Plate Carrier Member Survey / Review.
-What plate carrier do you currently use?
Shellback Tactical - Banshee
-How did you choose this make/model?
Recommended by a friend and YouTube research
-Likes/Dislikes? Strengths/weaknesses?
Strength - I like the way it is put together with easily removed plates and easy to throw on in a hurry.
Weakness - Could use a better way to mount side plates on the cumber-bun
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Plate Carrier Member Survey / Review.
Finally posting some of my thoughts.
-What plate carrier do you currently use?
Mayflower APC
-How did you choose this make/model?
It seemed to have all of the features I wanted: quality, price, durability, modularity, and still relatively low profile. I had a chance to try it on at a shop and compare it with a BFG LMAC and preferred it by a relatively small margin. Lots of positive reviews on here helped.
-Likes/Dislikes? Strengths/weaknesses?
Overall it's a great PC. The strengths are well-documented and I have been very pleased. I've had one for maybe about three years and it's seen relatively little use - a few workouts and runs, and a two day class. Up until recently I had only been using Velocity's soft armor backers and Team Wendy training plates. I finally bought some hard plates recently which brings me to where I have mixed feelings. The soft armor and training plates fit great, they were both SAPI cut. My new plates and soft armor are 10x12 cut. The website states that the medium APC will fit 10x12, which it does, but not very well IMO. It is definitely sized for a medium SAPI cut. For someone that had never really messed with armor before, I'm kind of disappointed that the plates don't fit better. I don't know that there are any functional issues with it as I haven't really gotten to test the setup, but it doesn't feel great with initial handling. The 10x12s are too wide at the top, so they don't fill the top of the PC. And I think because of that, the carrier gets slightly bunched on the inside from having the internal retaining strap up so high. None of these are necessarily flaws of the carrier itself, if it was better advertised that the SAPI cut has the ideal fit. Just something I wanted to point out for others.
ETA - I had been eyeing OP Tactical's collaboration with Mayflower on the APC since it was released. I liked the removable front flap for when I finally buy a chest rig, the slightly redesigned shoulder pads, and slightly larger room in the admin pouch. After my disappointment with the fit of my plates, I decided to give one a shot. The MBAV-APC has more room in the top of the plate pockets and fits my plates better. It works great and I'm very pleased with it overall. I got the small cummerbund for my regular APC for my wife.
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