What's up everyone? I'm Chase here at Rocky Mountain ATV/MC coming at you with our
roost deflector buyer's guide.
So when it comes to roost deflectors, you've got a lot of options. We carry a
huge variety here at Rocky Mountain, and you've got a lot of things you got to
decide from. You got how much protection do you want? Do you want under the jersey?
Over the jersey? Plastic? Just padding? So there are a lot of things that go into
choosing. So today, in this buyer's guide, we're going to walk you through, and we're
going to show you a large variety and hopefully help you narrow down that
search. We're gonna start with low-profile under-the-jerseys all the way up
to your full body suit. So hopefully, by the end of this, you're going to see a
roost guard that you think is going to be best fit for the style that you are
looking for. Now, keep in mind these are an apparel item, so any roost guard that
you ever get from Rocky Mountain, if you don't like the fit of it, just send it
back to us in brand-new, unworn condition, and we will give you free
shipping on your first exchange. So the first one that I have up here — actually
the first two that I'm going to show you — are what's really becoming popular
nowadays, especially with off-road and motocross guys. It's a type of roost guard
that's meant to be worn under the jersey. You can wear it over the jersey, but you're
still going to get pretty good protection here. Now, as a frame of
reference, Josh — he's actually normally behind the camera — he came out today to
help me out. He is 6'2", 180 pounds. And the first one I'm showing you is the Fox
Titan Race. This is a size large that Josh is wearing. So, this was actually one that
I personally wear. So, you can wear under or over the jersey. I usually wear it under
the jersey. It's nice and comfortable actually against my skin. That's one
thing I really like about it. If you wear it under the jersey against the skin, I've
never had any chafing. You are going to have mesh that's underneath this big
plastic panel here in the front, so plenty of coverage there. Now, one thing
you do want to keep in mind with this protector is that up here, it comes up
pretty high, so if you do wear a neck brace, keep in mind this isn't designed
to fit with a neck brace. You could slip it underneath this, but it's probably
going to have that poking out. So that's one thing you've got to keep in mind: probably not
the most neck-brace-friendly roost guard that is out there. But overall, good
protection. You got hard plastic piece down here, padding on the sides. Here's
your two buckles that hold it in place. Those are elastic; those are adjustable,
so you can get it to sit how you want it to. And if Josh faces the back for me... so
here in the back, again, you have those nice wide shoulder straps coming down.
This is all padding and then a hardback protector there. So that's it, really.
That's the Fox Titan Race. So you can wear it under the jersey or over the jersey.
Good amount of protection, but again, for guys looking for very low profile,
this is one that I would definitely consider.
So next up, this is the EVS Rev 5.
So this is going to be similar to that Fox Titan that I just showed you. You're
going to have under- or over-the-jersey versatility, but you're still going to
get a good amount of protection here. And now you're going to have shoulder pads
that are included. Now, one thing you do want to keep in mind: if you go with the
Revo 5 from EVS, these shoulder pads, they're not going to work very well if
you have it on over the jersey because they don't have any straps to put your arms
through. So if you had this over top, these are gonna be flapping around. So if
you wear it under the jersey, these are going to be held in place. They're going to do a good
job. But what's nice about these is that they actually are removable, so if you
want to, you can just pop these off. Now, if we look at the rest of it, EVA
padding here up at the top. Now EVS, these guys make neck braces, so they want to
design their roost guard to work with those, so you are going to have (right
here in the top) a little bit of an area that they left so the neck brace can
actually slide underneath this. So if you wear our neck brace — and EVS especially —
you're going to have compatibility with this roost guard. If you work your way down,
hard molded plastic here in the front. Again, that's that good protection there,
and underneath that, you can see that red material, that's mesh. So that's going to
help this thing vent, keep you nice and cool when you're out riding. Down here at the
bottom, you do have these two buckles. Again, those are adjustable as well. Josh,
if you face the back for me... now, here in the rear, couple cool features. So these
shoulder straps are adjustable, so you can get the fit that you want. You're
going to have this back protector, but what they've done is — depending again — if
you're wearing a neck brace or not, you can actually take this piece, and this
will pop off. So you can get a little less padding in the back if you want to.
