nothing on the market beats the Spartan II.....nothing
it can be bought for $275 has molle all around and also a cumberbun....looks like a eagle ciras land version, except it takes the interceptor soft armor.....you can also buy it with a quick release pull tab for $340 or so....pull tab and unsnap quick tab at shoulder and its off.......I went without this feature as doning and doffing is easy enough without it....undo cumberbun unsnap and its off......here is 3 pages of what it looks like
lightfighter.net/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/440107306/m/9941071852here are some pics of our boys wearing them(called the MTV) civilian version is the spartanII....there is no difference....throat, yoke, and groin from old interceptor all is compatible with the spartan II, you can see in pics butt stops at side of shoulder(velcroed on inside can be ripped off or put back on at leisure) in the rear there is another pocket that hangs down(soft armor to protect kidneys and so on) soft armor insert will be available soon, when not in use it tucks away
next question your probably going to ask is about sapi plates.....yes they take plates as well and side sapis to if you like