IcePlate Sleeve Combo is the external MOLLE plate carrier hydration solution for tactical professionals in austere, no-fail environments.
Pairing IcePlate Curve with IcePlate Sleeve is a hydration game changer. Advancing our vision for modular thermoregulation and hydration, IcePlate Sleeve Combo makes it simple to harness the full power of the water you carry on duty. Inside or outside your plate carrier, IcePlate Sleeve mounts securely to your plate carrier using MOLLE and/or Velcro; exchanging IcePlate Curves is as easy as changing an empty magazine.
Wearing the IcePlate Sleeve Combo means eliminating ruptured bladders, no wasted MOLLE fields, and finally sitting up flat and comfortable while wearing your plate carrier and hydration in a vehicle. It’s the lightest, toughest, flattest MOLLE plate carrier hydration solution available. We call it Hard Cell Hydration - you’ll call it a Godsend.
If you already own an IcePlate Curve and are looking for just the IcePlate Sleeve, click here.
Each Package Includes:
- 1 x IcePlate Sleeve (MOLLE plate carrier hydration mounting)
- 1 x IcePlate Curve w/IceCap (select Exit Port above)
- 1 x Source 90 Drink Tube*
- 1 x Freezer Cap for IcePlate Curve
- 2 x IceCap Safety Shims
- 96" of OneWrap for MOLLE mounting
Color Combinations
Each IcePlate Sleeve Combo comes in a set color pairing to match your plate carrier. To add an additional IcePlate Curve Standalone in a different color, click here.
| IcePlate Sleeve | IcePlate Curve |
| MultiCam | Coyote Brown |
| Coyote Brown | Coyote Brown |
| Black | Wolf Grey |
| Wolf Grey | Wolf Grey |
| Ranger Green | Ranger Green |
Designed and manufactured in the USA from US materials. Fulfilled from our Sterling, VA HQ. Not subject to ITAR. US and International Patents Pending.
Features and Benefits
- OPTIMIZED - Optimized for IcePlate Exo compatibility
- UNIVERSAL - works with any plate carrier with a 6x4 MOLLE field and/or a hook and loop Velcro field
- VENTILATED - dual-face laser-cut MAPs double as ventilation ports
- CAPABLE - Built from the same high-tech, ultra-strong, ultra-light, hydrophobic HMWPE used to build IcePlate Exo
- LIGHTWEIGHT - IcePlate Sleeve is 30% lighter than IMS Flex, weighing in at a mere 4.2 ounces. Laser-cut negative MAPs (MOLLE Attachment Points built by removing, not adding, material)
- AMBIDEXTROUS - Accepts both Left and Right Exit IcePlate Curve to work for both right-handed and left-handed shooters
- STREAMLINED - Laser-cut Drink Tube Routing Ports on Left, Right and Top keep your hose as low profile and tight to your kit as you want or need
- RELIABLE - bottom zipper closure is out, Velcro bottom closure is in with the Hook Velcro field on the inside of IcePlate Sleeve to prevent contact with clothing or uniforms
- PURPOSE-BUILT - Can accept any IcePlate Curve or Medium ESAPI armor plate to give you maximum versatility for your cooling, heating, hydration and protection needs
- FLAT - conformal design geometry with IcePlate Curve delivers the flattest, strongest and most capable plate carrier cooling/heating/hydration system ever built
- MODULAR - dual-side MAPs let you carry your water and preserve your MOLLE field
For reference only. Source UTA sold separately:
How to clean IcePlate Curve and IceCap
Source Storm Bite Valve (standard on all Black Source 90s):
Source Helix Bite Valve (standard on all Coyote Source 90s):
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My only problem is that I'm 6' 4" and it seems kinda small but its so great I don't want to send it back
Schnelle Lieferung, 1A Qualität!!!
Your customer service was far above everything thing else in the business world right now.
Doug Burr is nothing less than exceptional. I was having website difficulties in trying to make an online purchase after hours and Doug “made it all happen in less than ten minutes once he became aware of the problems”.
I don’t know if Doug has served, but he does what we as leadership in the SF community do and as vets; we take care of our people and their problems.
My example may not sound like anything out of the ordinary, like many of my stellar NCO’s Doug demonstrated initiative, extreme self motivation and concern for the mission which was to oversee, guide and provide support for a customer.
Ontop of a clearly outside of the box thinking set of products of which I wish were around just a few years ago when I was on AD...you guys get it!
This just makes sense. It is a perfect universal solution. So, you can throw on your main pack, and not pop your bladder & get a wet butt. a counter point though, the marketing shows that the hose can fit through the sleeve, but it can't. Still 9.9/10.
