If you’ve ever wondered how you’d escape during a Chemical, Biological, Radiological or Nuclear attack, look no further than the NH15 Escape Hood from Avon Protection.
Marketed as the world’s smallest NIOSH-certified emergency escape hood, the compact unit protects your face and respiratory system during these occurrences and provides you 15 minutes to evacuate the contaminated site.
We’ve been fortunate enough to obtain a loaner unit from Avon Protection in order to demonstrate donning the mask on video, which you’ll find below. [Read More…]
Just a quick update to let you know that our good friends at Tactical Revolution have just released their new 5G Modular Plate Carrier and we wanted to show it off on ITS.
Here’s a list of features the 5G MPC includes:
- Made in the USA by ATS Tactical Gear
- 500 D nylon
- Top load, zippered plate pockets
- Fully adjustable cummerbund, also featuring “T Handle” finer adjustment
- Fully adjustable shoulder adjustment, also featuring finer adjustment in the rear
- Internal MOLLE grid on interior of cummerbund for additional load carry
- Cummerbund flap features a slit pocket with internal elastic organization
- Cummerbund opens up to accommodate 6×6 and 6×8 side SAPI
- Padded ventilation baffles to promote air flow against the torso
- Full length drag handle
Be sure to check TacRev out on their Facebook Page and stay tuned for information on their new clothing line, Five Apparel.
We’re really excited about Mil-Spec Monkey’s new CoolGuy-Hat DLUX, as we’ve had the pleasure of giving him some feedback when he was first getting the project off the ground. His brilliant idea of integrating ear-pro into a hat was truly one of those moments when you say, “wow! I wonder why no one thought of that before?”
Well the Monkey did, and the result is loop Velcro madness on a FlexFit hat that will never leave you wondering where to put your patches or where your ear-pro took off to. We’ll hit the feature highlights in the article, but check out the video below for a hands-on review. [Read More…]
Before SHOT Show this year, I decided it was time to invest in a better messenger bag then what I’d been using for the last few years. Unfortunately, while I looked high and low for something being currently produced that fit what I needed and wanted in a bag, I came up empty.
I’ve been a huge fan of what Joel at Zulu Nylon Gear has been doing since I first met him through ITS back when we first started the site. In fact, I think we were the first site to review his Mega Admin Pouch back in the day (which was a Wednesday by the way) and I’ve always liked what he’s done.
While searching for a messenger bag, I noticed his Photobucket account had all the custom bags he’d made and saw a lot of awesome! I contacted him right away and asked if he’d be interested in creating a custom messenger bag for me using many of the features I saw on the bags he’d made, along with a few ideas of my own.
What came out of the project was a bag design that was exactly what I was looking for, an unobtrusive messenger bag that’s capable of fitting into any role needed.
UPDATE: This bag is now branded as the ITS Tactical Discreet Messenger Bag and available exclusively in the ITS Tactical Store!! [Read More…]
There are a lot of packs on the market today, some good, some bad, and some great. The pack that I’d like to review today is in the “great” category.
My review of the Eberlestock Skycrane II is based on actual use while in Afghanistan, where I currently still use this as my only pack and will for the next year plus that I am deployed.
Perhaps a little background on me to qualify my use case and ability to review of the Eberlestock Skycrane II: I am a Private Military Contractor attached to the U.S. Marine Corps where I have spent nearly the past year on the front lines in both the mountains and deserts of Afghanistan. Wherever the Marines are in Afghanistan, so am I at some point. [Read More…]
Have you ever needed the ability to retain your weapon when climbing, running, sitting in a vehicle, handling a prisoner, fast roping or even breaching?
The fact is that there’s always a reason to sling your primary weapon out of the way to not only free up your hands, but to prevent your weapon from moving back around and getting in the way.
Enter the 215 Gear Multi-Mission Weapon’s Retention. The MMWR provides a low-profile, simply designed retention that virtually disappears on your gear and is ready to use when you need it. [Read More…]
If you guys happen to remember our review of the Mayflower R&C Lo-Pro Armor Package, you’ll hopefully also remember that one of our comments on the UW Chest Rig was that the waist strap was too long.
Even at its shortest adjustment we weren’t able to properly secure it over the Low-Profile Armor Carrier due to the sewn-in adjustment with triglides. We wound up salvaging a waist strap from another rig to use and consequently created a quick-adjustment waist strap that we felt went along with the usage of the setup.
The way the UW Chest Rig works is that it quick-disconnects from the armor carrier to ditch in an emergency situation, change loadouts, or simply wear it stand-alone with the included shoulder straps.
Having to make these changes on the fly creates a pain in the ass with traditional waist strap adjustments. While our bastardization of a waist strap was crude (which you can read about more in the Mayflower R&C article), it definitely allowed the UW Chest Rig to quick-adjust somewhat dynamically and fit tightly without much play.
Recently, while browsing the blog of one of my favorite gear companies, Down Range Gear. I saw that Chris had come up with a wonderful solution to the problem that I feel plagues a lot of chest rigs, not having the ability to adjust dynamically. Enter the Adjustable Waist Strap from Down Range Gear. [Read More…]
You get a call on your phone and it’s Fate, you pick up: “Hey friend, this is Fate, just wanted to give you a heads up that you’re going to be put in an aggressive and dangerous situation next Tuesday. Be prepared.” And the phone call ends. What do you go out and buy? Do you go to WalMart and buy some knee pads, khakis, and an outdoor shirt (or maybe a casket?)
Or do you Google “best damn protective gear evarrr” and whip out the debit card? Most of us will probably choose the latter, but why do some go beyond bargain hunting and try to buy the cheapest gear available for kit up purposes? Why are we putting our safety and the hinging success of numerous American-based tactical companies at risk?
Why are we killing ourselves and the tactical/adventure companies of America? [Read More…]
Today I’ll be covering two medical items from CTOMS (Canadian Tactical and Operational Medical Solutions) the Tourniquet Pouch and Warfighter CFAK (Combat First Aid Kit) Flat Panel.
CTOMS was established in April 2005 as a means to propagate, standardize and evolve tactical medicine in the military and law enforcement communities in Canada and to expand its appropriate attributes to remote casualty care in Search and Rescue and wilderness environments. [Read More…]
You may remember us talking about the new A-TACS camouflage a few posts ago and we have another camo update for you. In a recent press release, Digital Concealment Systems and Tactical Assault Gear (TAG) announced that A-TACS nylon gear will now be available for purchase. [Read More…]
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