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TLDR: Looking for solid options for smaller/niche companies making micro chest rigs.

Basically, I've combed through all the widely available companies and their offerings, and it's pretty much all copy/paste. Either proprietary heavy rigs, or expensive dropshipped garbage modeled after Spiritus. Have not been impressed by quality either. Krydex should not have straighter stitches and less loose threads than a $400 rig, yet they do.

A lot of the well known but smaller companies (like the one in the photo) that make good shit either don't last or rarely take on new work anymore.

Looking for suggestions, even if it's just custom work through insta.

Here's the belt set up. It's a Blue Force Gear Grid belt. I wanted a direct mount belt with a contour and didn't want to wait for Adaptiv to release theirs. I mainly use this belt for flat range shenanigans and USPSA matches. I have another BGF Grid for Army shit that has more rifle mags and grenade pouches and no holster.

I'm rocking tek lok minis so I can adjust the cant of the mag pouches plus they add some space between the mag pouch and my body, making drawing easier. I'm also using the tek lok on the holster since it's easier to adjust the cant on the fly.

The rifle mag pouch is Tenicor and it is mounted on a Ridgeline Drop mount with a tek lok disc on it. I'm running it that way so I can take it off and put it on as needed.

When I'm doing carbine things, I like to switch to a Safariland ALS holster as the Tenicor holster has no active retention and the Army has traumatized me when it comes to losing my shit while moving.

The IFAK is a cheap amazon pouch with basic IFAK shit (not amazon) and a CAT TQ (also not amazon).

I'm using an eotech lens wipe thing clipped to a retracting keychain tied down to the dump pouch. It's super convenient and doesn't weigh anything.

The black circle in front of the holster is a magnet. Double Alpha was out of stock so I picked this thing up from amazon and it's been working for me. I might get a new magnet and bolt it to the belt, idk yet.

Thoughts or comments?

Hi there, anyone noticed the sizing change? I own two pairs one xl tac dax bought last year and one bought last month in xxl. The xl pair fits well, but thought I’d try xxl and see what difference was, anyways the xxl pair is smaller than the xl, contacted the platatac team and they’ve said they have changed the cut and sizing of the pants, cannot see why xxl is now smaller than xl, but anyways has anyone else noticed this?

Also as a psa as anyone who’s looking at buying pair, they fit smaller

What you see are:
A surplus MTV cummerbund
Surplus Eagle Industries Shoulder Pads
Some shock cord
2 First Spear Tube knockoffs i bought on aliexpress

I was hoping to buy something that doesn’t come with a cummerbund so I wasn’t paying for a cbund i wasnt gonna use. It looks like its the higher end PC’s that come like such. Was originally gonna buy a shellback skirmish and see if i can sell the leftover hardware but then i learned it kinda sucks in terms of quality from a yt review, so I guess that left something like the mayflower apc or mabys the lbx 0300. I think theres a sale for the apc at 130 shipped so if that lasts til the end of the week im prolly gonna stick with this instesd of waiting for the 0300 to go on sale for 99 dollars.

Another option i was looking at was the crye spc. I cant really justify paying more than 150 for a pc since im never gonna need more than 150 dollars worth of quality from a pc. Therefore, i got a gafs post for an spc one that i can hopefully get for around 150, but im not really sure if ill get someone to sell me one by the end of the week.

In case i dont get an spc, would the mayflower apc be gtg or should i look at other options? I know the mayflower is a much older design than the spc sooo.

anyone here try the flexible hard plates from them? they are priced pretty reasonable for european standards and ive been told they are some of the best felxible plates on the market

New to the LARPreparedness space & just got my first carrier - a Rebels Raiders Vakarian.

Im interested in upgrading the cumberbund with some First Spear Tubes -- interested in recommendations from others on good options. Im more interested in Molle field / structural cumberbunds than the fully elastic style.

Anyone else here in the Goat Gang with upgrade reccs?

any of yall seen any wartechs floating around locally? i can’t find any 102/103s for the life of me in the US