Back Defender help

[Gmac47]

I've been wearing the back defender since December with decent results. I initially bought it not so much because of back pain but rather the duty belt crushing my hip flexors. When I first set it up, I had it pretty good. However, I have attempted to make some minor changes over the last few months and it seems I cannot get it back to how it felt when I first put it on. Most recently, I've been getting some of the worst pain in my lower back from the V members I can ever recall.

My pants are not to tight, and I wear the inner belt loose. I honestly have no idea what to do at this point as the V members seem to be digging in to my back making it extremely uncomfortable.

Does anyone have any tips/pointers? I've watched the instructional video several times and still can't seem to get this thing where I need it to be. Maybe I've got the rear portion of the belt up to high/down to low? I'm really not sure. For those that have this system, do you wear your back V members/keepers lower than the front, or are they of equal length? Any help would be greatly appreciated, as I really want to make this system work because so many people rave about it.

[Cannady]

My back ones are about an inch or so longer than the front. Actually they rest against the buttocks. The front ones were the ones I had to get used to a bit more and are pushed off to the side for me riding along my hip bones opposed to straight down in the front and digging into my thighs.

[patrick_leo]

The front ones were the ones I had to get used to a bit more and are pushed off to the side for me riding along my hip bones opposed to straight down in the front and digging into my thighs.

I had the same problem with the front ones and had to modify a bit my setting too. I tried the short V in one of them but it was starting to rotate and I had to go back to the regular V length.
The other issue I had was to find the proper width setting on the upper chest portion to avoid the rubbing of the shoulder velcro on my neck.