I have owned many body shields before with varying degrees of quality. I have now owned this one for a week and am super satisfied. Used it everyday this week at 2 gyms (an MMA club and a Karate dojo) where everyone kicked the snot out of it. It was dense enough to slow the really hard kickers.

The guy who broke my last one (making me have to shell out more money and get some new gear) and has for the past 3 months bruised my ribs did nothing to me with the new shield. Well he did tire my arms out but no more of to much force through the pad and eventually bruising of my ribs. The straps on the back are heavy duty and the one on the top that looks cheap is very durable and comfortable. For the 60$ i paid worth it.