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Soft armour thin enough to leave in
Riding trousers and jackets come with empty armour pockets, and what ships in them is often a foam placeholder. The reason it stays a placeholder is that certified armour is thick, hot and stiff — so it gets taken out.
A soft level 2 protector thin enough to forget is armour that is actually worn, and that is worth more than a level on a part left in a drawer.
A transmitted force below the standard’s lower threshold, measured on a rig under a defined impact. Reaching it generally takes more material, so a level 2 piece is normally thicker, stiffer and warmer than a level 1.
That is an arbitration between measurable things, not a ranking — a protector too thick to lie flat in its pocket sits worse than the level below it that does.
Its back protector publishes level 2 and not the type — EN 1621-2 classifies coverage separately as B or FB, and level and type are independent. Its limb protector cites a standard the four protectors beside it on the same shelf do not use.
Both are settled the same way: certified armour carries the standard, the level, the type and the size printed on it.
EN 1621-2 level 2 · D3O · breathable and flexible · fits any jacket
A level 2 approved back protector using D3O, published as breathable, flexible and light, with a universal fit the maker states is compatible with any riding jacket.
Best for: Replacing a foam placeholder in a jacket pocket with a certified level 2 piece.
≈ £38 / €30
A pair of soft, thin level 2 D3O protectors for elbow or knee pockets, published against a standard the other four protectors in this family do not cite.
Best for: Filling the empty armour pockets of riding trousers with something thin enough to forget.
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