Guardian Chest Plate

Fitment on the kuiu pro harness worked well. Easy, efficient solution to carry a sidearm in the backcountry.

Overall very happy with the plate, but was surprised to see it was printed polymer. Still seems to be very rigid despite this, I suppose I assumed it was aluminum. It was very easy to mount to my bino harness and includes a QR code to the how-to video which was helpful.
I had the same concerns as other people did as far as getting a compatible holster, since Ivory did not make a holster for either firearm I wanted to carry with me in their Wapiti line. I instead used a Bladetech Classic OWB holster with their tek mount 360 plate, and just took off the 360 plate. The hole pattern in the holster allowed me to mount the firearm either horizontal or canted about 30deg, similar to the angle of the product picture. You wouldn't need the tek mount receiver or plate in this case since you can just use the hardware that comes with the Guardian chest plate (3 screws and threaded inserts).
Wore it for one hunt so far and found it pretty much as comfortable as wearing my bino harness before. Good addition to my chest rig.

I have a Glock G40 that I carry while hunting and have traditionally run this below my Marsupial Gear and AGC bino harness. I was going to run my pistol in my stand alone chest holster under my bino harness this year, but saw the gaurdian plate and picked it up hoping it would be more comfortable, and it definitely is. My pistol is BIG, it has a 9 inch slide and a Streamlight TLR 1000. Mounting the holster to the slide took a little time just to get it to where the pistol grip was out of the way of my rangefinder pocket on my bino harness. Got it mounted, it clears my pouch with no problem, much more comfortable than running this below my harness. The only small issue I have had is that on my Marsupial Gear no magnet harness the provided c clip on the bottom draw side of my harness, the 1 inch webbing loop on the harness will pinch and the provided c-clip will come loose. This may be an issue I need to work out with the harness adjusting the angle of the narness or I may just replace the provided c-clip with one of the 1 inch spring loaded gate keepers(not sure if that is the actual name) things so even if it pinches it cannot come loose. Since I run a large pistol the gun will sag and get closer to my range finder pocket lid, that's how I know it has come loose. Even when it does come loose it doesn't affect the performance of the holster. Great product, I recommend giving it a try.

I am running a Marsupial gear bino harness and had a Glock G40 with TLR1 light and Leupold DPP attached underneath my harness. This is a big pistol and I had some concerns about how this would fit and if it would interfere with accessing my range finder pouch, since Im right handed both are on my right side. I used a Razco holster I had from my previous mounting system and it worked great. Harness doesn't stick out much farther from my chest, but I was surprised how much more comfortable it was not having it hanging down below my harness. I never really realized how much it got in the way before until I mounted it this way. I do have to pull my range finder out at a little different angle because the pistol grip sits pretty close to the top of my range finder pouch lid. But its not hard once you get used to it. Overall, this is a great mounting system, I have no complaints.

This is a great idea that is well executed. I’m giving it 4 stars because more description is needed on exactly what type of holster is required to attach to the plate. It’s one thing to say that a particular holster is recommended, when it’s more accurate to say that only this holster, or another with a similar attachment method will fit. I have both Ivory and Blackpoint holsters, but neither work. The only holsters that will fit this plate will have attachment points cast into the back of the holster kind of in the area where the pistol sits in the holster. I contacted Dioni and he got back to me immediately with a couple of suggestions, although that means I need to buy a third holster for this gun. Still worth it for the needed use.