Anyone use the new 661 rampage shin guards?

[jbtilley]

Now that I'm starting to feel like one day I'll be brave enough to try to learn new things (is that enough language to express uncertainty?) I'm starting to scout for shin protection.

I see the ¿new model? 661 rampage shin guards up for sale on udc. Anyone have any experience with those? I've found a very cheap set of 4x4s that I could pick up but they offer no knee protection. Now I've never come close to landing on my knee (knock on wood) so I don't know how crucial knee protection is, still I don't want to learn of the need for knee protection the hard way.

It looks like the rampage shin guards also offers knee protection in one nice package. The price point is a little high, but the cheap 4x4s I found plus purchasing knee pads separately would run about the same as the rampages.

Anyone have any experience with them? Do they stay up, breathe, etc., etc.?