It is known as an undershirt in the US, vest in the UK and many commonwealth countries, and singlet in Australia, and is typically in the form of a T-shirt or sleeveless top.

This is called a waistcoat in the UK and many commonwealth countries, or a vest in the US. It is often worn as part of formal attire, or as the third piece of a lounge suit.

Vest may refer to other outer garments, such as a sports tank top, or a padded sleeveless jacket popular for hunting, commonly known as a hunting vest. Another common variant is the fishing vest which carries a profusion of external pockets for carrying fishing tackle. The term jerkin is also used to refer to this sort of sleeveless outdoor coat.

This may also be called a pullover, sweater vest, or tank top (which may also refer to a type of sleveless shirt).

The term vest derives from French veste, Italian vesta, veste "robe, gown," and Latin vestis. The sleeveless garment worn by men beneath a coat may have been first popularised by King Charles II of England, since a diary entry by Pepys (October 8, 1666) records that "[t]he King hath yesterday, in Council, declared his resolution of setting a fashion for clothes.. It will be a vest, I know not well how. but it is to teach the nobility thrift."

Offers custom made waitress uniform vests, tuxedo vests, tunic vests, Eton jackets, tux shirts and blazers. Most of our apparel items are available in a wide variety of colors, fabrics and patterns. We can produce dress vests for the big and tall, plus sizes (2XL, 3XL, 4XL, 5XL) or petite.

A tuxedo vest is a perfect reinforcement to your formal wear ensemble. A tuxedo vest adds a nice additional layer to your ensemble if you are going to a less than "white tie" event. The

Offers Women's and Men's tux vests in 20 colors (black, red, burgundy, hunter green, emerald green, navy blue, royal blue, antique gold, silver, orange, fuchsia, lavender, sage, purple, grape, tan, mauve, peach, turquoise, and dusty rose) and all sizes.

You may choose a brightly colored silk vest or paisley jacquard tuxedo vest for your prom or wedding attire.

A sequin vest is a beautiful, flashy way to show your Christmas spirit, for the Mardi Gras event or on the San Patrick Day. Matching sequin bow ties are also available.

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Junior version of our men's Forty Niner vest, in three colors. Available in Burgundy, Green and Navy, child sizes XS-XL.  [more]

One of our most popular. This spectactular paisley patterned vest is subtle enough for the daytime business man but perfectly styled for the most festive.  [more]

A fine double breasted vest. The cut is conservative, but the fabric is full of style. Notched collar, 2 front pockets, adjustable back and fancy.  [more]

Grace meets style in this very fancy double-breasted men’s vest, in cream or black tone-on-tone paisley..  [more]

Fancy meets functional in this double-breasted, shawl collar vest in durable cotton canvas. Imported. 100% cotton canvas, fully lined with adjustable self back. Sizes S-3X, in Crimson or Wheat..  [more]

A sturdy yet stylish workman's vest. Cotton lined with 4 pockets to keep everything you need organized and.  [more]

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This vest has a stunning dragon design worked into the front. Its sharp design combined with classic styling makes it a very popular choice. The vest is.  [more]

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With a nod and tip of the hat, our 1800’s vest pays tribute to the spirit of the pioneer..  [more]

One of our bestsellers. This elegant black and silver vest is equally appropriate for the office or the ballroom..  [more]

Perfect for blending in with the upper crust. This 4 pocket vest is solid black or red with.  [more]

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Junior version of our men's Nighthawk vest, in black. Available in child sizes XS-XL..  [more]

Smartly styled tweed vest, with mixed brown tweed vest and adjustable black cotton back.  [more]

All slicked up and fancier than a flower sprouting from a spittoon, he made an unexpected impression in our men’s Pickens Vest..  [more]

This beautiful notch collar vest is for the very distinguished gentleman. The vest is black with a decorative pattern.  [more]

Covered in scrolled embroidery reminiscent of a wrought-iron garden fence, our vintage-inspired men’s vest sets new boundries of style for your finest outings..  [more]

This vest has a subtle all over black, gray and white pattern that is accented by black fabric covered buttons. A classic combination that is.  [more]

This classic notched-collar vest is available in a variety of colors perfect for any occasion. Very elegant in subdued colors of Gray and, Black.  [more]

This soft brushed cotton 4 pocket vest is a perfect match for our Vigilante Pants and Vigilante Town Coat..  [more]

Gun metal grey and covered in wandering paisley, our vintage-inspired Visalia vest is the gateway to fine old fashioned style..  [more]

This classic Victorian vest has all the subtle styling of the period. fancy jacquard fabric, shawl collar, filigree buttons, 2 front pockets and.  [more]

Unisex vest. 65% polyester/35% cotton twill. Left chest pocket with pencil track. Matching colored buttons.

This Carhartt Sandstone Rugged vest is perfect for the active worker seeking durability, warmth and ultimate freedom of movement.

Luxurious Italian wool, beautifully tones in a classic windowpane pattern. Six-button front lapel vest with two flap pockets. Satin back with adjustable belt. Imported.

Sometimes you dont need a full wind shirta vest fits the bill. This high performance wind vest is the perfect top layer.

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Think about it this way would you rather enter a confrontation with JUST a $600 pistol or a $300 pistol, and a $300 vest?

Your protection needs to be on BEFORE its really needed, because the best vest for you is the one youre actually wearing when shot!

Thus keeping your armor camouflaged is critical. The military (see Tactical Armor) can accomplish this with camouflage patterns, but urban environments require a concealable vest under clothes, or inconspicuous ballistic clothing.

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WASHINGTON, D. C. - The U. S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. Name of Product. Boy’s Reversible Vests Units. About 5,000 Retailer. The Bon-Ton Department Stores Inc., of York, Pa. Hazard. The zipper tabs on these vests fail to meet the children's torques test standards, posing a choking hazard to children. Incidents/Injuries. None reported. Description. This recall involves the “Ruff Hewn” reversible vests for boys sold in toddler (style # F821235) and 4 through 7 sizes (style # F841235). The vests are brown and reverse to a camouflage print. “Ruff Hewn” is printed on the tag found in the left pocket of the brown side and on the price tag. The style number is printed on the price tag. Sold at. Bon-Ton, Bergner’s, Boston Store, Elder-Beerman, Herberger’s, Younkers, and Carson Pirie Scott stores nationwide and Parisian in the Detroit area from July 2008 through November 2008 for about $30. Manufactured in. India Remedy. Consumers should immediately take these vests away from children and return them to the store where purchased for a full refund. Consumer Contact. For additional information, contact Bon-Ton toll-free at (866) us. anytime or visit the company’s Web site at www. bonton. com

Sheriff Jim Thomson of Los Angeles and his wife Manuela around 1863. The colorful shawl collared, patterned vest, worn with a black frock coat and light trousers is very typical of America in the 1860s. While he could wear a top hat with this, top hats were unpopular in the west, and a broad brimmed, low crowned hat is more likely

The vest was an essential part of a gentleman's wardrobe in the 19th Century. It was only ever dispensed with by men doing hard manual labor--though they often sported one as well. In the 1860s, colorful vests, often of patterned Chinese silk were popular, especially in the South and the West. They are now associated with gamblers, but they had a wider appeal in their time. Gamblers were the last to give them up. From the 1870s on, vests tended to be black or white for wear with frock coats, morning coats or evening dress coats, which of course, were also black by that time. When worn with a sack suit, they would be of a color to match the suit. Evening vests were cut low to show off the shirt. In the 1860s, the day vest was also often fairly low cut with a broad shawl collar. From the 1870s, the day vest would tend to be fairly high cut and have a small, notched lapel.

Another frock suit from the 1860s. Note his unbuttoned vest. This was a highly fashionable thing to do in the '60s. Note also his small tie. His vest is plain black wool. Click on the picture for a larger image.

There are a few points of difference between 20th Century vests and 19th Century vests. 19th Century vests usually (though not always) had lapels, either in a shawl or notched style. They also nearly always had a lower hem that was parallel to the ground, rather than the modern vest which tapers downward in front. The following are some photographs of a late 19th Century day vest in my collection.

The vest is made of black wool edged with black silk grosgrain. The 5 buttons are covered with black silk. Click for larger image

The vest is backed with black polished cotton. It has a small tie, of the same material that uses a metal buckle. Click for larger image.

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Forget everything you think you know about TRAVEL VESTS! Our travel vest has more pockets, more style and more features than any other vest on the market. We've eliminated the traditional, clunky exterior pockets - not only do they look dorky, they reveal that you are carrying valuables. Our stealthy, streamlined Travel Vest is great looking and incredibly comfortable without drawing unwanted attention. With 22 hidden pockets and compartments, you won't believe how lightweight our Travel Vest is. Airport security becomes a breeze. just take off the vest and send it through the x-ray with all your gear safely stored inside. It holds so much, you'll feel like you got an exception to the one carry-on rule. You'll never believe all of the gear you are carrying since our Weight Management System balances the load and our NoBulge Pockets give it a streamlined look. The lightweight, breathable brushed cotton material is thin enough that you can control your iPod right through the fabric. Teflon treatment repels water and stains. You'll love it so much, you'll wear it everyday—not just when traveling. 65% Cotton/35% Nylon (Teflon treated) with silky interior. Machine Washable.

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A ballistic vest is an item of protective clothing that absorbs the impact from firearm-fired projectiles and shrapnel fragments from explosions. This protection is for the torso. Soft vests are made from many layers of woven or laminated fibers and protect wearers from projectiles fired from handguns, shotguns, and small fragments from explosives such as hand grenades. When metal or ceramic plates are used with a soft vest, it can also protect wearers from shots fired from rifles. In combination with metallic components or tightly-woven fiber layers, soft armor can offer some protection to the wearer from stab and slash from a knife. Soft vests are commonly worn by police forces, private citizens and private security guards, and hard-plate reinforced vests are mainly worn by combat soldiers in the armies of various nations as well as police armed-response units. Modern body armor may combine a ballistic vest with other items of protective clothing, such as a helmet. Vests intended for police and military use may also include ballistic shoulder, and side protection armor components.

Ballistic vests use layers of very strong fiber to catch and deform a bullet and spread its force over a larger portion of the vest fiber. A deformable handgun bullet mushrooms into a dished plate on impact with a well designed textile vest. The vest absorbs the energy from the deforming bullet, bringing it to a stop before it can penetrate the overall matrix. Some layers may be penetrated but as the bullet deforms, the energy is absorbed by a larger and larger fiber area. While a vest can prevent bullet penetration, the vest and wearer still absorb the bullet's energy. Even without penetration, modern pistol bullets contain enough energy to cause blunt force trauma under the impact point. Vests' specifications include both penetration resistance requirements and limits on the amount of impact energy that is delivered to the body. Vests designed for bullets offer little protection against blows from sharp implements, such as knives, arrows or ice picks, or from bullets manufactured of non-deformable materials i. e. steel core instead of lead. The force of the impact of these objects is concentrated in a relatively small area, allowing them to puncture the fiber layers of most bullet-resistant fabrics. Textile vests may be augmented with metal (steel or titanium), ceramic or polyethylene plates that provide extra protection to vital areas. These hard armor plates have proven effective against all handgun bullets and a range of rifles. These upgraded ballistic vests have become standard in military use, as soft body armor vests are ineffective against military rifle rounds. Corrections officers and other law enforcement officers often wear vests which are designed specifically against bladed weapons and sharp objects. These vests may incorporate coated and laminated para-aramid textiles or metallic components.

The Late Middle Ages In 1538, Francesco Maria della Rovere commissioned Filippo Negroli to create a bullet proof vest. In 1561, Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor is recorded as testing his armor against gun-fire. Similarly, in 1590 Sir Henry Lee expected his Greenwich armor to be "pistol proof". Its actual effectiveness was controversial at the time.

The first soft ballistic vest, Myunjebaegab, was invented in Joseon Korea in the 1860s shortly after the French campaign against Korea. Heungseon Daewongun ordered development of bullet-proof armor because of increasing threats from Western armies. Kim Gi-Doo and Gang Yoon found that cotton could protect against bullets if thick enough, and devised bullet-proof vests made of 30 layers of cotton. The vests were used in battle during the United States expedition to Korea, when the US Navy attacked Ganghwa Island in 1871. The US Army captured one of the vests and took it to the US, where it was stored at the Smithsonian Museum until 2007. The vest has since been sent back to Korea and is currently on display to the public. One of the early instances of ballistic armor being used was in 1879 when a gang of Australian outlaws led by Ned Kelly made armor from scrap metal. The armor covered their torsos, upper arms, and upper legs, and was worn with a helmet. The home-made suits had a mass of 44 kg (96 lbs), making the gang clumsy and unwieldy during a police raid at Glenrowan in 1880. Its use proved futile as the suit lacked protection for the legs. During the early 1880s, Dr. George Emery Goodfellow of Arizona began investigating silk vests resembling medieval gambesons, which used 18 to 30 layers of cloth to protect the wearers from arrow penetration. Dr. Goodfellow's interest in silk bulletproof vests arose after he learned about several cases where silk fabric slowed the impact of bullets in the bodies of people who were shot. Casimir Zeglen of Chicago used Goodfellow's findings to develop a bulletproof vest made of silk fabric at the end of the 1800s, which could stop the relatively slow rounds from black powder handguns. The vests cost $800 USD each in 1914, a small fortune at the time. On 28 June 28 1914, Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, was wearing a silk bulletproof vest when he was attacked by a gun-wielding assassin. Because he was shot in the neck above the vest, the vest did not protect him. A similar vest, made by Jan Szczepanik in 1901, saved the life of Alfonso XIII of Spain when he was shot by an attacker.

During the late 1920s through the early 1930s, gunmen from criminal gangs in the United States began wearing less-expensive vests made from thick layers of cotton padding and cloth. These early vests could absorb the impact of handgun rounds such as .22 Long Rifle, .25 ACP, .32 SW Long, .32 SW, .380 ACP, and .45 ACP traveling at speeds of up 300 m/s (1000 ft/s). To overcome these vests, law enforcement agents such as the FBI began using the newer and more powerful .38 Super, and later the .357 Magnum cartridge.

In the early stages of World War II, the United States designed body armor for infantrymen, but most models were too heavy and mobility-restricting to be useful in the field and incompatible with existing required equipment. The military diverted its research efforts to developing flak jackets for aircraft crews. These jackets were made of nylon fabric and capable of stopping flak and shrapnel, but were not designed to stop bullets. The British Army issued Medical Research Council body armor, as did the Canadian Army, in northwestern Europe, in the latter case primarily to medical personnel of the 2nd Canadian Infantry Division. The Japanese army produced a few types of infantry body armor during World War II, but these did not see much use. Near the middle of 1944, development of infantry body armor in the United States restarted. Several vests were produced for the US military, including but not limited to the T34, the T39, the T62E1, and the M12.

The Red Army used several types of body armor, including the SN-42 ( "Stalynoi Nagrudnik" is Russian for "steel breastplate", and the number denotes the design year). All were tested, but only the SN-42 was put in production. It consisted of two pressed steel plates that protected the front torso and groin. The plates were 2 mm thick and weighed 3.5 kg (7.7 Lbs.). This armor was supplied to SHISBr (assault engineers) and to Tankodesantniki (infantry that rode on tanks) of some tank brigades. The SN armor protected wearers from 9 mm bullets fired by a MP-40 at around 50 meters, which made it useful in urban battles such as the Battle of Stalingrad. However, the SN's weight made it impractical for infantry on foot in an open outdoor setting. The United States developed a vest using Doron Plate, a fiberglass-based laminate. These vests were first used in the Battle of Okinawa in 1945.

