Plate carrier ?'s and sizing

[F8ality]

Alright guys I am going to be buying a plate carrier soon and although i have been googling the **** out of them. I figured I would start a thread about them as well. First of all how do you size your plates not being LE or Mil I would be doing it on my own. A lot of the plate carriers I have been looking at are sized per the plate size and type that you will be running so any help on figuring the sizing out would be greatly appreciated.

Also please post up pics of your personal setups explaining what you have on it and why also any comments or opinions on things that you have changed/added/removed after using it whether it be for training or real world situations.

[Roecar]

The proper size plate should fit (plate height) exactly between your sternum notch and the top of your belly button. The width I believe is proportional to the height of the plate so it isn't as important.

[brando]

Make sure you wear the plates properly. Some plates can be run standalone, meaning just inserted into the plate carrier. Others are in-conjunction plates designed to be worn with a IIIa soft armor panel between you and the plate. That's the second most common mistake I see made with PCs, the first being wearing them too loose or not fitting them properly.

[h0use]

i have a condor defender plate carrier running diamond back tactical soft armour and steel defender plates.

[tomd1584]

This thread has tons of pictures & good info, from the likes of brando & others.

Here's another great thread from M4c.net

Proper wear of Hard Armor (with anatomical diagrams)

Hard Body Armor Sticky

[NorCalK9.com]

Ive been doing the same research for the last week,
Can anyone supply a link on good place to buy a vest with plates?

[223Devil]

Check out the Banshee with Gamma III plates


http://jerkingthetrigger.com/blog/2011/11/21/review-shellback-tactical-banshee-plate-carrier-2/

[NorCalK9.com]

Where are these for sale at?

[223Devil]

You can search banshee plate carriers. Optic planet or amazon. Gamma III plates from Ebay. There you go for about $300 dollar range all together.