How our Pressure rating system works

Free How our Pressure rating system works

Single Pressure Rating

The Single Pressure Rating scale looks like this:

This scale rates pressure applied per area for mouthpieces and cheekpieces. The MAX rating for pressure applied to a single area is 5 and the LEAST is 0.

Areas that are rated for mouthpieces are:

Areas that are rated for cheekpieces are:

What do the colours mean?

Grey:

Utilizes no pressure, the optimum case however this is not realistic in every situation.

Green:

Registers a light pressure, applied over a large surface area to achieve a better positioning of the head.

Orange:

Indicates that medium pressure is being applied to correct a problem or to achieve necessary control.

Red:

Is the maximum pressure, the rider should be cautious and question this pressure.

Example of different colour ratings for a pressure point:

Tongue Pressure Rating Icons:

Total Pressure Rating:

The Total Pressure Rating scale looks like this:

This scale rates pressure applied in total for a mouthpiece or a cheekpiece. The MAX rating for pressure applied overall per mouthpiece and per cheekpiece is 15 and the LEAST is 0.

Areas that are rated for mouthpieces is each rated out of 5:

Rated out of 5

All of the above (single mouthpiece pressure ratings) are added together to get the overall Total Pressure Rating per mouthpiece. The overall pressure total amounts to 15, therefore each mouthpiece rating will be X out of 15.

Areas that are rated for cheekpieces is each rated out of 5:

Rated out of 5

All of the above (single cheekpiece pressure ratings) are added together to get the overall Total Pressure Rating per cheekpiece. The overall pressure total amounts to 15, therefore each cheekpiece rating will be X out of 15.

What do the colours mean?

Grey:

Utilizes no pressure, the optimum case however this is not realistic in every situation.

Green:

Registers a light pressure, applied over a large surface area to achieve a better positioning of the head.

Orange:

Indicates that medium pressure is being applied to correct a problem or to achieve necessary control.

Red:

Is the maximum pressure, the rider should be cautious and question this pressure.

Example:

Here is the rating for the Bomber Blue mouthpiece:

The total Bomber Blue mouthpiece pressure rating is 3 out of 15

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