A lot of people put money before quality and safety. Good enough, is the attitude, I think. I posted my thoughts on my Fox Creek jacket. It's a few down in this forum. American made, heavy leather, and lifetime guarantee from a very reputable business. But it is not cheap. Not one comment or thought on the thread. Now we have here a low cost jacket review, and the thread is pretty busy. Now I won't say my review is as stimulating as your video, so that might be it. But it is interesting how high quality gear gets little interest while people flock to the cheap stuff.
That's a really good point. A few weeks ago, I posted a review of Harley's FXRG - $700 jacket.
In the original (non-edited) WRITTEN review which I published in Thunder Press mag, I actually mentioned Fox Creek, because I've tried them and they are truly excellent, for much less than HD's gear. (I also mentioned Aerostich, Motoport, and other American made gear that cost much less than the Indonesian-made HD jacket and performed better, in my opinion.) Some of the other jackets I've tested are of textiles, including my own Motoport which (when everything is added up) tops $1,000.00.
I can understand that some people don't have that kind of scratch for a jacket. That's fine - that's why they wrote to me and asked me to review something that cost less, but still had some good features. So, this Skeid is the one I found. I am sure there are others too. I try to compare RELATIVELY - meaning I'm not going to compare the $169 Viking Cycle jacket to my $1,000 Motoport. That's ridiculous to do - and it's also frankly ridiculous to think that there is no difference between the two, either. Most of the expensive gear - not all, but most - that I test is leagues above the less expensive stuff in materials, quality, and durability. It's expensive for a reason, in other words.
-MKL
