I don’t understand why y’all aren’t one of the biggest gun channels yet. Been watching y’all since just about the beginning.

More Plate data. DefendTex LPBA @ 1:56 Agilite Invader @ 5:23 Safe Life FRAS @ 7:15 Safe Life Level 4 @ 9:48 AR500 A2 @12:08 AR500 A3 @ 14:25 Hesco 3810V @ 16:42 Spartan Elaphros @ 18:56 Weight rating by Areal density lightest to heaviest lbs/sq ft (includes ICW 3A Backer if applicable) 1-Spartan Elaphros 4.3 lb 2-Safe Life FRAS 5.6 lb 3-Hesco 3810LV 6.5 lb 4-DefendTex LPBA 6.6 lb 5-AR500 A3 6.7 lb 6-Agilite Invader 7.6 lb 7-Safe Life Level 4 9.0 lb 8-AR500 A2 9.8 lb Thinness Rating, Thinnest to Thickest, in inches (includes ICW 3A backer if applicable) 1-AR500 A2 0.52” 2-Agilite Invader 0.62” 3-AR500 A3 0.75” 4-Safe Life FRAS 0.79” 5-DefendTex LPBA 0.88” 6-Hesco 3810LV 1.00” 7-TIED at 1.06” Spartan Elaphros & Safe Life Level 4 Ballistic Protection from Best to Worst 1-TIED with ALL SHOTS STOPPED: DefendTex LPBA, Safe Life FRAS, AR500 A2 & A3 2-Hesco 3810LV ALL SHOTS STOPPED but torso sustained significant wound from ricochet/ceramic fragments Shot 2# 3-Safe Life Level 4: DID NOT STOP Shot #2 4-Agilite Invader: DID NOT STOP Shots #2 & #3 5-Spartan Elaphros: DID NOT STOP Shots #2, #4, #6, #8, #10 (ALL M855 rounds penetrated)

I appreciate all the behind the scenes work to shoot this video.

I received my .50BMG Brass Opener in the mail the other day and its awesome! I also received your personal hand written note as well so thank you for that I appreciate it.

9:35 Two weeks later....."Welcome to Going Ballistics, today's sponser is Safelife.....que the jingle."...lol

Awesome testing, thanks for the information and keep up the good work!

partner shoots incredibly accurately.

Amazing as always guys! Yall rock 🤘🏻🤘🏻

Thanks gents. Good test. Good information. Good demonstration of actual hits & results. Quite helpful.

You guys did a great job on this one. Best one yet. Keep it up.

I must say you all took some notes in setting this up :D

Love your consistent and detailed approach to testing things and shooting setup. Great content as always.

FRAS system is pretty expensive but too actually have flexible dragon scale type armor that stops multiple rounds is pretty valuable for flexibility/agility reasons

Great comparison guys - very helpful. The armor industry has exploded over the last 10 years and though there are lots of choices, there are lots of differences in armor composition and rating nomenclature as well. Couple ideas for future armor vids: Setup a cardboard/cloth contraption perpendicular to and surrounding the armor, to measure spalling. Comparison vid specific to budget armor would be very helpful as well (for us poor folk ;) Thanks again - appreciate the detailed info and your honest, thorough reviews. Stay frosty out there folks!

It's amazing how the camera noticeably picks up an audio difference between each round. I'm curious if it was that noticeable in real life or not. But in the video it sounds like every other round has more of a POP than the other.

Man I’ve been waiting for a video on the 3810lv shits awesome

So much work has gone into this video thank you all very much. Also very nice rifle.

So much work, many thanks.

Coming from a family of LEO's I like the Aussie plates but my family and I could not support a company that will only sell products like body armor to law enforcement. It is every companies choice to sell their products to who ever they want and it is the consumers choice to buy from who ever we want. Great video by the way.

Whoa, you've just upped your game to a whole 'nother level. Well done, guys.

When a company limits their customer base to military and law enforcement, they are not a supporter of the 2nd Amendment! Make sure all your business goes towards Constitutional loving Companies!

