Will a bullet proof vest keep me warm in the winter?

MyGunsJammed · December 9, 2007, 05:43 PM

I have a newbie question to ask here so dont flame me lol....

I was wondering if I bought a bullet proof vest that is light and small enough to wear underneath a long sleeve shirt and leather jacket, will it keep me warm enough in the winter months???

and also in the summer time will I be too hot?

jimcorbin · December 9, 2007, 05:53 PM

Yes to both questions.

SDC · December 9, 2007, 05:59 PM

It will also keep you permanently moist, with a locker-room aroma; since a vest doesn't "breathe", it's like wearing Saran Wrap.

MyGunsJammed · December 9, 2007, 06:22 PM

Ok, thanks for your answers....

I was thinking of this in comparison to motorcycle riding jackets.....as some are made for warm weather use and other are used for colder weather

otasan · December 9, 2007, 10:00 PM

BTW, according to the inventor (Richard C. Davis), the proper term is "body armor."

IZinterrogator · December 20, 2007, 07:08 PM

I once went out on a night patrol last December as a gunner wearing only my body armor, helmet, regular uniform, and flight gloves. It was about 35 degrees or so and I was up exposed to the wind. Sure, I wasn't happy, but I wasn't hypothermic, either. It was a really cold night, though; all of the Iraqi Police officers who were supposed to be out manning checkpoints had gone home to stay warm.

December 9, 2007, 05:43 PM	#1
MyGunsJammed Senior Member Join Date: October 20, 2007 Location: in a very anti-gun state :( Posts: 565	Will a bullet proof vest keep me warm in the winter? I have a newbie question to ask here so dont flame me lol.... I was wondering if I bought a bullet proof vest that is light and small enough to wear underneath a long sleeve shirt and leather jacket, will it keep me warm enough in the winter months??? and also in the summer time will I be too hot?

December 9, 2007, 05:53 PM	#2
jimcorbin Member Join Date: June 7, 2007 Location: Ohio Posts: 68	yes Yes to both questions. __________________ "I'd like to spit some Beechnut in that dude's eye, and shoot him with my ol' 45"

December 9, 2007, 05:59 PM	#3
SDC Senior Member Join Date: January 23, 2001 Location: People's Republic of Kanada Posts: 1,652	It will also keep you permanently moist, with a locker-room aroma; since a vest doesn't "breathe", it's like wearing Saran Wrap. __________________ Gun control in Canada: making the streets safer for rapists, muggers, and other violent criminals since 1936.

December 20, 2007, 07:08 PM	#6
IZinterrogator Senior Member Join Date: November 8, 2004 Location: Prescott Valley, AZ Posts: 2,457	I once went out on a night patrol last December as a gunner wearing only my body armor, helmet, regular uniform, and flight gloves. It was about 35 degrees or so and I was up exposed to the wind. Sure, I wasn't happy, but I wasn't hypothermic, either. It was a really cold night, though; all of the Iraqi Police officers who were supposed to be out manning checkpoints had gone home to stay warm. __________________ "If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude than the animated contest of freedom, go from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains sit lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen!” - Samuel Adams

December 9, 2007, 06:22 PM	#4
MyGunsJammed Senior Member Join Date: October 20, 2007 Location: in a very anti-gun state :( Posts: 565	Ok, thanks for your answers.... I was thinking of this in comparison to motorcycle riding jackets.....as some are made for warm weather use and other are used for colder weather

December 9, 2007, 10:00 PM	#5
otasan Junior member Join Date: April 17, 2005 Location: Hartford, Vermont Posts: 519	BTW, according to the inventor (Richard C. Davis), the proper term is "body armor."