Review: Forcefield Back Protector

Hello.

Whilst in SM today Em was after a back protector. Ian took Em away to get one whilst I was chatting to Billy, but then I headed up to check them out myself. Ian was fitting one to Em’s Halvarson jacket and having already had one in my RST Electric, I fancied getting one for my Furygan. They were around £25 so I thought, why not.

I showed Ian my jacket and he sorted me out with the 001. I thought it was going to be a pain to get in to my jacket as the opening is tiny, but for some reason the insert went straight in (i had to bend the edges inwards first though) It was a perfect fit and that was that! £25 well spent.

Ian showed me a demo of his balls, which were 2 rubber balls. One was a large ball made of the stuff that most back protectors are made of, and the other one, a small ball, was made from the Forcefield stuff. He was saying that the foam used was an impact foam, which transmits the blow through the foam. To demonstrate this he asked me to hold them a foot off the desk and drop them together. What happened next was amazing. The large ball bounced about 3-4 times before coming to rest on the desk. The forcefield ball, when I dropped it, never bounced. It was as if it was made of lead. It just went “thud” on the desk. I tried it loads of times and I just couldn’t get my head around why the wee ball didn’t even bounce once! Amazing, and a really good demo to show you how much load spreading the foamy stuff does.

So anyway,

Here are some pics:

 

So there you go, it’s totally invisible when it’s inside the jacket and when my body heats up the foam molds to my body, which is ace. Well worth the £25!

Next up, a review of the range topping AGV GP-Tech helmet.

 

Thanks for looking folks!
Gordon