POC VPD Air Sleeve 2018 Reviews

Review score: 9.3/10 – Updated November, 2024

Latest Price: £60 (RRP: £60)

Take a look now to discover what makes POC VPD Air Sleeve 2018 worthy of a review score of 9.3 out of 10.

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• Brand – POC
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POC VPD Air Sleeve 2018 features

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 Air Sleeve 2018.

The first thing is material. Looking at what POC VPD Air Sleeve 2018 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.

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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 Air Sleeve 2018

So the first aspect of price that we’re going to look at is the price of POC VPD Air Sleeve 2018.

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 Air Sleeve 2018 was over at Chain Reaction Cycles where the price was £60 in our latest search.

Based on this price we’ve scored it 9.8 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 below average at £60.

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 131 cost more than POC VPD Air Sleeve 2018 and 88 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 below 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, 41 were more expensive than POC VPD Air Sleeve 2018 and 4 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 Air Sleeve 2018 comes in below average.

14 products that meet this search were more expensive than POC VPD Air Sleeve 2018 and 0 were cheaper.

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POC VPD Air Sleeve 2018 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 Air Sleeve 2018 reviews there.

Based on what we’ve seen in terms of reviews for POC VPD Air Sleeve 2018, it really does look like a great buy. So for the review score, we’ve scored it 8.1 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 Air Sleeve 2018 or another similar product, like POC VPD Air+ Tee 2018 reviews or POC VPD Lite Elbow Armour 2019 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.

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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.

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YouTube Video of POC VPD Air Sleeve 2018

Below we’ve embedded a video from YouTube where we’ve searched for POC VPD Air Sleeve 2018 reviews.

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Summary

Overall, we’ve been hugely impressed by the quality, price, reviews and features of POC VPD Air Sleeve 2018. 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 9.3/10 overall.

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Further product details

• Product ID 1: 25010983993
• Product ID 2: 645278UK
• Brand: POC
• Model number: PO-952774
• RRP: £60
• EAN: 7325540952774
• Description: POC VPD Air SleeveThe VPD Air Sleeve from POC is comfort and protection personified! There is something for everyone jam-packed inside this stylish offroad warrior, with high-end breathability and lightweight safety ensuring that your trail ride is one of the finest to date.Keep It CoolWhen it’s time to explode into the berm and kick up roost, the VPD Air Sleeve is ready and waiting to deal with the consequences. Maximising the flow of air around your arm, moisture is fended off as you up the ante, helping to avoid sweat and maintain focus as you dominate the beaten path. Increasing flexibility and movement is one of the key selling points of this impressive POC creation, with the pre-shaped low-profile design improving comfort.Allowing you to feel like you’re wearing nothing at all thanks to its lightweight compression fabric, the VPD Air Sleeve is truly a joy to behold. There is a silicon strap to ensure it stays fixed in place while it is also perforated to optimise moisture and ventilation.All in all, the VPD Air Sleeve should be the first thing you pull on when preparing for an offroad adventure.Features:Pre-shaped low-profile Sleeve comfort padsReinforced fabric outside elbowVentilated textile inside armLightweight compression fabric for a secure and pressure free fitSilicon strip at the top and bottom to secure in placePerforated for optimised moisture and ventilation controlBuy POC from Chain Reaction Cycles, the World’s Largest Online Bike Store.
• Full Category: Protection > Body Armour
• Size: M
• Unisex
• 0
• Adult

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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 Air Sleeve 2018 included,
POC VPD Lite Knee Armour 2019 reviews, POC VPD System Back 2019 reviews, or we really liked the look of POC Spine VPD Air Backpack Vest 2017 reviews as another alternative.