anthonysemone wrote:
I have one, wear it underneath my outer jacket (opened obviously) in the cold weather. I\'m not worried about it being warm in the summer (you want warm? try Level IIIa body armor in the summer). I find it enormously reassuring to be able to move about crowded streets without worrying about my gear being inadvertently banged around. I can load my D700 and 80-200 f2.8 on it, reach down w/o difficulty, move through doorways w/ impunity walk, jog, run my Golden Retriever, and still have my gear available to me when I want it. It does grab looks from passersby, one police officer who, from a distance, was clearly intrigued by what I was carrying . I do NOT, nor will I, ride my road bike with it on, nor will I do trail running with it. Backpacking looks like a good to go option. YMMV. (I\'m not on Andy Cotton\'s payroll BTW).
tony
Thanks Tony!! Yes I disregarded (no disrespect to the responder)the comment about being warm. I was from the Vietnam era (1967-1969),2 back-2-back combat tours, and my \"flack jacket\" weighed 35lbs plus pack, bandolears and extras so warm 100F heat and 100% humidity?They dont know warm! But the posters comments were appreciated.
Security is what I need and the freedom not to worry about cameras and lenses falling of the chest or hip holster.
I appreciate your response and humor!!
Dan
anthonysemone wrote:
I have one, wear it underneath my outer jacket (opened obviously) in the cold weather. I\'m not worried about it being warm in the summer (you want warm? try Level IIIa body armor in the summer). I find it enormously reassuring to be able to move about crowded streets without worrying about my gear being inadvertently banged around. I can load my D700 and 80-200 f2.8 on it, reach down w/o difficulty, move through doorways w/ impunity walk, jog, run my Golden Retriever, and still have my gear available to me when I want it. It does grab looks from passersby, one police officer who, from a distance, was clearly intrigued by what I was carrying . I do NOT, nor will I, ride my road bike with it on, nor will I do trail running with it. Backpacking looks like a good to go option. YMMV. (I\'m not on Andy Cotton\'s payroll BTW).
tony
Thanks Tony!! Yes I disregarded (no disrespect to the responder)the comment about being warm. I was from the Vietnam era,2 back-2-back combat tours, and my \"flack jacket\" weighed 35lbs plus pack, bandolears and extras so warm 100F heat and 100% humidity?They dont know warm! But the posters comments were appreciated.
Security is what I need and the freedom not to worry about cameras and lenses falling of the chest or hip holster.
I appreciate your response and humor!!
Dan
Jan 10, 2010 at 05:32 PM
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walk, jog, run my Golden Retriever, and still have my gear available to me when I want it. It does grab looks from passersby, one police officer who, from a distance, was clearly intrigued by what I was carrying 
. I do NOT, nor will I, ride my road bike with it on, nor will I do trail running with it. Backpacking looks like a good to go option. YMMV. (I\'m not on Andy Cotton\'s payroll BTW).
100F heat and 100% humidity