The MRB from Crye Precision is a bit different than the other war belts on the market. The idea was to lower bulk around the waist caused by the wear of belts one atop the next. Money important thing to note right from the outset is that the MRB is not padded and bulk is kept to a minimum.
It’s a system that offers an inner layer that can be used as a very low profile stiffened pants belt called the LoopLock™. Any stiffness is provided by the innermost LoopLock™. The entire MRB, including the inner LoopLock™ are all cut on a bias to be more ergonomic when worn on the waist. Other components include a main load bearing belt called the Outer Belt and a sleeve referred to as the Outer Cover.
The MRB’s LoopLock™ allows two configurations:
-Keep the inner LoopLock™ layer attached to belt for most secure and stable setup.
-Wear inner LoopLock™ layer as a separate low-profile pants belt for added versatility which means you can take your duty rig off and still hold your pants up. But, wearing the MRB this way means it may sit lower than you’d typically wear a full on padded or armored war belt.
Additionally, the outer belt has a convenient side release buckle which can be simply replaced with virtually any first line belt for those looking for something different. However, this main load bearing belt has a really cool feature often found on backpack waist belts. The webbing doubles back though the dual adjust side release buckle and can be pulled forward to adjust fit meaning you’ll get a much better and tighter fit if that is what you are going for.
I’ve worn the MRB and like it. It’s not quite like anything else out there. There are a couple of slots on the side portions of the outer cover to access the main load bearing belt for load carriage options such as drop leg rigs and the sleeve itself boasts two rows of PALS fields on each side and to the rear. Additionally, the MRB can be combined with suspenders of needed. Of there’s anything that I’m not enamored of it’s the aluminum buckle on the LoopLock™. Don’t get me wrong, it works well but it can be a pain to thread the Velcro tab through that holds the belt together.
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Isn’t a “riggers” belt supposed to allow the user to connect to another point via a lanyard? To me, this is more of a war belt.
Not particularly. That’s a first line belt. Traditionally, a “riggers belt” was made from an A7A strap or other items found in the shed as pointed out earlier today in a text from my good friend Jon.
no disrespect, but just do a google search. What do you first see?
A buckle that’s rated and a secure tie in point. The Crye has neither.
Just saying.
I knew about the history, I just thought that they used parachute hardware and sewed it according to FAA regs (since they already were capable of doing so), making it ~semi life-saving capable.
Sorry for making this comment section a complete mess 😉
They would need to upgrade the buckle too before calling it a riggers belt. But I’m all for a cobra buckle anyway.
You can use a different main belt that has such a reinforced point for a lanyard. But the intention between this particular thing is to offer low bulk but also quick ditch possibility. It’s a bit hard to combine the two. You could also use a different base belt that is covered with loop if you like. I wish Crye would sell this in pieces, like the AVS system.
Here’s the manual:
http://www.cryeprecision.com/Resources/en/Manuals/CryePrecision_MRB_Manual(Web).pdf
Like most Crye products, this is a versatile and well thought out war belt.
Having said that, it should not be named a rigger’s belt. A rigger’s belt should have a secure tie in point and rated for minimal fall protection. this does not.
You continue to describe a life support capable belt. Are the pant belts issued by the four services life support capable? No. And yet they are often referred to as riggers belts. 99% of riggers belt wearers don’t need a life support capable belt.
Problem is that it has been assumed that a rigger’s belt should be a life support capable accessory (either safety clipped in or last ditch bailout). That is how the first ones were built and have subbsequently been made. Then there is the battle belt, which is what this really is. There is no standard out that says what belt does what, there should be. I feel that this is a battle belt system(probably a great one) and not a rigger’s belt. That is it’s purpose and not meant to support a soldier’s body weight in last ditch situations (from what I can see)
Please so show us 3 other major vendors that make “rigger belts” that are not designed to allow you to tie into an anchor and offer at least some reasonable fall protection if this is a common thing. Your assertion that it’s OK because ” 99% of riggers belt wearers don’t need a life support capable belt” is like claiming that since very people with 4WD trucks really ever ‘need’ 4WD it’s just fine to call a truck with only two driven wheels a 4WD truck.
Challenge accepted – Jones Tactical, Wilderness,and Arc’teryx all make “riggers belts” without attachment points.
Awesome.
To everyone else, are you seriously coming to the Admin’s home and challenging him over something like this? He’s right and you’re being unnecessarily rude. Admin is a nice guy with a long history of top-notch gear knowledge. Can’t you complain about this on your websites? You have those, right?
Check again!
All Arc’teryx Rigger’s belts not only have attachment points but are built and tested to strict EN Standards!
Seriously?
Riggers are people who work up high, need a safety harness, hence the name.
