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08/03/2024

๐—ช๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ.

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐˜…๐—ฒ๐—ฑ! ๐—ง๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ% ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ณ ๐—˜๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐˜€!

What Distinguishes a High-Quality Hard Armor Plate from an Inferior One? 19/02/2024

New Blog Post! https://wix.to/q9xIeuT

Discover the critical factors that define the quality and reliability of hard armor plates in our latest blog post. Learn how to differentiate between high-quality and inferior armor plates to ensure maximum protection and durability.

What Distinguishes a High-Quality Hard Armor Plate from an Inferior One? In a time where personal safety and protection are paramount due to volatile world events, the selection of hard body armor plates stands as a critical decision for law enforcement, military personnel, and civilians alike. A high-quality hard body armor plate is not just a piece of equipment but a l...

Photos from Apex Armor Solutions's post 13/02/2024

๐—ช๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—˜๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—•๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—”๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—น!

๐—ช๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—˜๐——๐—– ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐˜€ ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ!

๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฝ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐˜€ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ: https://www.apexarmorsolutions.com/backpacks

13/02/2024

๐—ช๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—˜๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—•๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—”๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—น!

๐—ช๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—˜๐——๐—– ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐˜€ ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ!

๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฝ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐˜€ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ: https://www.apexarmorsolutions.com/backpacks

21/12/2023

*๐—”๐—ป๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜*
๐—”๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐˜… ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜‚๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฅ๐— ๐—” ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ฐ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ผ ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฅ๐— ๐—” ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฒ.

๐—ข๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฅ๐— ๐—” ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ, ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€@๐—”๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—”๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜‚๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€.๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜† ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐˜† ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—บ๐˜€.

Photos from Apex Armor Solutions's post 19/10/2023

This is why we don't sell Chinese made armor. We've been working with the Israelis on export and they are incredibly strict about what they will and will not take because the Chinese plates they've been getting have been failing with incredible frequency in their own testing.

Even if plates are US made and certified, they are still requiring multiple plates from every batch to be tested themselves.
Chinese ones have been failing with high frequency. I'm sure some of us may be able to recognize a few of these brands here.

Stay safe out there and don't fall for the Google ads.

14/10/2023

Our lifetime replacement warranty will be honored for all plates being shipped to Israel.

We want people to rest assured we have their backs regardless where the defensive use happened.

Why deny coverage to those who would have the highest likelihood of benefiting from it?

09/10/2023

INFO ON ARMOR SHIPMENTS TO ISRAEL

We are getting lots of inquiries similar to when the war in Ukraine started for armor to be shipped to Israel.
We can do direct export to Israel for Highcom Armor, but this requires End User Certificates (EUC) and government approval.

Many people don't understand the export process or the laws surrounding it, which is fine. This is what we are here to explain.

1. No we cannot ship 100 level 4 kits to Israel, not unless you have a government point of contact in Israel who can sign an end user certificate. These purchases must be official military, law enforcement or government purchases and they must certify that they are the end user.

So no, we cannot ship to private individuals or organizations unless its under level 4 and under a certain price point.

2. Yes we can ship within the US.
If you want to or can handle export yourself, that is fine by us.

3. If its any piece of advice I can give to individuals or organizations looking to help the war effort, its this.
We all know you want it NOW but the majority of the time there simply are not thousands of sets of plates laying around in warehouses ready to ship.
If something is quoted as in stock and can be shipped, even if its not 100% perfect, buy it.
Because chances are in the future you won't even have imperfect products to buy in bulk without a wait.

What is the Difference Between NIJ Tested and NIJ Certified Plates? 06/08/2023

Revised and added quite a bit of information to one of my older articles.

Goes much more in depth now on the difference between an NIJ Certified Armor Plate (or any model) from a reputable major armor manufacturer such as Tencate, Highcom, LTC and RMA vs. Smaller brands who often import and rebrands from China, such as LAPG, Botach, Guard Dog or Ace Link.

What is the Difference Between NIJ Tested and NIJ Certified Plates? What is the difference between NIJ certified and NIJ tested? Why are imported uncertified Chinese plates unsafe to use?

What Are The Differences Between The Armor Bundles at Apex Armor Solutions? 31/07/2023

New article is up, explores the differences between the various plate carrier + armor bundles we offer.
Each bundle was built with a specific use case or need in mind with distinct tiers of armor available to be bundled with.

This post explores the differences in depth.

What Are The Differences Between The Armor Bundles at Apex Armor Solutions? Exploring the differences between the Essentials, Gunfighter, Low Vis, Basics and Defender Armor Bundles offered at Apex Armor Solutions

17/07/2023

They don't want you to know this, but the plates under the urinals are free

13/07/2023

We always try to provide a good deal, but the reliability and effectiveness of the armor always takes first priority.