During the Korean War several new vests were produced for the United States military, including the M-1951, which made use of fibre-reinforced plastic or aluminium segments woven into a nylon vest. These vests represented "a vast improvement on weight, but the armor failed to stop bullets and fragments very successfully," although officially they were claimed to be able to stop 7.62x25mm Tokarev pistol rounds at the muzzle. Developed by Natick Laboratories and introduced in 1967, T65-2 plate carriers were the first vests designed to hold hard ceramic plates, making them capable of stopping 7 mm rifle rounds. These "Chicken Plates" were made of either boron carbide, silicon carbide, or aluminium oxide. They were issued to the crew of low-flying aircraft, such as the UH-1 and UC-123, during the Vietnam War.

In 1969, American Body Armor was founded and began to produce a patented combination of quilted nylon faced with multiple steel plates. This armor configuration was marketed to American law enforcement agencies by Smith Wesson under the trade name "Barrier Vest." The Barrier Vest was the first police vest to gain wide use during high threat police operations. In the mid-1970s, DuPont introduced Kevlar synthetic fiber, which was woven into a fabric and layered. Immediately Kevlar was incorporated into a National Institute of Justice (NIJ) evaluation program to provide lightweight, concealable body armor to a test pool of American law enforcement officers to ascertain if everyday concealable wearing was possible. Lester Shubin, a program manager at the NIJ, managed this law enforcement feasibility study within a few selected large police agencies, and quickly determined that Kevlar body armor could be comfortably worn by police daily, and would save lives. In 1975 Richard A. Armellino, the founder of American Body Armor, marketed an all Kevlar vest called the K-15, consisting of 15 layers of Kevlar that also included a 5" X 8" ballistic steel "Shok Plate" positioned vertically over the heart and was issued US Patent #3,971,072 for this innovation.

Similarly sized and positioned "trauma plates" are still used today on the front ballistic panels of most concealable vests, reducing blunt trauma and increasing ballistic protection in the center-mass heart/sternum area. In 1976, Richard Davis, founder of Second Chance Body Armor, designed the company's first all-Kevlar vest, the Model Y. The lightweight, concealable vest industry was launched and a new form of daily protection for the modern police officer was quickly adapted. By the mid to late 1980s, an estimated 1/3 to 1/2 of police patrol officers wore concealable vests daily. By 2006, more than 2,000 documented police vest "saves" were recorded, validating the success and efficiency of lightweight concealable body armor as a standard piece of everyday police equipment.

Kevlar soft armor had its shortcomings because if "large fragments or high velocity bullets hit the vest, the energy could cause life-threatening, blunt trauma injuries" in selected, vital areas. Ranger Body Armor was developed for the American military in 1991. Although it was the second modern US body armor that was able to stop rifle caliber rounds and still be light enough to be worn by infantry soldiers in the field, it still had its flaws. "it was still heavier than the concurrently issued PASGT (Personal Armor System for Ground Troops) anti-fragmentation armor worn by regular infantry and. did not have the same degree of ballistic protection around the neck and shoulders." The format of Ranger Body Armor (and more recent body armor issued to US special operations units) highlights the trade-offs between force protection and mobility that modern body armor forces organizations to address. Newer armor issued by the United States military to large numbers of troops includes Interceptor Body Armor, the United States Army's Improved Outer Tactical Vest and the more advanced United States Marine Corps Modular Tactical Vest. All of these systems are designed with the vest intended to provide protection from fragments and pistol rounds. Hard ceramic plates such as the Small Arms Protective Insert as used with Interceptor Body Armor, are worn to protect the vital organs from higher level threats. These threats mostly take the form of high velocity and armor piercing rifle rounds. Similar types of protective equipment have been adopted by modern armed forces the world over. Since the 1970s, several new fibers and construction methods for bulletproof fabric have been developed besides woven Kevlar, such as DSM's Dyneema, Honeywell's Gold Flex and Spectra, Teijin Twaron's Twaron, Pinnacle Armor's Dragon Skin, and Toyobo's Zylon (now controversial, as new studies report that it degrades rapidly, leaving wearers with significantly less protection than expected). These newer materials are advertised as being lighter, thinner and more resistant than Kevlar, although they are much more expensive. The US military has developed body armor for the working dogs who aid GIs in battle.

According to dog handler Petty Officer Michael Thomas, the "new vests are an upgrade" from the previous vests, which only offered stab protection. The new vests also offer protection from bullets.

As a result each law enforcement agency or para-military organizations will have their own standard for armor performance if only to ensure that their armor protects them from their own weapon. While many standards exist a few standards are widely used as models. The US National Institute of Justice ballistic and stab documents are examples of broadly accepted standards, In addition to the NIJ, the UK Home Office Scientific Development Branch (HOSDB - formerly the Police Scientific Development Branch (PSDB)) standards are used by a number of other countries and organizations. These "model" standards are usually adapted by other counties by incorporation of the basic test methodologies with modification of the bullets that are required for test. NIJ Standard us. has specific performance standards for bullet resistant vests used by law enforcement. This rates vests on the following scale against penetration and also blunt trauma protection (deformation).

In addition to the NIJ and HOSDB standards, other important standards include. German Police TR-Technische Richtlinie, Draft ISO prEN ISO 14876, Underwriters Laboratories (UL Standard 752) Textile armor is tested for both penetration resistance by bullets and for the impact energy transmitted to the wearer. The "backface signature" or transmitted impact energy is measured by shooting armor mounted in front of a backing material, typically oil-based modelling clay. The clay is used at a controlled temperature and verified for impact flow before testing. After the armor is impacted with the test bullet the vest is removed from the clay and the depth of the indentation in the clay is measured.

The allowable backface signature for body armor has been controversial from its introduction in the first NIJ test standard and the debate as to the relative importance of penetration-resistance vs. backface signature continues in the medical and testing communities. In general a vest's textile material temporarily degrades when wet. Neutral water at room temp does not affect para-aramid or UHMWPE but acidic, basic and some other solutions can permanently reduce para-aramid fiber tensile strength

). Mechanisms for this wet loss of performance are not known. Vests that will be tested after ISO type water immersion tend to have heat sealed enclosures and those that are tested under NIJ type water spray methods tend to have water resistant enclosures. From 2003-5, a large study of the environmental degradation of Zylon armor was undertaken by the US-NIJ. This concluded that water, long-term use, and temperature exposure significantly affect tensile strength and the ballistic performance of PBO or Zylon fiber. This NIJ study on vests returned from the field demonstrated that environmental affects on Zylon resulted in ballistic failures under standard test conditions.

) Because the energy of a bullet is a key factor in its penetrating capacity, velocity is used as the primary independent variable in ballistic testing. For most users the key measurement is the velocity at which no bullets will penetrate the armor. Measuring this zero penetration velocity (V0) must take into account variability in armor performance and test variability. Ballistic testing has a number of sources of variability. the armor, test backing materials, bullet, casing, powder, primer and the gun barrel, to name a few. Variability reduces the predictive power of a determination of V0. If for example, the V0 of an armor design is measured to be 1,600ft/s (490m/s) with a 9 mm FMJ bullet based on 30 shots, the test is only an estimate of the real V0 of this armor. The problem is variability. If the V0 is tested again with a second group of 30 shots on the same vest design, the result will not be identical. Only a single low velocity penetrating shot is required to reduce the V0 value. The more shots made the lower the V0 will go. In terms of statistics, the zero penetration velocity is the tail end of the distribution curve. If you know the variability and can calculate the standard deviation, one can rigorously set the V0 at a confidence interval. Test Standards now define how many shots must be used to estimate a V0 for the armor certification. This procedure defines a confidence interval of an estimate of V0. (See "NIJ and HOSDB test methods".) V0 is difficult to measure, so a second concept has been developed in ballistic testing called V50. This is the velocity at which 50 percent of the shots go through and 50 are stopped by the armor. US military standards

Define a commonly used procedure for this test. The goal is to get 3 shots that penetrate that are slower than a second group of 3 shots that are stopped by the armor. These 3 high stops and 3 low penetrations can then be used to calculate a V50 velocity. In practice this measurement of V50 requires 1-2 vest panels and 10-20 shots. A very useful concept in armor testing is the offset velocity between the V0 and V50. If this offset has been measured for an armor design, then V50 data can be used to measure and estimate changes in V0. For vest manufacturing, field evaluation and life testing both V0 and V50 are used. However, as a result of the simplicity of making V50 measurements, this method is more important for control of armor after certification.

The large body of casualty data made clear that in a combat situation, fragments, not bullets, were the most important threat to soldiers. After WWII vests were being developed and fragment testing was in its early stages

Neglecting rotational energy). The military engineering data showed that like the fragment size the fragment velocities had characteristic distributions. It is possible to segment the fragment output from a warhead into velocity groups. For example 95% of all fragments from a bomb blast under 4grains (0.26g) have a velocity of 3,000ft/s (910m/s) or less. This established a set of goals for military ballistic vest design. The random nature of fragmentation required the military vest specification to tradeoff mass vs. ballistic-benefit. Hard vehicle armor is capable of stopping all fragments, but military personnel can only carry a limited amount of gear and equipment, so the weight of the vest is a limiting factor in vest fragment protection. The us. grain series at limited velocity can be stopped by an all-textile vest of approximately 5.4kg/m2 (1.1lb/ft2). In contrast to the design of vest for deformable lead bullets, fragments do not change shape. they are steel and can not be deformed by textile materials. The 2-grain (0.13g) FSP (the smallest fragment projectile commonly used in testing) is about the size of a grain of rice. such small fast moving fragments can potentially slip through the vest, moving between yarns. As a result fabrics optimized for fragment protection are tightly woven, although these fabrics are not as effective stopping lead bullets.

One of the critical requirements in soft ballistic testing is measurement of "back side signature" (i. e. energy delivered to tissue by a non-penetrating projectile) in a deformable backing material placed behind the targeted vest. The majority of military and law enforcement standards have settled on an oil/clay mixture for the backing material, known as Roma Plastilena

Because of the use of ceramic, plates for rifle protection these vests are 5-8 times as heavy on an area basis as handgun protection. The weight and stiffness of rifle armor is a major technical challenge. The density, hardness and impact toughness are among the materials properties that are balanced to design these systems. While ceramic materials have some outstanding properties for ballistics they are not strong under tensile loads. Failure of ceramic plates by cracking must also be controlled

In the mid-1980s the state of California Department of Corrections issued a requirement for a body armor using a commercial ice pick as the test penetrator. The test method attempted to simulate the capacity of a human attacker to deliver impact energy with their upper body. As was later shown by the work of the former British PSDB, this test over stated the capacity of human attackers. The test used a drop mass or sabot that carried the ice pick. Using gravitational force, the height of the drop mass above the vest was proportional to the impact energy. This test specified 109 joules (81 ft-lbs) of energy and a 7.3kg (16.1 lb) drop mass with a drop height of 153cm (60 inches). The ice pick has a 4mm (0.16”) diameter with a sharp tip with a 5.4m/s (17ft/s) thermal velocity in the test. The California standard did not include knife or cutting edge weapons in the test protocol. The test method used the oil/clay (Roma Plastilena) tissue simulant as a test backing. In this early phase only Titanium and Steel plate offerings were successful in addressing this requirement. Point Blank developed the first ice pick certified offerings for CA Department of Corrections in shaped titanium sheet metal. Vests of this type are still in service in US corrections facilities as of 2008. Beginning in the early '90s, an optional test method was approved by California which permitted the use of 10% ballistic gelatin as a replacement for Roma clay. The transition from hard, dense clay-based Roma to soft low-density gelatin allowed all textile solutions to meet this attack energy requirement. Soft all textile “ice pick” vests began to be adopted by California and other US states as a result of this migration in the test methods. It is important for users to understand that the smooth, round tip of the ice pick does not cut fiber on impact and this permits the use of textile based vests for this application. The earliest of these “all” fabric vests designed to address this ice pick test was Warwick’s TurtleSkin ultra tightly woven para-aramid fabric with a patent filled in 1993

It should be noted that these textile materials do not have equal performance with cutting-edge threats and these certifications were only with ice pick and were not tested with knives..

Parallel to the US development of “ice pick” vests the British police, PSDB, was working on standards for knife resistant body armor. Their program adopted a rigorous scientific approach and collected data on human attack capacity

Their ergonomic study suggested three levels of threat. 25, 35 and 45 joules of impact energy. In addition to impact energy attack, velocities were measured and were found to be 10-20 m/s (much faster than the California test). Two commercial knives were selected for use in this PSDB test method. In order to test at a representative velocity, an air cannon method was developed to propel the knife and sabot at the vest target using compressed air. In this first version, the PSDB ’93 test also used oil/clay materials as the tissue simulant backing. The introduction of knives which cut fiber and a hard-dense test backing required stab vest manufactures to use metallic components in their vest designs to address this more rigorous standard.

Vests that combined stab and ballistic protection were a significant innovation in the 1990s period of vest development. The starting point for this development were the ballistic-only offerings of that time using NIJ Level 2A, 2, and 3A or HOSDB HG 1 and 2, with compliant ballistic vest products being manufactured with areal densities of between 5.5–6 kg/m3 ( us. lb/ft2). However police forces were evaluating their “street threats” and requiring vests with both knife and ballistic protection. This multi threat approach is common in England and Europe and is less popular in the USA. Unfortunately for multi-threat users, the metallic array and chainmail systems that were necessary to defeat the test blades offered little ballistic performance. The multi-threat vests have areal densities are close to the sum of the two solutions separately. These vests have mass values in the us. kg/m2 ( us. lb/ft2) range. Ref (NIJ and HOSDB certification listings). Rolls Royce Composites -Megit and Highmark produced metallic array systems to address this HOSDB standard. These designs were used extensively by the London Metropolitan Police Service and other agencies in the United Kingdom.

As vest manufactures and the specifying authorities worked with these standards, the UK and US Standards teams began a collaboration on test methods

These new standards created a focus on Level 1@25J, Level 2@35J, Level 3@45 joules protection as tested with the new engineered knives defined in these test documents. The lowest level of this requirement at 25 joules was addressed by a series of textile products of both wovens, coated wovens and laminated woven materials. All of these materials were based on Para-aramid fiber. The co-efficient of friction for ultra high molecular weigh polyethylene (UHMWPE) prevented its use in this application. The TurtleSkin DiamondCoat and Twaron SRM products addressed this requirement using a combination of Para-Aramid wovens and bonded ceramic grain. These ceramic-coated products do not retain the flexibility and softness of un-coated textile materials. For the higher levels of protection L2 and L3, the very aggressive penetration of the small, thin P1 blade has resulted in the continued use of metallic components in stab armor. In Germany, Mehler Vario Systems have developed sophisticated hybrid vests of woven para-aramid and chain mail their solution was selected the London Metro Police. Another German company BSST, in cooperation with Warwick Mills, has developed a system to meet the ballistic-stab requirement using Dyneema laminate and an advanced metallic-array system, TurtleSkin MFA. This system is currently implemented in Holland. The trend in multi threat armor continues with requirements for needle protection in the Draft ISO prEN ISO 14876 norm. In many countries there is also an interest to combine military style explosive fragmentation protection with bullet-ballistics and stab requirements.

In order for ballistic protection to be wearable the ballistic panels and hard rifle resistant plates are fitted a special carrier. The carrier is the part of a ballistic vest that we see. The most basic carrier includes the pockets to carry the ballistic panels and the straps for mounting the carrier on the user. There are two major types of carriers, military or tactical carriers that are worn over the shirt and covert law enforcement type carriers that are worn under the shirt.

