Forcefield armour harnesses energy, slows it down and manipulates it into a lesser force, before it hits your body. This is what all armour should do but independent tests prove this not to be so.
Nitrex
This patented technology allows protection evenly across it surface. Most hard shell/plastic protectors will perform differently across its surface. You never know where the impact will strike!
Perceptions:
Hard Armour
As it is hard, it protects, right?
Wrong! It has very little ability to absorb, or slow down the energy of an impact.
It is widely used as it is cheap to manufacture and it plays on the perception of ‘because it’s hard it must be doing a good job’. This is just so wrong. It is also sweaty, uncomfortable and can crack, causing further injury in a crash. To back this up you can use a modern day example of a crumple zone on a car, designed to slow the impact energy down. Protecting the people inside the car.
So, crumple zones/honeycomb type systems are good for body armour? Well, only as far as one impact goes. After the initial impact the protection they afford is greatly reduced as the honeycomb cannot recover to its original shape. We all know that with motorcycle accidents it is never just one impact.
Repeat Performance
Multiple impacts are not good for the vast majority of armour on the market. Forcefield armour has been designed to withstand multiple impacts. FORCEFIELD use a special product that they have developed – NITREX. This product can absorb multiple impacts and then return to its original form. It virtually lasts for years.
Most armour types deteriorate after an impact making it un-usable and ready for the bin – but not Forcefield.
Our research shows that people do not throw hard armour/honeycomb types away after a crash (as they should); instead they carry on using it - yet now it is not fit for purpose.
Take it a step further - in a serious high speed crash where multiple strikes take place in the same incident, normal armour is getting weaker, at the time you need it to be strong.
Forcefield armour is as strong at the end of the crash as it was at the beginning. Giving the wearer the best possible chance of escaping injury.
Testing Standards:
CE standards.
Forcefield pride themselves at passing the CE test at Levels other companies can only dream about. FORCEFIELD Body Armour is subjected to CE type examination testing and certification by SATRA - A European Notified Body (reference number 0321) for personal protective equipment (PPE). We understand a lot of manufacturers claim figures, many of which cannot be substantiated, or proven. Here at Forcefield we are different.
Approved to EN1621-2:2003 & EN340:2003
The CE test standards are regarded as the world’s most in-depth and rigorous standards. From day one, FORCEFIELD have guided and in some cases been pivotal in pushing standards further and making sure product in the market place continues to improve. This is something they are extremely proud of, and will continue to work with.
What is the CE test? In the case of the back protector.....
A force of 50KJ (about the same force of a house brick dropped from 2 metres) is applied to a back protector, and the transferred energy (e.g. the force that hits your body) is measured.
The CE level 1 test is passable at equal to or less than 18kn. The Level 2 test, gets harder- and must pass at equal to or less than 9kn.
Our new Pro Sub 4 Back protector, has smashed the competition by independently passing at 3.38 kn the world best performing back protector! Again Forcefield have pushed the boundaries of protection standards.
Is all armour CE Tested?
We know of many sub standard protectors on the market.
Important-
If a product is called a guard, pad, or shield, the chances are it has not passed the CE test and cannot lawfully carry the CE mark as a protector. More than likely it will have a CE mark as it passes as a toy! These should not be sold as protection, they do not pass the standards, and do not perform.
An important point to add is that every single piece of Forcefield armour passes the CE test, it is widely known that in some cases other manufacturers would pass one piece of armour, e.g. the coccyxes in a pair of impact shorts, yet all other armour in the short would be cheap and sub standard. As the garment had one piece of armour passed, it would carry the CE label.
if you would like to see just how good Forcefield is, go to the following link for a short video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMhgUiSpL5s
FEATURES:
• The worlds first Motorcycle back protector to transmit less than 4kn when subjected to the standard CE test
• Removable & washable outer cover
• CE Level 2 Protection - Highest Possible
• RPT (Repeat Performance Technology)
• Comfortable and non restrictive
• Flexible
• Breathable
• Moulds to body shape
• Adjustable waist and shoulder straps
• Multi Sport use
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Originally Posted by Quasievil
Im not sure why as its not superior in anyway, infact in comfort and specifications its one of the worst on the market, see the video link above I posted a few days ago.
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