Battle XFAST Ankle Support System

My daughter is a high school soccer player and plays for one of the top clubs in our state. She sprained her ankle during a state tournament while playing club soccer this spring. After several weeks of PT, she wanted to get back to playing but felt a little uncomfortable and afraid of re-injuring her ankle. The trainers started taping her ankle every day before practice. While that works, tape loses it's effectiveness after about 10-15 minutes of play. So we needed a better solution. We searched and found the Battle xFAST ankle brace. The brace allowed her to return to play full time this summer. She trained all summer and is currently in the middle of a state high school championship run and her ankle remains 100% supported by the xFAST. The brace does not slow her down one bit. Sprained ankles have ended a couple of her close friends soccer careers. One ended up having to have surgery to correct the injury from repeated sprains. My hope is that the xFAST will continue to support her ankle. And as long as it does that, we will be a loyal customer for life. Thanks xFAST!

This item arrived used and missing the shoelace to tie up the top.I work in special education and bought it to use for a student who has a bad habit of kicking their shoe off. This prevents them from doing that and works as well as I could expect.I got my own lace to replace the one that was missing because I didn't want to go through the return process.The unit is sturdy and has a bunch of straps for the ankle that keep it sturdy and prevent a person from kicking off their shoe with their opposite foot.I wish the bottom was made of a more durable material because it is already starting to wear. I understand that on a grass field this would probably not be the case and since I'm not exactly using the brace as intended I'm not letting the wear affect my rating.I just wish it had arrived new and with the lace. It arrived with a couple scrapes on the side of the ankle and no lace.If the bottom wears out we will probably sew something new on because it works that well. We were having to put the shoe on the student up to 20 times a day and now we don't have to because this brace prevents that from happening.

I gave this item a three star, because the ankle brace itself is great! My issue comes with the item description and the item I actually received. I ordered a brace from Amazon, after the ankle brace my daughter used got worn out and started breaking (I bought this from a local sports store). The tag on the original brace said M, for medium. On Amazon, they are not listed by S,M,L ,etc.... they are listed by shoe size. So now it's a guessing game as to which one to purchase. My daughter wears a size seven cleat, so I bought the brace designed for a size 7-7.5. Turns out that was an XS! It was too small to comfortably fit around my daughter's ankle. I figured I would go up one size, because her original one was just a little too big. So I sent it back and went up a size. When the package came, I took the box out, opened it and to my surprise, the brace was coated in dirt! It was obviously used. Not only that, but one of the support straps was broken and just hanging off the side. Needless to say that one is back in the mail too. I don't know what happened or why....but I am very disappointed. I now will have to drive to a sport store and hope they have the correct size for my daughter. I usually don't write reviews, but the fact that the sizing online doesn't match the size listed on the actual product is annoying, and to receive an obviously used and broken item in exchange is beyond frustrating.

I ordered the XFast for my 13 yr.old son who is a 6'1" 245lb.athlete that has always had ankle problems. He put the Xfast on his cleats the minute they arrived! ( They are extremely easy to put on.) Then he tried them out, he said the XFast is AMAZING, it gave him more support and mobility than anything else he has tried. He would highly recommend the Xfast for any athlete!

The stitching showed up already ripped. The advertised size isn’t correct as it says it’ll fit up to 1 1/2 sizes larger than my daughter size and it’s not even big enough for her cleats!

I purchased 2. The product worked well, but broke after 2 practices and 1 game. The plastic ring that the main strap feeds through cracked making the product not usable. The other one works fine and honestly is better than taping. It's nice to just slip my shoe on and strap up the brace vs putting a brace on then my shoe. I play both O line and D Line as well as special teams. They support well but one did not last through the first game.

I got one of these back when they first started gaining popularity. I will say that this is by far the best protection for your ankle. I had a damaged ankle when I started trying out for professional soccer teams and I was wearing one of these the entire time. I ended up getting picked up and was able to play in Sweden. This brace went above and beyond to protect my ankle so I could achieve my dream. My ankle did end up blowing out when I kicked the ball at the same time as another player that came from the side of me, but it was a ticking time bomb anyway and nothing in the world would have prevented that.The only reason I don't give it a 5 star is because it seems like the velcro has changed. Back when I got my first one, the velcro stuck very strong and it would never come loose. I just purchased two new ones and the velcro straps are always coming undone.

My son plays football and has ankle and feet problems that we are currently going through different treatment methods with his orthopedic doctor. We have tried other ankle braces for him to use during football. But these seem to help the most. They are hard in the beginning to put on the cleat and strap up to wear. After a few times of taking them off and on you will figure them out and because easier. The brace will need cleats with shoelaces in order to install the brace on the cleat.