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@@FYVZS I went with a medium. I have a 33 inch waist and it fits perfectly.

As of right now I can only recommend it as a good range belt, I have not beena able to use this belt on duty yet.

I have been using it for two months on Duty. Coming from the Kore id say it's an improvement (and I really enjoyed that belt). The ability for the Molle to run all the way to the buckle is nice.

I’m in southern Oregon! But for sure man. I think these plates are kick ass especially with some soft armor backing.

@civilianangle LOL I wasn't close but same mountain range!

This is an ICW plate. ICW = In Conjunction With. You only achieve level 4 protection with soft armor behind them. I shot them to see how they would do as a stand alone plate. I used common rounds that shooters use. As a stand alone they did good for what they are, but with soft armor behind it would provide more protection. They are not true level 4 plates, and I find it annoying that safe life markets them as “Hard Rifle Plate Level IV ICW” because it’s misleading. Being that this is just a soft armor upgrade I wanted to see it on its own without backing. Maybe you missed that part?

@civilianangle and there is the problem. safe Life misleads people. They could have easily created a stand-alone LvL IV plate. They instead chose to do this quirky ICW crap.

I do believe the marketing is misleading for sure, and that's unfortunate coming from a law enforcement perspective because I can see how the ICW system would work really well and have reasonable real life applications. @@gregchamberlain7554

@@BallisticsBriefings LvL IV protection can stop 30.06 armor piercing rounds. So calling it LvL IV wouldn't be the truth. You would be closer if you had said LEVEL III. It is certainly not LeveL IV. If you are going to push this stuff got Safe Life it would be nice if you knew what you are selling

I think you’d have to check the decibel rating on them. In my experience I’ve only used them for firearms. As far as the digital sound cancellation I’m also not sure if they work for long periods of time, and I think you’d burn through batteries quite a bit. The digitalis detect a certain decibel level and kill it so if that engine or turbine isn’t quite loud enough then you are gonna hear it, and the only way to mitigate that is turn the volume way down which defeats the intended purpose of the muffs or plugs.

I wouldn’t trust a green tip at all with these plates. Green tip scares me.

​@@BallisticsBriefingsyou should fear the M855A1 >:)

Honestly I wouldn’t trust any ICW plate by itself for any rifle round. I’d rather have a level 4 stand alone. That’s partly why I shot these plates because I’m not a huge safelife fan and I wasn’t going to buy the soft armor and really had no use for them.

I’ll use whatever I want bud. Don’t tell me how to make my videos. If the content isn’t for you then keep scrolling.

​@civilianangle what size are you in tactical vest if I wanted to go past the belly button

And can I wear alone with tactical?

Ya I was referring to the small bulge in the back of it but my shitty camera work didn’t really pick that up. But ya you’re right, most of it was from the steel plate.

I’m not totally sure but I wouldn’t be surprised because safe life defense seems to surprise everyone with their quality and reliability.

I see what you’re saying. In my experience with rolling around I’ve not had a problem but that’s not to say someone else won’t. In my local area all LEO’s are running safari land, and theirs are just level 2 without the poly strap mechanism. Which holster do you use specifically?

@@BallisticsBriefings it all comes down to how each of us being conditioned and trained. I actually use iwb most of time, but if I have to thigh holster it when I use body armor full bundle, I will use universal drop leg holster with Velcro or button activation for two reasons: you sometimes can't know what gun you will holster that day, so universal one can make it always fit; second, Velcro or button is easier to be activated from certain angle quickly, rather than Safari quick draw. Basically, what I mean is quick draw will rarely fit my needs if I have to thigh holster my handgun which is only the secondary weapon. That's why I think it's best for the competition.

enjoy the spall.

I will have more content coming soon!

He did shoot it with 7.62x39

But your plate technology will stop 308 AP and 30 06 AP rounds, along with anything of the lower calibers. That is what LvL IV plates should be able to do without question. I like the idea behind FRAS reducing weight. But we also should note that there are sub 5 LB LvL IV plates on the market using plate technology. There are also duritium plates that can weigh in at I believe 3.5 LBS. This type of plate will also have a positive buoyancy rating. However you will spend quite a bit more money for them. Even more critical is the fact that Safe Life says: "FRAS WITH YOUR IIIA+ VEST: (ICW Maximum Protection) Use this 10×12 plate in your IIIA or IIIA+ Vest plate pocket to achieve level III+ protection against threats up to .308 & 7.62x54r!" So, they sort of let you think it's a LvL IV Armor when they in fact in writing on their own website says it equivalent to LvLIII+. Again, no protection against AP (Armor Piercing) as would be the case with LvL IV plates. If you look at companies like Hesco they create ICW plate such as: 3800LV-SH-MC-L at 2.1 lbs, and 3800LV-SH-MC-S at 1.4 lbs that only need LvL IIIA panels. By comparison Safe Life tell us we need their LvL IIIa+ panels starting at "ONLY" 3.97 pounds. Note what do they mean ONLY, since FRAS is heavier when compared to ICW products from Hesco. Again Safe Life is far too misleading...

I know, complete waste of time and space on the plate

This is an ICW plate being shot as stand alone. I put .45 through it along with other rounds incrementally so people could see that it would actually stop it. I would rather have people buy this plate knowing full well what it can do than just skip over very common rounds. Thanks for your concern.

Can use it alone with tactical vest?

I shot rifles at it buddy.

It’s only level IV if used in conjunction with level III. I’m grateful that he tested multiple calibers and I can feel less stupid about buying these plates

@@BallisticsBriefings we are all buddies around here lol

I saw both rifles a pistols. Was a great vid

@@YungBeezer ICW means only that the soft nij 3a will work as a blunt force trauma absorber (same as the standalone ones, that have that incorporated) - it does not mean that the plate will not stop the bullets that it is made to stop - or that will decrease it's level 4 classification. When they do their NIJ classification and testings, they are taking into account the blackface deformation that is supposed to be at a certain depth measurement and there is where the trauma pad (the soft armor nij 3a) comes into play,either embedded with the plate or as an add-on - ICW. Just because your not going to use a soft nij 3a as backer (ICW) it does not mean that you are going to get punctured ,but, for sure your going to hurt more because of the back-face (edited here for @YungBeezer,who only understood the typo fault he found) deformation that your body is going to directly be submitted to without the absorber to do its job

Safari Land

@@BallisticsBriefings RDR Gear makes a great bracket designed to mount to that safariland holster for a tourniquet holder mounting option, suppose you could use it to easily add a mag carrier as well lol. Check them out to clever little lightweight piece of kit

I bought that RDR bracket hoping it would Mount up well with my Guerrilla Tactical lvl2 holster which uses the Safariland qls but it did not a little bit too short cuz of the fold in the Kydex but I was half expecting it to not fit quite right cuz of the holster design still great item company when talking to him customer support was very cool recommend em.

Being that they are constructed with ceramic blocks, if you hit a fresh spot it should provide the protection.

Discreet carry concepts clips

Yes, most small rifle rounds, but I wouldn't let body armor give a false sense of confidence.

Ya my lapel mic broke so I was without it for a while.

Thanks. I did a pretty lengthy milling video and since the ATF is being weird right now I kinda lost motivation after all the work that took. I’ll have more coming soon.

@@BallisticsBriefings yeah man, cannot be too careful anymore. Did you ever think we would be here so quickly?!?