Hi everyone,
I am looking for a CE 1621-2 compliant jacket. Would you have one to recommend ?
Many thanks,
All depends on what you budget and style requirements are, textile or leather, sports or adventure or touring…
Your best bet is to Hein Gericke or Infinity and have a look. Most of the decent brands are CE rated on the armour for elbows and shoulders though you might need to add uprated back protector to be CE level 2
I think there are jackets rated to this, rather than just the armour. I think the Halvarssons safety range is what you’re after.
CE 1621-1/2 is a standard for the protective body armour within an article of clothing NOT the actual jacket or trousers that the armour is in, there are 2 levels, level 2 - 1621-2 indicates that the armour absorbs more impact energy than level 1 - 1621-1
There is a different European standard for motorcycle jackets & trousers, that is EN13595, but not much of what we would consider protective motorcycle clothing actually conforms to it.
There is a useful list of items that do qualify as PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) under the European standards here:
http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=783126
Personally I would say not to get too hung up on only buying kit that meets the EC standards, most of the stuff that the well known brands make is fine.
Cool link, many thanks !