick grows with them, saving you hundreds over the years.
Help the Planet: Reduce waste and lower carbon emissions by reusing perfectly good hockey sticks instead of sending them to landfills.
Stacky is an adjustable extension for youth hockey sticks that allows you to extend the length of your child’s stick as they grow, without having to buy a new one each season. This simple yet innovative solution can save families hundreds of euros and significantly reduce environmental waste.
With Stacky, your stick grows with you, season after season.
The Expensive Cycle of Buying New Sticks
Raising a young hockey player is like being on a never-ending shopping spree. As your child grows, so does the need for new gear. Let’s break down the typical cost for a child aged 5 to 9 who plays hockey: Year 1: Buy two sticks. Nice, we’re all set! Year 2: Oops, they grew! Time for two more sticks. Year 3: Another growth spurt, another two sticks—naturally. Year 4: Déjà vu? Yup, two more sticks. Year 5: You guessed it—two more sticks.And that’s how you turn your garage into a hockey stick museum! With average prices of EUR 110 and assuming you buy two sticks every season you end up sepending EUR 1'100 over five years for 10 sticks.
The Savings with Stacky
- Age 5: €220 for 2 sticks
- Age 6: €44 for 2 Stacky's (no new sticks needed, adjust with Stacky)
- Age 7: €0 (no new sticks needed, further adjust with Stacky by stacking up)
- Age 8: €220 for 2 sticks
- Age 9: €44 for 2 Stacky's (no new sticks needed, adjust with Stacky)
- Total Cost: €528 per child over five years
- Savings: €572 per child over five years
Stop the Waste
So, picture this: Your child starts playing hockey at age 5. You’re thrilled, they’re excited, and then... you realize you’ve entered into a not-so-fun game of “buy the next stick.” Every year, without fail, they grow like weeds, and suddenly that perfectly good hockey stick from last season is now more suited to a toddler than your rapidly growing little athlete.Over five years, you’re buying two sticks per season—that’s 10 sticks total! Now, let’s imagine those 10 sticks lined up like a hockey stick parade, all perfectly fine but retired way too soon. The environmental impact? Oh, it’s more than just the money flying out of your wallet.Each stick weighs about 250 grams, so over five years, you’re tossing out a whopping 2.5 kilograms of sticks. Now, think about this—carbon composite, the material used in most hockey sticks, is not biodegradable. Those sticks are going to sit in a landfill for basically forever. That’s 430,000 youth hockey players each potentially discarding 2 sticks per year, contributing 645 metric tons of waste over five years. Imagine all that waste just lying around!And let’s not forget about the carbon footprint—those sticks don’t just magically appear. The manufacturing and transportation of 10 sticks per kid generate a significant amount of CO2 emissions, just for sticks that were only used for a season.
Stacky to the Rescue: Rethink, Reuse, Repeat!
But here’s where we flip the script. What if, instead of buying a new stick every season, you could just... adjust the one you already have? Enter Stacky—the hero in our story. Instead of tossing out those sticks, you can Rethink the need for a new one, Reuse your existing stick by adjusting its length with Stacky, and the best part? You can Repeat this process as your child continues to grow. Stacky allows for multiple stick length adjustments, so you get more mileage out of each stick.The positive impact? You’ll be cutting down on waste—no more contributing to that growing hockey stick graveyard. And the emissions? They take a dive too because you’re not constantly buying and shipping new sticks. It’s a win for your wallet, a win for the planet, and a win for that stick that’s now working overtime!
Why We Need Your Support on Kickstarter
To bring Stacky to market, we’re launching a Kickstarter campaign. The funds will help us purchase a precision-engineered CNC machine, made in Switzerland, to produce Stacky at the highest quality. This investment will allow us to manufacture Stacky efficiently and sustainably. Join our Kickstarter campaign, and let’s change the game together.