You're going to have that mesh panel here again to help that breathe, and this
is removable. So depending on what you want, you have a little bit of
adjustability. So Josh, face the front again. So there it is. That is the EVS Rev
point five, again, under- or over-the- jersey, low profil,e but a good amount of
protection. So if you like that, that's one that I would consider.
So a third up on the list, this is what I like to call the suns out and the guns
are out. Actually, this is called the Fly Undercover Pullover. So this is
going to be for guys that are out there that really don't like to wear a roost
guard in general because they either don't like the feel of it or they don't
like the bulkiness underneath their jersey, then that's what they're going to
be looking for with this Fly Undercover. So if you look at it, it's essentially just
a compression shirt that's going to have some padding built in. But what's nice is
underneath all the padding, it's full mesh so it's going to breathe, it's going
to ventilate really well. So if you look at Josh, remember, Josh 6'2", 180
pounds, he's wearing size large, extra-large. Now if you wanted this to
fit more like a compression shirt, I would recommend going down one size. But
again, up here in the front you're going to get this EVA foam padding all the way
up, to pretty far up on the chest here. I like that. Padding on the shoulders, if
Josh faces the back for me, so again you're getting that padding all the way
down the backside as well, underneath the arms, here in the lower back. It's fully
meshed so it's going to breathe, it's going to ventilate, so for hot weather this is
really going to do a great job. So there it is, that is the Fly Undercover
Pullover. So again, for guys looking for... or guys that don't like to wear a roost
guard necessarily but still want a little bit of padding, this style is going
to be a rock-solid option.
So the next roost guard that we have is going to be right in the middle ground.
This is going to be more of your traditional style, you know the type
that's been around for a lot of years. And the one that Josh is wearing, this is
the Fly Convertible 2. So what's popular about these is you're going to get a lot
of hard plastic. So a lot of good roost protection. It's going to be lightweight and they
breathe really well. If you look at this one you can see all the different cutouts
that it has. So these are traditionally meant to be worn over the jersey, you can
wear under the jersey if you want to, but they are a bit bulkier. But either way,
it's going to allow a lot of ventilation to pass through. It's going to keep you
nice and cool. So as you can see up here on the shoulders, hard plastic protection
here. You have protection on your arms. Full chest coverage, and you can see all
those cut out that are going to vent, and you are going to have these adjustment
straps up here at the top to get those shoulder pads right where you want those.
Here on the side, you have a couple buckles. Those are adjustable to hold it
in place—and if Josh faces the back for me—so here in the rear you see, full back
protection. That's that hard plastic, so you're really not leaving any parts of
the front or the back exposed, that's why these are so popular. So Josh, face back
the front for me. So that is the Fly Convertible 2. Again, this is more your
traditional style, so meant to go over the jersey. So if that's really what you're
looking for, this is one of our favorites. But don't forget, we got a lot of other
options for different brands that make this style, so check those out as well.
We're going to take a big leap to the other end of the spectrum. This is going
to be for guys looking for a roost guard that's going to give the most protection
and impact protection as possible. The first one, the one that we really like,
this is the Leatt 5.5 HD Pro. Now, if you see Josh wearing it you can tell, lots of hard
plastic. Full-body protection here. So in the shoulders, the chest, full back piece.
But what's nice about this, this is going to be CE rated. So when it comes to
impacts, a lot more protection here. Now another cool feature about these shoulder
pads—now you could wear this under the jersey if you wanted to. It's a little
more bulky so, preferably, most guys are going to wear it over the jersey. But you
can remove these shoulder pads if you want to. And you actually do have some
bicep protection here as well, which we haven't seen yet. Now Leatt, these guys are
known for making really good neck braces. So if you do wear a neck brace, what
they've done is they've actually put a cut out here in this upper chest piece.
