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    Iron Heart Fall/Winter 2025 Live Reveal - Thursday 12th of June at 1700BST

    Fit checks in the Kansas City area

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    • GilesG
      Giles
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      https://www.ironheart.co.uk/content/stockists

      None particularly close I am afraid…..

      "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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        andywhoa
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        Thanks for your reply, Giles.

        Can you think of any similarly-sized American brands?  I can try some stuff from them on before I decide what size of 25oz IH to land on.

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        • AlexA
          Alex
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          @andywhoa Guevel are in KC

          https://www.ironheart.co.uk/content/guevel

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            andywhoa
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            @Alex:

            @andywhoa Guevel are in KC

            https://www.ironheart.co.uk/content/guevel

            Perfect, thank you!  I will go check them out right now.  I’ve followed up on an email chain with you, and I will do so again after stopping by Guevel.

            Thanks again

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            • GilesG
              Giles
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              My bad 🙂

              "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                andywhoa
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                @Alex

                I stopped at Guevel. They aren’t carrying any IH vests, but they had a couple jackets.

                I presume the one closest in fit to your vests is IHJ-507-SLB.  A large was just a hair big in shoulder width and cuff length (irrelevant for a vest).  In the chest and waist (especially), I wouldn’t want to go any smaller.

                Does that garment compare well with the 25oz type III indigo vest?  Is this jacket and the vest pre-soaked?

                I intend to wear the vest as a motorcycle vest, and it probably won’t get washed beyond an initial soak.

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                  sabergirl
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                  Unfortunately, it will be difficult to compare your fit on a jacket to that of a vest. The p2p measurement always varies pretty significantly because the arm holes are in a different place on a vest. Typically the chest will be larger on a jacket if you’re just going by the measurements. You’re likely to be the same size in an iron heart vest as in a jacket, but many folks will size down one in a vest. That also depends on what you want to layer your vest with, of course.

                  Also, the 507 is a type II so the cut is totally different than a type III like the 526V-XHS. I’m not sure comparing your fit of that will have much bearing on what to expect.

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                  • AlexA
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                    @andywhoa tge IH-526V-XHS is sanforized, but unwashed - expect some shrinkage, possibly half an inch in both the length and Chest (P2P).

                    You can compare sizing of two or more products on the site, see here
                    https://www.ironheart.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=12249.msg583535#msg583535

                    Here is the one of those two products
                    https://www.ironheart.co.uk/module/leofeature/productscompare?list=1734%2C3468

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                      andywhoa
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                      @Alex:

                      @andywhoa tge IH-526V-XHS is sanforized, but unwashed - expect some shrinkage, possibly half an inch in both the length and Chest (P2P).

                      You can compare sizing of two or more products on the site, see here
                      https://www.ironheart.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=12249.msg583535#msg583535

                      Here is the one of those two products
                      https://www.ironheart.co.uk/module/leofeature/productscompare?list=1734%2C3468

                      Thanks for the links, @Alex !

                      I think I'm going to need to go with a large.  So I'll have to send this small back.

                      It looks like I just order the return shipping from https://www.ironheartamerica.com/returns-shipping/ ?

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                      • GilesG
                        Giles
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                        That's correct….

                        "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                          Thanks for everyone’s help.  I shipped the vest back this morning and set up an alert for a large.

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