If you're looking for a $400, 4 pound level 4 with foam borders or a $350 Chinese FAST helmet, we're not the ones.

Picture credit: shadow.box.design on IG.

24/05/2023

๐—”๐—ฃ๐—˜๐—ซ ๐—”๐—ฅ๐— ๐—ข๐—ฅ ๐—ฆ๐—ข๐—Ÿ๐—จ๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก๐—ฆ ๐— ๐—˜๐— ๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—”๐—Ÿ ๐——๐—”๐—ฌ ๐—ฆ๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—˜
Running some Memorial Day deals on Armor Plates, Helmets and Armor Bundles right now. These are some of our most popular options.

Also running a giveaway on Highcom 3S11 Level 3+ 10x12 (rectangle) backpack plates right now. $599 value. Each order constitutes a place in the raffle.
As always, no sales tax to 49 states and the Apex lifetime warranty replacement is included in all orders.

๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—ก๐—ž ๐—ง๐—ข ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐—ฆ๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—˜: https://www.apexarmorsolutions.com/memorial-day-sale

๐—™๐—˜๐—”๐—ง๐—จ๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—— ๐——๐—˜๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—ฆ:
1. Highcom 4SAS7 Multi Curve 10x12 Level 4 Sh**ters Cut Plates
2. RMA 1155MC Multi Curve 10x12 Level 4 Plates
3. Highcom 4S17M Multi Curve 10x12 Level 4 Sh**ters Cut Plates
4. Highcom 4S17M Essentials Armor Bundle
5. Highcom 4S17M G*nfighter Armor Bundle
6. Highcom Striker Lightweight High Cut Helmet
7. Highcom 3S9M Multi Curve 10x12 Level 3++ Sh**ters Cut Plates

Feel free to reach out and ask if anyone has any questions or needs help selecting plates. I can give recommendations based on your needs and do comparisons as well.

๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—ก๐—ž ๐—ง๐—ข ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐—ฆ๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—˜: https://www.apexarmorsolutions.com/memorial-day-sale

Photos from Apex Armor Solutions's post 17/04/2023

๐€๐ซ๐ž ๐’๐ข๐๐ž ๐๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐๐ž๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ? - ๐„๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ ๐€๐ง๐ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ฌ

"๐ƒ๐จ ๐ˆ ๐ง๐ž๐ž๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ? ๐€๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฒ ๐ง๐ž๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ?"
This is a question we get asked fairly often and I think it was time we spoke a little on this subject. Simply put, if you are expecting to be shot at, I recommend wearing side plates or some kind of side armor. They are of course not without their downsides, but here we will discuss some of their pros and cons.

๐‹๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ฅ (๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž) ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ฎ๐ฆ๐š.
When shots are coming from the front and hit our chest at a zero degree angle, chances are the bullet will only pass through one organ. However, when penetrating shots enter from the side, you are more likely (almost guaranteed) to sustain injuries to multiple organs. Lets use for example an M855A1 round being shot at our lower torso from the right side. If you draw a straight line across to the other side, you will see the round has a chance of penetrating organs such as your lungs, kidneys, liver, pancreas, intestines and stomach. If you are being shot by FMJ rounds at high velocity, the bullet can also fragment and the individual fragments can travel at slightly different trajectories, also causing multiple organs to be hit.

๐“๐ก๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐›๐ž ๐Ÿ๐š๐œ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ญ.
This is an obvious one, as much as you can try to position yourself towards a threat, there is always the chance of threats to your left or right that you do not see, or you cannot deal with at the moment. Front and rear torso plates will not protect your vital organs from the side.

So if you are anticipating being shot at, I recommend considering rifle threat side plates, but as a compromise, Level IIIA (Handgun) rated side plates/ cummerbund armor is also available as an option.

๐’๐ข๐๐ž ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ข๐ซ ๐ข๐ง๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž๐ฌ.
Side plates will be added weight and added bulk to your setup. This may limit mobility or agility, however this will depend on the individual person, their plate carrier setup and most importantly the side plates you choose. Whether or not this tradeoff is worth it, will be up to the individual to decide based on their own situation.

Typically for CQB (Especially SWAT or first responder officers like with the recent Nashville shooting) I will always recommend side plates. You want that added protection when entering rooms and fatigue is less of a factor due to extended physical exertion typically not being a factor.

