What you see in the photos attached to my review are the torn, tattered, and shredded remains of my wife's hoodie. Roughly three months ago, my wife purchased this hoodie and a green flannel jacket for myself. They were comfortable and moveable despite having pads and protective lining in them. Last month, my wife was in a terrible motorcycle accident and has not been released from the hospital yet, but she is alive and making huge progress in her recovery. This hoodie literally helped to save my wife's life from an accident that she should not have made it out of. Her bike ended up being a runaway, and before she could ditch it, she was carried off the road into a thick and dense area of foliage and trees. She suffered serious injuries from the speed of the impact, but none of them were life-threatening due to this jacket. The back armor protected her spine, so she only had a few cracked ribs. Her left arm suffered serious trauma from the impact force and was dislocated, and a fracture to the middle of her radius. Her elbow and shoulder were still intact, though as the shoulder set itself and her elbow moved perfectly. As for bleeding, she only had a minor laceration to her spleen.
While those injuries sound grizzly, they are not life-threatening and are easily fixed. In fact, the left arm and spleen were the least of the doctor's worries after the accident, as she sustained serious head trauma. She did have some bruises but no cuts, scrapes, or other open wounds anywhere that were protected by this clothing. The damage to her torso could have been so much worse, but this clothing kept branches from clawing at her skin, poison ivy from being all over her, and absorbed so much of the impact from what should have otherwise killed her to a couple of common injuries that are seen among athletes.
Once my wife woke up from the accident, she was disappointed to hear that the hoodie had to be cut off by EMTs. She was happy to know that it protected her and did its job perfectly. Today, I am purchasing another hoodie to replace this one. My wife's goal is to recover, get back out on the road on another motorcycle, and continue wearing clothing she knows she can trust to protect her when the worst-case scenarios occur.