In recent years advances in material science have opened the door to the old idea of a literal "bulletproof vest" that will be able to stop handgun and rifle bullets with a soft textile vest without the assistance of heavy and cumbersome extra metal or ceramic plating. In fact the progress in fibers materials is quite slow by comparison to the rate of change in some other technical disciplines. The most recent offering from Kevlar called Protera was released in 1996. Current soft body armor can stop most handgun rounds which has been the case for perhaps 15 years. However armor plates are needed to stop rifle rounds and steel core handgun rounds such as 7.62x25. The para-aramids have not progressed beyond the limit of 23 grams/denier in fiber tenacity. Modest ballistic performance improvements have been made by new producers of this fiber type.

In May 2008, the Teijin Aramid group announced a “super-fibers” development program. The Teijin emphasis appears to be on computational chemistry to define a solution to high tenacity without environmental weakness. The materials science of second generation “super” fibers is complex, requires large investments, and represent significant technical challenges. Research aims to develop artificial spider silk which could be super strong, yet light and flexible

Other research has been done to harness nanotechnology to help create super-strong fibers that could be used in future bulletproof vests.

An area of special activity pertaining to vests is the emerging use of small ceramic components. Large torso sized ceramic plates are complex to manufacture and are subject to cracking in use. Monolithic plates also have limited multi hit capacity as a result of their large impact fracture zone These are the motivations for new types of armor plate. These new designs use 2 and 3 dimensional arrays of ceramic elements that can be rigid, flexible or semi-flexible. Dragon Skin body armor is one these systems. European developments in spherical and hexagonal arrays have resulted in products that have some flex and multi hit performance

The material was also reportedly able to withstand shock pressures generated by the impacts of up to 250 tons per square centimeter. During the tests, the material proved to be so strong that after the impact the samples remained essentially unmarred. Additionally, a recent study in France tested the material under isostatic pressure and found it to be stable up to at least 350 tons/cm². As of mid-2008, spider silk bulletproof vests and nano-based armors are being developed for potential market release. Both the British and American militaries have expressed interest in a carbon fiber woven from carbon nanotubes that was developed at Cambridge University and has the potential to be used as body armor.

The late 19th century Australian outlaw and folk hero Ned Kelly is famous for his iconic home-made armor, which he used with mixed results. While the steel armor worn by Kelly defeated the soft lead, low velocity bullets fired by police Martini-Henry rifles, it greatly restricted his movement. United States law restricts possession of body armor for convicted violent felons. Many US states also have penalties for possession or use of body armor by felons. In February 1999, Russell Jones was arrested in California for possession of body armor by a convicted felon. In other states, such as Kentucky, possession is not prohibited, but probation or parole is denied for a person convicted of certain violent crimes while wearing body armor and carrying a deadly weapon. Canadian legislation makes it legal to wear and to purchase body armor such as ballistic vests. However, there are current proposals to the legislation to make it illegal to wear such body armor during the commission of a criminal offense.

Ransford, Cheryl (25 February 2005). "Canine Units in Afghanistan Issued New Protective Vests". DefenseLINK. American Forces Press Service

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Because your gun dog hunts just as hard as you do, we offer many styles of dog vests to protect him in the harshest conditions. We offer chest protectors, body guard and safety vest in Blaze Orange to provide the highest visibility in thick cover. Additionally, the chest protectors and body guard vests are designed to provide added protection for your dog’s chest and stomach areas when working in briars, thorns and sharp branches. For protection from the elements we offer K-9 Field Jacket and Neoprene Dog Vests. Our Neoprene Dog Vests are one of the finest available. it adds buoyancy, and cut to be comfortable and durable. Our K-9 Field Jacket is a popular choice for times when you need a hunting dog vest that adds a little extra warmth in the field and protection from thick cover. The K9 Field Jacket made from water resistant 1000 denier Cordura nylon outer shell and lined with 100 grams of Thinsulate for added warmth on those cold days in the field.

Dog Vest - Sizing Note Gun dogs come in all shapes and sizes. Not all of them fall perfectly within our hunting dog vest sizing charts. When ordering, choose the largest size that matches your dogs measurements.

Weighted vests are specifically designed therapeutic tools that provide a deep, calming input. This input can improve attention and focus, body awareness and regulation. This custom made weighted vest provides all the therapeutic benefits in fun, individual styles, typical of children's clothing.

Vests are custom made. You choose the colors and design — we work together to choose something you and your child will love. The vests are washable and have individual removable custom weights evenly distributed in their own pockets around the jacket. Weights are removable so the weight of the jacket can be adjusted. Each jacket has a velcro closure for increased comfort and is made from heavy fabric for added durability. Custom vests $120.00 for six pounds of weights $5.00 for each additional pound $10.00 shipping in the United States Custom Embroidery is available Weighted Blankets coming soon! Jill Daniels 708 354 9271 us Also available. Stitches So Sweet custom embroidery and sewing. My daughters occupational therapist is Amy Kurtz. www. helpinghandstherapy. net. Also check out Peter Daniels running for the school board.

Joyce A. Smith Norma Pitts Insulated jackets and vests provide a practical, fashionable approach to keeping warm during cold weather. Available at a variety of price levels, these machine washable garments are serviceable apparel for cold weather sports as well as daily activities. Insulation materials, outer fabrics, style details and construction affect warmth, quality and price. Determine your needs and shop carefully before you buy.

Synthetic fiberfill materials provide good insulation properties. They consist of a batt or matt of synthetic fibers, crimped or texturized, and intermeshed to form a thick, fluffy mass of fiber. Polyester, acetate and olefin are used in fiberfills. however, polyester and olefin are the most desirable fibers for insulated jackets and vests. When used as insulation, these fibers are specially designed to form a thick, resilient fiber batt which traps air and provides warmth.

When selecting an insulated jacket or vest, consider the fabric used on the outside and for the lining. Select a tightly woven water- and wind-resistant fabric for the outside layer. Water repellent properties are less important in a vest, but wind resistance helps retain body heat and warmth. Abrasion resistance, high tear strength and easy care are other properties to consider. Garments using down filling or insulation should have downproof (down pods won't poke through) outer fabrics. The following fabrics are commonly used in constructing insulated jackets and vests. Nylon Taffeta is a tightly woven fabric with a smooth finish. The closely packed yarns provide good wind resistance, abrasion resistance and water repellency, although a finish for the latter is often added. Nylon taffeta is breathable, downproof and machine washable. Garments made from this fabric should have seam edges treated or seared with a flame to avoid yarn slippage and raveling. Other properties include snag resistance, high tear strength, heat sensitivity and easy care. The fabric can be machine washed and tumble dried and is extremely lightweight. Ripstop Nylon is similar to nylon taffeta, although usually lighter in weight. The unique feature is a heavy nylon thread at 1/4 intervals running both lengthwise and crosswise in the fabric. This heavy windowpane pattern is easily recognized in the fabric. Contrary to the impression given by its name, ripstop fabric will puncture or rip, but only as far as the heavy nylon yarn. Ripstop is similar to nylon taffeta in other properties. Poplin is a cotton or polyester/cotton blend woven cloth often used in insulated jackets and vests. When tightly woven the fabric provides good abrasion and wind resistance, although a water-repellent finish must be applied. Often referred to as mountain cloth, many, but not all, of these fabrics are downproof. They are usually machine washable and dry cleanable, but check care label recommendations. Versatech is a 100% polyester woven fabric that is breathable and water repellent. The super fine polyester yarn is woven into a very dense and drapable fabric. It prevents water droplets from penetrating the weave, yet water vapor passes between the yarns for breathability and comfort. Possessing the same comfort and protection properties is ULTREX. This 100% nylon fabric features layers of a microporous coating and a water repellent finish. Many fabrics used in outdoor wear feature a Gore-Tex coating. This microporous film, when applied to conventional fabrics such as cotton, polyester/cotton poplin, or nylon taffeta creates a waterproof barrier. Tiny pores in the film prevent water droplets from penetrating, yet allow moisture vapors from body heat and perspiration to escape. Fabrics treated with Gore-Tex or other microporous films, including Bion II and Dicrylan, will be more costly than similar untreated fabrics, but provide improved protection and comfort for individuals engaged in outdoor activities. Versatech, ULTREX, and Gore-Tex are three of an increasing number of outerwear fabrics with similar properties. Check hangtags for water and vapor transfer properties. Fashion fabrics such as corduroy and suede cloth are used in insulated garments on a limited basis. Their appeal is primarily aesthetic. Special water repellent finishes must be applied. Some fabric colors and finishes are designed to reflect light and should be selected when safety is a major consideration. Garments to be worn hunting or while walking or bicycling in high traffic areas should reflect light. Garments with decorative, multicolor designs in the yoke or bodice areas will be more expensive. The designs are purely fashionable and seldom affect the functional qualities of the garment.

Adjustable cuffs offer flexibility, keeping cold air out when fastened and allowing excess body heat to escape when released. Cuffs may be gusseted or belted with nylon hook and loop tape, snaps or button fasteners. Stretch knit inner cuffs prevent cold drafts from traveling up sleeves.

Longer jacket styles provide additional warmth and protection to the body's vital organs. Many vests feature a shirttail design or flap on the garment back for warmth.

Other special features include jackets with inner storage pockets and removable sleeves which then doubles as a vest. .

Quilting stitches are decorative but also make important functional contributions to insulated garments. The design of quilting stitches affects the distribution of down and synthetic fiberfills throughout the life of jackets or vests. Without quilting stitches, down will shift and polyester fiberfill will either shift or pull apart. Quilting stitches placed lengthwise or vertically in a garment should be avoided. During wear, insulation material, especially down, will shift and slip to the bottom edge of the jacket or vest, reducing insulation in the shoulder and upper torso. Crosswise quilting lines which go around the body are a recommended stitching design. Insulation is held in place and more evenly distributed over the body. The chevron stitch design results in shorter compartments and holds down and fiberfill in place. One disadvantage is that the V section of the stitching lines tends to be weak and may break during wear. Quilting lines themselves also affect garment insulation. Thickness means warmth and quilt stitching lines compress the fabric, forming cold spots. Many stitching lines placed closely together make the garment less bulky, stiff, and not as warm. Some manufacturers place felt strips under the quilt stitching lines for reinforcement and insulation. A lining or outside shell not quilted through to the garment creates dead air space and insulation. A lining cut somewhat smaller than the outside garment keeps the body from pushing against stress areas, i. e., the elbow or shoulder, and dislodging down. This is called a differential cut. When selecting an insulated jacket, check stitching lines. They should be secure, even, and of moderate length (10-12 stitches/in.)

Proper care of insulated jackets and vests will extend wear life and preserve appearance. Always check care recommendations on the hangtag or sewn-in label. The filling or insulation materials will usually influence care recommendations more than the outside or lining fabrics.

COMPLETED SUCCESS STORIES….NACOP’s “Vests For Life” Program For more than a decade, NACOP spearheaded a program to seek used vests for sworn officers nationwide and act as a clearinghouse to accept used vest donations from larger departments who replace vests every five years. Donations of vests were catalogued by size and shipped out at no cost to officers in need in virtually every state in the nation. The result. More than 1,100 officers in need were provided vests, a documented life was saved with a vest from the program, and many injuries to our Heroes in Blue were lessened. With the availability of new vests from several federal agencies to local departments, the program filled a need across America and has now concluded. A success story indeed! The program’s architect was Deputy Dennis Wise, now retired from the Broward and Walton County, Florida Sheriff’s Offices and currently President of the American Federation of Police & Concerned Citizens, our sister organization!

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A spokesman said. "We want to make sure communities have a say in the work being done and that the work is visible. "We have funded three community justice authorities to pilot new ways of making the work more visible to communities and will act on the results. "What's most important is the work being carried out by those serving community sentences, that they pay back their debt to society with the sweat of their brow, and that we bring down the rates of reoffending to make Scotland safer." "Community payback" Mr Baker pointed to the example set by some US states. He said. "In America many community courts get their offenders to wear high-visibility vests. "The community can clearly see that offenders are working hard to repay their debt to society for the offence they have caused." Vests, marked with "community payback", were introduced for offenders in England and Wales on 1 December. But the probation officers' union said some offenders have been abused and threatened because of the high visibility clothing.

Created by the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act of 1998 is a unique U. S. Department of Justice initiative designed to provide a critical resource to state and local law enforcement. Since 1999, over 11,900 jurisdictions have participated in the BVP Program, with $173 million in federal funds committed to support the purchase of an estimated 450,000 vests. The Office of Justice Programs' Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) administers the BVP Program. New. The Bureau of Justice Assistance is pleased to announce the Fiscal Year 2008 BVP funds are available for use. The FY 2008 award funds may be used for National Institute of Justice (NIJ) compliant armored vests which are ordered on or after April 1, 2008. The deadline to request payments from the FY 2008 award funds is September 30, 2010, or until all available 2008 awards funds have been requested. The complete list of FY 2008 BVP awards can be viewed

In response to concerns from the law enforcement community, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced an initiative to address the reliability of body armor used by law enforcement personnel and to examine the future of bullet-resistant technology and testing. As part of this initiative, the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) has examined Zylon-based bullet-resistant vests (both new and used) and is reviewing the process by which bullet-resistant vests are certified.

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Many men have the need for a good support vest. If you are visiting this page, you may be one of them. The ENELL Male Support Vest could be the answer for you. The ENELL Male Support Vest provides support as it flattens the chest and minimizes movement or "bounce" when you are active. It is available in three colors. white, black, and beige. Made with a high tech wicking fabric, the ENELL Male Support Vest is cool and comfortable. Manufactured according to your measurements, the fit of your ENELL Support Vest is our top priority. Your price for an ENELL Male Support Vest, exclusive of shipping, is $75 per vest (additional charges may apply if multiple adjustments to the standard pattern are required). Since each garment is designed specifically for its owner, they are non-returnable. Therefore, any fitting issues or concerns should be thoroughly discussed with ENELL's design team prior to placing your order. We want to make every effort to meet the needs of each of our customers. If you have fitting questions or comments upon delivery, please contact the Custom Order Department. Enell, Inc. is committed to helping you obtain a quality support vest to make your life more comfortable. We are dedicated to serving you with fast, friendly service. The ENELL team always works with the utmost discretion and confidentiality. We care about our customers and will make every effort to fulfill your needs. To learn more about the ENELL Male Support Vest give us a toll-free call at us. ( us. for some Out of Country locations where toll-free is unavailable). Have a tape measure handy and our Custom Order Department will take you through the steps necessary to design the perfect garment for you. If you want to inquire via email, you can email us at us . For best feedback, please include the following information in your email.1. Measurement around the fullest part of your chest, 2. Measurement around your ribcage directly under your breasts. A member of our Custom Order Department will advise you by a return e-mail as to a suitable garment and easy steps to order should you wish to purchase an ENELL Male Support Vest. Please read some of the comments from other men who have taken the time to write to us about their ENELL Male Support Vest experiences. Customer Testimonials

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The vest has been circling the fashion circuit for the past few years, and thanks to the layer-heavy looks all over the runways, its bigger than ever. You can wear a vest anywherefrom the club on Friday night to church on Sunday morning. (Just make sure to air it out first.) A word to the pennywise. You can get used a vest at most local thrift or vintage shops for $20 or less.

Its pretty versatile, says Xavier Estrada (pictured), a 27-year-old Andersonville resident, who owns about four vests that he usually rotates throughout the week. Ill wear one with an open-button collared shirt, a hat or my grandfathers old brown vintage Dickies. And [each option] totally changes the whole outfit.

