Our Female Plate Carrier series has been met with great success so we decided to keep moving forward in 2022 and continue on looking at different manufacturers of Plate Carriers for Females After multitudes of looking at plate carriers online, I landed on Esstac and their Daeodron-M Plate Carrier. I reached out to Esstac and they were gracious enough to send us out a plate carrier to test out along with their 5.56 3+3 Triple Daeodron Front Panel in Wolf Grey.
If you are unfamiliar with what we’re trying to accomplish, let me refresh your memory. When looking online for plate carriers, you typically see videos on YouTube usually showing males. When trying to search specifically for female plate carriers, there wasn’t anything found on YouTube or the Internet.
So it got me thinking, what is out there for females that offer protection against the evils in this world. We decided we wanted to test a variety of Plate Carriers on a few female subjects and grading each carrier on Range of Motion (ROM), Level of Comfort, Sitting, Ease of Use, Adjusting, and Overall Ranking. The subjects will be grading each category from 1-5, 1 being the least and 5 being the best. Full disclosure, the subjects do not have to wear plate carriers for their full-time jobs and this is their first experiences with plate carriers in general. Our subjects range from fit to curvy (Size 2-14).
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Again, full disclosure, the subjects do not have to wear plate carriers for their full-time jobs. We had our subjects wear the Esstac Daeodron-M Plate Carrier with 10”x12” LAPG Level IV Ceramic Ballistic Armor Rifle Plates around the house to get comfortable wearing it. Then we had them jog, perform jumping jacks, forward lunges, and then pushups. We then went to the rifle range and had them fire weapons while wearing the plate carrier.
Below are the findings from the subjects:
Pros:
- Lightweight
- Compact
- Fit all subjects
- Once adjusted properly, Very Quick deployment (ROC 3-Row Cummerbund)
- Very Quick user adjustment
- Cummerbund feels like it adds more support
- Easy to adjust Cummerbund
- Multiple Plate Usage
- Very easy to install plates
- Good weight Distribution
- Modular Placard System
- Great Color Options (Black, Coyote Brown, Wolf Grey, Multicam, Multicam Black, Ranger Green, Woodland)
Cons:
- Shoulder Straps too wide making ROM not great when lifting up arms (Pinches neck) or shooting
- Hard to adjust without help (Not easy for one person adjustment)
- Harder to fit petite (size 2) women due to wrong size cummerbund (Medium 32″-48″)
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Here are the average grades for Range of Motion (ROM), Level of Comfort, Sitting, Ease of Use, Adjusting, and Overall Ranking from 1-5, 1 being the least and 5 being the best:
- ROM – 3.375
- Level of Comfort – 4.125
- Sitting – 4.125
- Ease of Use – 4.25
- Adjusting – 4
- Overall – 4.25
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Overall, the Esstac Daeodron-M was liked by all reviewers and will work for most users. The subjects reviews are just their own, so keep that in mind. Again, the female subjects do not have to wear plate carries for their full-time jobs. This review is for the average female just looking for a way of protection and for something that is designed for quick deployment and be carried in their vehicles.
As always, ya’ll be good and be safe!