Jortimus the conqueror got to do some shooting on this 1!! I would definitely like to see some sides next to the armor to see what product controls “splash” the best as well. Great video boys! Appreciate ya both

I personally liked the Italian model because it covers more, is light and stopped everything

Love the videos, some feedback from a regular viewer: Some timestamps at least in the description with the product/rounds used broken by segments would be really nice. Increases ease of going back just for that moment or 2 to re-watch. Thanks for the great videos!

To late after a round has gone through the cheap armour into your lungs to start thinking DAM i knew i should have spent the extra 200 bucks on the more expensive armour.

I used to work for a company called Simula back in 2004-05. We manufactured body armor. Ceramic plate autoclaved with 30 layers of Kevlar I think. The good old days.

Great video! Would have liked to see Caliber Armor, and Battle Steel in the mix. They both seem to be very reasonably priced but solid performing plates.

Woah, that's quite the collection you have there sir. It would be a shame if something happened to all of those plates... ;)

Awesome shooting nice work

Awesome video, thank you!

Great video, very fast pace and a LOT of shooting. 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

That blue one is the winner for me, extra wide coverage and side panels included. May not have been the best but I'm a big guy, I needs WIDE

Other than the Burger King stuff, wearing any of them is a far better option than not wearing any at all.

"Law enforcement only". Think about that for a minute folks. Sounds like what a you might hear in Russia, not America. Just think on it for a bit.

Did u guys use Justin’s leggings from his jeans to do the f.b.I ballistics gel test that’s why they became shorts 😂😂😂 wow amazing stuff thanks for sharing helps a lot with choosing guys be safe have a great day

Great video! 👍

Great test!!! I hope the other brands will send you some to test as well. Like Hoplite, Shellback, RTS, Shotstop, etc.

"those are out there by the thousands" lol...in my house alone.

Great video as always guys :)

I appreciate the time it took to film this content. Nice video.

I've bought 4 sets (8 individual plates) of the lightweight lvl 4 plates from LAPG . I've got to say, for the money they are very hard to beat. They held up to multiple hits from 300 win mag and 30-06 AP. Pretty bad ass for $140 a plate 🤙🏻🤙🏻

Going Ballistic: You can’t return body armor. Amazon: Am I a joke to you?

Great work Sir thank you

Gotta love how I got Burger King ads while watching this

Very fair test and made me rethink my choice.

You guys are awesome. This was a really impressive video. 👏

Love your vids all the way from Israel ! just a quick correction, Agilite is an Israeli company, not American :)

Always phenominal content. Great test. 👍

Everything about this was expertly done. More.

nice video , thank you 👍

I like this, you should do some more brands if you can. Maybe do a level 4 as well? Thanks

Thank you! Really! 2 of my ribs broke just from watching it. Great. Got trouble with breathing now. THANK YOU, Justin. Ouch. Otherwise: Great video, as always!

9:36 Justin "Nerd"... 😂

hell yeah! the original Terminatior T800 was actually made in Austria!!! If you know what I mean 😁😉

I think going with a standalone plate, but then also putting the soft piece behind it would be the best thing to do, cause you got the great plate in front, then the extra soft backing behind to soften the energy on your body to some degree.

another awesome video

The Hesco 3810 did very well in my tesitng as well.

Интересное видео! Спасибо!

Дякую за відео! Thank for video!

Awesome test fellas‼️👍👍👍👍🎯🎯💯💯

Massive bruising vs hole through body. Hard choice 🤣🤣

It would be interesting to see how much the SLAP 12.7 BMG will go through level 4 plates. There are no videos like this on youtube.

Why don’t they just combine the plate and the backer into a single piece? That seems like it would be much more convenient than having to insert two separate pieces in your plate carrier.

Full science . approach is Very Cool...

Hesco great armor destruction great video thanks guys

Would love to see a 4 plate in a carrier on a gel torso take a burst from 7.62x54R at 50 to 100 yards just for research and destruction purposes

one of the best, with the X's and hitting all around the plate.

