Question for those that wear body armor everyday

[KevDen2005]

I am trying to figure out a better undershirt to wear under my vest. I can feel the soaking wet undershirt and complete discomfort at 7-8 hour mark of a shift and was wondering if anyone on here had any better ideas. Every winter I forget about that discomfort until summer starts rolling around.

Any ideas are helpful, I have been wearing 511 cotton undershirts for about 3 years now, anytime I have tried a different shirt I usually dislike it anymore

[MrPrena]

I hear ya.
I was even thinking about putting silica under it! :D
I wear Hanes, but some people wear one of those UA mosture wicking(SP).
I dont now it helps or not.
My trick is not to fully fit them, and make a little gap between vest and shirt.

[Colorado Osprey]

CoolMax Ribbed Shirts...........
http://www.pinnaclearmor.com/body-armor/accessories.php#CoolMax

[Chris2087]

I wear an Under Armor shirt then a cotton t-shirt, vest and than whatever shirt I need that day.

Chris

[Elhuero]

this seems like a neat idea


http://www.bulletproofme.com/Body_Armor_Accessories_Concealable.shtml#Vest-AC

[BigBear]

Under Armour does have some "technology" that helps dissapate heat/sweat a lot better than regular cotton T's. Give 'em a shot.... well, shoot the vest, but give hte Under Armour a try! hehe

[theGinsue]

I used to use plain old Hanes t-shirts but worked with a lot of folks who wore Under Armour wicking tee's. What *I* saw was at the end of a 12 hour shift (which means you were in your vest for 13+ hours), what you wore under the vest made little difference; everyone was miserable.

[MrPrena]

off topics...

I remember when I had to do Kendo 2 hr straight with the Bogu (Armor).
Rather wear Level iiia for 10 hrs over Kendo armor sparing for 2hrs straight.

[iamhunter]

Do all of you work in LEO or Security?

I can't imagine a logical reason to wear body armor everyday if I didn't....

[BigBear]

No, I'm not in LE or .mil, but I have some very fun friends on SWAT/ERT and in the .mil so I get to have some fun every now and then.

[MrPrena]

might be on a withness protection program. :D

[BigBear]

might be on a withness protection program. :D


SSSSSSHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!


[Beer]

[SA Friday]

Underarmor or the pinnical ribbed shirts are the two I've used. It doesn't really matter when it comes to the sweating your balls off part, but the synthetic shirts won't rub you raw like the cotton will. The drawback to the synthetics is you really really don't want to be anywhere near a fire. That stuff turns into really bad stuff when it catches. I wore XGO shirts under my kit when in Iraq. They are not bad at all, and a little better than the std cotton shirts, but they do hold the moisture against you. It wasn't that big a problem though in southern Iraq. The sweat just didn't seem to accumulate all that much there.

[275RLTW]

The main focus is to create a space and put air between you and the armor. I founds come very porous, lightweight material (almost like thin neoprene) that I stuck between me and my armor. coupled with an UA or coolmax shirt, that was the best combination I've found. I'll see if I can find the stuff again, but check fabric stores, hobby lobby, etc.

[KFinn]

KevDen - Just take a bunch of tampax and tap them in rows along the inside of the vest. That ought to fix it for you. I know you're familiar with using them already.

[RYAN50BMG]

KevDen - Just take a bunch of tampax and tap them in rows along the inside of the vest. That ought to fix it for you. I know you're familiar with using them already.

dern.

[The1andOnlyKC]

I always wear UA. Even in the winter I wear the winter gear UA.

I cant stand wearing a cotton shirt under my vest.


And sorry bud, but if you have to stand in the sun and it is 90+ (specially asphalt, its even hotter there.) it isnt going matter your gonna be wet. Shit even 70 degrees sucks with a vest on.

[Not_A_Llama]

Not much armor experience, but if you like wicking-type (underarmor) shirts, Target and Walmart both have good generic versions for about $9.

Also, sometimes, wearing the shirt inside-out (seams on the outside) helps encourage better wicking.

[MrPrena]

Any one has an experience with Silica?
Please do tell! :D

[KevDen2005]

KevDen - Just take a bunch of tampax and tap them in rows along the inside of the vest. That ought to fix it for you. I know you're familiar with using them already.


Not all of us have a nice cushy office job where we work in an air conditioned building and show up between 6 am and 9 am (depending on how we are feeling).