Discreet Body Armor, LLC is a small Missouri-based company that has caught the eye of their local news network which ran a story on their bullet proof computer bags and folios. Quite simply, the bags contain armor panels and when unzipped can be worn as armor. With the increase in workplace violence, we’re surprised we haven’t seen more products like these. Conceptually, it sounds great. But, the thing that raised my eyebrows a bit is the demo video.
I saw Richard Davis do this to himself when he ran Second Chance but it wasn’t in an office and there wasn’t a guy doing it to him. I appreciate Mr Griffin’s confidence in his products but I have a bit of hesitation getting behind stunts like this. All in all, it looks like a great product. Hopefully, they will reevaluate their marketing.
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“I’ve got an idea! Let’s make a good product, and then make a video that convinces everyone not to buy it!”
I can see that they are trying to re-create a workplace environment but this is surely madness?
Perhaps this is just a ‘mock up’ on a range and not actually an office but either way this doesn’t look good.
I agree completely. At the very least the target should have eye-pro on…
What in blazes are you guys talking about? It worked, for crying out loud.
What are you naysayers complaining about? I wish CEO’s of companies would stand behind all their products in this manner.
On numerous occasions, Davis used to wear a second vest concealed under his clothing, while making it appear only the vest over his clothes stopped the shots.
Stunts like this are stupid and irresponsible.
That’s the first time I’ve seen such a convincing zero template office range. Kudos to the range designers…
This is just begging for a tragic accident. Yes, it is soft armor. Yes, it is designed to catch a round. However, why put yourself into a situation where something could go wrong? Even if something has a 0.000001% chance of happening, you perform the activity which could lead to it, and it will. It’s just stats.
Regardless of what these gentlemen are hoping to prove, I hope the secretary in the office next door is wearing her armor when they’re doing the demos. There’s a good reason proper ranges are heavily backstopped.
They are on to an interesting product. I’d like to believe that they are pros at what they do (reserving judgement until I know more). However, if they are interested in getting pros to buy their product, they need to demonstrate professionalism in all aspects of their work, including their sales pitch.
This is the sort of stuff which puts a doubt in my mind.
This product is not intended for shooters. People who buy this aren’t concerned with those issues. As Terry Archangel pointed out, the product works. The average person doesn’t believe a thin piece of soft armor actually stops bullets fired so close. What we see every day on TV is people barely surviving with the vest after getting hit knocks them across the room and unconscious (then they wake up and reassure us all by knocking the vest with a hard surface sound). This product is for the office employee who gradually see’s a co-worker loosing stability so they get this to keep in their desk. There are a myriad of flaws with the product, but the demonstration of it is fine. Despite the fact that we know the real world is not a range, every single range safety rule was followed to the letter. He didn’t flag anyone he didn’t intend to shoot! Safety nazis always make me uncomfortable. Can’t tell if they’ll be able to get outside their bubble when the need arises.
I don’t see an issue with this at all. They guy in the second demo is obviously not wearing a sub layer.
Quit with the political correct BS and applaud folks who are standing behind (no pun intended) an American made product. I’m sick and tired of people complaining about quality issues and them get all out of joint when someone back up their claims.