For those that have plate carriers: What color and Why?

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Posted: 2/14/2017 11:58:35 PM EDT

Kicking around the idea of getting a plate carrier setup while we have a friendly administration in place. What color did you guys choose and why? Any hard learned lessons you want to pass down?

Posted: 2/15/2017 12:00:34 AM EDT

[#1]

Pink...helps with the insanity plea, along with the plastic He-man sword.

Posted: 2/15/2017 12:01:52 AM EDT

[#2]

Multicam matches my purse.

Posted: 2/15/2017 12:02:25 AM EDT

[#3]

As usual FPNI

Posted: 2/15/2017 12:02:29 AM EDT

[#4]

multicam to blend into urban surroundings

Posted: 2/15/2017 12:04:53 AM EDT

[#5]

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multicam to blend into urban surroundings

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Or you could go urban to blend in with multicam surroundings

Posted: 2/15/2017 12:05:53 AM EDT

[#6]

Bright red so a red dot wont contrast on me.

I should probably paint vertical and horizontal black lines on it to mess up Iron sights or a scopes crosshairs.

Posted: 2/15/2017 12:06:50 AM EDT

[#7]

Banshee FDE/coyote/tan

Except the five or six days a year when everything around my house is snow covered it will blend in. On those days I just won't go outside, they can come in if they want to mess me up.

Posted: 2/15/2017 12:07:16 AM EDT

[#8]

Black. Goes with everything.

Would be nice if they made them Blaze Orange for deer season.

Posted: 2/15/2017 12:08:32 AM EDT

[#9]

FWIW all of the SWAT/SRT guys I've been around have theirs in ranger green or some variation thereof. I've seen multicam and black too, but those are a distant second.

Posted: 2/15/2017 12:08:44 AM EDT

[#10]

Black, because it's my favorite, and also it's a personal/HD/vehicle one, so I don't need to disappear with it on.

Posted: 2/15/2017 12:08:51 AM EDT

[#11]

Ranger green........It was FREE.

Posted: 2/15/2017 12:09:21 AM EDT

[#12]

Plaid.

Posted: 2/15/2017 12:09:41 AM EDT

[#13]

Multicam everything. I figure if I'm rocking a plate carrier I'm not exactly low profile anyways with a rifle and all. Might as well be able to camouflage. I doubt this would be lower profile in black on top of my civi clothes with a rattle canned rifle.

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Posted: 2/15/2017 12:11:20 AM EDT

[#14]

two identical setups; one for the truck, one for the home.

Olive Drap and FDE

Posted: 2/15/2017 12:12:35 AM EDT

[#15]

Ranger green. I live in the midwest where shit is green. I wanted something other than black and I hate multicam. My battle belt is multicam because it was on sale from Crye but would have gone with green in hindsight. I haven't donned either one since early last summer.

Posted: 2/15/2017 12:12:46 AM EDT

[#16]

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Multicam everything. I figure if I'm rocking a plate carrier I'm not exactly low profile anyways with a rifle and all. Might as well be able to camouflage. I doubt this would be lower profile in black on top of my civi clothes with a rattle canned rifle.

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I see you like the first spear cummerbund as well.

Posted: 2/15/2017 12:12:56 AM EDT

[#17]

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Kicking around the idea of getting a plate carrier setup while we have a friendly administration in place. What color did you guys choose and why? Any hard learned lessons you want to pass down?

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Im not sure if you're serious of it you forgot to take your meds....

Posted: 2/15/2017 12:13:53 AM EDT

[#18]

Black. I have the ultra low profile PC from Kley Zion. You can wear it under or over your shirt depending on your needs. Its slick, no MOLLE webbing or pouches making it concealable. For CONUS SHTF I think that is important.

Posted: 2/15/2017 12:16:07 AM EDT

[#19]

Whatever color LBT was calling "brown" at the time they made my 6094. Why? The price was right, and I needed a plate carrier for a training class that ended up not happening.

Posted: 2/15/2017 12:18:15 AM EDT

[#20]

Old school pinky tan on a MBSS rig, I'm hard as a diamond in an ice storm just talking about it OP.

Posted: 2/15/2017 12:19:56 AM EDT

[#21]

Black because I got in on a really good deal on contract overrun carriers posted here.

Posted: 2/15/2017 12:21:08 AM EDT

[#22]

Black. Because it was a contract over-run, high quality, stupid cheap.

Not to mention goes with simply everything, is minimizing and never goes out of style.

Posted: 2/15/2017 12:21:12 AM EDT

[#23]

black.. matches my war belt...