For the civilian context, this could be for preppers planning on staying home during an emergency event. In these cases I recommend maximizing protection by going with a side plate that provides full coverage (like a 6x8), as well as going with the same level of protection on your sides as your front and rear plates. Typically in this situation I recommend a Level 4 side plate like the 2.4lb, 0.7" Thick Highcom 4SAS7s or 2.1lb, 0.7" Thick, Highcom 4S16s.

Now its when you are looking to stay agile/ mobile that the necessity of side plates becomes more of a matter of personal choice. If you can, I recommend wearing *something*, unless you believe it will slow you down or hinder you way too much. Just understand the risk with not wearing side plates, is you expose yourself to lethal shots from the side, while wearing side plates may mean extra bulk that slows you down.

Typically in a case where maintaining mobility is a factor I recommend a middle of the road compromise. Which means wearing something like the Highcom RSTP Level 3+ ICW Side Plates, those are 1.0lbs and 0.55" Thick. Stops M193, M855 and 7.62x39 MSC standalone and .308 M80 ball with a backer. Or going with something like the Highcom 3S11 Level 3 Standalone Side Plates, these are thicker a 1.1", but maintain a weigh of 1.0lbs being standalone against M193, 7.62x39 MSC and, .308 M80 ball.

These allow you to have side protection without dealing with too much weight, or too much bulk. You of course could also go with side soft armor inserts, but keep in mind those only stop handgun rounds.

๐ˆ๐Ÿ ๐ˆ ๐ฐ๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ, ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐จ ๐ˆ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ณ๐ž ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฆ?
Side plates typically come in two sizes, the most common sizes are 6x6" and 6x8". For cummerbund soft armor, typically we recommend a 6x9"or 5x9" insert.

For the best coverage, I will always recommend 6x8 side plates. This extra height over 6x6 side plates gives coverage to portions of your lungs and liver. 6x8 side plates will always provide the best and the closest correct anatomical coverage of your vitals.

6x6 plates are a tradeoff. They are lighter and come with less bulk which means a less cumbersome setup. However 6x6 side plates only provide limited coverage of your vitals. As with all armor, it simply comes down to pros and cons, and weighing them against your mission. If 6x8 side plates will slow you down too much, its fine to compromise with 6x6 side plates.

For taller individuals, you should always be choosing 6x8 for the best coverage.
For plate placement, I typically recommend centering the plates on the side of your body, but for some individuals, you may opt to have a forward bias (mounting them towards the front). This is generally something that some overweight people may opt to do.

๐‚๐จ๐ง๐œ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ค๐ฌ.
So at the end of the day, if you anticipate being shot at, I recommend side plates. It may save your life and it will increase survivability. Just understand the tradeoffs and factor that into your individual situation when making a choice. There are many side plate options, and its fine to mix protection levels and wear Level 4 front and back plates with special threat or level 3+ side plates, or even just going with Level IIIA soft armor sides. Reduced protection on the sides is better than no protection at all.

11/04/2023

Believe it or not! There are actually fantastic options that fall between buying rebranded Alibaba Chinese helmets and an Ops Core or Team Wendy.

Highcom makes some great middle of the road options, as well as being one of the only companies to have a truly full velocity rifle rated helmet (that was part of army trials).

Highcom is lesser known but they're one of the 6 major US manufacturers. They've been making armor since 1997 and have 17 certified hard and soft armor models. Theyre mainly an OEM and don't sell direct so people don't know about them as much. Helmets unfortunately can't be certified, so looking at a company's other track records is the next best thing.

These helmets are made in the US and come with Ops Core compatible ARC rails (includes pic rail accessories), D3O pads and a real Wilcox 3 hole shroud. These are rated to NIJ Level IIIA as well as MIL-STD-622F (military fragmentation threats)

The standard version is only $749, while the lightweight version which is 32% lighter at 1.7lbs is $939. Even if you upgrade the harness and pads, you still end up paying less than an Ops Core or Team Wendy. You aren't sacrificing protection.

Standard: https://www.apexarmorsolutions.com/product-page/highcom-striker-level-iiia-loaded-high-cut-combat-helmet

Lightweight: https://www.apexarmorsolutions.com/product-page/highcom-striker-lightweight-level-iiia-loaded-high-cut-combat-helmet

The Highcom RCH is also a great option at $2449, but not for everyone due to the cost. It is one of the only helmets that stop M193, 7.62x39 and .308 M80 ball at full velocity, rather than reducing the velocity by hundreds of feet per second or doing a V50 (50% chance of passing) test on it.

Rifle rated: https://www.apexarmorsolutions.com/product-page/highcom-arditi-level-iii-rifle-threat-loaded-enhanced-combat-helmet

Feel free to let me know if you have any questions! I dont charge sales tax to 49 states and if you ever get shot while wearing my armor in a defensive situation, I'll replace it for free.