Modern Amusement vest, $110. B Store shoes, $250. both at Untitled (2707 N Clark St at Schubert Ave, us. 1941 W North Ave between Winchester and Damen Aves, us. ). Jeans, $180, at Diesel (923 N Rush St at Walton Pl, us. ). Tie and shirt, models own.

This skinny tie gives the classic look an updated and modern twist. Feel free to unbutton your vest to show a little more of the tie.

This plain, cotton-blended Penguin vest is all about old-fashioned class. Plus its supersoft and would look great with a fedora and a pair of wingtip shoes.

If youre only buying one vest, opt for a versatile version like this black one designed by Urban Outfitters.

Has created all kinds of lighted vests, as shown in the examples below. Click on any thumbnail image to jump to that section. See my vest, see my vest, made from real gorilla chest. (sing along!)

Red vest with LEDs red vest with red, green, and gold LEDs, shown in bright and dim ambient lighting (10 lights total)

The lights in this vest are mounted in a manner similar to our other leather garments, such as this biker jacket and this leather trench coat.

Three views of the vest in dark, moderate, and bright ambient lighting video clip of the actual flashing animation of the color changing LEDs

Three views of the vest in dark, moderate, and bright ambient lighting video clip of the flashing stars

This illuminated jacket and vest set was designed to produce the effect of glowing from within. It was commissioned by award-winning artist and lighting designer Ingo Maurer, to be worn to a variety of international exhibitions. Ingo Maurer (center of left photo), modeling his

Ensemble with a red and white lighted vest, and white lighted jacket lining. Previously, Ingo had relied on glow-sticks pinned to the inside of his coat when he wanted to light up (right photo). The electric illuminated vest is covered with several hundred red and white LEDs that can be lit up separately. vest illuminated with white lights only, or red and white combined. close-up of vest control box The removable jacket lining, shown below, can be taken out when the outer jacket is cleaned. It can also be pinned to the interior of other jackets. white lights embedded in the lining of the jacket

We can add lights to all kinds of vests, whether you provide the base garment or have us design and sew the whole thing. If you're interested in having something similar made for you, please see our custom orders page.

The Arctic Heat Body Cooling Vest is now an integral piece of equipment with most elite sporting bodies, industry workers, doctors and people with Multiple Sclerosis, all around the World.

In fact it is now the World's leading lightweight body cooling vests - being sold throughout North America, Europe and Australia.

Cooling Vests or sometimes know as cool vests or ice vests are becoming the must have item for Summer 2008 or whenever heat stress is an issue.

That looks like a bullet proof vest or a life jacket, weighs nearly 9 pounds and takes 24 hours to get cold again?

United States and Australian Military troops are now using custom made cooling vests in Iraq. Arctic Heat are the preferred supplier of cooling products to the Australian Army.

Body Cooling vests are sometimes called ice vests, or cooling jackets. The cool vest doesn't actually contain ice in the vest.

Arctic Heat Cool Vest will be used by over 300 athletes from Australia, as well as teams and athletes from all over the world including the USA, Italy, Serbia, South Africa, Germany, Netherlands and New Zealand.click here for more

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Children are taking weapons into school and some pupils are wearing stab-proof vests to protect themselves from becoming victims of violence, according to the first-ever report on the impact of gangs on schools. The report, given to The Independent, said teachers at one urban comprehensive where pupils are said to be "seriously involved in gangs" were "aware of young people wearing bullet-proof/stab-proof vests in school".It cites one estimate that the number of pupils under 16 involved in gangs had doubled in the past five years. The report, commissioned by the NASUWT teachers' union and prepared by consultancy firm Perpetuity, is the first in-depth look at how youth gang culture is influencing schools. It comes to the conclusion that children as young as nine at primary school are becoming involved with gangs used as "runners" and "couriers" to ferry messages by older members."Some of the case study schools felt the problem had increased over the last few years with gangs becoming more dangerous involving children at a younger age," the research says."Some schools have problems with pupils carrying weapons in school. This can include young people who carry weapons and/or those who hide weapons in and around school grounds."The most common weapons teachers reported seeing were BB air pistols and batons. In one incident a teacher saw a meat cleaver. The report says. "Some schools have experienced the impact of gang culture and there are examples where former pupils have been killed as a result of involvement in gang-related activity. A secondary school in a gang-affected area may have 20 seriously gang-involved pupils, 40 less seriously involved and up to 100 marginally involved."One pupil told researchers he was wearing body armour because of "needing to" although attacks were more likely to take place on the way to and from school. Children had deliberately failed tests and exams "to remain being considered 'cool' by peers".The report suggests several measures to lessen the impact of gang involvement, such as sending children on prison visits to see the effect of loss of liberty, and staggering times to avoid clashes with other schools. It cautions against automatic expulsion for pupils carrying weapons warning that this could lead to them being more exposed to the influence of gangs on the streets, adding. "Excluding troublemakers from after-school activities could negatively impact on behaviour if they commit crime due to boredom."Chris Keates, general secretary of the NASUWT, said. "Schools should feel free to exclude pupils if they are posing a threat to the education of other pupils. What we need to be sure of, though, is that if they are excluded on day one, on day two there is a permanent full-time place available for them at some specialist unit so they do not have to be on the streets."The report says gang culture affects just a minority of urban-area schools.'Weapons are brought into school and used'"It is only a matter of time in a school in the UK that something happens and a teacher is on the end of it." The speaker is a teacher at a troubled urban comprehensive which has been caught in the crossfire between rival gangs and is speaking about his fear that one day soon a teacher could be shot. In the secondary school, which is in one of the most deprived areas of Britain, teachers regularly intervene to stop ex-pupils who are gang members coming on to the premises and causing trouble. Sometimes, the report says, the gang members drive their cars at speed around the playground "putting staff and pupils at risk".The school serves a community where many local gang leaders are in prison. Pupils at the school are being used by gangs to transport firearms and drugs for them. "One member of staff talked in detail about under-16s being recruited by drug-dealing gangs to deal or run [transport] drugs. Others were used by older members to store weapons. The fact that local gang leaders were famous for cars, jewellery, women, etc, drove some young people towards the lifestyle."Around 10 pupils at the school were "seriously" involved with gangs, up to 20 more associated with them. Weapons recovered on the school site include knives, BB guns and sharp instruments. However, many pupils saw school as a "safe haven" compared with the outside even though intruders had arrived intent to injure other pupils. "Staff in school had been injured by intruders," the report said. "Weapons had been brought on to site and used indiscriminately against members of staff trying to secure the school and protect individuals inside."A police officer had been placed on site which had reduced violent behaviour for a while. However, a reduction in resources in that area had led to him being redeployed.

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Earlier Friday, Barbara Skiles of the Dane County Village of Oregon described the experience of her husband, Jeffrey, the plane's co-pilot. The water in the Hudson River was so cold that Jeffrey Skiles' legs were immediately numb, Barbara Skiles said. Skiles said her husband, 49, walked through the plane to find more life vests for people who had exited without them. The quick response from New York City's police and fire departments, as well as ferries and other boats that helped bring passengers to safety, was a key reason no one was killed, she said. He did say that it was amazing the help that they got.how quickly boats were at the side of the airplane, she said. Skiles said her husband lost his cell phone in the incident, but used a borrowed phone to call her with news about the accident. 'We had to ditch the plane in the Hudson, I want you to know I'm OK and I think we got everybody off OK,' she said he told her. She said she's spoken with him a couple more times from his hotel room, but isn't sure when he'll be home. I think it's still sinking in, she said of how he's feeling. He just really doesn't know how things are going to happen from here. Jeffrey Skiles got his private pilot's license when he was a teenager and has been flying professionally since his early 20s, spending the past 23 years flying for US Airways, Barbara Skiles said. He is a 1984 graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison who majored in geology and geophysics. The University of Wisconsin Board of Regents is inviting Jeffrey and Barbara Skiles, a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, to its next meeting Feb. 5 and 6, said university system spokesman David Giroux. It's always nice to see UW graduates do well and serve so admirably under intense pressure, Giroux said. Barbara Skiles and the couple's three children, ages 17, 15 and 12, spent Thursday evening watching TV coverage for more news about the incident, and were hoping media attention dies down soon so they can get back to their normal lives. We're so grateful, she said, fighting back tears. Not just for Jeff but for everybody on the plane. She said she's always worried more about her husband driving to airports in Chicago and Milwaukee than flying. If you're going to be in an airplane disaster, you couldn't ask for a better ending, she said. Erica Perez of the Journal Sentinel staff in Milwaukee contributed to this report. Stacy Forster reported from Oregon. Jesse Garza from Milwaukee.

To raise awareness for the endangered species, a design company has come up with a life-vest for displaced polar bears. From Inhabitat. com, part of the Guardian Environment Network

As the climate crisis mounts and Arctic icebergs slip away, polar bears are suffering starvation, population declines, and drowning as they must swim further and further to find food. Seeking to raise awareness for the endangered species' plight, ADDI Concepts has taken wildlife preservation literally by designing a life-vest for displaced polar bears struggling to stay afloat as their homes sink into the sea. Polar bears are facing a bleak future as Arctic icebergs continue to melt and ancient shelfs of ice collapse. The species inhabits only the Arctic Ocean and its surrounding areas, and they and can hunt consistently only from sea ice. ADDI Concepts conceived of their polar bear life jackets not as a solution for the endangered species, but as a means to increase awareness about global warming and inspire action. Their portfolio states. "A dog who lives most of its days carried around in an expensive handbag doesn't need a camouflage hoodie and a small cap over its ears. There are a few other [creatures] who we should give at least the same attention"

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Scientists at the University of Portsmouth are testing new high-tech thermal vests to be used by soldiers in Iraq to help them cope with the heat of battle.

The vests use a combination of air, liquid and new applications of old technologies such as converting paraffin wax into liquid in chambers within the vests to absorb heat from the body. The thermal vests - manufactured by an undisclosed United States-based military contractor - are expected to be used within two years by men and women on the frontline of the Iraq war. Currently, soldiers in Iraq do not wear thermal cooling vests. But temperatures in Iraq can reach as high as 50 degrees Celsius - and troops wearing heavy and dense biological and chemical protection suits are prone to heat-illness. The condition can seriously impair decision-making and judgement. In extreme cases, heat-illness can result in death. University of Portsmouth thermal physiology scientist Mark Newton said the thermal vests would allow soldiers to perform their tasks better for longer periods of time. I can't reveal too much as we don't own the vests - they belong to an undisclosed military contractor. But what I can say is that the cooling power generated by these garments will make a difference for soldiers operating in extreme climates such as those experienced in Iraq, Mr Newton said. Heat-illness can be very severe and can kill people. We know that decision-making is also affected and impaired as your core temperature is elevated. This kind of technology and its application is really about how best to utilise and maintain your manpower, so people can perform better and over a longer period of time than what might otherwise be the case given certain extremes of climate. The thermal vests are being tested on subjects in full combat fatigues at the newly-opened multi-million pound sports science facility at the University of Portsmouth - the Spinnaker Building. The Spinnaker Building facilities include leading-edge laboratories, an integrated swimming flume, and two British Olympic Medical Centre accredited climatic chambers. UK Sport will use these facilities to help top athletes acclimatise at temperatures similar to those they will experience at the Beijing Olympics in 2008 where temperatures are expected to soar above 30 degrees Celsius with 70 per cent humidity.

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Police commissioner Karl O'Callaghan believes people who are ordered to do community service work should wear reflective vests in order to prove to the public that justice is being carried out. Speaking about a recent fact-finding trip to the United Kingdom, the commissioner noted that people there also had low faith in the criminal justice system "largely because they don't see the consequences coming out of it". He said the communities there were frustrated because they felt they were not seeing people convicted of criminal behaviour give anything back to the community to pay for their offences."So what the UK Home Office is proposing, is to make the consequences (of criminal behaviour) overt so that the community can see it," he said. "And one of those things is they're going to issue more community service orders for people, they're going to make them do their community service order and they're going to make them wear a reflective (vest) in the public while they do it." He said the suggestion to bring that idea to Western Australia would have "the civil rights people throwing their hands up in the air" but he thought it warranted further discussion. "What the UK authorities have said is that 'we need to see that people are paying back the community for committing offences', so if they're wiping graffiti or if they are weeding an aged care hostel garden, the community can see that people are paying for their crimes," he said. The commissioner supported the idea of putting WA people convicted of offences such as graffiti, hoon and anti-social behaviour in reflective vests when doing community service work. "I think the community wants to see payback," he said. "In the UK the public will be invited to suggest community service things for people to do so they can actually contribute to the process." They were also looking at setting up an online court register so people can track the progress of the person they reported to police. "I think that would go a long way to making people more confident about the fact that justice is being done," he said. Mr O'Callaghan said Police Minister Rob Johnson "seemed very enthusiastic" about the idea. "People have low confidence in the justice system because they don't perceive the outcomes to be there," he said.

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Cheryl Oberle returns with another book in her series of internationally flavored knitting patterns. This book is all about vests. 25 separate patterns for less than a dollar a pattern - a great value. I've had the pleasure of learning vest construction from Cheryl and know that these patterns contain the little details that will make the vests work - i. e. armholes that don't gap and such. For those of you thinking of buying the book sight unseen here are some details that might be helpful.---three traditional fair isle designs (2 pullovers and one button front)---eight single color designs - bavarian twists, the many buttoned vest (cute!). irish with the vertical x's and o's. a celtic lattice pullover. a tunic length 'bookworm' button-front. a mandarin collared texured button front. a traditional v-neck men's pullover with four columns of cables. a casual, all garter vest with a shawl collar. and a fine yarn, v-neck button front.---three vests with wide vertical bands and a single button - done in African, Peruvian and Korean colorwork patterns.---one vest with vertical stripes designed for the Nepalese recycled silk yarn.---three vests knit fair isle style but with bold varigated yarns on a black background.---two Japanese inspired panel designs.---two traditional Scandanavian looks - a pullover and a button-front.---a side to side vest with Navajo patterning (but easy to adapt to other looks).---a traditional vest with a big lace collar. Even as a person who rarely wears vests, I enjoy having this book on my shelf. The photography is crisp and the the text is clear. If you like to wear vests, that this book would be a treasure trove of projects.

I really like this book. I am an intermediate knitter who's love affair with the wildly popular chunky knits ended with my last sweater knitted on size 19 needles (it was like knitting with pvc pipes!) Anyhow, the vests in this book are beautifully shaped and patterned using needle sizes 3 to 8, with sizing accomplished by going either up or down a size needle. Many of the designs are worked in the round using circular needles to the underarm and then the back and front are worked on regular needles. Speedy and less seaming! The vests incorporate many interesting techniques for all levels of knitting skills including stocking, garter, cables, two-color pattern, Fair Isle, lace and steeks. This is not just one vest 47 ways! I especially love the Japanese and African designs, but all of the vests are lovely and I would venture the opinion that there is something for everybody in this book. The photographs are good, showing color and design details. I was disappointed, however, not to have any schematics included. The yarns used are pretty much speciality yarns, so schematics would have been helpful in making sizing changes and yarn substitutions easier. I would recommend this book for providing good instruction, design and inspiration to the knitter who is looking for a bit of a challenge and some good designs. I am looking forward to working my way through this book and having some great vests in the process!

