I can not hear very well with the lid on....hehehe
I feel really good in my armor, can travel just fine, stairs no problems, I cut out a small amount behind the knees to allow for enough bend for walking and such. I took some video at the local mall it on Youtube, user name is: SalmonJedi65
The forearms do give me trooper bites, but from what I read here at FISD we all get them to some degree.
Getting ready to go to Anchorage on my first official troop, the star wars exhibit kicks off at the museum there:
http://www.adn.com/front/story/1127718.html (check out the comments on the page, looks like some trooper TK9234 likes the idea of trooping?)