{"id":7557,"date":"2014-04-28T07:00:44","date_gmt":"2014-04-28T11:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/?p=7557"},"modified":"2014-04-26T11:47:16","modified_gmt":"2014-04-26T15:47:16","slug":"exoskel-climbers-and-shin-guards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/?p=7557","title":{"rendered":"Exoskel Climbers and Shin Guards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PUYJPRtVMsk?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Exoskel \" href=\"http:\/\/www.exoskel-group.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Exoskel Group<\/a> is a Made in the USA company producing a special shin guard that doubles as a stability and climbing aid.\u00a0 The teeth, buckles, and stirrup design are tested to hold up to 1,000 pounds of weight.\u00a0 Exoskel lists the following product advantages to a military or police operator:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>RAPIDLY ASCEND urban obstacles<\/li>\n<li>STABILIZER : firing \/ brace position on uneven ground<\/li>\n<li>Shin PROTECTOR<\/li>\n<li>Close Quarter BATTLE TOOL<\/li>\n<li>Perpetrator RESTRAINT<\/li>\n<li>Injury PREVENTION<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Exoskel.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7577\" alt=\"Exoskel\" src=\"http:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Exoskel.png\" width=\"608\" height=\"658\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Exoskel.png 608w, https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Exoskel-277x300.png 277w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 608px) 100vw, 608px\" \/><!--more--><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/image.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7560\" alt=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/image.jpg\" width=\"547\" height=\"611\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/image.jpg 547w, https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/image-268x300.jpg 268w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 547px) 100vw, 547px\" \/><\/a>The Exoskel has a fire resistance rating of Self Extinguishing Fire Resistance UL94 V-0 (UL 94 V-0 Vertical Burn; Burning stops within 10 seconds, NO flaming drips are allowed).\u00a0 The foam backing absorbs shock.\u00a0 Each Exoskel guard weighs 1.1 pounds.<\/p>\n<p>At $400.00 a pair with drybag (or $350.00 with military or police discount) these seem pricey.\u00a0 But, hey, quality costs!\u00a0 Exoskel lists a boatload of registered patents, designs, and trademarks, so I will be curious to see if there will be cheaper knock offs of this cool product.\u00a0 Exoskel makes similar products for firefighters and hunters\/outdoorsmen.<\/p>\n<p>Randall<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Exoskel Group is a Made in the USA company producing a special shin guard that doubles as a stability and climbing aid.\u00a0 The teeth, buckles, and stirrup design are tested to hold up to 1,000 pounds of weight.\u00a0 Exoskel lists the following product advantages to a military or police operator: RAPIDLY ASCEND urban obstacles STABILIZER : firing \/ brace position on uneven ground Shin PROTECTOR Close Quarter BATTLE TOOL Perpetrator RESTRAINT Injury PREVENTION<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-swat"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p28xkp-1XT","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7557"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7557\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7580,"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7557\/revisions\/7580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}