Comments on: Bulletproof Backpacks

By: LEA

LEA — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 22:35:28 +0000

THANK YOU! I was so disgusted over the thinking of these backpack creators that I wrote them an email telling them what I thought of their so called *protection* vests. Way to make your kids paranoid! I actually have a friend who has a 15 year old son that refuses to stay home alone or answer the phone…he thinks someone will steal him. …Yep, only child, paranoid mother. These vests are rediculous. The price is rediculous and statistically how anyone could think these the vest would add *safety* to their child’s life is beyond me. And let’s not forget..statistically, what is the chance the child would even THINK about or have TIME to use the vest??? A terrible product that will rely on paranoid, non thinkers everywhere…Seriously.

By: Ian

Ian — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 17:42:11 +0000

1cm of Kevlar wouldn’t really do much in stopping a bullet from tearing right through you.

“…but we can assume that any school shooting will receive maximum national exposure.”

I guess a lot of people still think that, but it’s untrue. Where I grew up, shootings/stabbings in the inner city schools (though not where I actually went to school, only one kid was killed violently in the highschool I attended) were almost monthly due to gang violence. We barely even heard about it on the local news.

By: Lindsay D

Lindsay D — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 15:36:59 +0000

Honestly! What good is a bulletproof backback going to do?? Most schools don’t allow kids to carry around bookbags, so a lot of good it’s going to do sitting around in a locker. I just can’t see some gunman coming and shooting at kids through their backpacks. I just can’t. I agree with Doc and William – shame on these guys for capitalizing on fear and paranoia without a real claim to providing protection.

By: Jack

Jack — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 14:32:30 +0000

Actually, the video claims it’s -bullet resistant-. They’re hawking this backpack and it isn’t even definitely going to WORK at preventing bullet penetration? Wow.

A+ for the marketing guys, though… way to make money.

By: William

William — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 13:45:57 +0000

This is worse than executive parachutes for sky scrapers sold after 9/11. Profiting from fear after tragedies is the lowest form of capitalism.

Life jackets, bike helmet, etc. are good. This is sick.

By: Sid Morrison

Sid Morrison — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 13:34:54 +0000

If you are that safety-paranoid do this instead:
For the same $175, you could be a very nice full-face motorcycle or auto racing helmet and have the kid wear it ALL THE TIME while in the car. The amount of risk reduction in the kid’s life would probably be about 1000x greater than the backpack for the same $. I’m being a bit facetious, but I also think I’m accurate.

By: Doc

Doc — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 13:25:50 +0000

With all the books in the average kid’s backpack, I’d think that’d be at least if not more protection than 1 cm of Kevlar.

This is just another way of making money off peoples’ paranoia.