Armor Mythbusters: Do Ceramic Plates Expire? 20/02/2023

New article is up. Explores why ceramic plates don't have an expiration date, backed by a peer reviewed study and a YouTube video of some 1970s ceramic plates being shot.

This is why we extended the Apex Armor replacement guarantee to be lifetime. If plates don't expire, then why should the warranty ever expire? ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™‚๏ธ

Armor Mythbusters: Do Ceramic Plates Expire? Do Ceramic Plates Expire? Or Are Some Manufacturers Just Trying To Sell More Armor?

28/09/2022

๐—ก๐—œ๐— ๐—–๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น ๐Ÿฐ ๐—ฃ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€, ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น ๐Ÿฏ+ ๐—ฃ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—•๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜† ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—•๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—œ๐—ป ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ธ!
We have NIJ Certified plates and Plate Carrier Armor Bundles in stock at Apex Armor Solutions! These will ship within a week! Most of these have been out of stock or backordered the last couple of months due to the war. Supply is still very limited right now.

๐Ÿ) ๐‡๐ข๐ ๐ก๐œ๐จ๐ฆ ๐Ÿ’๐’๐€๐’๐Ÿ• ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ข ๐‚๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฏ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐ฑ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐‹๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ ๐Ÿ’ ๐’๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐‚๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ($๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ’.๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ— ๐๐ž๐ซ ๐’๐ž๐ญ)
These are 7.1lbs per plate, 0.7โ€ Thick. NIJ .04 Certified. Multi Hit rated.
These also come in the standard military SAPI sizes. Lightest edge to edge protection plate in its price range.
https://www.apexarmorsolutions.com/product-page/two-highcom-guardian-4sas7-single-curve-level-4-shooters-cut-plates

๐Ÿ) ๐‡๐ข๐ ๐ก๐œ๐จ๐ฆ ๐Ÿ’๐’๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•๐Œ ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ข ๐‚๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฏ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐ฑ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐‹๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ ๐Ÿ’ ๐’๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐‚๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ($๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ’.๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ— ๐๐ž๐ซ ๐’๐ž๐ญ)
These are 7.2lbs per plate, 0.9โ€ Thick. NIJ .06 Certified. Multi Hit rated. These also come in the standard military SAPI sizes.
https://www.apexarmorsolutions.com/product-page/two-highcom-guardian-4s17m-multi-curve-level-4-shooters-cut-plates

๐Ÿ‘) ๐‡๐ข๐ ๐ก๐œ๐จ๐ฆ ๐Ÿ’๐’๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ข ๐‚๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฏ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐ฑ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐‹๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ ๐Ÿ’ ๐’๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐‚๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ($๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ— ๐๐ž๐ซ ๐’๐ž๐ญ)
These are 6.2lbs per plate, 0.7" Thick. These are the lightest and thinnest level 4 plates you can get with edge to edge protection under 1k. Also comes in standard military SAPI sizes.
We have some 10x12's in stock for a limited time.
https://www.apexarmorsolutions.com/product-page/Two-Highcom-4S16-Multi-Curve-Level-4-Plates

๐Ÿ’) ๐‡๐ข๐ ๐ก๐œ๐จ๐ฆ ๐Ÿ‘๐’๐Ÿ—๐Œ ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ข ๐‚๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฏ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐ฑ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐‹๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ ๐Ÿ‘++ ๐’๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐‚๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ($๐Ÿ,๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ—.๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ— ๐๐ž๐ซ ๐’๐ž๐ญ)
These are 5.3lbs per plate and also NIJ .06 Certified. While these are certified as a level 3, these have performance that is incredibly similar to a Level 4. Multi Hit for 762x54R B32 API, M61 AP, M80A1, M855A1.
Highest protection Level 3+ on the market. Also comes in SAPI sizes.
https://www.apexarmorsolutions.com/product-page/two-highcom-guardian-3s9M-Multi-curve-level-3-plus-shooters-cut-plates

๐Ÿ“) ๐‘๐Œ๐€ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ“ ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ข ๐‚๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฏ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐ฑ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐‹๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ ๐Ÿ’ ๐๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ($๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ’๐ŸŽ ๐๐ž๐ซ ๐’๐ž๐ญ)
These are a great reliable budget option that provides excellent protection if you arenโ€™t concerned about weight or thickness. 8.2lbs per plate.
https://www.apexarmorsolutions.com/product-page/two-rma-model-1155-multi-curve-level-4-sapi-plates-new

