Thanks for the informative post! After reading what you wrote, and doing a little research, I ordered the Forcefield Pro Shirt. It is very light, while having CE approved EN1621-2 Level 2 protection. It provides full spine, chest, shoulder, elbow and forearm armor. I'll add my review of it after I've had some on the snow time to check it out. In the first pic below I turned the sleeves to show the elbow and forearm armor.