A study from the University of Wisconsin Eau-Claire has shown that police officers that wear load bearing vest carriers experience significantly less hip and lower back pain than those that wear only a duty belt. Our load bearing vest carriers (also known as external carriers) are proudly made in the USA and keep you safe while you protect others. Our load bearing vests are made to exactly fit each officer's bulletproof vest and perfectly match the officer's uniform. With just a few simple steps, we ensure that you'll receive a product that helps to reduce your hip and back pain. We are an industry leader in load bearing vest carriers and custom vests.
We take pride in our American Made products fully stand behind our products. If there's something you'd like that you don't see, please contact us.
Be safe out there.
Note: Our custom load bearing vests are dry clean only - if you decide to wash your LBV with a different method, you do so at your own risk. If you make this decision, be very careful of the detergent you choose as it will negatively affect the appearance of your vest and will cause discoloration (for dark colored LBVs you may need dark care laundry detergent). Also, be sure to NEVER put your LBV in a dryer!
Note: Each of our LBVs are fully custom made, and we can not accept returns on custom items.
First you will need the following:
- Measuring tape
- Paper
- Front and back ballistic vest panels
- Pen or pencil
- Email address you use
- Camera (you can use your phone to take a photo)
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Using the tape measure, measure your chest as shown in diagram 1.A. Write down the measurement.
Diagram 1.A - View Larger
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Measure your vest from back to front as shown in Diagram 2.A and Diagram 2.B. The measurement should go from the bottom of the back panel of your vest, over your shoulder, to the front of your vest. Write down the measurement.
Diagram 2.A - View Larger
Diagram 2.B - View Larger
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Measure the gap from the bottom of your front panel to the top of your duty belt as shown in diagram 3.A. Write down the measurement.
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Next, take your front and back panels out of your carrier vest. Using the tape measure, find and write down the following measurements:
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A. Measure the length of your back Ballistic panel as shown in Diagram 4.A
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B. Measure the height of your Ballistic back panel as shown in Diagram 4.B
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C. Measure the height of one side wing of your Ballistic back panel as shown in Diagram 4.C
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D. Measure the length of your Ballistic front panel as shown in Diagram 4.D
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E. Measure the height of your Ballistic front panel as shown in Diagram 4.E
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When you have finished these steps, please fill in your color preference and measurements in the fields above. Round your measurements up to the next quarter inch.
When you submit your order online, we will also need the following photos:
- We will need one picture of the Officer in uniform wearing his or her body armor facing forward towards the camera. Please be sure the entire body armor vest is visible while being worn on the officer.
- We will need photos of both of the Officer's ballistic panels with a measuring tape on it, confirming the measurements provided to us.
