Any RRS Body Armor Owner Out There?

I just bought the Body Armor for my wife's G9 and, having had prior experience with RRS products, was surprised at how difficult it is to slide this on to the L plate and remove it. Is that normal or did we just get a poor fitting one?

Not familiar with RRS at all. Checked this thing out and it looks pretty cool. Wow $150US? That is a lot of dough. I would be worried using it as a support due to the height and small footprint. Just waiting for some wind to tip it over.
How is their rep for the other products they offer?

I googled it cause I've never heard of it before. Looks pretty robust but that price tag is a bit much. Did you pay $150 for yours? I wouldn't mind getting it if the price was about in the $75 ball park.

etaV8R wrote in post #6150104
How is their rep for the other products they offer?

they make really nice stuff actually. Their L brackets and clamps are the best in the business. It's also a husband and wife team and he makes everything in the US. That combined with the fact that G9 armor is milled from a solid block of aluminum, and that's why it's pricey. All L brackets are spendy though, not just theirs, but they seems to make the best looking and fitting L brackets I've found (I use them on my 40D and 5D and want one for the G9).

etaV8R wrote in post #6150104
I would be worried using it as a support due to the height and small footprint. Just waiting for some wind to tip it over.

Actually, not as bad as I thought it would be. I won't let her get too far from it though if/when she does use it.

Very good to excellent from all the folks I've spoken to. I have one of their ballheads and the accompanying plates and they really are works of art as well as incredibly functional. They really put a lot of thought into the design and their maching is incredible. But, boy do you pay for it. Not much different from some others like Kirk though.

Mike16610 wrote in post #6152065
Looks pretty robust but that price tag is a bit much. Did you pay $150 for yours? I wouldn't mind getting it if the price was about in the $75 ball park.

Well, the L plate itself is $88 so getting the body armor wasn't all that terrible to digest. And, this way my wife doesn't have to worry about it getting banged up when she doesn't want to take a bag along.

jacobsen1 wrote in post #6152364
and want one for the G9).

Well, what are you waiting for then??!! Oh yeah, you've already spent a ton on the L plates for your other cameras.

yeah, that and 2 other issues. First is will I use the G9 on a tripod ever? Second is I'm not sure if I'm keeping the G9. I'm sitting on it till photokina then deciding.

jacobsen1 wrote in post #6152701
Second is I'm not sure if I'm keeping the G9. I'm sitting on it till photokina then deciding.

Good point. From all accounts, there should be a new model coming out.