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[RC] Protective Vests - susan golshani

The Horse Journal, kinda Consumer reports for horse people,
http://www.horse-journal.com/ did some testing on vests and reported
on them in the September 2009 issue. Surprisingly, some popular vests,
ie tipperary, did not even have an ASTM/SEI logo

The American Society for Testing Materials, or ASTM, sets standards
for body Body Protectors Event riders routinely wear a body-protector
vest.protectors. The Safety Equipment Institute, or SEI, then tests
the vests to see if they meet or exceed these standards.

Horse Journal tested half a dozen vest and gave both Intec Flex-rider
and lami-cell editors choice check marks with best buy going to
Intec-Flex-rider.

They also tested the more expensive charles owens jl9, woofwear ergo,
airowear outlyne, and tipperary 1015 eventer. None of these 4 were SEI
certified although some claimed to meet ASTM standards.



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Susan Tweedale-Hill (Golshani)
61500 Rose Hill Rd
Salesville, OH 43778-9623
1-740-679-2333

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