Leatt Fusion Vest 3.0 Review

Leatt Fusion Vest 3.0 Reviews

Review score: 9.2/10 – Updated September, 2024

Latest Price: £354.44 – Save 15% (RRP: £416.99)

Take a look now to discover what makes Leatt Fusion Vest 3.0 worthy of a review score of 9.2 out of 10.

Leatt Fusion Vest 3.0 Review


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Leatt Fusion Vest 3.0 features

Leatt Fusion Vest 3.0 specs

Leatt Fusion Vest 3.0
Spec 1

Colour: White, Black

Other Body Armour found with this Spec: 77

Spec 2

Clothing Size: S/M, L/XL/XXL, XXL

Other Body Armour found with this Spec: 4

Spec 3

Gender: Male

Other Body Armour found with this Spec: 2286

Spec 4

Age Group: Adult

Other Body Armour found with this Spec: 4703

Feature 1

Hard Shell and 3DF AirFit ventilated soft impact foam

Other Body Armour found with this feature: 2

Feature 2

Flank protection

Other Body Armour found with this feature: 3

Feature 3

FFM-French Federation Certified

Other Body Armour found with this feature: 12

Feature 4

Easy-to-use, no-tool, sizing adjustments and three-dimensional design for perfect fit and comfort

Other Body Armour found with this feature: 1

Feature 5

Weight 2.500g (5.5lbs)

Other Body Armour found with this feature: 1

Feature 6

Unisex fit: S/M (160 – 172cm – 5’2” to 5’8”). L/XL (172 – 184cm – 5’8” to 6’). XXL (184 – 196cm – 6’ to 6’5”)

Other Body Armour found with this feature: 1

Feature 7

CE tested and certified as Personal Protective Equipment 89/686/EEC

Other Body Armour found with this feature: 5

Feature 8

CE tested and certified as Personal Protective Equipment 89/686/EEC:  Chest prEN1621-3 Level 1 Back EN1621-2 Level 1 Shoulder EN1621-1

Other Body Armour found with this feature: 1

Price

£354.44

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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 Leatt Fusion Vest 3.0.

The first thing is material. Looking at what Leatt Fusion Vest 3.0 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 Leatt 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 Leatt Fusion Vest 3.0

So the first aspect of price that we’re going to look at is the price of Leatt Fusion Vest 3.0.

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 Leatt Fusion Vest 3.0 was over at Chain Reaction Cycles where the price was £354.44 in our latest search.

Based on this price we’ve scored it 9.4 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 £354.44.

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 1 cost more than Leatt Fusion Vest 3.0 and 222 were cheaper.

Cost of Leatt products

At Chain Reaction Cycles we found 169 products from Leatt, of which 44 were in the Body Armour category.

For now though we’re looking at Leatt branded products in all categories. The average price of these products was £78.75 making this product above average.

You’ll also be interested to know that the cheapest Leatt product we found was £2.99 and the highest price we could find from them was £479.99.

Of the 169 from Leatt, 2 were more expensive than Leatt Fusion Vest 3.0 and 166 were cheaper.

How much are Leatt Body Armour?

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

The average price of the 44 products that match this search was £111.83, with the cheapest coming in at £8.89 and highest price was £354.44. With the average being £111.83, Leatt Fusion Vest 3.0 comes in above average.

0 products that meet this search were more expensive than Leatt Fusion Vest 3.0 and 43 were cheaper.


Leatt Fusion Vest 3.0 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 Leatt Fusion Vest 3.0 reviews there.

Based on what we’ve seen in terms of reviews for Leatt Fusion Vest 3.0, it really does look like a great buy. So for the review score, we’ve scored it 8.7 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 Leatt Fusion Vest 3.0 or another similar product, like Leatt Body Vest 3DF AirFit reviews or Leatt Knee Guard 3DF 6.0 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 Leatt, as they’re a fantastic brand, making amazing products.


YouTube Video of Leatt Fusion Vest 3.0

Below we’ve embedded a video from YouTube where we’ve searched for Leatt Fusion Vest 3.0 reviews.


Summary

Overall, we’ve been hugely impressed by the quality, price, reviews and features of Leatt Fusion Vest 3.0. 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 9.2/10 overall.


Further product details

  • Product ID 1: 25010985321
  • Product ID 2: 621279UK
  • Brand: Leatt
  • RRP: £416.99
  • EAN: 6009698992684
  • Description: Fusion Vest 3.0The Fusion Vest 3.0 is one of Leatt’s more unique inventions, combining neck, chest, back, flank and shoulder protection in one powerful and reinforced piece of body armour. The 3D design is simple to adjust and personalise to exactly how you want it to fit as well as being incredibly comfortable. a hard shell material fits around the body and importantly absorbs energy to dampen hard knocks. Leatt’s advanced neck brace chassis technology has been used in the Fusion Vest 3.0; quickly stopping and de-accelerating the head on impact, reducing the risk of injury. The beauty of this neck brace system does not absorb injury however transfers energy from the helmet to the more reinforced body, which incorporates a built in overload protection, breaking the rear thoracic, rear wing and front platform, protecting the head and neck.Features:Hard Shell and 3DF AirFit ventilated soft impact foamFlank protectionFFM-French Federation CertifiedEasy-to-use, no-tool, sizing adjustments and three-dimensional design for perfect fit and comfortWeight 2.500g (5.5lbs)Unisex fit: S/M (160 – 172cm – 5’2” to 5’8”). L/XL (172 – 184cm – 5’8” to 6’). XXL (184 – 196cm – 6’ to 6’5”)CE tested and certified as Personal Protective Equipment 89/686/EECCE tested and certified as Personal Protective Equipment 89/686/EEC: Chest prEN1621-3 Level 1Back EN1621-2 Level 1Shoulder EN1621-1Buy Leatt Protection from Chain Reaction Cycles, the World’s Largest Online Bike Store.
  • Full Category: Protection > Body Armour
  • Savings percentage from RRP: 15%
  • Size: XXL
  • Male
  • 62.55
  • 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 Leatt Fusion Vest 3.0 included,
Leatt 3DF Back Protector reviews, Leatt 3DF AirFit Body Protector reviews, or we really liked the look of Dainese Junior Scarabeo Elbow Guards 2018 reviews as another alternative.

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