Posted: 2/15/2017 12:21:15 AM EDT

[#24]

I bought a multicam. I considered getting a grey plate carrier.

Posted: 2/15/2017 12:22:08 AM EDT

[#25]

OD and Multicam.

Trees

Posted: 2/15/2017 12:23:00 AM EDT

[#26]

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Black because I got in on a really good deal on contract overrun carriers posted here.

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I got black too for a similar reason, it was on sale.

Posted: 2/15/2017 12:23:40 AM EDT

[#27]

Brown. All the things.

Posted: 2/15/2017 12:31:55 AM EDT

[#28]

I went with Coyote Brown. It works well with a lot of different camouflage patterns and colors.

Posted: 2/15/2017 12:33:58 AM EDT

[#29]

Ranger green

North Idaho is green.

Posted: 2/15/2017 12:34:05 AM EDT

[#30]

Multicam. It really ties the room together.

Posted: 2/15/2017 12:35:07 AM EDT

[#31]

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Ranger green........It was FREE.

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This....minus the free part

Posted: 2/15/2017 12:35:21 AM EDT

[#32]

Mine is ACU because it fell off my clothing record some how.

Posted: 2/15/2017 12:36:18 AM EDT

[#33]

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I see you like the first spear cummerbund as well.

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Their cummerbund/buckle system is pretty awesome. Mine is the Seige R-Optimized armor carrier with plates and soft armor. My buddy has their plates only model, damn good carrier.

Posted: 2/15/2017 12:38:02 AM EDT

[#34]

Ranger Green.

Posted: 2/15/2017 12:38:07 AM EDT

[#35]

Multicam, cause that's what color it was when I found it in Pawn shop.

Posted: 2/15/2017 12:39:20 AM EDT

[#36]

a-tacs au camo

got a smokin deal on it

i need to make time to finish setting it up

Posted: 2/15/2017 12:40:48 AM EDT

[#37]

Purchasing body armor makes much more sense than your 5th AR15, or your 3rd carry gun for a variety of reasons, not the least of which is the protection it offers - both during training and real world situations. The average person would be better served by a low pro police style soft armor vest, rather than a fully jocked up direct action rig with plates. There are a variety of armor carriers which are scalable in nature, allowing one to go from a relatively concealable set of soft armor, to adding plates, and integrating chest rigs if necessary.

Posted: 2/15/2017 12:42:02 AM EDT

[#38]

Ranger green because the chest rig I modded to snap on using swift clips insread of molle pouches was ranger green and I thought it should match.

The chest rig is ranger green because I live on FL. It is green here.

My take away from the whole thing is that going the attachable chest rig route is cheaper than buying a bunch of quality pouches and if you do it right you can take the chest rig off and have just that when it is hot or you get lazy.

Posted: 2/15/2017 12:45:37 AM EDT

[#39]

Multicam, Marine Coyote Brown, ACU, Coyote Tan, Ranger Green, OD Green, and Black because I want to be fashionable and bullet proof for whatever occasion comes my way and...........because America

Posted: 2/15/2017 12:47:01 AM EDT

[#40]

Multicam. It was on sale when I got it. It should be easier to sell if my finances fall apart. Plus I think multicam is a great pattern if you hunt in diverse climates (not applicable to plate carriers).

Posted: 2/15/2017 12:50:12 AM EDT

[#41]

Multicam, because I like it. My set up is very minimalist. It has 3 mags and camelback.

Posted: 2/15/2017 12:51:57 AM EDT

[#42]

Black cause it's more tactical and was the only color available on sale!!!!

Posted: 2/15/2017 12:53:57 AM EDT

[#43]

Black was way too formal for everyday wear, so I went with a lovely postman blue. Really sets off my boots.

This spring I'm thinking seersucker.

Posted: 2/15/2017 12:55:23 AM EDT

[#44]

multicam

It was that new new back when I got a PC

Posted: 2/15/2017 12:56:13 AM EDT

[#45]

Ranger green because it's what my PD bought me.

Posted: 2/15/2017 1:04:02 AM EDT

[#46]

TAG Havoc in ABU.

Because it was dirt cheap on clearance.

Posted: 2/15/2017 1:05:13 AM EDT

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Im not sure if you're serious of it you forgot to take your meds....

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Kicking around the idea of getting a plate carrier setup while we have a friendly administration in place. What color did you guys choose and why? Any hard learned lessons you want to pass down?

Im not sure if you're serious of it you forgot to take your meds....

Not sure what this comment means.

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The only state in the US where it is illegal to purchase body armor. As a civilian.

FDM

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