POC VPD System Back 2019 Review

POC VPD System Back 2019 Reviews

Review score: 8.9/10 – Updated October, 2024

Latest Price: £146.48 – Save 11% (RRP: £165)

Take a look now to discover what makes POC VPD System Back 2019 worthy of a review score of 8.9 out of 10.

POC VPD System Back 2019 Review


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POC VPD System Back 2019 features

POC VPD System Back 2019 specs

POC VPD System Back 2019
Spec 1

Colour: Black

Other Body Armour found with this Spec: 6387

Spec 2

Clothing Size: L, S, M

Other Body Armour found with this Spec: 32

Spec 3

Gender: Unisex

Other Body Armour found with this Spec: 2527

Spec 4

Age Group: Adult

Other Body Armour found with this Spec: 4703

Feature 1

Minimalist back protection

Other Body Armour found with this feature: 1

Feature 2

Lightweight

Other Body Armour found with this feature: 111

Feature 3

Ventilated

Other Body Armour found with this feature: 1

Feature 4

VPD offers extreme impact absorption

Other Body Armour found with this feature: 1

Feature 5

Adjustable shoulder and waist straps

Other Body Armour found with this feature: 1

Feature 6

Suitable for biking and skiing

Other Body Armour found with this feature: 1

Feature 7

Protector certified to EN1621-2 Level 1

Other Body Armour found with this feature: 1

Price

£146.48

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Quality

Quality is without doubt one of the most important factors that we consider when buying bikes, parts, accessories or clothing. As you’d imagine it’s especially important when buying Body Armour. Let’s take at a look at the sort of things you can look at when trying to ascertain the quality of POC VPD System Back 2019.

The first thing is material. Looking at what POC VPD System Back 2019 is made of will give you a really good idea of the quality overall. Take a look at the specs above and you should be able to see the material. It’s then up to you to decide if it meets your expectation.

Similarly you’ll also want to spend some time looking at the features too. Again the table above, listing the features will give you a really good overview. However you should think about the sort of features that you’d expect when buying new Body Armour. It’s worth writing a list of the “must-have” features so that you don’t end up compromising and missing some important features, or alternatively end up buying an unnecessarily high specced product.

There’s also a lot of merit in checking out the brand of the product and looking at the various brands that are selling Body Armour. Brands like POC are of courses extremely well respected in the cycling community so you know you’re getting a fantastic product with them. But if you’re undecided on your product you should write up a list of brands that you’d be happy to buy. It’s a great way of filtering and narrowing down the number of products when you’re searching.

Next up you’ll want to think about the price and use that as a guide to set your expectations of the quality. If you’re buying the cheapest of the options in the Body Armour category you should probably expect it to not be of as good quality as the most expensive. It sounds obvious of course. But this is where you can get a bit clever and use your combination of features, specs, materials and other factors to work together to get a really good quality product at the best price. We often draw up a list of “must-haves” and use these as filters when shopping online so that you’re only seeing products that meet your criteria. You can then sort by Price>Low to get the best deals.


Comparing Prices

Price, as you would imagine, is the most popular reason for someone buying one product over another. It is the single most important factor in choosing the majority of products we buy. The same goes for Body Armour.

It’s at this stage of the buying process, when you’re looking at different options, that you should set a budget. Do some research to understand how much roughly you can expect to pay for the sort of level of product that you’re looking for. Then match that to your own personal circumstance and how much you can afford to spend. This will really help you in narrowing down the right product for you.

Price of POC VPD System Back 2019

So the first aspect of price that we’re going to look at is the price of POC VPD System Back 2019.

We run regular scans across the web to find the best prices for the products that we review, from a range of cycling retailers. The best price we managed to find POC VPD System Back 2019 was over at Chain Reaction Cycles where the price was £146.48 in our latest search.

Based on this price we’ve scored it 8.8 out of 10 for price.

Average price of Body Armour

Next we wanted to look at how much you can expect to pay, on average, for Body Armour.

We found 224 in the Body Armour category over at Chain Reaction Cycles. We looked at the average price of the products within this category and found the average is £83.38, making it above average at £146.48.

It’s sometimes helpful to look at how much the prices can vary. Especially when setting yourself a budget, or when trying to understand just how much you could spend on Body Armour. We found that the most expensive product currently available was £449.99, whilst the cheapest we managed to find was £5.00.

With 224 products available we worked out that 23 cost more than POC VPD System Back 2019 and 200 were cheaper.

Cost of POC products

At Chain Reaction Cycles we found 48 products from POC, of which 16 were in the Body Armour category.