So the pieces on your neck brace that go against your chest will fit right underneath
here, so you're going to get a nice fit with the neck brace. You work your way
down, again there's that hard plastic. You're going to have two straps here
that are going to snap into place. And if Josh turns and faces the camera and lifts his arm up,
you're going to see full protection all the way across the
obliques here. So your entire underneath the arm, you're going to get a lot of
impact protection there as well. Face all the way to the back for me Josh.
And if we look at the back, again—there it is, they have that cutout for your neck
brace to go right inside here to get that nice fit you're looking for. Working
your way down, you do have adjustability with those straps and these side panels. And
again, there's that CE protection, hard plastic throughout. And you are going to
have a good amount of venting throughout this entire roost guard as well. So Josh,
face back to the front. All right, so that is the Leatt 5.5 HD Pro. Again, for guys
looking for a roost deflector that's going to give the most amount of impact
protection as possible, this is definitely one that I would put at the top of
the list.
So our last style is going to be for guys that are looking for a hybrid, more
of a roost guard mixed with a bodysuit. Now, we have a lot of options you can choose
from on our website. Some are just going to have softer padding, some are going to
have a hard plastic. Now this one that Josh is wearing, this is a Fox Titan
Sport Jacket and this has been one of our best selling for a lot of years. So
we look at it, what's nice is you're going to have full CE rated protection on here.
So good impact protection. So in the chest, from your shoulders, all the way
down to those forearms you can see here, you're going to get protection
throughout this entire jacket. You also get a lot of adjustability. Up here at
the front you're going to have adjustment straps
here, so you can adjust that—and in the back, we'll show that here in a second. So
down here at the bottom you're going to have their belt. And now this belt, it's really nice, it does a couple of things.
It's a support belt, but it also is going
to hold the back protector in place. So it's going to give a really good fit, and
make sure this isn't going to be sliding around while you're out wearing it. Now the
reason they call this a jacket, because you're going to put this on like you
would a jacket. You're actually going to slip your arms through and you're going
to have this big zipper that's going to go all the way down the front. So that's
how you would put this thing on. So again, that's why they call it the Sport Jacket. Now
if Josh turns and faces the back for me...so again here in the back, there's that CE
rated back protector that goes all the way down. Now one thing you want to keep
in mind—this is something I've heard about the Sport Jacket—is that they give
plenty of protection that goes all the way down the bottom, but because it is so
long, I've heard of some riders having trouble tucking their jersey in over top
this. So if you wear it under your jersey, keep that in mind you might have a
little bit of trouble having your jersey state tucked in. But what's nice is you
can wear this over the jersey if you want to as well. Another cool feature is,
if you can see right here, you're actually going to have these zippers. So
if you wanted to, Josh could actually unzip these and completely remove this
entire back piece. Now the only nitpick I have with that—Josh face back to the front for me—
if Josh were to take that back piece off—and then turn and lift
this arm up—they didn't have anywhere to put these straps, because these stay
connected to the front. So once you take the back piece off, these are actually
just kind of flopping around. There's nowhere really to put them. So that's one nitpick
that I have. But I do like the versatility of being able to take that
back protector off—especially if it is really hot and you don't feel like you
need it; get it out of there. So there it is. That is the Fox Titan Sport Jacket.
Again, a really good hybrid mix of a roost guard and a full body jacket. So if
that's what you're looking for, definitely one that I would consider.
Alright, so there it is guys, that is our roost deflector buyer's guide. Now hopefully
we helped you out by showing you all the different styles that are available at
RockyMountainATVMC.com, and hopefully we've helped narrow down
the search a little bit. So head over to our website at RockyMountainATVMC.com to
check these out. Now because we have so many, I want to know, which one are you
guys wearing? What do you like about it? What do you don't like about it?
Comment below. That's really going to help a lot of people that are watching
this guide, it's going to help them make that decision of which one to go with.
Now remember, these are an apparel item like I said before. So if you get, one you
don't like the fit, send it back to us in brand-new, unworn condition. We will
give you free shipping on your first exchange. And as always, orders over $75
are always going to ship free. I'm Chase here at Rocky Mountain, and we'll see you on the trails.