I loved Oberle's "Folk Shawls" and I was even more impressed with "Folk Vests." Her first volume "Folk Shawls" had patterns for traditional shawls and stoles based on ethnic designs from around the world. In "Folk Vests" not only are the vest shapes re-created, but the textiles of the various lands are cleverly worked out. In particular, the Japanese vests look like Ikat dyed handloomed cotton, both a single direction dyed ikat and a double-dyed check pattern (Kasuri) in the traditional indigo color. The random striped vest versions could also be knit in handpainted wool--a nice use for this popular technique of dyeing. The shape of many of the vests uses the same construction as would be used with woven cloth. Some of the vests have a long version, which is a good thing because most of the vests are short. This is a problem if you are short-waisted or thick on top, as short vests are not as flattering a shape. There are other wonderful patterns that take a twist on the traditional. The Tyrolean twisted stitch vest is similar to those knit garments found in the Alpine regions of Austria and Germany but Oberle incorporates a stocking "clock" pattern on the vest back that makes an interesting "v"--not just a replica of Tyrolean style knitting but a clever play. There are several fairisle vests that are of interest to handspinners. One is done in sheep's colors (cream, gray, brown and black) and could be knit of handspun undyed colored wool. Another recalls the use of lichen dye from parmellia which gives golden tones. While the vest pattern is knit from commercially available Shetland yarn, you could, as a spinner and dyer, make your own genuine lichen dye or onion skin dyed yarn to knit this vest. The Prince of Wales' famous fairisle is also here, with a note that the colors of the vest in the portrait of the Prince were probably not those on the actual vest. My favorites, however, are an African vest in a mudcloth-like black and white pattern, and a Peruvian llama vest with a gorgeous patterned band on a rich brown plain knit vest. As in "Folk Shawls" there is a also a plain black model and notes on how to modify the various models. And husband Gary Oberle contributes his attractive linocuts to ornament each chapter. A lovely book. Highly recommended.

Check out from library instead This book is ok. Once you realize the same basic shape is in all of the vests you start looking at the shoulder shaping instead.

Lucky to own this book ALL the vests pictured in the book are absolutely beautiful. This book made me dreamt of wearing vests for all the days of the week.

Traditional, Classic, and Innovative Designs This book is a design library and Folk Vests are frequently seen being proudly worn at the big knitting shows.

Folk Vest Photographs of the vests are beautiful, only wish the gauges worked. I tried the Bookworm vest and ended up searching the internet for corrections.

Study in Frustration This pattern book has very nice looking vests but, unfortunately, the instructions have too many errors.

Knitting Enjoying the book, it provides me with an outlook on vests from other countries. Recommend this book to all who are interested in knitting styles .

A History of old garments The book is interesting to read if you are interested in cultural history. The patterns are variated, you can knit some of the vests exactly as the pattern tells you, others are.

Folk Vests The gauges are off on all the patterns. None of the gauges can be physically achieved with the yarns and needles specified.

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An Arizona inventor has been granted a patent on his Taser-proof fabric, which he intends to sell to police officers to protect them from villains toting electric stunguns. However, it has been argued that protective garments of this sort will in fact endanger policemen's lives. News of the patent for Greg Schultz's Thor Shield fabric comes to us courtesy of

Put someone's eye out with a Taser, just as you could by throwing a bottle at them - or, more effectively, by sticking your thumb in their eye. But that's not an argument against Thor Shield. One might as well say that bulletproof vests make you less safe - you're a lot more likely to survive a bullet wound to the body than one to the head. Lord knows there are probably better things for plods to spend taxpayers' money on than Taser-proof vests. After all, it's the cops themselves who say that Tasers do no lasting harm. But arguing that a Thor Shield vest makes a police officer

Some pilots just cannot be convinced of the wisdom of spending close to a thousand dollars for a life raft, let alone the few thousand it takes to get a truly capable one. It doesn't matter where they are flying, but even more so when they are only flying over a relatively small body of water like Long Island Sound, Puget Sound or the like. OK, fine, be that way. It's your life after all. Perhaps we could convince you to at least carry or wear a life vest? Even with a raft on board, a life vest is a vital necessity. There's no absolute guarantee the raft will actually make it out of the plane and even then, a life vest insures you will stay afloat long enough to get into the raft, no matter what condition you are in once you exit the aircraft. No matter how physically fit you may be, you cannot rely upon your personal ability to survive in the water without some form of additional floatation, especially so if the water is cold or you are injured. Shock alone can have such a deleterious effect that a person can be rendered nearly helpless. As for your passengers, they deserve consideration as well. When considering a life vest for use in light aircraft, a number of factors need be taken into account. Foremost among them is that it must be available for use when needed. For the pilot and the front seat passenger or co-pilot this means it must either be worn at all times while over water or be able to be donned quickly in the event a dip in the drink is imminent, without interfering with the critical piloting tasks while dealing with the emergency or ditching. This is not the time to be struggling to get into a life vest. It's time to fly the aircraft. Depending upon the size of the cabin, passengers may be able to make due with a more conventional packaged vest as used by the airlines, but that needs very deliberate consideration. Quickly donning a life vest in the tight confines of the typical light plane is, at best, an awkward endeavor. Add in a dose of panic as the water gets closer and you might want to seriously consider a quick donning or wearable style for all occupants. At low altitude there is simply no way anyone will get into a conventional airline style vest in time. Like rafts, inflatable life vests come in a variety of styles. And, like rafts, one of the most obvious differences is whether they have a single inflation cell or a double cell for redundancy. Part 91 operations in light aircraft can legally be conducted with a single cell life preserver, or none at all for that matter. For flights less than 50 miles from land even commercial operators are allowed to make do with a lowly single cell vest (technically it is called an "Individual Floatation Device," not a "Life Preserver which is the term used by the FAA for life vests), though few actually do. Part 135 and other commercial operations require an approved unit (TSO C13) for extended overwater flights. The TSO used to require at least two separate inflation cells. That was relatively recently changed to allow single-cell vests, in line with European regulations. Because we believe that redundancy is an extremely important attribute for any inflatable life saving device, we're partial to double cell designs. Having said that, single cell designs are standard for marine inflatable vests and have proved reliable. These tend to be constructed of heavier and more robust material. Given the sometimes large difference in price between compareable double cell vests and single cell vests, sometimes a trade-off must be made for economic reasons and a marine based desgin may be a good compromise. For Part 91 ops in light aircraft pilots have a wider variety of options since the vests don't have to be TSO'd. We looked at a number of marine vests which might be appropriate and which are, in fact, quite popular with pilots. We tested a total of 39 different inflatable life preservers of various designs using both male and female volunteers of various heights and weights (95 - 235 lbs., 4'11" - 6'2"). We tried them out while sitting in a variety of aircraft and in a pool. Selected top rated models were also tested in the ocean to see if it made any difference. It didn't. We tested vests from the following companies.

Let's get the least expensive "vests" out of the way first, and we do mean out of the way! Eastern Aero Marine (EAM), Hoover Industries and Switlik Parachute Company all make a single cell vest, more correctly called an "Individual Floatation Device" (Model GA-12, FD-18 and AV-8, respectively). The EAM is considerably smaller and offers much less buoyancy than the others (12, 18 and 21 lbs., respectively), but none are acceptable in our opinion. These individual floatation devices are approved under TSO C72c, which also covers the seat cushion flotation device mentioned by airline flight attendants in their safety briefing. As noted earlier, real life vests (or life preservers as the FAA calls them) are approved under TSO C13, a much more stringent TSO. However, these devices are regularly advertised as "life vests" by most retailers, including Sporty's, so it's not unexpected that the vast majority of pilots don't recognize the difference or realize that they really are not approved life vests. No mater what you call them, they provide too little buoyancy, don't keep your head far enough out of the water or protect it in the least, are not required to right an unconscious person, and do not offer any redundancy. If you are relying on one of these, we respectfully suggest you consider replacing it with something better. The airline style vests are the least expensive double cell vests and the most widely advertised and most readily available, so lets look at them next. They do a very respectable job of keeping you afloat, which is what you want, after all. These are also manufactured by EAM, Hoover and Switlik. Survival Products also offer such a vest, but declined to send us a sample. However, they admitted that it is just a standard Hoover vest with their name printed upon it, so we won't consider it separately. All these vests are similar in design and appearance. The vests are reversible and slip over the head in a closed yoke configuration. The two separate buoyancy cells, one on top of the other, are constructed of a flame resistant urethane coated woven nylon cloth with heat sealed seams and give 35 lbs. minimum buoyancy with the exception of Hoover who offer 38 lbs. buoyancy, a noteworthy advantage (Note. Switlik offers a 40 lb. buoyancy vest as a special order option.) Each cell has its own manually operated inflation valve with a small CO

Cartridge operated via a pull cord hanging down at the bottom of the vest. Each cell is also fitted with an oral inflation tube with an accessible check valve in the end which can be used to deflate the chamber as needed by depressing it with your finger nail. An adjustable waist strap secures the vest at the waist. Each has a TSO'd locator light attached to the vest alongside the head which is powered by a water energized battery attached to the waist strap. These vests are covered by TSO-C13 which has been through a number of revisions over the years, the latest being version

Vests meeting earlier versions of the TSO are still available. One of the most readily distinguishable differences between those which meet the latest TSO and earlier versions is the waist strap arrangement. Earlier vests were equipped with a back panel to which were attached two straps which must be connected in the front. To adjust, you must pull on both straps. Designs meeting the latest TSO eliminate the back panel and have but a single strap with a plastic quick connect closure in front and a single adjustment. These are much easier to don. However, the older style with back panels and double straps are slightly more effective at maintaining the proper alignment of the body in the water and probably a superior choice. Avoid those with metal clips and metal adjusting buckles as they can sometimes be a problem after getting wet and are more difficult to use in any case, particularly when in a hurry or in the water. Between the manufacturers, the differences are quite subtle and generally relate to manufacturing, assembly and construction techniques which, with a single exception, don't really seem to affect the functionality of the vests. The one area which serves to differentiate these vests is the neck where the two individual cells are joined. EAM and Hoover, in Hoover's standard models, use a design which creates an uncomfortable, potentially injurious, neckline. While comfort may not be at the top of one's list of desirable life vest attributes, more comfortable is far better than less. Besides, you certainly don't want a design which could make a difficult situation worse. The neck lines of these vests are scalloped with sharp die cut edges to the scallops which can irritate and eventually might scrape, rub raw or cut into the skin. Not the best of situations, especially if you are floating in salt water. The Hoover also has two tiny holes in each scallop as a result of their proprietary manufacturing process which are themselves fairly sharp and a source of irritation. If you wear a collared shirt with these vests and make sure the collar is up after donning, to protect your neck, then these scalloped necklines are no factor. If, on the other hand, you are likely to be wearing a tee shirt when you are wearing these vests, this is certainly a factor to consider. More so if you plan on wearing the vest while flying, as they can be truly annoying and uncomfortable under those circumstances. Switlik's vests are fitted with a neck gusset which solves the problem. This piece of material covers up the offending neckline area, presenting a smooth surface to the skin. It wrinkles somewhat upon inflation, but that doesn't seem to negatively affect the comfort level. The Switlik also places the locator light higher on the yoke which seems to be a bit more visible location. We discovered by chance that Hoover manufactures a vest especially for JAL Airlines that also has a neck gusset and some other special options. It is the older style with a back panel and dual adjustable straps with metal fittings. We asked for a sample and were favorably impressed. It was even more comfortable than the Switlik. As a result of my prodding, Hoover is now making a series of vests with this gusset including a version of their latest airline vest (model us. ). All other things being equal, and they pretty much are, the neck gusset is one way to tip the scales in the direction of the Switlik or the Hoover model us. Add in the Hoover's greater buoyancy and it comes out on top. The special order Switlik 40 lb. vest should be even better, but it may be difficult to order just one. All these vests had similar pluses and minuses. On the plus side the double independent bladders with the upper one high in relation to the head help to shield the survivor's face from spray and water, when properly worn. On the down side, the oral inflation tubes are adequate, but just barely. They were all difficult to use because they are too short. The biggest drawback to these vests, no matter which one you choose, is that they are not designed to be worn continuously. They are really one shot designs, made to be used once and discarded. The material really doesn't stand up very well to abrasion or rough use and is relatively easily damaged or punctured. While many do don them for flights over water, they aren't designed to be used this way, particularly on a regular basis. In warm weather they can also get pretty uncomfortable since they pretty much cover your upper torso and prevent any air circulation. Still sticking with this same basic TSO'd airline style vest, there is an alternative for those who don't want to wear them while flying over water but do want or have them available for quick donning. The quick donning style vest, also sometimes referred to by their makers as a "helicopter vest," is contained in a pouch strapped to your waist. These are offered by EAM and Hoover. The waist strap used to secure the pouch is just the normal waist strap used on the regular vests. The vest itself is the standard vest simply folded up into the pouch which is closed around it. The sturdy pouch protects the vest from damage. Hoover's pouch is made of more sturdy material than is EAM's. To use, you grab the brightly colored pull tab, yank and then pull the vest over your head. This can be easily done in a few seconds with one hand with the seat belt and harness fastened. Again, at my prodding, Hoover has packed their top rated us. life vest into their quick donning waist pouch. Model us. is available alone ($62.00) or packed with a top rated 2 x 3 inch acrylic SOS Survival, Inc. signal mirror and an ACR survival whistle. These are attached with tethers to an oral inflation tube. Model us. WM is $72.00. These vests set a new standard, especially the -WM model, for the pouch style vests. Hoover has also improved the snap closure on these pouches to make it more difficult to inadvertently open the vest. EAM has much better, explicit instructions than does Hoover which has but a couple of pictorial representations. The pouch is a bit bulky sitting in your crotch and you're not likely to forget it is there, but it isn't too uncomfortable. In any case, it definitely beats wearing the vest. The Hoover pouch configuration is the more comfortable of the two even though the material is stiffer. While the EAM instructions suggest unbuckling the safety harness first (they don't remind you to buckle back up), this isn't really necessary. If you have a single strap shoulder harness, you can pull the vest up under the harness. But, you have to remember to do this and passengers will need to be briefed and reminded. It is almost too easy to just don it with the shoulder strap underneath and we wanted to see what would happen in that case. Trying them out a number of times in different aircraft we found that as long as the shoulder strap was disconnected before releasing the seat belt, the strap would slip out while exiting the aircraft. However, it is too likely something will go wrong during a hasty emergency egress, so don't do it. With a double safety harness there is no problem, though the pouch does tend to get in the way of the quick release. Just be very careful in all cases that the life vest waist strap and pouch are worn so that they don't trap the seat belts or release. Another alternative are vest styles designed to be worn everyday. Switlik offers two versions of their vest designed expressly for constant wear and worn around the neck. The Helicopter Crew ($248.00) and Helicopter Passenger ($166.00) Vests are similar in design. Both feature a ballistic nylon cloth covering which encapsulates the standard dual floatation cells which are folded up inside, protecting them from damage. Velcro and snaps hold the covering in place until the vest is inflated. The oral inflation tube for the upper cell is mounted on the exterior under a cloth guard where it is accessible in case the CO

