D3O Armor

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[goazmotorcycles]

Yes we do carry the kits still.

[goazmotorcycles]

Well when the armor is soft, it is very easy to flex and squeeze. When you hit it, it sounds like you are hitting a hard piece of plastic. I show that to customers all the time, when they do not believe it works.

@Makaveli25x - You could use plastic and get a similar effect, but plastic does not bend to your body, and some people do not like the bulkiness of it. When you are wearing the d3o armor you do not feel the bulkiness of it, it is very lightweight and it moves with your body.

[goazmotorcycles]

He is not cringing. Obviously he cannot simulate a real motorcycle crash. The hammer just gives you a sample of how the armor reacts to impact. It instantly hardens. In its normal form the armor is soft and flexible. I did it to myself as well. It really does work. I suggest seeing it in person.

[moneywartv]

what if somone shot it with a gun

[aloisgault]

I would consider this a flexible replacemwent for the rigid armor, I would still want some soft padding to back it up for energy absorption. The initial shock would lock this up, flowiing shocks would go thru this just like the same thickness of plastic- which has padding under it. Definately comfort enhancing, but not a does it all replacement.

[Gingervention]

its called suborthaline

orthotics are made from it

[rafariegoa]

do you guys still sell the kits?

[codydorman420]

make steel toe shoes haa like you put your sock on then your d3o toe protection put foot in shoe and there you go haha

[sacr3]

@Makaveli25x Depends, Some football players use a padding that is no thicker than half an inch, they place that padding over a mans hand and hit hand with a sledge hammer. The impact is absorbed and spread evenly throughout the material before transferring that energy to the hand, so the whole hand feels the impact as oppose to just 1 spot, making the impact seem weaker. Basically hit your arm with a pen, then hit it with a spatula with the same force.. Spatula will hurt less, more surface area

[easystreets70]

@OldFlyingFox

3DO failed the test you say with "below average". More something for drive by shootings. It breaks anyway when hit real hard. 

[OldFlyingFox]

Sry but they tested the D3O T5 Set here in Germany and it placed 10/11 with Rating 33/100 "failure". 3 of 4 categories the critical safety limit (35kN) was exceeded (shoulder, elbow, knee >35 kN) and in one category they nearly reached the maximum (hip 27,7 kN). No. 1 placed Safemax Premium with 87/100 "excellent". And the Value's reached were (shoulder 11 kN, elbow 13 kN, hip 10,2 kN, knee 8,7 kN) 1/3 of the force. Tested by the biggest german motorcycle magazine "MOTORRAD 06/2011 ".

[Handlegrip]

if you want to go for the smallest bone hit below your belt