A 5.56/7.62 split on each plate would have been neat to see. Maybe next time?

I would like to see Guard dog level four tested like that

Nice test !

Gunshots the Sound of Freedom !

Hey man a suggestion for a video have you heard of the cheek pistol concept? Forgotten weapons Ian did a video or 2 on & id love to hear your opinion on it. Or better yet see what set up you would suggest to try and make it work better. Heck How about best gun to shoot down drones im thinking buck shot and a red dot shotgun semi auto of course.

KZfaq had unsubscribed me from your channel, back on now 😂👍

Nice comparison video. Those hillbilly Jean shorts 🤣

I'd take the Italian armor because best cover area.

We use ShotStop Duritium GT2 III+ plates

id like to see the spartan armor ar550 with extra buildup coating tested vs 20inch 5.56. i can only find 2 videos of 20 inch with m193 vs ar550 at cqb distance and ar550 stopped both of them. but i want to know what CAN penetrate ar550 plates.

Gr8 stuff guys 👍 US Aussies don't do things in halves 👌👍👍🇺🇸🇭🇲

Great video. Awesome shooting Justin as usual lol. Curious though. What's that piece at the end of the gun barrel?

I think my homemade ar500 steel armor has better edge protection fragmentation protection is cheaper than all of that($70 for 2 plates) but is heavy as homemade sin (20-30lb)without any curves (I DO NOT recommend anybody else try this,. Just because I'm confident enough to trust my life with it DOES NOT mean you should be, I did tons of research into how body armor is made as well as making sure that I sourced my material properly from reputable industrial supply companies)

Спасибо за видео, интересно.

anoter awesome video ;) great

Thanks. Very interesting and informative video. I don't know, but I would think that most of the people who are dying from bullet wounds are being shot with a handgun unless you are a security guard, police person or are around the Mexican border or something like that. Every now and then some crazy person with an AR who is planning on dying himself will shoot up a school, store or etc, but in general I don't hear much about normal crime deaths being by AR's. Again, I don't know, but just a thought. Again thank, a good video with a lot of work put into. You guys take care.

the kevlar vest better be stab proof too

i really wish for this video to go well view wise and helps you channel grow faster, especially considering the monetary investment getting all those plates and the behind the scenes work.

The 3rd one did go through

Aussie Aussie Aussie Oi Oi Oi Look at us go mate, too bad not one Aussie citizen will ever wear one piece of our own armour, your Aussie accent was pretty bad and could do with a bit of work I would be happy to help you out with that 😁🇦🇺 Loved the video as always

an Australian here....unfortunately the Australian government / customs won't let them export them for public use. Hence the law enforcement only thing. its just pointless bureaucracy

Wendy's over BK comment is GOLD

good job, bro! Hello from Belarus, Minsk. PS Mega-Super-Giga job... you can better! you are Best of the best of the best. Ha-ha-ha

Safe lite had 2 in left center where you found the damage to the shoulder

Wait. Yall went to shot show and didn't share any of it with us? Shame shame fellas.

I always wondered what the pressure would be like getting hit wearing ceramic and steel? I would think steel?

i think justin would win and chris would be left in his under pants ... awesome shooting justin

Where is the chart that was mentioned? I'd love to see those rating numbers you graded each plate you mentioned.

Please test the RMA 1155!!! With some 30-06 AP!!!!

Can you test out Shellback Tactical body armor? I got some and want to know if it is any good mine says rated to AP30-06 and can’t find video where anyone shoots it to test it……. Love the videos guys

If to wear armor, would buy something that can take multiple hits, and not break up, an AR 500 type armor would be my go to, with some added Kevlar Wore the military ceramic plates, good for a few hits then it's done, at least steal could take multiple more hit

why didnt you shoot the rts ceramic plate.that what i have lol

Correct me if I'm wrong, but FRAS (size L at just 18 pounds) offers the best coverage-to-weight ratio considering its flexibility. It may be expensive, but we're talking potentially saving a life.