Inflation fails. Using this to inflate the cell will open the coverings and allow access to the other oral inflation tube. The vests open in the front, making them easy to take on or off and have a plastic quick connect buckle in front to close the yoke. A seam caused some chafing without a shirt collar for protection which could be annoying. The Crew Vest is the most robust of the two with a nylon mesh vest to support the chambers, a hefty zipper in front to more securely close the yoke, a wide dual adjustable waist strap and two equipment pouches with two compartments each to hold emergency gear, a very useful feature. It is short enough so that it doesn't create any problems while sitting down. The seams on the inflatable cells are lined with retro-reflective material, an excellent concept. This is the vest I use, packed with survival equipment. The Passenger Vest is less cumbersome, no mesh vest or zipper and no equipment pouches as well as narrower encapsulation configuration which isn't as bulky feeling on the chest. Unfortunately, it didn't seem to fit any of our volunteers nearly as well. The straps are configured so that no matter how you adjust them, they dig into the armpits uncomfortably. As a result we cannot recommend this otherwise acceptable vest. This style of vest, designed to be worn continuously, is the best way to go, at least for the pilot or anyone who can't afford a moment to even use a quick donning style vest. However, given the expense, we can see why many might choose to look for alternatives which are not TSO'd, but which offer similar capabilities. Lifesaving Systems Corp. (LSC) offers their Pro-Vest (198.50) which is similar in concept to the Switlik Helicopter Crew vest. This is a civilian version of the vest they produce for the U. S. Coast Guard helicopter crews. Instead of two totally separate inflation cells a la the airline style vests, this vest incorporates a single dual chamber design. The single large floatation collar incorporates an internal floating partition which divides it into two self contained cells. If one is lost, the complete buoyancy collar remains inflated, though at one half the buoyancy. Using an oral inflation tube it can then be fully inflated, restoring it to full inflation. Both inflation cartridges are attached to a single pull on the right side, so inflation couldn't be simpler. One drawback is that this puts a bit more bulk on that side. It didn't seem to be particularly uncomfortable while wearing, but noticeable. The design of the pull handle incorporates a series of plastic balls instead of the traditional aviation double finger pull and is less likely to catch on something and inflate accidentally. Both oral inflation tubes, which feature military style check valves, are on the left chest and easily accessible, but not without opening the cover first. These valves confused our volunteers since they must be awkwardly depressed while blowing into them and no instructions are provided. For general use the simple civilian style are better. The vest has two equipment pouches with loops to attach lanyard tethers, an important feature as you want to tie items to the vest so they cannot be lost if dropped (and you will drop them). One pouch is specifically designed to accommodate an ACR Mini-B or Litton Micro-B EPIRB rescue beacon in one compartment and other equipment in the remaining compartment. The other pouch will hold additional equipment or an optional "Spare Air" escape breathing device. We found only two points to complain about, one minor, the other a significant one. On the minor side, some felt the wide flat configuration of the vest wasn't as comfortable as the narrow Switlik or some of the other vests. More seriously, the adjusting buckles for the waist strap are located such that they invariably end up in the back where they can get to be annoying and uncomfortable while sitting in the aircraft. A more forward location for these adjusters, like on the Switlik Crew Vest, would solve this problem. As a result of our complaints, LSC has relocated the buckles and it is much better now. Another alternative are the Airborne SOSpenders marketed exclusively by Garlick Helicopters (NOTE. NO LONGER AVAILABLE). These are an aviation version of the original marine SOSpenders made by Sporting Lives. Originally, there were a number of differences between the marine and aviation versions, but it seemed to us, and was confirmed by the manufacturer, that the only remaining difference of note is that the Airborne units use a more flexible mil. spec. ballistic nylon material for the cover. As a result they are noticeably much more comfortable to wear and this gives them an edge over the marine version. Garlick plans to seek TSO approval, but has none at this time. Both the original marine and Airborne SOSpenders are available in both single and dual chambered models (marine $119 and $155, Airborne $135 and $195, respectively). The dual chamber design uses a floating internal partition similar to the LSC Pro-Vest. Each chamber can be inflated separately and provides the full 35 lbs. of buoyancy. A pressure release valve (PRV) on one chamber prevents over-inflation. At first, the PRV caused a bit of consternation to our volunteers who initially thought that the preserver was leaking as the excess gas was vented, bubbling into the water. Oral inflation tubes are provided for each chamber, but none are accessible without opening the Velcro'd cover. The waist strap adjustment is very difficult and time consuming and is the units' biggest failing. Since these units, like all the marine based styles, are designed to be deflated, repacked and reused, they have a cap for the oral inflation valve which incorporates a means to depress the check valve for deflation which can be used to adjust the inflation pressure. This is a nice touch for those who lack fingernails with which to depress the valve, a problem some folks had with the aviation vests. An optional belt pouch fitted with elastic tethers is available for the marine version and works equally with both. The single chamber models are the same size as the dual chamber units and are equally effective at keeping a person afloat, but they do lack any redundancy, a big drawback in our opinion. One important note for anyone purchasing a marine inflatable vest of any sort for aviation use. Most marine manufactures make both manual operating and automatic operating versions. The automatic versions inflate by themselves after a few seconds' immersion in water. Experts warn. DO NOT USE AUTOMATIC INFLATION VESTS FOR AVIATION USE. If the aircraft cabin goes underwater, which is likely and nearly a certainty in high wing ditchings, the inflated vest will make it more difficult to exit the aircraft while underwater. We looked at a number of other marine vests which were similar in concept to the SOSpenders. These included models made by LSC (Pro-Lite Vest $88.95), Survival Technologies Group (TECHVEST $124.50) and Mustang Engineered Technical Apparel (Crewfit $140.50, Mustang Survival Inflatable Collar MD2000 $152.65). All these units are single cell models. The Crewfit, TECHVEST and Pro-Lite are virtual clones, not surprising since the TECHVEST was originally copied from the Crewfit and LSC originally made it exclusively for Survival Technologies who now manufacture it themselves, leaving LSC to market their own version. One significant difference is that LSC uses a ballistic nylon cover material which is much more flexible making it more comfortable to wear, but none of the three were judged to be as comfortable as the SOSpenders. All were very stiff and unyielding around the neck with the Crewfit the worst of the bunch. The Crewfit also had a unique and unwieldy buckle which everyone had difficulty with. All three worked equally well at keeping our volunteers afloat. The Mustang Collar is somewhat different. It is longer than the others and this actually works to its advantage in the cockpit. The Collar ends up being pushed up off the neck while sitting which keeps the otherwise uncomfortable neck seam away from the neck. This extra length may contribute to a unique problem all the volunteers had with this preserver. When they inflated the Mustang, every volunteer let out a scream! This design exerted so much pressure on the chest that it actually hurt. The women volunteers especially were affected, but all of us experienced this problem. By loosening the waist strap and deflating the cell slightly the pain was eased, but it is not a welcome attribute. Other than this, the vest performed well in the water. Another alternative isn't strictly a life vest, but rather a survival vest with limited floatation capability made by Stearns. We also looked at a number of other inflatable marine life vests and preservers. None of the others performed acceptably, generally because they provided insufficient buoyancy or were simply a design which was unsuitable for our intended use. These are listed in the table so you will know to avoid these products. One upcoming point of interest to take note of is that the United States Coast Guard is getting close to approving inflatable life vests. [Editor's Note. This has in fact occurred] This will stimulate a huge demand and likely result in numerous new designs being developed. This may work to pilots' advantage, widening the choice and maybe, lowering the cost, though the latter is far from a sure thing with the government in the middle of things. All the vests we have rated acceptable or marginal did an adequate job keeping our volunteers afloat. All quickly righted a simulated unconscious person. We must reiterate our concerns about single cell inflatable survival equipment. We much prefer the redundancy of double cell designs. The double cell airline style vests are the best value and actually were preferred by our volunteers overall for in-water functionality, but we think you ought to wear your vest when flying over water. As noted, the pouch styles offer a viable compromise between wearer comfort, availability if an emergency arises, and price. The vest or yoke style with an encapsulated bladder(s) are best for those who must fly low or have both hands on the controls at all times. They are a good choice for the pilot in any case. The Switlik Helicopter Crew Vest is the most comfortable, and top rated. The LSC Pro-Vest would also be a good choice. The Airborne SOSpenders would be quite acceptable, followed by the marine version, except for the fact that they are burdened with the very worst adjustment system of the lot which make it impossible to quickly cinch them up tight or loosen them as needed. The others in this genre, of which the LSC Pro-Lite Vest is the best of the rest, are single cell units. For a complete comparison of features, view the Aviation Life Vest Comparison Chart. For more information related to this subject see more Ditching and Related Subjects on ETS.

The standard airline style life vest designated for an Adult-Child (to use the FAA nomenclature) or the typical marine vest isn't always going to do the job for a smaller child and certainly not for an infant. Even though the FAA says such a vest will work with a child as small as 35 lbs. and up to 90 lbs. (the lower adult limit), the fact is that it is too easy for a small child's head to slip through the opening unless special measures are taken to secure the child into the vest using a non-standard method of fitting the waist strap (flight attendants are trained how to do this). Even then their head is often simply too small to use the standard vest. The TSO provides for a separate category for children over 35 lbs. and for Infant-Small Children under 35 lbs. We tested the infant vests with the cooperation of some parents and there not always quite so cooperative infants. Only EAM make a Child life preserver (Model CHD-25L8 $48.40) which is just a downsized version of the larger standard Adult-Child vest sized for children 35 to 90 lbs. It has a back panel and double straps which must be threaded through the legs by an adult to secure the child in place. Cloth ties at the neck help keep the head from slipping through. This is something parents ought to consider for a child of this size. EAM also makes a similar, even smaller vest with a special retaining harness for Infants and Children smaller than 35 lbs. (Model INV-20L8 $67.40). A tether is fitted with a loop big enough to go over a wrist, but it has no snap hook. This vest meets the older TSO, not the latest requirements for an infant vest. The infants seemed comfortable enough in the vest while uninflated. After all, it feels little different than a feeding bib. They didn't like it quite as much when it was inflated. They floated comfortably in the water, but it was easy to see why the TSO was changed. The TSO was upgraded to offer better protection for infants who are particularly susceptible to drowning from inadvertent inhalation of water, something that could easily occur with the standard design. The new TSO requires that the infant be supported so as to prevent contact of the wearer's upper torso (i. e., from the waist up) with the water. This would serve to place the infant more upright out of the water and in a position less likely to be inundated with water. Switlik responded to this requirement with their model ILV-20 Infant Life Vest ($58.28). This design incorporates a pair of stacked, square shaped independent flotation cells and a vest like harness to hold and support the infant in the center of the preserver. The "tubes" are held under the infant's arms, a sort of advanced version of the traditional inner tube used for infants and kids before they learn to swim. The tether has no wrist loop, nor a snap hook, just a wooden "T" handle. The pull tab for the locator light is within easy reach of the infant who could activate it inadvertently. The parents were able to get the kids into the vest with a minimum of fuss, though it took a couple minutes. The kids were a lot less happy with this arrangement and let us know it in no uncertain terms. While it keeps the tot's upper body out of the water we were a little concerned that both infants we tried in the vest pitched forward, leaning towards the water rather than being held completely upright. Still, it is better than the EAM style. However well it works, or doesn't, this design doesn't address another serious problem for infants. Hypothermia, a serious threat for adults, is even more life threatening to infants. Hoover took a unique approach to the problem. They developed their model FV-2000 infant life preserver ($185 - $225 depending on packaging) with the goal of isolating the infant from the dangerous water environment as much as possible. The result is an inflatable survival capsule. This double walled, truncated cone totally encapsulates the kid. Inside the preserver the tot is strapped into a vest of foam material which provides additional thermal protection for the upper torso. A clear window at the large end of the cone allows those outside to monitor the infant inside. Two filtered ports provide air recirculation while preventing the entrance of any significant amounts of water into the capsule. A hose directed at the ports, a pretty tough test, failed to result in any water passing through. A weep drain at the foot of the unit drains what little water may manage to enter or condense inside from the infant's bodily functions. There is a full length zipper with a storm flap held closed with Velcro. The Velcro closures for the storm flap could use some improvement, more closures and better alignment would help. The tether has a wrist loop, but it wasn't large enough for many of the males we tried it on. There is no pull tab for the locator light and the battery with activator is located out of sight alongside the CO

Cartridge provides for manual inflation. There is a ballast bag to help keep the preserver floating right side up. It is a great concept, but it does result in a rather cumbersome unit. We'd have to say it is a big improvement over anything previously offered and the ultimate in infant preservers. The primary market for this device is, of course, the airlines. Getting a kid into it within the confines of a small aircraft wouldn't be as easy, but it is doable. Some text instructions, perhaps with photos, to supplement the somewhat cryptic pictorial style instructions provided would be a big help in any case. Practice ahead of time would really help. You would want a fair amount of time, a few minutes at least, to accomplish this task in a small plane. One drawback is that it would be difficult, though not impossible, to put the child into this preserver and still fit them back into a child safety seat. If the infant is being held in the arms of an adult, not the best choice, this wouldn't be a factor. We can't say the kids liked the idea of being strapped into this thing. But, their cries were nothing to compare to the screams which erupted when the zipper was closed and that was nothing to compare to the shrieks upon inflation of the capsule, which certainly startled them, or worse. A small price to pay for keeping the little tots alive to fly another day, but hard on the nerves. On the positive side, Search and Rescue need only home in on the high pitched wails to find and rescue you in no time at all. In all fairness, eventually the kids will calm down and accept the new situation. We'd like to see a few other additions to the Hoover preserver, which would easily accommodate them. The tether should have a snap hook to easily attach it to an adult's life vest (as should the other infant vests). We'd also like to see a strobe offered as an option to replace the standard locator light. If separated from the adults, that little kid needs all the help possible to attract attention. Not as big a concern with air carrier use, but more for general aviation use.

Once you settle on a vest that isn't the end of it. They need proper care and maintenance just like any other piece of equipment. All these vests, aviation and marine, should be inspected on a regular basis. Every two years is recommended for the FAA TSO'd vests and required if used as FAA mandated equipment (unless a specific waiver is granted). Most marine vests don't have a recommended service interval, but this serves as a reasonable interval and we wouldn't recommend stretching it out much beyond this. They should be stored away from high heat, petroleum based and caustic fluids and the airline style packed in poly bags should be kept from direct sunlight for longest life. Failures generally come from punctures, abrasion or corrosion of the manual valve. Abrasion failures can even occur while inside the pouch from vibration and rough handling. We have received numerous reports of failures of airline style vests. In most cases the failed vests have been mistreated or not inspected on a regular basis. One of our associates had a vest blow up during a demonstration, but it was ten years old and had never been serviced. unfortunately, there are a lot of vests like that flying around in general aviation aircraft. Some pilots prefer to carry a spare vest as insurance. Manufacturers say that current design vests should last virtually indefinitely as long as they are treated with due care and are inspected and re-packed regularly. Survival instructors report using the same vests hundreds of times for demonstrations without a failure. Familiarity with your survival equipment is a distinct advantage when the chips are down. We recommend that you try out the equipment you will be using before an emergency occurs. It is worth the cost of inspection and repacking in our opinion. The marine vests can be used or demonstrated and then repacked by the owner, a nice advantage. However, this isn't a substitute for a proper factory inspection on a regular cycle.

A few tips about donning and using your life vest. Always cinch the waist strap down tight - uncomfortably tight. You can always loosen it later in the water. If wearing a vest or pouch style continuously with a loose strap, tighten it down before ditching. If the vest isn't cinched down tight, then in the water it is going to ride up away from your body. With airline style vests, and many others as well, this will create a situation where the vest will funnel water down into your mouth and nose rather than allowing it to drain away. If it is necessary to undo the seat belt to don a vest, don't forget to put the belt and harness back on before ditching. Pilots should double check this. Lives have been lost because passengers forgot to do so. Tuck the loose ends of the waist strap into a pocket or otherwise secure them. These long loose ends can easily become entangled during an evacuation, trapping you and perhaps others. It is difficult to don any of the airline style vests without removing your glasses and in most cases you want them off for the evacuation anyway. Take them off first and place them in a secure place on your person. For those who are blind without their spectacles, yet another reason to consider wearing a vest for the flight as opposed to having to don one in an emergency. Never inflate the vest until you are completely clear of the aircraft. The reason the pull handle says "jerk to inflate" is because that's what it takes. Simply pulling will usually not do it. It takes a quick jerk and a strong one at that. Most folks with no previous experience don't jerk hard enough, especially if already in the water. Some then panic because it didn't work. After the vest inflates you will likely want to deflate it somewhat using the check valves in the oral inflation tubes. This won't significantly effect buoyancy, but it will make it much more comfortable, easing the pressure on your head. With temperature changes, from night to daytime for example, you will need to inflate and deflate the cells as appropriate using the oral inflation tubes. Once in the water, hypothermia is your biggest threat. Water causes a rate of heat exchange approximately 25 times greater than air. Swimming or moving increases the rate of heat exchange, so avoid movement for maximum heat retention. Even warmer water drains your body of warmth, it just takes longer. The more and heavier the clothing you wear, the warmer you will stay in the water. Huddle together if possible. Cross your legs and close down your armpits to retain warmth and expose less surface to the water. If by yourself, you can also pull your knees up close in a fetal position or cross your chest with your arms.

