Preliminary Review of Velocity Sports Gear custom suit

[derf]

Looks good, but do they outsource to pakistan?

[Amber Lamps]

Originally Posted by derf

Looks good, but do they outsource to pakistan?

What would give you that idea?...



Yes, your mortal enemies! It's basically the same outfit that I posted about last year with a better internet set-up. They store front out of Canada but the suits are completely made in Pakistan. FWIW I still like my suit and it is holding up really well. I did have the same problem with the armor that she did, but I fixed it myself by having velcro sewn onto the leather to affix the armor to. The other problem I had was with the pockets allowing the armor to move out of position. If I'm not mistaken, Spartan leathers uses this same factory to make his gear. IDK if it's true but the rep sworn that this factory had been the source of A* and Dainese low end gear until they moved operations to China, Bosnia(or somewhere like that), etc.

[derf]

Originally Posted by Amber Lamps

What would give you that idea?...



Yes, your mortal enemies! It's basically the same outfit that I posted about last year with a better internet set-up. They store front out of Canada but the suits are completely made in Pakistan. FWIW I still like my suit and it is holding up really well. I did have the same problem with the armor that she did, but I fixed it myself by having velcro sewn onto the leather to affix the armor to. The other problem I had was with the pockets allowing the armor to move out of position. If I'm not mistaken, Spartan leathers uses this same factory to make his gear. IDK if it's true but the rep sworn that this factory had been the source of A* and Dainese low end gear until they moved operations to China, Bosnia(or somewhere like that), etc.

Screw pakistan, my suit is made in taiwan.

I was actually under the impression that most custom suit makers actually do the labor here in the states.

[Amber Lamps]

Originally Posted by derf

Screw pakistan, my suit is made in taiwan.

I was actually under the impression that most custom suit makers actually do the labor here in the states.

Um no, if you want I could shoot you a list but the bottom line is that almost no one does that in house since Vanson or Z's.

[derf]

Originally Posted by Amber Lamps

Um no, if you want I could shoot you a list but the bottom line is that almost no one does that in house since Vanson or Z's.

Where is the batman riding suit made?

[Amber Lamps]

Originally Posted by derf

Where is the batman riding suit made?

um...Gotham, where else?

[acalliste]

Originally Posted by derf

Looks good, but do they outsource to pakistan?

Originally Posted by Amber Lamps

What would give you that idea?...

Yes, as Amber Lamps said, they do. Why I gave a close up of the label, full disclosure.

Our last few teknic suits we've had were made in Vietnam. I haven't checked all of my gear, but I bet a large percentage of it isn't made here.

There is a leathers maker here in Orlando called Syed (where my street jacket came from) that I would have gone with if I hadn't run across Velocity Sports Gear. The Velocity suit was just too good a deal to pass up, so I decided to try it.

Another thing that helped convinced me to try them was learning how much Jimmy from Velocity is personally involved in the suit designs and quality of the materials. I have seen a few vendors at the Daytona Bike Events with Asian made suits that were obviously cheap, not well thought out or designed. It became clear to me that Velocity is different in what they expect from their factory, their standards are much higher. Also the fact that he is directly accessible by email made me more confident. He is interested in good customer service as well as a good product, and that counts for a lot to me.

[derf]

Originally Posted by acalliste

Our last few teknic suits we've had were made in Vietnam. I haven't checked all of my gear, but I bet a large percentage of it isn't made here.

I just went and looked at my teknic suit, made in vietnam