text: In reply to message77473: Safe Life Defense IIIA+ with their level VI hard plates. They use ceramic rated to stop multiple hits from 30-06 AP rounds. The soft armor rated at IIIA+ is rated to also stop up to 30 joules of force from blunt or bladed attacks. Most comfortable vest I’ve ever worn and the entire thing should weigh around 15 pounds if I remember right. Or, if you’re like 90% of people and are willing to trust your life or wife’s life with just hard plates that don’t even cover all organs you could do that $100 stuff everyone raves about and THINK you’re protected. But without soft armor behind it and using steel you’re just begging for a fragmented rifle round in the throat. No, it’s not cheap, but I have and will continue to bet my life that it is effective. Search them on YouTube and check out their competitors as well. My best advice is do a couple days worth of research and then decide.