Kevlar / armoured hoodie

[Bubbs]

Anyone know much about them? Been trying to find crash test results for them to see how they hold up. Seems like a few look well designed - just curious as it would be nice to have a hoodie on this summer instead of cumbersome bike gear.

Anyone own one?
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[CaNsA]

Would the armour not make the hoodie cumbersome?

[Joncrete Cungle]

I have a grinfactor Kevlar hoodie, I just wear it for short trips in summer / pootling through town combined with Kevlar jeans. I have not crashed in it but have considered that it could easily ride up in the event of a feet first spill and leave your back / side / stomach skin at the mercy of tarmac.

[Bubbs]

[Bubbs]

[CaNsA]

Spunk for one, crash and report back Batman

[Bubbs]

[_Iain_]

I wear one minus the armour for offroading trips, as the thought of binning it in an MX jersey on tarmac doesn't appeal.

Aint been bad. Crashed the monkey bike in it a few times and nothing really happened. That said it's only in the sleeves (the kevlar) & I chuck it over MX armour.

Unsure if I'd trust it in a proper smash, but have been trying to avoid that. Good thing to have, made by bulletproof.
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[BTTD]

So if the kevlar is just in the arms, is the idea that you wear it with a cut?

[-Matt-]

No idea about the Kevlar hoodies, but you can get some fairly sturdy mesh-jackets that feel and weigh about the same as a hoodie.

I'm sure abrasion wise they aren't upto leather standards particularly, and the jacket will probably be dead'd after an off in terms of re-using it, but still fairly reliable as protection. Popular in the US and a lot of other hot climate areas.

Icon and Knox do quite a few last time I looked.

[Rogerborg]

I bought a kevlar lined top a few years back, with the intention of wearing it over separate armour for summer fun.

In the event, the two layers make it so thick that it's hotter than my lightweight leather/cordura mix jacket with the vents open. Summer fun fail.
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[_Iain_]

Funny that,

Following the sucess of the Kevlar hoodie I purchased a long sleve Kevlar top. I wore it for half hour once, JM wore it for an hour after he sunburnt himself in spain.

It was stupidly stupidly warm.
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