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Neat! I'd love to see the rise of a high end clothing brand centered on making clothes with kevlar and other novel materials to create a comfortable washable clothing with a higher protection factor.
I am at a loss as to what your threat model might be where that makes some kind of sense.
Neat! I'd love to see the rise of a high end clothing brand centered on making clothes with kevlar and other novel materials to create a comfortable washable clothing with a higher protection factor.
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If I could pay $400 for bulletproof knifeproof jeans - that are as comfortable as regular ones, I probably would. It isn't necessarily a rational decision, but it would offer a small amount of peace of mind plus a cool factor. Woodworking, gardening, kitchen - several activities would be slightly safer with some extra stab/slash-protection.
I don't understand why this is cool or what it would protect you from? A dress shirt maybe but who's stabbing or shooting legs?
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If I could pay $400 for bulletproof knifeproof jeans - that are as comfortable as regular ones, I probably would. It isn't necessarily a rational decision, but it would offer a small amount of peace of mind plus a cool factor. Woodworking, gardening, kitchen - several activities would be slightly safer with some extra stab/slash-protection.
I don't understand why this is cool or what it would protect you from? A dress shirt maybe but who's stabbing or shooting legs?
Put another way, would you pay $1500 for a car that had a bulletproof exterior if it didn't affect the look, feel or handling/visibility? I think a lot more people would opt for that, and for similar reasons.
People routinely spend much more money on things with much less utility, so I'm all for it.
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Seems odd that their advertising is “with the rise of consumer tasers used for home defense...” who exactly are their intended customers? Home invaders? Also is it really smart to take away the police’s nonlethal tools in a premeditated fashion? Do you think it’s going to help your family’s wrongful death suit when your body is wrapped up in anti-taser gear?
> who exactly are their intended customers? Home invaders? Sure. That is, SWAT teams.
That doesn't really help that the SWAT team probably shouldn't even be there 99% of the time, but I'll still take any small wins that are offered.
Neat! I'd love to see the rise of a high end clothing brand centered on making clothes with kevlar and other novel materials to create a comfortable washable clothing with a higher protection factor.
I am at a loss as to what your threat model might be where that makes some kind of sense.
Neat! I'd love to see the rise of a high end clothing brand centered on making clothes with kevlar and other novel materials to create a comfortable washable clothing with a higher protection factor.
I am at a loss as to what your threat model might be where that makes some kind of sense.
Neat! I'd love to see the rise of a high end clothing brand centered on making clothes with kevlar and other novel materials to create a comfortable washable clothing with a higher protection factor.
I heard the jeans especially are just as comfortable as denim (since people are used to rather rough denim pants anyways I guess)
Interesting. I'm pretty sure people already rolled their own version of this years ago. One possible countermeasure is simply to lengthen the prongs of the taser and coat the base of the prong with an insulator. The clothing may still provide an alternate pathway depending on how well it is in contact with your skin.
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I am at a loss as to what your threat model might be where that makes some kind of sense.
If I could pay $400 for bulletproof knifeproof jeans - that are as comfortable as regular ones, I probably would. It isn't necessarily a rational decision, but it would offer a small amount of peace of mind plus a cool factor. Woodworking, gardening, kitchen - several activities would be slightly safer with some extra stab/slash-protection.
Along with the invention of new tech, the price point seems at least an order of magnitude off for the foreseeable future.