For now though we’re looking at POC branded products in all categories. The average price of these products was £130.16 making this product above average.

You’ll also be interested to know that the cheapest POC product we found was £17.50 and the highest price we could find from them was £360.00.

Of the 48 from POC, 14 were more expensive than POC VPD System Back 2019 and 33 were cheaper.

How much are POC Body Armour?

We then wanted to get a bit more specific and only look at POC products that are listed in the Body Armour category.

The average price of the 16 products that match this search was £109.75, with the cheapest coming in at £60.00 and highest price was £178.44. With the average being £109.75, POC VPD System Back 2019 comes in above average.

3 products that meet this search were more expensive than POC VPD System Back 2019 and 12 were cheaper.


POC VPD System Back 2019 Reviews

Reading reviews is an amazing way of getting a good feel for a product without actually being able to try it or see it first.

There are two different types of reviews, and we also recommend reading both.

1. Expert reviews – In the cycle industry there are loads of really reliable trusted resources for expert reviews. For example if you’re looking to buy a new bike, BikeRadar Bike Reviews are great.

2. Customer reviews – these are probably your best resource for information. There’s no finances or influence involved, they’re purely just honest reviews from customers that have bought and used the product. The reason we love customer reviews so much is because no matter if their view is good or bad, there’s a very good chance that it will be honest and unbiased.

Our best advice is to head over to Chain Reaction Cycles and read the POC VPD System Back 2019 reviews there.

Based on what we’ve seen in terms of reviews for POC VPD System Back 2019, it really does look like a great buy. So for the review score, we’ve scored it 9.7 out of 10. The average review score for all products in the Body Armour category at Chain Reaction Cycles is 4.2 out of 5.

Owner reviews, as we say, are one of the most important pieces of research that we can do before we buy. So, with that in mind, if you do go on to buy POC VPD System Back 2019 or another similar product, like POC Spine VPD Air Backpack Vest 2017 reviews or POC Spine VPD Air Backpack 8 2017 reviews we’d love you to leave a review in the comments below. It will really help future buyers just like you, when they’re looking to buy Body Armour.


Brand

As we said in the pricing part of the review, brand is a really important consideration, but especially so when looking to buy Body Armour. But as you’re probably already aware, you’re on to a great choice if you do go with POC, as they’re a fantastic brand, making amazing products.


YouTube Video of POC VPD System Back 2019

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Summary

Overall, we’ve been hugely impressed by the quality, price, reviews and features of POC VPD System Back 2019. We’d say that as long as it fits your budget and meets your expectations in terms of features/spec…it’s a really strong contender. That’s why we’ve scored it a massive 8.9/10 overall.


Further product details

  • Product ID 1: 25010984877
  • Product ID 2: 717581UK
  • Brand: POC
  • Model number: PO-985024
  • RRP: £165
  • EAN: 7325540985024
  • Description: POC VPD System BackWhile you want back protection, you don’t want bulk or restricted movement, which is where the POC VPD System Back comes in.Making use of their VPD (Visco-Elastic Polymer Dough), the VPD System Back provides an impressive level of protection while remaining light and bulk-free. The flexible VPD protection allows the protector to adapt to your body shape but in the event of an impact it stiffens to absorb impacts reducing energy transfer to the rider. The ventilated design ensures incredible breathability and the fully adjustable waist and shoulder straps, which have different attachment points, allow the POC VPD System Back to fit almost any user. VPD ProtectionPOC’s VPD (Visco-Elastic Polymer Dough) has a decade of knowledge and progression behind it and when you’re pushing hard on your bike then it’s almost inevitable you’ll fall. VDP lets you get up, again and again, no matter how many times gravity gets the better of you. Allowing complete freedom of movement, VPD is flexible protection with a shock absorbing inner layer matched to an abrasion resistant outer. Features:Minimalist back protectionLightweightVentilatedVPD offers extreme impact absorptionAdjustable shoulder and waist strapsSuitable for biking and skiingProtector certified to EN1621-2 Level 1Buy POC Protection from Chain Reaction Cycles, the World’s Largest Online Bike Store.
  • Full Category: Protection > Body Armour
  • Savings percentage from RRP: 11%
  • Size: S
  • Unisex
  • 18.52
  • Adult

Other options for Body Armour

As you’d imagine there are so many options out there when buying Body Armour. 224 in fact.

A few of our other favourites that we spotted when researching POC VPD System Back 2019 included,
POC Joint VPD 2.0 Elbow Guard 2018 reviews, POC Joint VPD 2.0 Knee Guard 2018 reviews, or we really liked the look of POC Ora Goggle reviews as another alternative.

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