Well built using Source components but it has its limitations. The idea of having a frozen reservoir directly on your back is great, it's like mobile AC, right? I bought this gear for use during a 10 day long course of fire in the desert. It turned out to be about 115 by 1500 on most days.
In practice, you're obviously going to need to have access to a freezer and keep your reservoir frozen / super cold until just before you want to use it. In most climates, that means you need it around 12 - 1700, for the hottest part of the day. If you strap this on in the morning, it's going to keep you cool when you don't really need it to do so, then by the time you need it, it's warm.
I was able to keep the thing on ice until noon, then installed it to my carrier and used it for the afternoon. This was a controlled situation on a range where I had access to my vehicle and cooler. It worked for me, sorta.
At 115 degrees outside, it obviously won't last the whole afternoon and once it's thawed, it's hard to drink out of. The reservoir is a sorta flexible plastic that does not really work well to drink from. Unlike a flexible reservoir, this hard reservoir doesn't collapse. I also had an issue with the Source tube getting kinked but worked those out after some adjustments.
As for comfort... it feels a bit weird and more then once I found myself feeling for the bottom of the plate to see if it was falling down, which it did not do. After using it for 4 days, I actually switched back to my camelback over my carrier due to the issue with not being able to drink from it very easily. I also got tired of installing it at lunch, just so I could get a couple hours (maybe) of "cool" on my back. I was better off dunking my shemagh in the cooler ice water and wrapping that thing around my head and neck.
Overall, it's a cool idea but for the money, I don't know if I would suggest this product. You would really need a few reservoirs available in a freezer or cooler. It's not a bad product, but its use is limited and does not align with the price tag.
Hi Carl,
Thank you so much for taking the time to share your experiences with your IcePlate Sleeve Combo. We are sorry to hear it did not live up to your expectations. Your timing is great though, as we are about to release our IcePlate Curve One-Way Valve which will be available for free to all IcePlate Curve owners. We have been developing it for the last nine months and it makes IcePlate Curve truly effortless for users at all levels.
Here are a few points we wanted to highlight that we hope will be helpful for you:
1. The IcePlate Curve concept is to provide a 'human booster rocket' (think Solid Rocket Boosters on the Space Shuttle) as opposed to a mobile A/C. Since heat stress in the body is cumulative, IcePlate Curve can be used before it gets hot (much like hydrating before your activity) to 'pre-cool' the body for the absolute best result. Pre-cooling is a technique used by elite athletes everywhere, but it is particularly prominent in professional cycling where it has been used with great effect for over a decade. The thermoregulatory effect on your body from IcePlate Curve pre-cooling lasts far longer than the 'cool feeling' we get right when we put IcePlate Curve on our body.
2. Once the first IcePlate Curve is depleted half-way through the day, you can rapidly swap out just the IcePlate Curve at lunch for a fresh one because IcePlate Sleeve itself is 'set and forget' - it only needs to be installed once. It is designed for rapid IcePlate Curve swapping, just like a mag change on our duty rifles.
3. Shemaghs dunked in water and placed on our neck can 'feel' nice for a brief period of time which is always great, but because they use water in a liquid state and can retain just a fraction of the water contained in IcePlate Curve, they can't pack the cooling power or duration of conductive tools like IcePlate Curve. This is particularly true in dry, arid climates. The energy isn't there because only one phase change state is available (liquid to gas) as opposed to two phase changes with a frozen IcePlate Curve (solid to liquid, then liquid to gas).
Hopefully this information is helpful, but we look forward to getting you one of our One-Way Valves for your IcePlate Curve to facilitate year-round enjoyment. We hope you'll give it a try because it works so well (physics, lol)!
Please let us know if there is anything else we can do for you. #StayFrosty
Used it for the first time yesterday and it worked phenomenally. I got a solid five hours hours under my carrier. Will be purchasing another soon and have already recommended this product to others.
Hands down the best water source i've ever had on the back of my plate carrier. No more ripping camelbak bladders going in and out of hmmwv's!
mounted on the back of my tactical vest with no problems. seems to be very secure I can't feel it moving around. it's easy to fill and insert into the sleeve, I routed the hose up thru the Molle webbing and over the shoulder. sits flat and tight to the vest so sitting in a vehicle you almost don't know it's even there.
Showed up earlier than shipping said it would. Well made and fits well in the sleeve. Mounting directions not being included with the straps is my only complaint. After some trial and error I was able to mount to my plate carrier.
Thanks for asking me to review. Would love to but still waiting with no end onsite. Will be happy to change this if it arrives