Exodus
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Post by Exodus on Jul 15, 2009 12:48:11 GMT -5
AirsoftSmith has Pantac gear if I'm not mistaken. Check them out. They have very good pricing on it as well.
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Post by SWAT A4 on Jul 15, 2009 12:55:09 GMT -5
Condor is not junk.... It's made of 1000d, and stitched very well with strong thread. I've been medic dragged 25' across rough pavement, got up, and they wiped the dirt off, nothing frayed or anything. We use our drag handles a LOT. I've been in creeks with it on, a lot of games in the snow and rain, etc
I'm probably one of the few people who have literally un-stitched half of the vest and re did it to custom fit my size. They're made very well.
I've been wearing the condor vest for many years now, and it looks just as new as the day I bought it. All of T.E.S.T. pretty much uses condor... For airsoft, it's even overkill. I've yet to break something made by condor.
Real life operations, I wouldn't touch condor. But for airsoft, it's not garbage.
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Farva(Lowkey)
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Post by Farva(Lowkey) on Jul 15, 2009 13:23:05 GMT -5
I have the TAN version of the vest in the first picture, down side is it flops around and you reall need to balance but its great for the bigger guys, i have the straps as tight as they will go and it flops around. Ill get pics up later today if you want.
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Post by kustom on Jul 15, 2009 14:37:23 GMT -5
Yes, AirsoftSmith stocks tons of PANTAC gear, and it's quite excellent. I've used Condor and PANTAC gear for years now, and I've never had a problem with it. I know some guys want the realism of the "real deal" stuff, and that's cool too. But if you're on a budget, you could do a lot worse than PANTAC or Condor.
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Post by Zorak on Jul 15, 2009 14:49:53 GMT -5
Maybe he can't afford the real deal stuff, I know I sure as hell can't. Yes, I'm sure versus the real deal stuff, Condor, OE tech and a lot of other stuff is garbage but if he's just looking to buy something he can use until he's going to upgrade, those all work. Where does one actually get Pantac gear apart from Redwolf, which no offense to Redwolf, I can't say I really trust their Hong Kong shipping. I'm a gear snob, but let's be totally honest for a moment. There are only two ways MOLLE gear generally screws up. One is that it's made wrong and you get a loop that's too narrow, or just not attached, and you send it back. Get a good retailer and that risk is confined to the cost of return postage. The second potential problem is that the stitching works loose and your gear starts to fall apart. That's less likely with the stuff meant for real deployments, but it's probably a question of there being a 0.1% chance of it happening to Condor gear in the first year, or a 0.001% chance of it happening to SOTech gear in the first year. If you're still in school and trying to make ends meet, it's hard to rationalize spending three times as much to avoid a one in a thousand chance. When your main problem is trying to find time to airsoft what with the career and the family and the home maintenance, then the priorities change, and maybe the real doesn't seem so out of line anymore.
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Post by Kiki on Jul 15, 2009 17:42:18 GMT -5
which no offense to Redwolf, I can't say I really trust their Hong Kong shipping. Just kind of FYI, Redwolf's shipping is better than any shipping in the US. I've had orders from Hong Kong (Redwolf and WGC alike) get to me in a matter of 5 days (not business days, mind you, 5 days) from my placement of the order. I've also had to wait over a week for places in the US to simply process my order, let alone ship it out. The only HK shipping I wouldn't trust would be EbayBanned shipping, though they're actually in mainland China, not HK.
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Post by Zorak on Jul 15, 2009 17:49:58 GMT -5
On the other hand, paying shipping from Hong Kong can rapidly eat into what you save from buying the real stuff from American manufacturers.
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Post by Kiki on Jul 15, 2009 20:10:18 GMT -5
Absolutely. I don't mind getting a couple Pantac pouches or whatever if I'm already making a big Redwolf/WGC order, but for rigs and bigger gear items I try to stay within the US (usually I just buy used anyways I have nothing else to say).
EDIT: However, if you're getting a CIRAS Pantac (even from Asia) is probably the way to go. It'll run you like $200 or so + shipping for the CIRAS fully outfitted, which is still a hell of a lot cheaper than an Eagle CIRAS that comes without pouches.
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Post by broken-RS- on Jul 29, 2009 23:53:07 GMT -5
I'm working on figuring out what kind of chest rig I'd like to get and stumbled across this: www.vestbuilder.com/launch.htmlI don't know if it's been linked to in other posts or not. It sure helped me visualize what I'd like, where I'd like it-- and you can screw around with colors and everything else.
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Post by sunshine on Jul 29, 2009 23:59:24 GMT -5
I'm working on figuring out what kind of chest rig I'd like to get and stumbled across this: www.vestbuilder.com/launch.htmlI don't know if it's been linked to in other posts or not. It sure helped me visualize what I'd like, where I'd like it-- and you can screw around with colors and everything else. Either way good find.
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Post by Kilo Oscar Tango on Jul 30, 2009 11:03:41 GMT -5
Don't forget the TT MAV. It's rael deal stuff that doesn't break the bank. Last game I went to I wore my MAV+Bib, and it looks just like most plat carriers out there.
Check out Tactical Tailor for made in the US MAVs .
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Post by Great Troub of Troubistan on Jul 31, 2009 0:11:01 GMT -5
I am selling a TT MAV, fyi. If you decide to go that route.
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