Airsoft Vest/Bdu's

[justified]

I am looking for a solid vest and Bdu's It needs to be able to hold 6 m4 magazines at the minimum. My budget is 150$ basically could you guys point me in the right direction? 150 or less is preferred but it can be more.

[GrinchBiscuit]

You're gonna need more mags, dude.

[justified]

Can't tell if that's sarcasm but I have about 40 mags.

[Knief]

It was sarcasm. Most people run about 6-8 mid caps in a game, and that's really plenty. If you have high caps, you shouldn't need more than 3-4. If you're running real caps, I would venture to say that more than 12 is excessive.

I'm on my Ipod right now, so I can't do a lot of digging for you at the moment, but check out the last few threads in this section about vests. There's a lot of good advice in them about both style and color, as well as links to options in a variety of price ranges.

[justified]

Alright thanks Knief I am running real caps with a few mid caps. I have a high cap or 2 that I throw in in longer games.

[Knief]

Now that I'm back home, I can give you some links. But first, these are the threads I want you to read before we go any further. All three include excellent advice about vests, and in the second I talk about camo a bit as well.

miairsoft.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=gear&action=display&thread=40124

miairsoft.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=gear&action=display&thread=40048

miairsoft.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=gear&action=display&thread=40209

Once you've gone through those, come back with whatever questions you have left and we'll go through them as best we can. Your budget is decent, but not great. You can figure about $50-$60 for a decent set of new camo. You can get some cheaper used, and that's not a bad way to go. You just may have to settle for something if you can't find what you really want. That leaves you about $100 for a vest. Again, that's not bad, especially if you're buying used. But it's probably not enough to build a quality rig the way you want it. Like I said though, we can go through some options once you've read through those other threads.

[t9w0rd]

I have a Condor MOPC in Multicam with a multicam m4 pouch (holds 6 m4 mags) and a multicam dump pouch. I also have a Propper Multicam pants. All together I could do $120 shipped. Let me know if you're interested.

[Knief]

t9word,

Please don't try to sell stuff in threads outside of the commerce section. You can PM justified if you must, but this isn't the section to try to sell your gear.

[t9w0rd]

Ahh I didn't even realize that this wasn't in the commerce section. Will do.

[justified]

I picked up a cheap set of camo just about half an hour ago at the salvation army for about 8 bucks. So I now have plenty for the vest. Any recommendations not looking for a cross draw though so don't recommend one or i will laugh.

[Knief]

No no, this forum doesn't work like this. You don't just ask us to tell you what to buy, especially when there are have been so many recent threads that answer the exact question you're asking. Read those threads I linked and learn from them. Then talk about things you are and aren't looking for in your vest. Then ask specific questions about different brands and models. There are dozens of options, and there's no way to narrow them down with your minimum criteria. You need to start out by helping yourself, and then we can help you sort out the rest. If you can't do that, I'm locking this thread.

[justified]

Ok so first question which brand is of better quality. I found a matrix vest I like and then a condor setup. The matrix is cheaper but does that difference do enough quality wise to where the condor is better?

[Knief]

Condor isn't awful for the price, but it isn't the best either. You get things like a column MOLLE loops that are too narrow to run pouches through, shoddy stitching, that sort of thing. It won't hold up as well as the better brands, like Pantac and FLYYE. Matrix is what Evike calls whatever junk they buy and sell. It's hard to nail down exactly what the quality of it is because different pieces of gear will be made by different manufacturers (as with all "Matrix" brand stuff). That said, it's all made by the lowest bidder, usually some Chinese company on a shoe string budget. I'd expect most of it to be worse than the Condor equivalent, but there also a chance that some of it is Condor but rebranded.

There won't be much to choose between the two, as both are meh at best. But if you want consistently meh, and not risk something truly shitty, then Condor would be the way to go.

With your budget, is there a reason you're not looking at a better brand? I mean, Tollis is selling a brand new OD FLYYE CIRAS for $175 in the commerce section, among other gear. He also has a Ranger Green vest and pouches to go with it for a similar price. Beta08 just sold a very nice Pantac made replica of thee LBT 6094 with pouches for like, $140. That stuff is in your price range and far better than what you're currently looking at.

[justified]

No reason in particular those brands simply stuck out as most common. I will look into a pantac vest and will post with more questions when I have them.

[cyclopso]

With the budget that you have and the amount of info you have given there are plenty of things that would work. If I were you I would check out any of the TMC vests on Ebairsoft. They are of relatively good quality and most of them come with pouches.

www.ebairsoft.com/combat-gear-vest-c-62_27.html

I currently have this vest and I am happy with it so far.

www.ebairsoft.com/style-lightweight-plate-carrier-pouches-p-3474.html