A life vest alone is not the complete answer. I recommend you carry some additional survival equipment in case you find yourself floating in the drink watching your plane take a dive. Two pieces of equipment are essential and indispensable. A signal mirror (glass or acrylic, but make sure it is mil. spec. or equal) and a battery operated emergency strobe or locator light should be carried by EACH person. Like all the emergency equipment listed here, these should be tied off with a lanyard so they cannot be lost. Don't simply stick them in a pouch or pocket. Learn how to use the signal mirror, before you need it. A personal size ELT or EPIRB is one of the surest ways to be found quickly. Note that the antenna must be held clear of the water (lacking anything better, wedge it into the vest's yoke). Your handheld comm, or even your cell phone, could come in real handy if you've prepared ahead of time. Make sure you pack it inside a waterproof pouch or case. Civilian aviation handhelds are not waterproof. Companies such as West Marine and Aquapac have specially designed cases that you'll want to get. they aren't expensive and they could be lifesavers. They also make such cases for cell phones, GPSes, and other useful gear. Sea dye marker will make your location much more visible from the air, creating a large fluorescent green (day only, does not glow in the dark) patch on the water. The problem is that is disperses quickly and is a real mess to use. A better solution is the RescueStreamer, a modern replacement for short-lived, problematic, and outmoded sea marker dye. This is a far more effective signaling product, one reason it has been accepted by the military as a replacement for marker dye and also why the U. S. Coast Guard is taking steps to include the RescueStreamer in all their survival vests. A small container of waterproof sunscreen can be a real asset to have. This can prevent serious, painful and potentially deadly sunburn. Most of the marine vests come with a pealess survival whistle to attract the attention of the folks still on the boat they fell off of. How useful they are in other situations is debatable, but they weigh so little, why not add one to your kit? We are leery of recommending flares of any type. They are of limited value to the typical ditching survivor (as opposed to a marine man overboard situation) and can cause more harm than good. The mirror and strobe are a safer bet. Finally, a simple but very effective piece of equipment is the Burton Bag or LAND/SHARK Thermal Protective Aid. The Burton bag is nothing more exotic than a extra strong, extra large (36 in. flat x 80 in. long) clear plastic bag whose use to combat hypothermia has been promoted by Ken Burton of S. T.A. R.K. Survival. You wiggle your way into this bag once in the water and draw it up about yourself. Within minutes you will notice a perceptible rise in water temperature as the bag acts to retain heat next to your body. This can significantly extend your survival time by slowing the heat loss from your body. The LAND/SHARK is a high tech improvement of the Burton Bag manufactured by Corporate Air Parts. The bag is constructed of a microthin layer of metalized film laminated to a brightly colored International Safety Orange, composite reinforced, ripstop plastic material. The silver metalized coating reflects up to 80% of radiated body heat (according to the manufacturer). The flame retardant material (exceeds FAA TSO C13f burn requirements) is completely windproof, waterproof and acts as a vapor barrier. The tightly woven ripstop reinforcing adds considerable strength and prevents tears, a frequent critical failure in common unreinforced thermal protective aids. Twin welded seams are double strong and watertight. For water survival use, the LAND/SHARK is large enough to completely enclose the survivor, including the life vest, up and over the head, without impairing any other functions. The drawstring can be adjusted as necessary. The bag serves to slow the drain of this vital body heat and provides protection from chilling sea spray and breaking waves. This should significantly extend survival times. In warmer waters where the sun is itself a danger to exposed skin above water, the bag can be configured to allow shade and ventilation. The waterproof construction of the LAND/SHARK functions as a deterrent to shark attacks by preventing body waste and blood from entering the open waters and attracting these deadly predators. In addition, the voluminous bag alters the shape of the survivor and reduces flailing movements, presenting a less attractive appearance to predators such as a sharks or barracuda. The LAND/SHARK also provides complete protection from venomous jellyfish, Portuguese Man-of-wars and sea snakes. A tether is incorporated to ensure survivors stay together. The bag is vacuum packed and available in a Cordura nylon bag designed to attach to a vest. All of this equipment, save for the handheld and the LAND/SHARK, can fit in one or two small nylon pouches (check your backpacking/military surplus store or catalog) or in the pouch(es) incorporated with some of the vests. Attach them to your belt or life vest waist strap and it will be there for you when you need it. For more information related to this subject see more Ditching and Related Subjects on ETS.

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We started this review with the most important type of vest you can possible wear or buy, a life vest. Often referred to as a safety vest, life jacket, or personal flotation device (life perserver), a life vest can save your life in the water. Many people underestimate the currents in a river or water temperature in a lake, ocean, or stream and don't realize how fast you can go under. A safety vest is the best and only solution when boating or swimming in unknown waters. We do all our shopping for life vests at Lifevestdepot. com where they carry top brand names like Impulse, Gransport, Tour Select, and AY Type II. The Impulse life vests are $28.99 and give boating enthusiasts a tailored life vest with a great fit. A combination of PVC and PE foam flotation keep you up in the water and the colorful (red, yellow, blue, black) vest will surely allow rescuers to see you against a blue water background. The Gransport safety vests are slightly cheaper at $22.99 with a 200 Denier nylon shell. The Tour Select ($23.99) life vests allow you to remain competitive in the water while staying safe. The vest has four 1-inch belts that gives you a secure fit and a stylish look. The basic AT Type II life vests are $6.99 and are made of yellow, durable fabric and resemble something you would have seen on Gilligans Island. Not the trendiest style, but they work just fine. They carry infant life vests, child life vests, and neoprene life vests. The majority of the life vests for sale are good for swimming, wakeboarding, or snorkeling as well.

We've heard a lot about bulletproof vests and body armor lately with all the US troop stationed in Iraq. Some are dying from bullet wounds that could have been avoided with the proper body armor. Most bulletproof vests should be called Kevlar vests since they are made from Kevlar. Kevlar, one of the most popular ballistic fibers, is a synthetic material developed by DuPont, with about 5 times the tensile strength of steel by weight. We went to the Bulletproofme. com website to research the latest in bullet proof vests and what they cost and what materials you can get them made of. The ProMAX Concealable is $380 (Level II) and is considered to be very comfortable and is constructed of Aramid Kevlar or Twaron. You get full wrap side protection and maximum side protection under the armpit. The lighter, thinner model is the ProMAX Concealable - 100% GoldFlex ($540 for Level II) which has better blunt trauma performance than the standard ProMAX vest mentioned above. All bulletproof vests are laboratory tested and no vest is 100% 'bulletproof'. You can also find tactical body armor, canine vests, kevlar helmets, and other ballistic clothing on their website. Another site that carries bulletproof vests is Interamer. net with a top seller being the Legionnaire Tactical System Level IIIA ($549).

Leather vests are often associated with motorcycle riders, like those you find at Sturgis or some other huge biker rally. Leather motorcycle vests come in a variety of styles for both men and women. We went to Leatherup. com to find the best deals and selection online. Some of the more popular leather vests on the site were the "Classic Men's HighGrade Cowhide Leather Vest" ($29.95), "Ladies Leather Braided Vest" ($29.95), American Eagle USA Leather Vest ($29.95), American USA Flag Leather Vest ($29.95), Classic Ladies Vest with Zipper Closure ($27.95), and the famous Men's Leather Embroidered Skull Vest ($49.95). Another site that had just what we were looking for is at chilhowee. net - great leather motorcycle vests for men and women. Prices were more expensive ($70-$120) than Leatherup. com and the inventory was limited, but we preferred the available designs.

A weight vest is a great training aid to help build muscle and endurance for runners, firefighters, basketball players, football players, boxers, and law enforcement officers. The V-Max weight vest is sold on tv and has a website at weightvest. com. It sells for $204.95 (the 50 lb version), although you can get the vests from 15 lb all the way up to 100 lbs. Some weight levels are better training aids for certain sports and their website points out the differences in weight for each activity. Nefitco. com might be a better site to visit with a wider selection of weight vests to choose from. They carry the Uni-Vest Weight Vest Shorty 20 lb. Value Package ($104.99) and the X2 Weight Vest by Xvest ($129.99). All come in varying weight levels and some are long/short. Often you will see just a weight belt used by people walking or running which has a similar effect as the weight vest. The weight vest makes the upper torso work harder in a workout, while ankle weights or weight belts strengthen other parts of the body.

Want a good hunting vest that will keep you safe from other hunters and ready for action, then go to Basspro. com and check out their hunting clothing and hunting vests section. The top sellers (most popular) hunting vests are the RedHead Trap Shooting Vest ($24.95), Bob Timberlake Upland Hunting Vest for Men ($99.95), RedHead Highback Turkey Lounger Vest ($69.95), RedHead Mesh Shooting Vest ($64.95), Browning Upland Canvas Vest ($59.95), Columbia Sportswear Company Grouse X Comfort Vest for Men ($89.95), Filson Upland Hunting Vest ($114.95), Mossy Oak Super Elite Hybrid Turkey Vest ($79.95), Remington Field Vests ($44.95), and the Primos Gobbler Vest ($59.95). Many are camoflauge, have mesh shoulders, plenty of pockets for tools or weapons, and keep you cool. For fishing gear, we always go to Cabelas. com and they carry some great fly fishing vests like the Cabela's ProGuide 3-in-1 Fly-Fishing Vest ($59.95), the Cabela's Willow Creek Vests ($34.95), Cabela's XStream Guide Fly-Fishing Vest ($69.95), and the Herter's 20-Pocket Fly-Fishing Vest ($19.95). The Filson Guide Vest is our favorite for $189.95 - 100% cotton, water repellent, 2 large zippered front pouches with 4 separate interior pockets, the front exterior snap close pockets are great for tools or reels, a pocket for camera and film and two slop pockets for things like flashlights and thermometer. Reviewers also said that the William Joseph Fusion Fly-Fishing Vest rated very high for design (breathable, flexible), plenty of pocket space, and because it is hydration compatible.

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HAGERSTOWN, Md. | When the National Park Service needed a ballistic vest made on short notice for a 125-pound bomb-sniffing dog working the inauguration, a Maryland correctional officer stepped up. Lt. Rita Beal, who refits ballistic vests for detector dogs, presented Park Service Ranger Martin Gallery and black Labrador Samson with a new vest on Friday, just in time for the inauguration. They will be working with the U. S. Secret Service in Washington on Tuesday, likely at checkpoints, Ranger Gallery said.

Four-year-old Samson is always at risk of being hit by a stray bullet during hunting-season patrols, Ranger Gallery said, but he wanted to be sure to get the massive dog extra protection for such a high-profile event. "I wear body armor, but he has nothing," said Ranger Gallery, who says he's pleased his companion will be safer now. Companies do sell vests for dogs, but they can cost $800 or more, too high for some agencies, said Maj. Peter Anderson, commander of the Department of Corrections' canine unit. Ranger Gallery said the park service wouldn't have been able to afford it. "Most things we get for Samson now are donated," he said. Many of the vests that correctional officers stopped using because they were no longer under warranty were still in good shape, said Bobby Shearin, the warden of the Western Correctional Institution in Cumberland. So instead of sending the vests to a landfill, Mr. Shearin asked Lt. Beal, who works at WCI, if she could craft a vest for detector dogs. They have even tested some of the older vests on a range and found that they still stopped bullets, Lt. Beal said. So far, she has made seven vests, has orders for six more for the Department of Natural Resources, and has received interest from agencies from as far away as Alabama and Massachusetts. Lt. Beal said the new materials for the dogs' vests cost just $35 and she donates her time. It takes her about a day to construct a vest for a dog, but it can take time to put together the right materials. Beal has a container of about 150 used vests at her home to choose from. Some people may think that making protective vests for detector dogs is too frivolous, but protecting them from harm can also be seen as ensuring an investment. A fully trained detector dog can cost up to $7,000 and the time trainers and handlers spend working with the dog costs money, too, Maj. Anderson said. Lt. Beal has made stab-proof vests to protect several corrections dogs in their work in the state's prisons. "They really are one of our best resources," Maj. Anderson said.

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QUEENSLAND students may soon be wearing reflective safety vests to ride or walk to school under a plan being investigated by the State Government. Amid claims that parents and bus drivers were deliberately flouting road laws outside schools, Education Minister Rod Welford confirmed the Government was considering the vest rollout to make children more visible. It's a safety issue. Obviously, the vests would be for kids who ride their bikes to school and maybe younger ones who walk to school and have to cross crossings or roads, Mr Welford said. Parent Martin Morrow, whose daughter Taijla is a Year 6 student at Hilder Road State School, said he thought safety vests were a fantastic idea. It will make her stand out on the road a little bit more. Taijla likes to ride to school most days. It would be great peace of mind for me, he said yesterday. His concerns were backed by authorities, who accused drivers of putting deadlines and laziness above children's safety. Parking in bus zones, speeding and leaving cars in designated drop-off and pick-up zones were commonplace, police and local councillors warned. Police State Traffic Support Branch Inspector Chris Thomas said a bus driver was last week caught speeding in a school zone, while parents dropping children off gave running late as an excuse for exceeding the limit. A school bus was doing 50kph in a 40km zone and it was actually going to stop at that school to pick up those kids, he said. The plan has been cautiously welcomed by parents and motoring groups. But they warned that students could resist the idea. We welcome any initiatives that improve safety near schools but parents still struggle to get their kids to wear the safety helmets, Queensland Council of Parentsand Citizens Associations president Margaret Black said. Safety is always a concern to parents, particularly with the congestion around schools but we'd be concerned that particularly older children will refuse to wear the vests. RACQ spokesman Gary Fites said the State Government needed to look at the wider safety issue of children on bikes. We obviously want to encourage kids to have healthier lifestyles. it's important for all cyclists and other more vulnerable road users to do all they can to be seen by motorists, he said. But having said that, we think the Government should be looking at a wider suite of issues such as what age kids should be allowed to ride bikes on roads and not just the safety vests, Mr Fites said. Queensland Injury Surveillance Unit acting director Ruth Barker said there were other measures she would like to see tackled first, including strategies targeting safety behaviour and better supervision. I don't think those reflective vests are the magic bullet, Dr Barker said. Each year about 40 cyclists die on Australian roads, with more than 1500 cyclists injured annually on Queensland roads. In the eight years to 2006, more than 30 primary school students in Queensland were taken to hospital after being involved in a collision while riding outside a school, according to QISU data.

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If the problem is parents and bus drivers then i for one dont see how vest will help to solve the problem of their attitude to unsafe Driving, we need more police to fine the offenders for the traffic infringements . although i do believe the vests are a good idea for children and adults riding bikes for it will make them more visible.

