Multi-sided systems are designed to deploy in mid air, and land in a fashion where Spikes always point up. This concept has a few downfalls, one is that mid air deployments are high visibility and when spotted by the driver of the target vehicle, can set in motion evasive tactics. Spikes are safest when used in a fashion that provides concealment for an element of surprise to the driver. Spike Belt uses a sleeve that is camo design in the sky and on the roadway, helpng cut down on deadly evasive tactics.

All types of Spike designs, old and new have the ability to be pre-deployed on the opposite side of the roadway, then pulled into the path of the target, a safer deployment, but not always practical. Were going to deal with several deployment styles in the connected tabs. We will also look at deployment and retrieval of the spikes.

The two pictures show the deployment of a Triangle-sided system, with the spikes crooked on the roadway. The first picture shows the car passed over the spikes, with the officers on the edge of the roadway and no time to adjust and open up the spikes.. The second car is very close to doing the same thing, but the officer i behind cover. in both cases the spikes can fail due to being crooked and limited deployment time to pull the strip open into a perpendicular orientación.

Triangle designs have the spikes laying over at a 45 degree angle and if the strip is crooked on the roadway, the spikes might point away from the tire. Spike belt has Spikes pointing up all the time, and strips can be crooked or a car can approach from any angle and the spikes will work, everytime.

Spike Belt also uses a tight sleeve with a rectangle strip which will not fold sideways, limiting the possibility of a crooked orientation on the roadway.

The squared corners, work better orientating the system sooner. Spike Belt gives you an edge and allows your officer to seek cover sooner. The rectangle end caps will not tear into the sleeve and cause pre-mature wear, from handling or doing practice deployments. this is a problem we further discuss in corded deployment page.

Shown above is a typical Triangle system, the spikes point at an angle, picture number two shows the spikes deployed, without a sleeve, and picture #3 shows deployed inside a sleeve. These pictures show additional issues with triangle systems which Spike Belt has solutions for. We explain them in the tabs named singular deployment and Cord reel Deployment.