Your review on the glove confirmed my suspicions.

I recently purchased a Motoport kevlar Air-Mesh one-piece suit. For all the talk of “custom made”, the extensive measuring, etc… the $1200 suit came with a sizing tag like a cheap t-shirt.

I don’t believe they ship actual “custom fitted” gear, as the term is usually defined.

From what I can tell, they prefer to grab a suit off the rack and modify it (if absolutely necessary, i.e. hem the ankle).
For instance: I requested NO elastic side panels on more than one occasion during the ordering process. Called back many times, to confirm my request. Of course… I received elastic side panels.
Professional measurements of my thigh and calf were completely disregarded. Below the waist, I seem to be wearing a firefighter’s turn-outs. “Room for insulation” would be an understatement.

I had suspicions after Wayne tried talking me out of the one-piece. Who does that? And, why? Do they cost more to make?

You speak correctly about their extreme reluctance to accept criticism. He shuts down completely and assumes an immediate negative tone, as if he stopped maturing somewhere around 16. It’s not just nerd-anger or old-geezer frustration… kinda weird.

Pulling apart a few scraps of their Kevlar mesh material has also proven interesting. Only 1 in 6 threads are actual Kevlar. The other 5 threads melt easily, which he markets as an impossibility. (I used my naked bike’s header as it was warming up. About 200 degrees, using an infrared thermometer.) Melted exactly like para-cord or any other nylon.
He swears by his gear’s superiority over others using nylon-coated thread… yet his melts just as quickly.

The standard armor is decent for its size, but not great.
The thicker upgrade is just simply too expensive for its construction (it’s simply another layer glued onto the standard stuff, then trimmed to size).

The zipper stops about 4 inches below the neck snaps. About 3 inches below my collar bone. The liner’s zipper stops even lower. It’s a pet-peeve of mine.

But, oh well… too late now…

I wouldn’t want to give up a keyboard at this point. I use it often enough on my HTPC that if I used a Snapstream Firefly I would have to leave a keyboard plugged in somewhere.

For example, I had to download a codec last night on my downstairs HTPC. The keyboard on my Lenovo remote was a big help. I would have hated to use an onscreen keyboard or alt buttons on a “tv”-style remote to tap out what I needed to type.

It wasn’t straight forward but in the end I got it [ http://greysquare.org/blog/2010/03/05/keepass-on-ubuntu/ ] figured out after going through a few forums.

I guess thats one reason why some people who have too much time like I do give Linux a chance. So that they can tinker around with a lot of stuff.