501st approved fibreglass armour from Argentina :)

[joukov]

Link

[Sonnenschein]

Not really cheap....

[Neo Kerberos]

Not really good ^^

[Krazy Ivan[TK]]

Please don't buy this stay away from fibreglass armor.

[Sonnenschein]

Stay away from Ebay! (except CfO: Good quality, nice bloke, etc)

[walt[501st]]

how can it be 501st approved??? or are they just saying it approved....ran it to that befor

[Sonnenschein]

He's just saying it in the title, so it can be found more easily by ebay search.

 

Of course, if it is built correctly and fitted to the wearer, it would be 501st approved.

[TrooperVenger]

Fiberglass armour is FAR more rigid than ABS or HIPS. Also the 501st approved is a crock. The 50st don't approve ANY armour.

The price of that armour is 3 times the price you can get a good ABS suit for.

Fine for a display piece, bit nasty to troop in.

[Griffin-X[TK]]

I'd avoid it.

[TK bondservnt[501st]]

fibreglass?

 

no way.

 

do we wear boat armor?

[Rich330[TK]]

do we wear boat armor?

 

Well, yes! Plastic for canoes and fish ponds!

[RogueTrooper[TK]]

Fiberglass is very very heavy, rigid and can easily chip and crack ( especially if the person does not know what they are doing when working with fiberglass).

 

Better materials to have armor made of is ABS and HIPS. Lighter weight, more forgive, and ABS and acrylic capped HIPS will not need to be painted or touched up like the fiberglass will.

 

Now for the price $1800 is a lot of money to spend for that suit.

 

Armor kits start out at around $500 and go up....

 

You might said, but it has the undersuit and holster and neckseal etc... But you look at this way buy the parts separate (plus you get to pick and choose)

 

Armor kit $500. Starting price for a good quality kit or you could look into others kits.

Neal seal $40. average price

Holster $50. average price

Undersuit $60. average price

Total: $650.

 

a difference of $1150.

 

You could do a lot of cool add ons that you will need would the money that you saved, like :

 

E11 (complete kit by DoopyDoos) $95

 

canvas belt $40 average price

 

TKboots $54 + S&H

 

Total $189

 

If you purchased your kit and add-ons you this way ,would save around $961 from what you would spend with the fibreglass armour from Argentina.

 

If it was me, I like saving money and get the best bang for my buck......

 

Hope this helps you.

[LadyInWhite[TK]]

I totally with Tom on this, and I wish it were that easy to convey to ALL folks looking to buy armor.