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 TDK1000
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<Reply # 20 on 3/16/2007 1:11 AM >
|  | | | Only a total squid would buy Icon riding gear when they don't own a bike.
Nobody is going to arrest you for wearing that thing but the cops would have a good laugh.
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Soldat
       
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Gender: Male
The Mayor of Noobtown
| |  | Re: Body armor anyone?
<Reply # 21 on 3/16/2007 1:46 AM >
| | | | Personally I dont think I would. However, here is a picture of my friend with the armor he wore one time.
Yes, its a Police issue level IIA ballistic vest.
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seany
Location: Santa Clara, California, USA
Gender: Male
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<Reply # 22 on 3/16/2007 9:58 AM >
| | | | your friend is not flavor flav, he needs to put the clock down :-p
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Azubi.UK
Location: UK / KSA
Gender: Male
| | | Re: Body armor anyone?
<Reply # 23 on 3/16/2007 10:11 AM >
|  | | | What the bloody hell do you need body armour for? If you have a habit of falling through floors then I think you need ot start thinking of a new hobby!
Seriously though, why? It's just one more thing that will weight you down and restrict you. May not restrict you alot but it will do.
Yeah, yeah. I know, "Think What if, not If only" But if you worry about ever possible hazard and seek to prevent it then you wouldn't be able to move with all the safety equipment you would be wearing! Best just to stay at home and never leave the house...
So, I wouldn't recommend wearing it.
Also to answer the second question, it all depends on the situation. If I had a way out then I would run like crazy. If they had me cornered then I would just give up and offer them my hot explorer body. ;)
The 11th Commandment: Don't get caught! |
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Hi4noon
Location: Central Massachusetts
| | | Re: Body armor anyone?
<Reply # 24 on 3/16/2007 8:44 PM >
| | | | | Yes, its a Police issue level IIA ballistic vest. |
Yea I looked into those, not because I was planning on getting shot at (although that may happen exploring springfield mass) but because I was afraid of sharp poles or something...but that stuff cost waaaaaaaaaaayyyyyy too much.
I hate flavor flav
Here is another question...I have experience using smoke bombs in my backyard to kill ground hogs...which got me thinking: the use of smoke bombs to escape? (yes i know i am not a ninja)
I'll test it out when i go out back in the woods one day and see how the smoke spread is.
There's always a confused soul that thinks that one man can make a difference, and we have to kill him to convince him otherwise. |
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Jonsered
Location: Back in New Mexico where I belong
Gender: Male
Dressed for a scarecrow ball.........
| |  | | Re: Body armor anyone?
<Reply # 25 on 3/16/2007 9:01 PM >
| | | | Posted by Hi4noon
...which got me thinking: the use of smoke bombs to escape? (yes i know i am not a ninja)
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Hm..... Well, I'm not going to slag you for this. However, if your locations are that hardcore, you may be going to the wrong places.
I have changed my personal exploring ethics code. From now on it will be: "Take only aimed shots, leave only hobo corpses." Copper scrappers, meth heads and homeless beware. The Jonsered cometh among you, bringing fear and dread.
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Azubi.UK
Location: UK / KSA
Gender: Male
| | | Re: Body armor anyone?
<Reply # 26 on 3/16/2007 9:25 PM >
| | | | Posted by Hi4noon
because I was afraid of sharp poles or something... |
Just be a little more careful?
| Here is another question...I have experience using smoke bombs in my backyard to kill ground hogs...which got me thinking: the use of smoke bombs to escape? (yes i know i am not a ninja) |
How much heat do those things put out? If there is a risk of causing a fire then I say don't even consider it. How much of a tit would you feel if you accidently burned down your favourite explore by using a smoke nade?
[last edit 3/17/2007 7:28 AM by Azubi.UK - edited 1 times]
The 11th Commandment: Don't get caught! |
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JBuss
Location: China Lake
Gender: Male
Rolling out the .50 cal just for Elf-boy
| | Re: Body armor anyone?
<Reply # 27 on 3/16/2007 9:39 PM >
| | | | Posted by Hi4noon
What do you guys think about the necessity for body armor for the shit we do?
I recently picked up the icon field armor back/chest protector
http://www.motostr....com/icfiarve.html
Reason being I fell through a floor at a place and my lower back and kidneys ached for a month...
overkill?
anyone else look into body armor?
I'm looking into getting head armor used in rugby...probably not but something worth checking out.
peace
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that is NOT body armor. Body Armor would be my SOV Dragon Skin or an Intercepter OTV vest with SAPI plates.
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Brooks
Location: Fall River Ma
Gender: Male
| | | Re: Body armor anyone?