And Mike, that D ring on the Jones and Wilderness belts is the attachment point.
WRONG. Riggers work inspecting/ assembling parachutes. If you were in the military you would know this.
Rigger belts were originally built from old parachute parts.
Don’t you have anything better to do then argue and troll one of the best gear and news site out there ?
I trust SSD over what you say any day of the week go troll some other site
You know, there gets to a point…., never mind.
I always thought the “rigger” referenced in the “rigger’s belt” was a parachute rigger who used A7A straps to make belts. That’s how my first A7a strap or “rigger’s belt” was made when I bought it from a rigger in 1983. It had no attachment points but beat the hell out of the web belt that was Army issue at the time.
That’s correct, some people just don’t know and make assumptions to other reasons.
I agree. It shouldn’t be called a riggers belt, unless of course the inner belt was indeed a rigger capable life support device. I’d say battle belt, war belt, modular belt et. would be much more fitting of a description. A nylon belt without a life support capable tie-in point is simply a web belt, bdu belt, et..
Aside from the fact that these arguments are silly, you did happen to read in the article where you can replace the outer belt with the belt of your choice right?
These comments are killing me. You guys have nothing better to do than squabble over the terminology? I’m sure the people who truly need a “rigger capable life support device” will know what to look for. But at least they called a belt…
Fucking amen. It’s an awesome design, something people have been waiting for to bridge the gap of rigger/gun belt and war belt.
Yep, turns out the guys who have been using these for some time now don’t seem to mind the name one bit.
I’m digging this belt system. With the “Velcro inner belt” it looks like it’ll fit my needs nicely.
STOP!!!!
This went from funny to uninformed and ridiculous pretty fast.
Rigger… One who rigs, packs, repairs and inspects parachutes, usually static line, and/or in some units freefall.
Belt… A device for holding up pants.
Rigger belt… A belt made by Riggers out of stuff found in the rigger shed (original meaning).
Rigger belt… A belt that holds up pants, causes internet squabbles, comes in earthy colors , and even may have life support capabilities… Until you take that capability to court that is, we won’t even go there.
English, it’s a living language, guess what? Though I may not agree with Crye’s nomenclature, this name just happened. I will sleep the same tonight as any other, I didn’t lose life, limb or eyesight, and there’s a roof over my head, life is freaking good.
God bless,
Jon, OPT
Wait for it…
wonderful ……. try something innovative next ….
You do realize that this made its public debut at SHOT 2012?
https://soldiersystems.net/2012/01/17/crye-precision-for-the-win/
That means there will guys already using these when we saw it.
Still needs a cobra buckle. The el-cheapo fatsex thing…bleh.
I’m sure that the folks at ITW appreciate your comments.
Why pay $30 for a buckle (a great buckle for its purpose) if what you need is a $10 buckle (a great buckle with a different purpose)? Mission drives the gear train.
The problem is that guys think you slap a buckle on a belt and it’s automagically got an airworthiness certificate attached. There are a lot of belts on the market that are not certified at all.
This comment section is a perfect example of how so many people in the community today think that they’re experts when either 1. they have never even been in the military or 2. they enlisted post-9/11 and have zero clue what came before them.
Personally, I like… And I need an extraction capability so will insert my Eagle FR cobra belt and lanyard through the sleeve to get the best of both worlds!!!
at least when I’m in camp I can take off the outer with pistol etc and chill out. I think its a neat solution…
Whatever you guys think it should be called!
Would be neat in airlite!!!!!
By these arguments, this belt should be called “Belt, Multi-piece, Load/Non-load bearing, Modular, Side-release buckle and hook and loop closure, Crye Camoflauge”.
Isn’t that a bit long? Is pants-holder-upper better?
Well they need to change the name immediately to appease the internet commandos. They spent all their time testing it with the folks who use it and none with the interweb community…..priorities.
It’s arguments like this, but by guys about 15 pay grades higher, thats the reason it takes 300 years to pick a camo pattern. If they would have just asked us experts, we would have had a solution in 1297 beer truck deliveries, 400 fistfights and 299 years.
I hooked a bungie cord around a Carhartt work belt while wearing my Askins Avenger and rolled off the couch and survived. I’m ok with that, but I’ll still eventually get one of these, unless they call it a garter belt.
I suggest we purge the word “rigger” from our lexicon if it causes this much uproar. From now on they should be called “r-word belts.”
I’m curious to see a little more in-depth review of how it holds up over time. Will sagging weight from mags, pistol, etc pull the outer belt away from the inner belt over extended wear or is the Velcro robust enough? I love the concept – got away from “warbelts” because they don’t stay put on my waist.
I’m quite surprised that Crye didn’t try to make it with the sides in split sections to be compatible with standard loops found on Kydex holsters.