Child protection vest

You'll find that PC's most people use stop hits nicely and you get a decent sound that gives the hit away but they protect the body, and in my opinion hits to the body hurt less than to extremities so these are probably places you will want to protect.

An alternative to help protect the softer more fleshy bits would be to find an old thin wetsuit you don't mind chopping up and making you own version of the arms in a UBACS, it'll be warm but they make a nice thwack sound when hit.

I understand the concern, I have had bruises easily 4 inches in diameter from bb guns, the worst were on my inner thigh and inner arm. I've had skin broken a number of times from shots, some to bare skin and a couple to areas covered by thick layers of cloth. Mind you these were either from people knowingly using overpowered guns or cutting their MED/almost point blank.

 
I can take a hit but back - even with baggy clothes can sting

Especially when your team don't notice you taking an extreme left flank

then he must be enemy and fire - pop

I'm crouched slowly moving in from side - if I get shot by enemy at least I'm drawing their attention

any baggy clothes are stretched across my back - little flesh

OUCH - WTF in the back - HIT - friendly ffs

oh sorry m8

YELLOW FFS - check the band if you can - jeez

dunno what hurts more - my back or being on the noob team again

(wait - I'm a noob so fair do's it is my stinging back then)

Back on topic - full face as he is kid, maybe helmet (bang your head hard and you wish you bought one)

Think most of us are wearing another layer or two as it gets colder so reckon no need for juggernaut

GLOVES - full finger ones to protect ya pinkies - that can hurt in colder weather too

and a very generous of common sense for safety - eye protection ALWAYS ON

(still see real noobs thinking they can remove these if in dead zone)

If you invest in common sense then I'm sure he will be fine

no point having some protection and ignoring basic safety rules etc....

 
There are obviously a wide variety of gloves which you could choose and some look cooler than others - for protection from painful hits to the fingers however, paintball gloves like these can only be bettered by armoured motorcycling gloves.

 
One of the things I noticed the other day was that I get hit a lot below the chest rig and above but I rarely notice the shot that goes into the chest rig, because I have to hear it. I only hear it if I myself am not shooting or not moving. I notice the same thing happens for most of the guys with plate carriers I play against, they just don't notice a lot of the time. Its kind of obvious they got hit given the circumstances but they just don't ever feel it. So I would wary of anyone going towards full padding, chances are they won't notice a lot of their hits and its going to be a problem. Wearing camo should be sufficient combined with the usual things people do such as face masks and shemaghs around the neck.There is no reason to do more, the guns are set at a power level to ensure no real damage occurs and wearing too much armour is going to stop that individual feeling their hits which based on the number of idiots I have run into is going to be far more dangerous than the hits themselves.

My advice is don't even do a plate carrier, go with a battle belt to allow body shots to be felt but do wear some nice thick well made camo to absorb much of the energy.

 
The main point to my mind is that torso hits are not the thing to worry about, they're comparatively the least painful (if painful at all) the vast majority of the time. As mentioned, normal/slight over sized clothing will take all but the tiniest bit of sting out of most hits, it's the ears, teeth, fingers etc that are the concern. Worry about getting the right protective gear for the head area and extremities, a vest is really not a big issue at all in this context.

Also a paintball is a very different animal, a BB will realistically just sting for a couple of second most of the time.

 
Was I the only one who read the thread title and thought it was going to be some amusing How To for strapping children to yourself as armour?

So disappointed =[

 
there is another thread about boosting or increasing your performance

alas no special offers for viagra :(

 
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