๐๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ซ + ๐€๐ซ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ:
We have a couple of different Armor Bundles/ Kits. The Basics, Essentials, G*nfighter and Defender Bundles with Highcom 4S17M Multi Curve 10x12 Level 4 Plates are our most popular options.
Highcom 4S16 Level 4 bundle is a good option if you want something lightweight (6.2lbs)

Basics Bundle comes with a Defense Mechanisms MEPC Slick with an elastic cummerbund.
Essentials Bundle comes with a MEPC with Molle cummerbund/ platebags and loaded placard which holds 3 AR Mags, P*stol mags and has a small utility pouch.
G*nfighter Bundle comes with a Shellback SF (Molle) with padded platebags/ shoulders, built in side plate pouches, radio pouches, and removable mag insert in the front.
Defender Bundle comes with a Shellback Rampage 2.0 (Laser cut Molle), Mesh lined platebags, built in mag pouches in the cummerbund and removable front placard.

Designed for different roles based on your needs. Defense Mechanisms carriers have a lead time, otherwise other carriers are in stock.

Armor Bundles: https://www.apexarmorsolutions.com/armor-bundles

๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ž๐ฐ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐’๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐
๐’๐ญ๐š๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐๐ข๐œ๐ค๐ฌ ๐‡๐ž๐ซ๐ž:
https://www.apexarmorsolutions.com/plate-carrier-and-body-armor-best-sellers-and-staff-picks

No Sales Tax to 49 states, our Incident Replacement Guarantee will replace your carrier and plates free of charge if you are ever shot in a legitimate defensive situation.

๐€๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐‡๐ข๐ ๐ก๐œ๐จ๐ฆ ๐€๐ซ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ:
Highcom is one of a handful major US manufacturers and have been making armor for 25 years since the 1990s.
They have 17 NIJ certified models and they have a full NIJ testing lab in their facility.
Theyโ€™ve never had a failure of their armor and are one of the top manufacturers in the US.
They are simply not as well known as they (like most major defense companies) are primarily OEMโ€™s to supply to the government and military.

Highcom Armor Shoot Tests: https://www.apexarmorsolutions.com/post/highcom-armor-test-videos-nij-compliance-and-in-house-ballistics-lab

29/07/2022

Members of the gun community with a following or a platform (Youtubers, Influencers, Businesses, etc) should be helping fight these blatant attacks on our rights. The only reason I am able to run my business is because the founders of our country believed in the inherent human right of being able to defend yourself from harm with any means necessary.

I don't believe in cancel culture or forcing people or businesses to take a stance. However frankly, if you benefit from the existence of the second amendment, or if you truly believe in its necessity, you should exert the small effort required to push back.

Some major gun Youtubers have tens of millions of viewers and they make hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars off of ad revenue from promoting products. The only reason they are able to do that is because of the second amendment, yet many of them do nothing, and do not use the massive platform they have to help preserve our rights. Even bringing attention to the bills, without taking a stance can help make a difference.

They are trying to push the assault weapons ban HR1808 quickly through the house at the moment. They are rushing the process which is why its already being called for a vote today, right now. The New York armor ban was a surprise to me and I fully did not expect it to pass. I did not expect them to resurrect the bill, rush it through the legislature and get it signed into law within 2 weeks. Please do not let your guard down, an assault weapons ban has happened before.

Share updates. Tell your friends. Email your politicians. Use your platform, even if its small.

16/05/2022

Let it be known that here at Apex Armor Solutions, we do not condone racism or violence against innocent people under any circumstances.
Racism can span across party lines and come from the left, right and center, we condone none of it.

I started this business back in 2020 during the Civil unrest to give average citizens the means to protect themselves from harm and get themselves and their family home safely.
This mission has not changed.

I believe all people (not just Americans), regardless of race, gender or sexual orientation are entitled to the human right of self protection from harm.
In today's tumultuous environment, I believe its more important than ever for minorities to arm and protect themselves.

-John

12/04/2022

๐—ก๐—œ๐— ๐—–๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น ๐Ÿฐ ๐—ฃ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—•๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜† ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—•๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—œ๐—ก ๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—ข๐—–๐—ž!
๐—ฃ๐—น๐˜‚๐˜€, ๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—ง๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—›๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—ฃ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€!
NIJ Certified Level 4s starting at $289 per set, Full Body Armor Kits/ Bundles starting at $429.
Highcom is prioritizing our orders which have lowered lead times on Highcom plates.

