Overview and review of the Box women's weighted vest
This is an overview of the Women's box weighted vest including pros, cons, and alternatives. This was originally posted in which weighted vest to get from Rogue.
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Overview of the Women's weighted vest
Price: $122 - $144
The
women's box vest is a redesign of the time tested
box vest classic. Some of the material of the vest has been removed at the chest to make it a better fit for women. This lowers the maximum amount of weight the vest can take to 25lbs. In return, you will have less fabric in the wrong places, especially if you only work at lower weight rates anyway and bring in a sizeable front yourself. (Box themselves avoided to say this, if you have a better way of explaining this, please let me know. It is pretty obvious what this design for women is about.)
Pros of the Women's weighted vest
- A different color scheme from black
- Zipper in the front
- Better suited to a female anatomy
This vest has been designed with women in mind. You can call them out for gender stereotyping, as this is always a challenge with gender-specific products. Still, I think it makes sense to have a vest that is a little lighter and leaves space in the right places to perform your best without creating unnecessary pain.
Cons of the Women's box weighted vest
While the design helps to give you more freedom and provides less fabric than other vests at a similar price point. This also means there is less surface to stick weight into which lowers the overall capacity to 25lb. Combined with the fact that the base price of the
women's box vest is the same as their standard vest I find it to be a little bit of a ripoff. I think it would be fairer to deduct $20 as this clearly uses less material than the
standard box vest unless somebody explains to me how the production of this vest is a lot more complex.
Alternatives to the women's box weighted vest
Alternatives to the box weighted vest are:
If you hate gender stereotyping and do not mind that a weighted vest covers your full front, then the
box weighted vest gives you more capacity for the same price. You can use the same weights and train with a battle-tested classic. The only downside is that it might be a little more painful than with the women's version.
The
Rogue plate carrier is gender-neutral and goes up to 40lbs in weight. This is a great value for money option that also leaves you with possibilities to customize the vest with your own patches.
The
MiR short vest is a great option if you want to maximize your weight at a relatively low cost for up to 90lbs. In this segment, you can not beat the
MiR short vest in the
Rogue shop.
Conclusion for the women's box weighted vest
If you need it for what it has been designed for, it is a great fit. Otherwise, it is overpriced and you should go for something else.