MATBOCK is pleased to introduce the Double Stack 5.56 Mag Pouch. Made with a Tegris backing with MOLLE attachments and MATBOCK’s Ghost material, the pouch is designed to hold 2 x 30 rd 5.56mm magazines. Both magazines or the back magazine can be secured in place with the bungee retention lanyard for quick removal of the first mag without fear of losing the second. The pouch weighs 0.8 ounces and is available in MultiCam with Coyote Tan and Black coming soon.
www.matbock.com/collections/pouches/products/double-stack-mag-pouch
MATBOCK is pleased to introduce the Triple Side by Side 5.56 Mag Pouch. Made with a Tegris backing with MOLLE attachments and MATBOCK’s Ghost material, the pouch is designed to hold 3 x 30 rd 5.56mm magazines. Specifically designed to be mounted to MOLLE or worn on an operator’s belt. The pouch weighs 2.3 ounces, is available in MultiCam with Coyote Tan and Black coming soon.
www.matbock.com/collections/pouches/products/triple-mag-pouch
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This is not how you stitch clips to the pouch
my first thought.
Hope it’s just a prototype oopsie.
Well, this is obviously how you stitch webbing to a pouch. It’s just not the way you want to. This pouch weighs less than an ounce. They’ve tested it to destruction and it doesn’t come apart at that stitch line. It was designed to be ultra lightweight and the people they made it for are willing to to accept that it isn’t built like a tank.
Curious about what STEPAN pointed out as well. A little bartacking goes a long way…
here they have one bartack near 2-3 mm from the webbing end and this end is not even hidden
Do you know when people say “less is more” about tactical gear?
IMHO in this case less is less. I think the search for lightness is getting out of hand. They use a fabric intended to be used for tents or backpacks lining, sewn without pay attention in details. I personally love innovations and brave spirits like these guys have proven to be, but damn, this is the wrong direction!
If you have ever done work in maritime or very wet conditions with normal “cordura” type gear you will know about the clear disadvantages about it.
It gets wet, heavy, and it sometimes rots away or gets very fast worn due to salt or constantly being soaked.
As a former member of a troop primarily tasked with SR operations i also can say that simplicity and lightness of gear is very important.
Especially in the country where i live, where rain and 10 C is the averege weather year round.
The ghost material used by Matbock is very durable and cant be compared to what is being used in tents.
And to be honest i would very much trust a company like Matbock to have tested the equipment they put out for sale extensively.
I own the berserker carrier so i actually have tried out the material for myself.
I personally think this is very much the RIGHT direction, and would be very pleased if they release more pouches in this waterproof and light material.
Like a GP pouch, radio pouch and IFAK..
Thumbs up..
The problem I highlighted is not about laminate fabric. Its about design. The pouch clip on the picture is attached to pouch back side by the worst way possible
No, stapling would be the worst way possible. This way works. It’s just too much for you to wrap your head around.
@Yogi, you say GHOST material, I say nylon ripstop (https://ripstopbytheroll.com/products/1-9-oz-ripstop-nylon-multicam).
And I repeat that is not intended to be used for manufacturing gear that must be abrasion resistant. For maritime or wet environment there are other better choices like Trelleborg HANK, Hypalon fabrics or more expensive laminated fabrics like the BFG Ultracomp.
I saw their berserker plate carrier (https://ssdaily.tempurl.host/2016/06/03/matbock-berserker-plate-carrier/) in a show and it appeared ripped even before being used. You can see fabric fluff directly from the pictures on their website as well, and as Joe said below the edges are all mangled.
I’m not a former, I’m not a specialized soldier, so your opinion is certainly more influential than mine. But, as customer, I don’t want to buy a “disposable” product at double the price of a normal one.
I read your comment and can only think of one thing, a pig looking at a wristwatch. You say you’ve seen their gear and yet you can’t even identify the material they used.
As a pig that doesn’t know nothing, maybe the MATBOCK guys can give us more explanation about their GHOST material and confirm that they absolutely don’t use any kind of nylon ripstop for this special fabric.
Its not only lightness hype but also LASERCUT. LASERCUT everything! Without any practical sense, just use it.
Im not the enemy of this method but and experimenting myself, but this thing became some kind of fashion.
How about instead of ranting on here, if you have an issue contact them directly and explain why they should care about your opinion.
STEPAN is a designer at Splav, a major Russian tactical gear manufacturer. To exaggerate some, you think if Jon Laplume came and posted in the SSD comments section you’d pay attention to what he wrote?
If Jon came, I’d listen. He isn’t Jon Laplume.
Laser cutting is the future. It’s more accurate and faster than sewing a PALS grid unto a pouch. It’s also sears the edges of the fabric while it is cutting it.
No way that backing was laser cut, the edges are all mangled, looks like it was hand cut and poorly at best.
This whole pouch looks like a mess and really puts into perspective how ahead of the game Blue Force Gear and First Spear really are with laser cutting and advanced materials.
That doesn’t look hand cut at all.
Good idea, half-baked execution.
Hope this is only a proto as others pointed out.
Thanks to everyone for taking a look at our new lightweight pouches. We are extremely excited to get them in your hands as quickly as possible, but please rest assured we would never do so without extensive testing. We strive to be on the leading edge of technology in order to bring our operators greater capabilities, not just to do something different.
In regards to the stitching some of you may be wondering about, it is not the limiting factor in the design. If you would like more information on our testing and the weights we have built the pouches to withstand, please feel free to email us at admin@matbock.com and we will be more than willing to discuss.