๐Ÿ) ๐‘๐Œ๐€ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ“ ๐’๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ž ๐‚๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฏ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐ฑ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐‹๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ ๐Ÿ’ ๐’๐€๐๐ˆ ๐๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ($๐Ÿ๐Ÿ–๐Ÿ— ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ญ) (๐ˆ๐ง ๐’๐ญ๐จ๐œ๐ค):
Built with a thicker ceramic core for better protection and reliability. Multi Curves also available for $339 per set.
https://www.apexarmorsolutions.com/product-page/rma-model-1155-level-4-sapi-plate-set-nij-06-certified

๐Ÿ) ๐‡๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ”๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ“ ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ข ๐‚๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฏ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐ฑ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐‹๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ ๐Ÿ’ ๐’๐ฐ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ($๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ— ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ญ) (๐ˆ๐ง ๐’๐ญ๐จ๐œ๐ค):
Lower Price than Hoplite. Only 6.5lbs per plate, one of the best options under 1k a set. Standard SM-XL SAPI sizes also available.

Swimmer: https://www.apexarmorsolutions.com/product-page/two-hoplite-26605-triple-curve-level-4-swimmer-plates-nij-06-certified
SAPI: https://www.apexarmorsolutions.com/product-page/two-hoplite-26605-triple-curve-level-4-sapi-plates-nij-06-certified

๐Ÿ‘) ๐‡๐ข๐ ๐ก๐œ๐จ๐ฆ ๐Ÿ’๐’๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•๐Œ ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ข ๐‚๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฏ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐ฑ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐‹๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ ๐Ÿ’ ๐’๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐‚๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ($๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’ ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ญ) (๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž):
Only 7.2lbs per plate, one of the best options balanced mid range options. Standard XS-XL SAPI sizes also available.

Shooters (7.2lbs): https://www.apexarmorsolutions.com/product-page/two-highcom-guardian-4s17m-multi-curve-level-4-shooters-cut-plates
SAPI: https://www.apexarmorsolutions.com/product-page/two-highcom-guardian-4s17m-multi-curve-4-sapi-cut-plates

๐Ÿ’) ๐‡๐ข๐ ๐ก๐œ๐จ๐ฆ ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ค๐ž๐ซ ๐‹๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ ๐ˆ๐ˆ๐ˆ๐€ ๐‡๐ข๐ ๐ก ๐‚๐ฎ๐ญ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐›๐š๐ญ ๐‡๐ž๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ž๐ญ ($๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ—) (๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž):
Comes with ARC rails, D3O pads and Wilcox 3 Hole NVG shroud. Great quality NIJ & Military rated helmet option without breaking the bank. (32% lighter lightweight option available too).
https://www.apexarmorsolutions.com/product-page/highcom-striker-level-iiia-loaded-high-cut-combat-helmet

๐Ÿ“) ๐๐จ๐๐ฒ ๐€๐ซ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ/ ๐Š๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ: ($๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ๐Ÿ— ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐ฉ):
Comes with NIJ Certified RMA 1155 Level 4s (Single or Multi Curve), Highcom 4S17Ms (lighter at 7.2lbs) or Hoplite 26605 10x12 Swimmers (lighter at 6.5lbs).

Essentials Armor Bundle comes with a Defense Mechanisms MEPC with Molle platebags, Molle skeletalized 3 band cummerbund and the loaded placard which holds 3x AR mags, 2x P*stol mags and a utility pouch.

Basics Armor Bundle comes with a Defense Mechanisms MEPC with Slick platebags and an Elastic cummerbund with built in pouches.

G*nfighter Armor Bundle comes with a Shellback SF Plate Carrier (Molle). Mesh padded platebags/ cummerbund & shoulder pads. Great for extended wear.

Armor Bundles: https://www.apexarmorsolutions.com/armor-bundles

๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ž๐ฐ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐’๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐’๐ญ๐š๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐๐ข๐œ๐ค๐ฌ ๐‡๐ž๐ซ๐ž: https://www.apexarmorsolutions.com/plate-carrier-and-body-armor-best-sellers-and-staff-picks

No Sales Tax to 49 states, our Incident Replacement Guarantee will replace your carrier and plates free of charge if you are ever shot in a legitimate defensive situation.

Photos from Apex Armor Solutions's post 31/03/2022

๐†๐จ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐…๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐๐ฒ ๐€๐ซ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ ๐Š๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ/ ๐๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ, ๐๐ˆ๐‰ ๐‚๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ข๐ž๐ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐š๐ฌ ๐๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ˆ๐ ๐’๐“๐Ž๐‚๐Š ๐š๐ญ ๐€๐ฉ๐ž๐ฑ๐š๐ซ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ.๐œ๐จ๐ฆ. Demand right now has been a lot higher than even the 2020 riots so some products have lead times at the moment. However, here are some of the products we have in stock right now that can ship quickly:

๐Ÿ) ๐‹๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ ๐Ÿ’ ๐…๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐๐ฒ ๐€๐ซ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ ๐Š๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ/ ๐๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ (๐€๐ซ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ+๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ซ): ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐š๐ญ $๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ๐Ÿ—.๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ—
These are some good all in one body armor bundles with our most popular plates.
Comes with RMA 1155 (Single or Multi Curve) or Highcom 4S17M Multi Curve 10x12 shooters, (11x14) XL SAPI or 10x12 Swimmers cuts.

