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PRODUCT REVIEW I
ALPINESTARS TECH-AIR
T
he ¾ length Tech-Air 10 is Alpinestars' latest in airbag tech-
nology that can now be had by the everyday rider. The Tech-
Air 10 can go under any suit (Alpinestars or not), so long as
it's designed to stretch accordingly.
This is a stand-alone system (hence the compatibility with multi-
ple different suits), offering back, chest and hip protection whereas
the zip-in Tech-Air Race covers only the top half of the rider's body.
The company is claiming a 95 percent reduction in impact force
transferred to the body with the Tech-Air 10.
The electronic
status of the suit
can be checked via
the wireless display
on the belt. You
can take that off
and put it anywhere
on the bike if you
like to see it at a
glance quickly.
The system has 12 (nine accelerome-
ters and three gyros) sensors to mea-
sure impact, and the airbag will inflate
between 20-40 milliseconds. You can
get up to three deployments per airbag
(although at that point, you might want
to consider rider training as an option).
Level 2 CE protection is used in the
back and chest protector, with the suit
itself constructed using mixed sections
of stretch spandex, stretch mesh span-
dex 3D mesh and lycra. You no longer
need to wear an under suit if you don't
want to, and you can pair the suit to the
Tech-Air app that monitors the system
and battery status, as well as trip in-
formation, ride stats like GPS tracking,
distance, speed, etc.
CE Level 2 armor
is used in the back
and chest protector.
