Husar Noble Concrete Plate Carrier

 

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<ul><li>How Husar Noble Concrete is made</li><li>How basic features of new product from Husar System are</li><li>How Noble Concrete looks closely</li><li>What is hypalon</li></ul>

 

 

Husar System is present in the market for quite some time and is known as a producer of innovative tactical equipment. This company located in Bielsko-Biała, Poland got such a marvelous opinion thank to detailed-oriented approach, new technologies involved in production and utilizing only original parts and materials. With the courtesy of Husar System we got a pleasure to present you the latest position in their offer, which will hit the market soon. This time, it is laser-cut Plate Carrier, where not only cordura, but also hypalon was used.

 

Hypalon - DuPont company is responsible for this invention. We bet this manufacturer does not need to be introduced. Making long story short - it is a polymer reasembling rubber. Yet, it is not a rubber and got a lot better properties. The greatest advantage is undoubtedly resistence for various chemicals, hight temperature and salt water. Especially thanks to the last, it is used for pontoon production. Recently, it has been adopted to laser-cut tactical vests.

Let's take a closer look at Noble Concrete Plate Carrier then - a vest, where hypalon is one of the dominant materials.

 

Close insight

The latest plate carrier from Husar fits the trend of making the gear as light as possible. Concrete tested by us weights only 665 grams. So let's look a but closely for this just above half a kilogram of this tactical splendor.

 

In the front part pouches for three magazines are placed. Thanks to rubber regulation system, both AK and AR magazines will fit.

 

A bit above two arrays of Velcro is placed - it will be useful for nametag or some other patch. The length of 14 cm lets to put there not only your nickname.

 

If it is not enough Velcro for you, the one located in the front part of pouches is also available. Here you can find two arrays as well, but these ones are 22 cm long. Of course laser-cut are compliant with MOLLE/PALS standard, so full spectre of pouches present in a market is available.

 

In the back, apart from twin top Velcoro, there is a safety grip as well. Laser cuts are not sewed along, as in competitors products, which use this technology.

 

Cangaroo - the M.A.S. insert

 

The insert is removable and exchangable - can be customized according to the order.

 

After removing the insert, entire fron panel can be pushed to the velcro placed there. It facilitates making a single line between top and bottom part of the front panel. It is useful, as using inbuilt pouches is not always needed.

 

Details - hypalon grip got "pull" written on it. No doubts what it was made for.

 

Additionally - on above photo one can see tighteners to adjust shockcord length. It is very comfy solution, as magazins holding cord can be extended or shorten anytime.

 

The vest perfectly matches belts, as you can see on the photo above, yoke does not collide either.

 

Comfort Pad

Comfort pads on yoke are obviously removable, but the biggest curiosity is placed behind them, Do you need to be out of your mind to cut your vest? Nope, unless yoke is still to long after adjusting. In case of any doubts - producer encourages to do it in appropriately marked places.

 

Rubber visible above can be useful for putting inside camelback pipe or PTT cable.

 

Inside: construction

  Openwork construction is to provide appropriate thermoregulation and free airflow. It is possible thanks to ergonomic SAPI plates profile. Stretched material gives some space between user and the plate.

 

Here you can see hypalon mentioned before - practically whole inner part is made of it.

 

Above you can see the evacuation grip, This type of sewing it should provide enough durability during using it in combat.

 

Plates in both parts of the carrier are placed in the same way.The hatch of a frontal part with harsh velcro is hugging rear part with soft velcro. The grip visible above may occur to be useful. I would like to remind, the top-quality velcro was used here.

 

Plates gently stand out, but impression is only visual, as the entity covers body very well. Unfortunately, vests are sewed for specific sizes of ballistic vests. While writing this article, the producer passed us an information M and L sizes are available. We hope it will change in a future and the entire spectre of sizes is to be available.

 

 Cummerbund

Using shockcord for connecting both halves provides adjusting it to user movements. Additionaly it facilitates sure regulation.

 

Another detail: printout informing about a size.The same as tape holding both halves together. It prevents overstretching of a rubber and following disconnection of cummerbund,

 

Fastening it is a classic way. While rising the hatch with pouches, you can see the velcro, where cummerbund is to be attached. It is additional place, where vest size can be adjusted.

 

The ending word

 

Lasercuts are getting more and more fans. There are also people, who are let down with it after experience of poorly glued cordura or torn laminate. So, to calm down the feelings - hypalon will not get torn or scratched. Additionally, correctly glued cordura should not behave like it. In the specimen we got for tests nothing got worn off, even after numerous pulling the polyamide tape through PALS cells. The rest is a matter of time, as this products is still waiting for being introduced to the market.

 

The summary

 

While having some extperience with vests made in such technology, I can say that the prducer made a decent job. Both materials are connected effectively, what caused a marvelous product being done, which fulfills all the requirements for moder plate carriers. Additionally the detailed-oriented approach will win hearts of many people.

What is the best, Husar plans to launch it with price lower than 125 USD!

Pros:

<ul><li>weight</li><li>durability</li><li>manufacturing</li><li>details</li></ul>

Cons:

<ul><li>The top part of front panel gently stands out from the plate.</li></ul>

 

The Noble Concrete Plate Carrier was tested with the courtesy of the producer!

 

 

Useful links

Husar System website

TEST: Plate Carrier Specops ULPC-1