Basics Armor Bundle comes with a Defense Mechanisms MEPC in a slick configuration with an elastic cummerbund. Optional placards. Great low profile option.

Essentials Armor Bundle comes with a Defense Mechanisms MEPC in a Molle/ Overt configuration with Molle platebags and a Molle Skeletal cummerbund. Also includes the loaded placard that holds 3x AR mags, 2x pistol mags and has a small utility pouch. (Like the Spiritus Mk4). Great overt/ general purpose kit.

-G*nfighter Armor Bundle comes with a Shellback SF Plate Carrier with built in frontal mag pouches, side radio pouches and side plate pouches. Mesh padded platebags and cummerbund as well as included shoulder pads. This is a great option for extended wear.

Full Body Armor Bundles/ Kits: https://www.apexarmorsolutions.com/armor-bundles

๐Ÿ) ๐‘๐Œ๐€ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ“ ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ข ๐‚๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฏ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐ฑ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐‹๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ ๐Ÿ’ ๐’๐€๐๐ˆ ๐‚๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ: $๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ— ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ญ.
These are a great NIJ Certified US made level 4 option, uses a thicker ceramic core for better protection and reliability. Also have the Single Curves for $289 a set, however I recommend the Multi Curves for better comfort.

1155 Multi Curve: https://www.apexarmorsolutions.com/product-page/two-rma-model-1155-multi-curve-level-4-sapi-plates-new

1155 Single Curve: https://www.apexarmorsolutions.com/product-page/rma-model-1155-level-4-sapi-plate-set-nij-06-certified

๐Ÿ‘) ๐‡๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ”๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ“ ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ข ๐‚๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฏ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐ฑ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐‹๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ ๐Ÿ’ ๐’๐ฐ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐‚๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ (๐Ÿ”.๐Ÿ“๐ฅ๐›๐ฌ): $๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ— ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ญ ($๐Ÿ—๐ŸŽ ๐‹๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ ๐“๐ก๐š๐ง ๐‡๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ž)
NIJ Certified and US made, these are one of the best mid weight options before needing to spend more than $1k per set for lightweight level 4s. These offer multi hit AP protection at only $659 per set. Also have the SAPI Cut versions starting at $619 per set.

26605 Swimmer (6.5lbs): https://www.apexarmorsolutions.com/product-page/two-hoplite-26605-triple-curve-level-4-swimmer-plates-nij-06-certified

26605 SAPI: https://www.apexarmorsolutions.com/product-page/two-hoplite-26605-triple-curve-level-4-sapi-plates-nij-06-certified

๐Ÿ’) ๐‡๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘ ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ข ๐‚๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฏ๐ž ๐‹๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ ๐Ÿ‘++ ๐’๐€๐๐ˆ ๐‚๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ (๐Ÿ“.๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐›๐ฌ): $๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ— ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ญ.
These are a great US made lightweight Level 3+ option that offers protection from all the common rounds you are likely to encounter. Stops M855A1 so this is a light AP rated plate. Our RMA 1092s may be backordered, but the 19513s will ship quicker at the moment. (Lower Price Than Hoplite)

https://www.apexarmorsolutions.com/product-page/two-hoplite-19513-triple-curve-lightweight-level-3-sapi-plates

๐Ÿ“) ๐‡๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ข ๐‚๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฏ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐ฑ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐‹๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ ๐Ÿ‘+ ๐’๐ฐ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐‚๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ (๐Ÿ.๐Ÿ“๐ฅ๐›๐ฌ): $๐Ÿ,๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ— ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ญ.
These are one of the lightest weight Level 3+ plates on the market, NIJ .06 Certified and is multi hit for M80 ball at just 2.5lbs per plate.

https://www.apexarmorsolutions.com/product-page/two-hoplite-23620-multi-curve-level-3-swimmer-plates

