Anyone wear armoured jeans or Kevlar reinforced ones? M & P sell a range I noticed (from this company by the looks of it), and make claims about high strength, abrasion resistance and so on.
Do you reckon they offer vastly less protection than leather, and if so what's the point - is it just a marketing ploy?
I suspect they are popular in the US, where in places the climate would make leathers pretty uncomfortable.
Hmm :hmm:
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The Kevlar lining should provide abrasion resistance equivalent to other textile trousers that use it but I'd be concerned about the armour for impact protection. Whilst it can be added leathers and textile riding gear tend to be more figure hugging and so the armour is less likely to move around than in these. Not much point in it being there if its simply going to move out of the way and as TC has indicated in his articles moving armour can cause as much damage as it prevents.
QUOTE(T.C @ July 15 2003,12:59)
The trouble with anything like this, people tend to gain a false sense of security in that they believe that their safety is not compromised in the event of a spill.
Leathers and Cordura work because of the materials, the fit, and many other factors, where denim is denim and therefore by its very nature will not and cannot have the same structural strength.
So whilst the Kevlar may offer a degree of abrasion resistance around the extremities, the rest of the body still remains exposed once the denim has worn away leaving parts of the body exposed and vulnerable, and in the areas where the denim does remain in tact there is still the problem of severe abrasion and friction burns.
Personaly I would never waste my money on such garments having seen some of the injuries sustained by people wearing such items, but taking it to the other extreme and given the weather we have had recently, garments such as this are far more preferable to shorts, T shirts and sandalls.
Leathers and Cordura work because of the materials, the fit, and many other factors, where denim is denim and therefore by its very nature will not and cannot have the same structural strength.
So whilst the Kevlar may offer a degree of abrasion resistance around the extremities, the rest of the body still remains exposed once the denim has worn away leaving parts of the body exposed and vulnerable, and in the areas where the denim does remain in tact there is still the problem of severe abrasion and friction burns.
Personaly I would never waste my money on such garments having seen some of the injuries sustained by people wearing such items, but taking it to the other extreme and given the weather we have had recently, garments such as this are far more preferable to shorts, T shirts and sandalls.
But.. but... but... There's a picture of a man being dragged long behind a car wearing them so surely they're the best thing in da whole wide world eva???
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