<Reply # 28 on 3/16/2007 9:41 PM >
| | | | I find these gloves and arm protectors the most armor that I need, and only if it is crazy fence jumping time though I havent bothered anyway.
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Mark
 
Very Noble Donor
Location: South Carolina
Gender: Male
What is a lion, king of the savannah, when hes at the south pole?
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<Reply # 29 on 3/16/2007 10:16 PM >
| | | | 1. Body Armor is hot even in the coldest climates.
2. Like the above poster said it IS NOT BODY ARMOR that he is talking about. ballastic body armor is what is covered under the laws and it converts misdormeaners etc into felonies. Its actually under protective clothing. That being said I think some of those motorcycle jackets might be better, less obvious, and less difficult for a cop to swallow.
3. A skateboard helmet would be a far better investment then armoring your torso.
"If the threat level goes up its probably because of me." "I am looking for a girl who enjoys headbutting beltbuckles" |
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Soldat
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Gender: Male
The Mayor of Noobtown
| | | Re: Body armor anyone?
<Reply # 30 on 3/16/2007 10:41 PM >
| | | | Posted by Hi4noon
Yea I looked into those, not because I was planning on getting shot at (although that may happen exploring springfield mass) but because I was afraid of sharp poles or something...but that stuff cost waaaaaaaaaaayyyyyy too much.
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Ha, it cost my friend an old punching bag from his garage. 
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Samurai
Vehicular Lord Rick
Location: northeastern New York
No matter where you go, there you are...
| | Re: Body armor anyone?
<Reply # 31 on 3/17/2007 12:35 AM >
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those are burner sleeves... how many pairs do you want?
When i worked in Paper Machines at my mill, I had a locker full of these. They are for hi-temp exposures more than anything. I also have several pairs of cut resistant gloves too.
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secretdestroyers
Location: Baltimore
Gender: Male
| | | Re: Body armor anyone?
<Reply # 32 on 4/1/2007 1:03 AM >
| | | | Hi4noon i feel like we should get you a nice video game to play from the comfort and safety of your sofa.
F this I"m going exploring! |
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TDK1000
| | Re: Body armor anyone?
<Reply # 33 on 4/1/2007 4:41 AM >
| | | | Posted by secretdestroyers
Hi4noon i feel like we should get you a nice video game to play from the comfort and safety of your sofa.
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What's the point of this post 2weeks later?
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Timothy R. Pendergast
Location: Columbia, SC
Gender: Male
| | Re: Body armor anyone?
<Reply # 34 on 4/1/2007 5:35 AM >
| | | | The only time I have put on armor since leaving the military is for ranges for work where our uniformed personnel are participating. I trust all my close coworkers not to do stupid shit, and the instance of bullets flying towards me while I sit in the office reviewing emails and shit is very infrequent. I won't wear it for any other reason than ranges, unless an ex-employee goes nuts and brings in an Uzi. I do use the Kevlar flight gloves, because I am far more likely to be cut while searching a bag or vehicle.
Please don't be stupid. It might piss me off so much that I have a seizure or something. I hate stupid people. |
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Geo
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<Reply # 36 on 4/3/2007 12:40 AM >
| | | | Posted by hedonisticvanity
only a total squid would buy icon crap period.
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I was just going to post that exact same statement!....wierd
GV
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hedonisticvanity
Location: rockland NY
Gender: Male
everyone, everywhere, pays her price
| | | | Re: Body armor anyone?
<Reply # 37 on 4/3/2007 12:45 AM >
| | | | Posted by GeoViolator
I was just going to post that exact same statement!....wierd
GV
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haha yes. icon stuff... i mean some isnt too shabby i suppose. the helmets are made by HJC. most of the gloves are jokes and blow apart. i just dont like the whole marketing spin they use, to the hooligan/urban/stunter crowd. i dont get a long with most riders from that subset because theyre usually plain dangerous.
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Aubery
Location: Delaware , OH
Gender: Male
Maintain the Quarantine
| | Re: Body armor anyone?
<Reply # 38 on 4/3/2007 5:43 AM >
| | | | Look, I don't wear armor to play tourney paintball (its illegal to play in armor actually), why would I ever need it to explore.
We're here if only for a second and then, we're gone when we least expect it, so do more than survive, lets live like we're alive..... |
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swatdaddy33
Location: southern Indiana (vincennes)
Gender: Male
| | Re: Body armor anyone?
<Reply # 39 on 7/20/2007 4:31 AM >
| | | | I wouldn't wear that shit .I wore that in the desert and it's HOT! and cumbersome.But what ever. you want to wear it just say your punk rock or something.
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