๐Ÿ”) ๐‡๐ข๐ ๐ก๐œ๐จ๐ฆ ๐‘๐’๐“๐ ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ข ๐‚๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฏ๐ž ๐‹๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ ๐Ÿ‘+ ๐ˆ๐‚๐– (๐’๐€๐๐ˆ ๐จ๐ซ ๐’๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐‚๐ฎ๐ญ) ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ (๐’๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐š๐ญ ๐Ÿ.๐Ÿ“๐ฅ๐›๐ฌ): $๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ— ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ญ.
Starting at just 2.5lbs per plate with M855 steel core protection and just 0.5" thick, this is one of the thinnest and lightest Level 3+ ICW plates on the market.
Can be used with any NIJ Certified Level IIIA backer.

https://www.apexarmorsolutions.com/product-page/two-highcom-rstp-multi-curve-level-3-icw-plates

๐–๐ž ๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ˆ๐ง ๐’๐ญ๐จ๐œ๐ค/ ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐œ๐ค ๐’๐ก๐ข๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐š๐ ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž:
https://www.apexarmorsolutions.com/in-stock-products

๐‹๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐œ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ƒ๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ: https://www.apexarmorsolutions.com/deals

๐–๐ž ๐๐จ๐ง'๐ญ ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ž ๐ฌ๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐š๐ฑ ๐ญ๐จ ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ— ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ข๐Ÿ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ'๐ซ๐ž ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐š ๐๐ž๐Ÿ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ซ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ ๐จ๐ซ ๐ ๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ซ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฌ, ๐ข'๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ž ๐ข๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ž๐ž!
๐…๐ž๐ž๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ž๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ž ๐š ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐š๐ ๐ž ๐ข๐Ÿ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ฒ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐จ๐ซ ๐ง๐ž๐ž๐ ๐š๐ง๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ณ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐ฉ ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ!

The best ballistic helmets to keep your head safe 30/03/2022

Great article from Matt Sampson of Task & Purpose regarding helmets!

We're looking forward to more articles from Matt in the future and genuinely appreciate the honest and unbiased approach he takes with reviews.

https://taskandpurpose.com/reviews/best-ballistic-helmets/

The best ballistic helmets to keep your head safe Because dying of TBI sucks.

Photos from Apex Armor Solutions's post 12/03/2022

๐–๐ž'๐ซ๐ž ๐š ๐’๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐›๐š๐œ๐ค ๐“๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐ƒ๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ฐ!
We are now officially a Shellback Tactical Dealer! Added a few new plate carrier options to the website as well as a couple of new Armor Bundle options.
๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ ๐ง๐ž๐ฐ ๐š๐ซ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ ๐›๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐œ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ˆ๐ง ๐’๐ญ๐จ๐œ๐ค.

The new "Defender" Armor Bundle comes with a Shellback Tactical Plate Carrier and RMA 1155 (Single or Multi Curve) or Highcom 4S17M Multi Curve 10x12 level 4s starting at $429.99.
This is going to be our most economical armor bundle. Features 500D laser cut construction, with mesh lined platebags, shoulder pads, detachable front flap and built in magazine pouches in the cummerbund.

Defender 1155/ 4S17M Kit: https://www.apexarmorsolutions.com/product-page/the-defender-level-4-armor-bundle

The new "G*nfighter" Armor Bundle comes with a Shellback Tactical SF Plate Carrier and RMA 1155 (Single or Multi Curve) or Highcom 4S17M Multi Curve 10x12 Level 4s starting at $569.99.
Also can come with optional 1155 or 4S17 side plates.
Carrier has padded mesh lined platebags, built in triple AR mag pouch on the front, included shoulder pads, as well as built in side plate pouches and radio pouches in the cummerbund.

RMA 1155 G*nfighter Kit: https://www.apexarmorsolutions.com/product-page/gunfighter-RMA-1155-level-4-armor-bundle

4S17M G*nfighter Kit: https://www.apexarmorsolutions.com/product-page/the-gunfighter-highcom-4s17m-level-4-armor-bundle-built-in-pouches

Also added the Shellback Tactical Banshee Elite 3.0, Banshee Elite 2.0 and SF Plate Carriers to the website which can be found here:

https://www.apexarmorsolutions.com/plate-carriers

๐€๐‹๐’๐Ž ๐‡๐€๐•๐„ ๐‘๐Œ๐€ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ๐ฌ ๐ˆ๐ ๐’๐“๐Ž๐‚๐Š ๐‘๐ˆ๐†๐‡๐“ ๐๐Ž๐– ๐ˆ๐ ๐Œ๐„๐ƒ๐ˆ๐”๐Œ. (4.4lbs per plate, $569.99 per set). These have been selling out really quickly, so we're anticipating this batch won't last through the weekend.

https://www.apexarmorsolutions.com/product-page/two-rma-1091-1094-level-3-multi-curve-sapi-plate