Fit checks in the Kansas City area
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https://www.ironheart.co.uk/content/stockists
None particularly close I am afraid…..
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@andywhoa Guevel are in KC
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@andywhoa Guevel are in KC
Perfect, thank you! I will go check them out right now. I’ve followed up on an email chain with you, and I will do so again after stopping by Guevel.
Thanks again
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I stopped at Guevel. They aren’t carrying any IH vests, but they had a couple jackets.
I presume the one closest in fit to your vests is IHJ-507-SLB. A large was just a hair big in shoulder width and cuff length (irrelevant for a vest). In the chest and waist (especially), I wouldn’t want to go any smaller.
Does that garment compare well with the 25oz type III indigo vest? Is this jacket and the vest pre-soaked?
I intend to wear the vest as a motorcycle vest, and it probably won’t get washed beyond an initial soak.
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Unfortunately, it will be difficult to compare your fit on a jacket to that of a vest. The p2p measurement always varies pretty significantly because the arm holes are in a different place on a vest. Typically the chest will be larger on a jacket if you’re just going by the measurements. You’re likely to be the same size in an iron heart vest as in a jacket, but many folks will size down one in a vest. That also depends on what you want to layer your vest with, of course.
Also, the 507 is a type II so the cut is totally different than a type III like the 526V-XHS. I’m not sure comparing your fit of that will have much bearing on what to expect.
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@andywhoa tge IH-526V-XHS is sanforized, but unwashed - expect some shrinkage, possibly half an inch in both the length and Chest (P2P).
You can compare sizing of two or more products on the site, see here
https://www.ironheart.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=12249.msg583535#msg583535Here is the one of those two products
https://www.ironheart.co.uk/module/leofeature/productscompare?list=1734%2C3468 -
@andywhoa tge IH-526V-XHS is sanforized, but unwashed - expect some shrinkage, possibly half an inch in both the length and Chest (P2P).
You can compare sizing of two or more products on the site, see here
https://www.ironheart.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=12249.msg583535#msg583535Here is the one of those two products
https://www.ironheart.co.uk/module/leofeature/productscompare?list=1734%2C3468Thanks for the links, @Alex !
I think I'm going to need to go with a large. So I'll have to send this small back.
It looks like I just order the return shipping from https://www.ironheartamerica.com/returns-shipping/ ?
