Flexible??? - BulletSafe Level IIIA Vital Protection 3 Vest

I finally received my vest, and even for the lower price than vests we all should be buying(shouldn’t be cheap when it comes to our armor/life!)I expected much more out of all the materials used except for the internal ballistic material. The vest absolutely requires trauma pads as their own video here proves as each round punched holes through the back side of the front of the vest(never seen that unless the round penetrated through ballistic material first)where your belly/chest would be and for sure would break ribs at the least. The mesh is super cheap feeling so much I bet it’ll rip with just a guess max 25 install/removal of the vest with care taken and would bet anything it’ll fail fast. The foam/padding is so cheap and thin once you push on it just once it never fluffs back to being padding as it becomes a flattened piece of super thin extra cheap foam. Also I highly recommend buying a size OR TWO up from what you wear especially if your stomach isn’t LITERALLY flat a board since even with my skinny body the bigger size than I really need doesn’t fit around my mid section(zero belly!)without the Velcro wanting to pop off and on top of that is super tight and has to be, just so the straps will reach fully on both front and rear(don’t get why they don’t sew in the back sides of the straps since that’s the side they pop off of). Also the vest is very, very rigid! Obviously it’ll need worn in better to conform to my body, but even then super thick ballistic material inside is all laminated or glued together so imagine trying to bend a phone book around your body, it’s not going to work without issues. Same thing here. The vests for sure will be extremely hard to conceal no matter your weight and almost if not impossible if you can’t put on a jacket or long sleeve type plus long in length flannel or similar to help conceal the vest under a normal t shirt. Also not sure but doesn’t look like they added what other vest manufacturers add which is a very think layer of plastic that is installed to fend off knife or sharp edged attacks like a vest i bought around ten years ago came with that makes the vest extremely stiff, but feels like it almost as bad and 99% sure it doesn’t even have that piece but claims to have edged protection so maybe they have a different insert which I’d rather not have to get better flexibility out of a supposedly flexible vest. I highly suggest saving up a hundred or few max and buying a better and for sure more comfortable vest. The two straps over the shoulders aren’t precision done so ones where it probably should be and the others to close to my neck so forever it’ll be sort of digging into my neck on that side that will fit sure pole out from any shirt I would ever wear and can’t do a thing about it either. Even for the cheaper price, the carrier portion should absolutely be made of much higher grade materials as the ballistic material inside usually will fail long before the carrier portion, but with this vest six months max the carrier will require serious fixing or complete replacement and that’s with zero hard use(just wearing it)or being shot. And not just an extra hundred or two added to invest in the quality, fitment, FLEXIBILITY, longevity of the materials, etcetera, etcetera, ALL goes WAY up so this is a vest I cannot recommend at this price point. Honestly this vest in the biggest size is on the sellers best day and customers worst shouldn’t cost a penny over $200 with taxes and shipping. Do your homework and see what you get for a little extra! But if your poor, and just want any vest, this will do for smaller pistol rounds. But even then save up.