Many parents are just plain stupid with their driving and parking around schools. You always see what appears to be an overweight female, driving a 4 wheel drive or silly SUV, just too lazy to park back a bit, and get out and actually excercise and wal. Some bus drivers are just as bad, too lazy to manouvre the bus into the bus stop properly, even when there is no obstruction, like one of the lazy mothers. Safety vesta are fine, but what is even more important is to teach kids that they have legal responsibilties riding a bike. You do not charge along the foorpaths with no regard for pedestrians, you do not just swing in front of cars, you do not ride on the wrong side of the road, and you are not allowed to ride a bike across a crossing. You must get off and walk. But seeing a child under 10 cannot be given an on the spot fine for anything, how do you enforce the rules? As for the older high school students, police are quick to issue fines for no helmets, but often choose to ignore illegal riding of the bike. If safety vests are going to be issued to children, they should be only issued if the kid is also made aware that it is not a green light to do what they want on their bike.

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Pfc. Joe Piotrowski, with the 6th Iraqi Army Division Military Transition Team, 4th Infantry Division, dons his Improved Outer Tactical Vest on March 14 before a mission in Baghdad. He said the new vest is more comfortable than the Interceptor Body Armor and has a better carrying system for his equipment. Photo by Spc. Aaron Rosencrans

BAGHDAD (Army News Service, March 24, 2008) -- After stomping around for a few days with the new Improved Outer Tactical Vest, 4th Infantry Division Soldiers came back with mixed reviews for the new tactical gear. The new vest has several design differences and some added features, which keep the Soldiers in mind when they're in times of trouble. The first noticeable difference in the vest design is the way Soldiers don the IOTV. Rather than slipping into it like a jacket, as with the Interceptor Body Armor, they lift it over their head and pull down, which sometimes requires another person to help get the vest on properly. Soldiers can also detach the fasteners on the wearer's left shoulder, and slip into the vest from the side. Another key design change is the addition of a quick release lanyard that reduces the vest to its component pieces, which allows the wearer to get out of the vest easily in case of an emergency situation. Though the troops had mixed feelings about the new vest, they ultimately said the IOTV is a new piece of equipment they will work with the best they can. "I noticed right away how the weight is more evenly distributed with the new vest," said Pfc. Joe Piotrowski, a native of Chicago, who serves as an infantryman with the 4th Inf. Div., Military Transition Team, Multi-National Division - Baghdad. "However, there's more Kevlar on the inside of the vest, so it got twisted easily and made it uncomfortable." Piotrowski said he managed to fix the twisted Kevlar inside the vest and hasn't had the problem since. Soldiers also commented on the increased risk of heat rashes that develop from wearing a large, hot piece of equipment. "The new vests are more ergonomically correct, but they don't breathe very well," said Sgt. Jayme Turner, a native of Salt Lake City, Utah, who serves as a combat medic with the 4th Inf. Div. MiTT. "With the old system, when it's hot out, you get a little rash in the summer. however, with this system you get a much bigger rash all over." One of the perks of the new design was a flush front, where Soldiers have more room to attach accessories to carry weapon magazines and other necessary equipment. "Tactically, it's better because I have more places to put my magazine pouches to make them more accessible," said Piotrowski. "Also, you don't have two sides to worry about. you get to work with the whole front flap, which is nice. I like the built-in side plates as well. They're a lot better than the other ones." Turner and Piotrowski both said the quick release system was a good feature to have in case of an emergency. however, it needed to be reworked to prevent it from pulling the vest apart when it wasn't intended. "The quick-release feature was a good idea to help Soldiers get out of their vest in an emergency situation, but I hear it's a pain to put back together," said Piotrowski. "If something does happen where you're submerged under water or something like that, it'll be a lot better to take this vest off rather than the other one where you have to take it off like a jacket. The new system will just fall off of you." He added that something needs to be done to make the quick-release system not as easy to pull, just to ensure the vest doesn't fall apart during combat operations. Soldiers have added tape to the cord on the quick release system to prevent it from loosening when it wasn't intended to. Due to the added components of the IOTV, Soldiers now understand it's not just their weapon and vehicle they need to properly maintain, but their armor as well. Turner said it's more important to perform preventative maintenance checks and services than with the old system. He explained how he had seen a vest malfunction on a Soldier while climbing into a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter. The IOTV was issued to Soldiers who initially received the IBA for their deployment and have 120 days or more remaining on their tour. For the most part, Soldiers are adapting to the new system, and they are working with the IOTV to make it better as the days go on. (Spc. Aaron Rosencrans serves with the Multi-National Division-Baghdad PAO.)

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To counteract the added dangers these dogs face in the line of duty, their ballistic vest equipment has been upgraded. "These new vests are an upgrade from the current vests the dogs have been using," said Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Michael Thomas, assistant kennel master for the 25th MP Co. "Before, the vests were only stab proof, which worked well for missions in the states. However, with the additional dangers these dogs are facing during this deployment, they are now wearing vests that are not only stab proof, but also bullet proof." Although the new vests are slightly heavier than the vests the dogs previously used, neither their mobility nor their mission has been hindered by their use. "When the dogs are conducting missions that require them to use the new vests, they are in areas that could possibly cause them to be injured or killed," said Thomas. "They are the first one into the area looking for people or weapons. They help us find the things we can't see." The vests are currently being used by the K-9 units at Bagram Air Base and Kandahar Airfield, said Sgt. 1st Class Erika Gordon, kennel master for the 25th MP Co. "Even though we only have a few vests at the moment, we are working to get vests for every dog in Afghanistan," she said. "These vests are the dogs' only means of protection. They go in before their handler. It is a matter of 'get them before they get you.' That's why these vests are so important." The vests are also able to carry all of the dogs' gear, which includes heating or cooling packs. "These vests make us more versatile in what we can do with the dogs," said Gordon. "Many people may say, 'They're just dogs, why do they need that kind of equipment?' But these dogs are a part of a team and need to be protected just as much as every member of every other team in country," said Thomas. "These dogs are our partners," he said. "We travel with them, sleep with them and live with them. They are our best friends. Every dog handler will agree that there is nothing we won't do to protect our dogs."

Well, bye, bye democracy, it was nice to know you, but if 'green shirts' are to have an upper hand, as they do and will, we must part our ways and consider alternatives.

Adam E, Please repeat after me slowly and carefully. The United States of America is a republic, NOT a democracy. Say this until you are motivated to find out what the difference is and then watch "the American Form of Government" on youtube. Sorry, but referring to the USA as a democracy is a sore spot with me. If, by "part our ways and consider our alternatives", you mean to say that you intend to emigrate to a different country, may I humbly direct you to the post Where Will You Go?

Custom tuxedo vests in duchess satin are a perfect match for the bridesmaid gowns! Men's formal vests are made to order in sizes SM-LG-5XF (waist 27"-66") and available with extra length for 6'2" and taller. Tuxedo vests and accessories can be ordered through our online store, or through any authorized Dessy Group retailer. View Size Chart for Tuxedo Vests Our men's formal vests are also available in these fabrics.

Fly fishing vests are by far the most traditional option for carrying and storing fly gear. They are comfortable, roomy, and provide numerous pockets of various sizes for individualizing any means of organization. Most vests brandish a large, deep pocket in back for stowing rain jackets, lunch, or even the catch of the day. Having this large pocket makes vests a natural choice for anglers who like to keep fish for cleaning and eating later. Vests do have their limitations. Oftentimes vests require the use of both hands to open zippered or snapped pockets. Cotton vests do not stretch and can bind up an angler who climbs over and around boulders or stream banks. And if the vest gets submerged, most are not waterproof, so it may take hours for the gear and vest dry.

Since chest packs arrived on the market, they have become increasingly more functional and technical. Chest packs are lightweight, sleek, and more durable than ever. With stylish designs and trendy colors, more anglers are choosing packs because they look great and make so much sense. Most are made of waterproof material, and they put the gear in the most convenient area, right under the angler's nose. They many not have as many pockets as vests, but what they lack in pocket they make up for in other ways. For instance, many packs come with a hands-free hydration system. No more bottles of water bouncing around. Other chest packs offer a flip-out workstation that serves as a small "table," making fly selection and knot tying rather easy. Some packs double as a fly box. Chest packs can also have waterproof zippers and pockets for keeping gear dry. They are also adjustable, so fitting them over just about anything an angler chooses to wear on the river or lake is a critical comfort issue when fishing in heat during one season, and in the cold during another. The downside to chest packs-some models have a tendency to get in the way of the casting motion. An ill-fitting pack that's too bulky may rub the inner arm, create an impediment when cross-body casting, flop around, or snag access line, all of which can be annoying when concentration is crucial. Find a chest pack that fits properly and doesn't extend too far off of the body. There's one suitable for every angler in any fishing condition.

For some anglers, less means more. "Bare-bones" angling requires carrying essential gear only, cutting down on both weight and bulk. Waist packs or "fanny packs" are perfect for anglers who traverse great distances in a single day to fish rivers or alpine lakes in the back country. They're great for wet wading as well. A small fly box, a single spool of tippet, floatant, extra leaders, water filter, a snack, and a license - the bare-essential gear for catching trout, and all of this will fit easily into most waist packs on the market. Waist packs are all about lightening the load, so most anglers find one made of the lightest material available with a very low profile. The pack can be worn in the front, on the back, or on either hip. Their no-nonsense characteristics make them the only choice for those who don't need all the bells and whistles of vests and chest packs. Plus, they are very affordable.

What you need to know before you buy a life vest (PFD) suitable for waterskiing, wakeboarding, and other boat towed sports.

A Type III Inshore life vest, or personal flotation device (PFD), is most commonly used for boat towed sports. It is worn like a jacket and either snaps with buckles or zips up in the front. This type of jacket has a comfortable fit and is lightweight. Although, a Type III vest will not automatically position the person face up in the event they become unconscious while floating in the water.

A life vest should be U. S. Coast Guard approved, meaning, among other things, it has been impact tested and provides a minimum buoyant force.

Try it on. Make sure the life vest fits securely and snugly around the body and chest, though not too tight as to restrict movement. Choose a size that is suitable to your weight and size. A good test to determine that a vest is not too large is when the arms are raised straight above the head the tops of the jacket should not be able to go above the ears.

The exterior of the PFD is made of either nylon or neoprene. Nylon vests are usually less expensive, however, neoprene vests tend to be more comfortable, made with a softer fabric. Some vests are made with mesh draining gussets (vents) at the bottom to aid in water draining.

If you are a woman buying a vest you may want to consider one specifically made for a woman's torso. These vests are shorter than vests made for men. Shorter vests make it easier to bend at the waist.

Children ages three and under should wear a vest containing head and neck support (extra padding behind the head), and a strap that goes under the crotch which prevents them from sliding out the bottom of the vest. These vests should also have a handle on the back which aids in picking children up and out of the water.

Fur has been an indispensable component of fall and winter fashion since 2001, when it re-entered the style lexicon after a few years' absence, but this year the fur fad has erupted into a full-blown craze. Particularly popular among young trendsetters are fur vests, short-sleeved jackets, and boleros. Fur vests are an ideal way to complete the layered look that is currently in vogue. The vests can complement a range of styles from dressy to casual, and this versatility has made them so popular that stores are having trouble keeping them in stock.

Outer garments made of fur (whether real or fake) will be a conspicuous presence on the streets this winter. Besides being cute and warm, a fur jacket makes the wearer feel like a celebrity the minute she slips it on. Among women in their teens and early twenties who shop and play in Tokyo's trendy Shibuya district, cropped jackets that make the waist look slimmer are particularly popular. In the stores of the famous 109 building, where many of Shibuya's fashion trends begin, fur vests are a particularly hot item. This year's vests are unusually short, with hemlines falling above the midriff. (While vests typically measure about 58 centimeters in length, the ones currently popular are only about 35 centimeters long.) The popularity of the layered look that dominated spring and summer fashion shows no signs of letting up, and vests lend themselves to this artful juxtaposition of sleeves and hemlines.

The secret to the popularity of fur vests is their versatility. They can be worn with a sleeveless knit top and a chiffon skirt to project a feminine air or combined with a camisole and a denim skirt or jeans for a more hip look. And for the party season, a fur vest over a dress makes a stunning combination. Although fake-fur vests are being sold, the most popular item by far is rabbit-fur vests priced at around 10,000 (about $87 at 115 to the dollar). Stores are having trouble keeping these vests in stock, and some are being sold only by order. The most popular colors are white, black, beige, and pink. As the weather turns colder, sleeved fur garments such as jackets and boleros are likely to attract more interest. Winter's chill notwithstanding, these garments are being offered in the same above-midriff length as the vests. The market for fur jackets and boleros is dominated by items priced at around 25,000 (about $217).

As airlines look to lighten planes, which is more important to have onboard. wireless Internet access or life vests?

Long-sleeve climbing shirt and keep your core warm on the approach. This lofty fleece vest traps your body heat without feeling bulky or heavy. The Tomboy Vest's flat seams won't chafe under your backpack straps, and this Horny Toad vest's front pockets warm your hands as you check out the routes.

The right vest to dress up your wintertime wardrobe. The cotton blend is supersoft to the touch. Add the fleece accent stripe with cardinal appliqus, a small cardinal appliqu on the back, fleece trim along the top and inside of the mock collar and waist, and you have a winner. There's even a lovely little pine cone zipper pull. 55% cotton/45% acrylic. Imported. Handwash, dry flat. Size & Fit. Sizes XS (4), S (6-8), M (10-12), L (14-16), XL (18-20). Fully fashioned. Relaxed fit, falls at mid-hip. Length, size M. 23".

Streamlined vest. In a silky fabric, this vest warms up your look without adding bulk. Mandarin collar. Button-front. Single welt hand pockets. Polyester blend. Machine washable. Imported.

Microfiber vest has allover diamond quilting, a zip front, stand collar, two welt pockets, rounded vents at the hemline, and side tabs to adjust for fit. Fully lined. Womens quilted fabric vest in chocolate. Polyester/nylon. Washable. Imported. Women's vest sizes. S(6-8), M(10-12), L(14-16), XL(18-20). about 23" long.

Women provides just the right amount of warmth for fall layering. Funnel-neck design features two patch pockets, a front zipper, and a straight hem with 3" side vents. Vest jacket for women in clay, stellar blue, sea mist. Cotton/polyester. Washable. Imported. Sizes. S(6-8), M(10-12), L(14-16), XL(18-20). about 26" long.

Core warmth without compromising maneuverability. A favorite of mountaineers and cold-weather skiers, the Lightweight R4 Vest is made of Polartec Windbloc fleece for excellent warmth in frigid conditions. By placing lightweight fleece in key areas around the arms and neck, Patagonia increased the R4 Vest's breathability and freedom of movement. The Lightweight R4 Vest is ideal for layering under a shell or wearing alone when the weather isn't so nasty.

Constructed fleece material that remedies cold weather all winter. The Glacier Fleece with Force 10 canvas takes polyester and combines velour which gives the inside of this vest wicking and warming qualities. The Shasta's abrasion panel with molded front zip and internal facing work like shields to block wind during a walk. With a sporty hood, canvas accented hand pockets and fun stitching you'll be all over town in this vest.

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If you work on a construction crew or at an airport, you know being seen in all types of weather is critical. Our selection of coats, jackets, T-shirts and vests will make you stand out and be noticed. Safety Clothing Category Reference Guide

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Spare magazines, gas, and more are essential during an airsoft battle. The tactical vest was introduced to allow such accessories to be carried efficiently. Many different sized pouches allow for a perfect fit and keeps everything organized so you know exactly where that spare mag is located. These vests can also absorb hits to the chest much better. So take a look at our great selection and find the tactical vest that will suit you best.