At a glance
The Tracer is noticeably lighter and built around a pure mid-kick release, while the Blackout Gold Lite is way more affordable and offers a hybrid kick point with a much wider curve selection. If price or curve variety matters to you, the Blackout Gold Lite is hard to ignore at less than half the cost.
The numbers
Pick the Bauer Nexus Tracer
Pick the HockeyStickMan Pro Blackout Gold Lite
Bauer
Nexus Tracer
HockeyStickMan
Pro Blackout Gold Lite
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Comparing curves across brands? See our hockey stick curve chart.
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