From Docmeter to Demon: our Flexmeter story

Our involvement with Flexmeter reaches back to 2003. Original web pages, catalogues and dated records let us tell that story with more detail than a brief brand introduction.

Updated 6 November 2026

A product with French roots

Flexmeter’s early story began with Skimeter in France and continued with Docmeter. The original company literature describes a business established in 2001 and work informed by experience in sports traumatology and engineering. The goal was to think carefully about the wrist, the shape of the support and how equipment is worn in snow sports.

Our personal contact with Dr Marc-Hervé Binet goes back to the early years of our collaboration with Docmeter. His experience as a physician treating sports injuries contributed to the development of the Flexmeter concept. [Le Dauphiné Libéré] (opens in a new tab) Affiliated with the medical centre in Avoriaz, he co-authored a 2012 study of wrist-protection designs with Philippa Wadsworth and Andrew Rowlands. [Wadsworth, Binet & Rowlands (2012)] (opens in a new tab) This connection gives the product’s origins context; it does not make every later version the subject of the same medical study.

The early story is useful because the distinctive long support did not appear in isolation. It grew out of a specific design discussion about the hand, wrist and forearm. Reading those sources helps explain why the construction looks different from shorter guards.

2003: Play Trend appears in the German record

An archived German Flexmeter page from 9 August 2003 identifies Play Trend in connection with distribution in Germany. It is a concrete record of our involvement at an early stage of the brand’s European history.

The archived page documents Play Trend’s role in German distribution by August 2003. Our relationship began in the Skimeter period, continued with Docmeter and later Demon, and has given us the opportunity to follow the range over more than two decades.

For customers today, the date is the starting point of accumulated familiarity: seeing different product versions, answering practical questions and learning how the equipment fits into a complete winter-sports outfit. We bring that history into present-day advice without treating old instructions as current ones.

2004: the Dutch connection is documented too

The archive also contains a Dutch Flexmeter page from 13 February 2004 and a cYes contact page from October 2004. Together with the German material, these sources show the cross-border background of our work with Flexmeter.

That perspective still suits a business based close to the German–Dutch border. Customers arrive with different languages, different names for the same model and different questions about fit. Helping them identify the correct product and instruction is part of the work, rather than an afterthought.

The historical pages and product pictures show how the range developed. They complement our guides to the current models, making it easier to recognise the familiar design features and the details that have changed over time.

The Docmeter years: a wider design story

Original catalogues give the early product family more shape. They show how Flexmeter sat within Docmeter’s wider work on protective equipment, and how the brand explained its materials and construction. The 2010 catalogue is one of the sources in our collection.

The historical references to DuPont’s Hytrel are especially interesting for understanding the material discussion at the time. The design combined a flexible material with a support that extended along the wrist and forearm. That is a historical explanation of the concept, not a complete specification for every product subsequently sold.

We also keep the distinctions between models and generations visible. Gloves with integrated parts, separate guards and different product names all belong to the history. The current model pages concentrate on Single FL132 and Double FL292 so the archive does not blur what a customer is choosing today.

2012–2013: the move to Demon

Demon took over the concept behind Flexmeter wrist guards and the production moulds from Docmeter. A French public notice published on 29 January 2013 records 21 December 2012 as the start date of the transferred activity. [BODACC] · PDF (opens in a new tab)

This record helps explain why different years appear in short online histories. A legal transfer, a public announcement and the arrival of products in a particular shop need not happen on the same day. We use the dates for the events they actually describe.

Our own relationship with the product continued. Having worked with Docmeter, we carried on supplying Flexmeter in the Demon period. That continuity is central to our knowledge of the range: a familiar design concept, new production and documentation, and ongoing questions from people using the products.

A continuing conversation about the product

Our contribution has included sharing experience and feedback with the manufacturer. Questions about fit, gloves, component descriptions and everyday handling can expose where a product explanation needs to be clearer. A supplier who listens to those questions has useful information to pass back.

We have maintained that practical exchange with Docmeter and later Demon, bringing years of customer contact into discussions about improvements. It connects the manufacturer’s product knowledge with the questions that arise when people choose, fit and use their equipment.

This is also why our website contains more than catalogue specifications. A customer asking why a glove feels tight needs an explanation about the palm, cuff and support position. Someone comparing an older Plus description with a current Double needs help with model names and parts. Those are questions a short product list rarely answers.

Today: direct contact and clearer information

In 2026 our work with Demon USA includes direct contact with Brent Davidson on instructions and product information. Brent Davidson is named as Director in the current model declarations. Our involvement focuses on clear wording, language versions and practical information that customers can use.

The readable PlayTrend instructions published on this site belong to that ongoing effort. They sit alongside the separate manufacturer declarations for Single and Double. We keep the product model, document role and date clear so you can find what applies to your pair.

More than two decades after the earliest archived pages, our accumulated experience has a practical purpose: help you understand Flexmeter, choose a suitable construction, fit it correctly and look after it. You can draw on that experience whenever you ask us for advice.