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Tight360Tactical – Tactical Vehicle Visor Panel

Tuesday, August 11th, 2015

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Tight360Tactical’s Tactical Vehicle Visor Panel is mounted to the sun visor of a vehicle, providing an item organizer within close reach of the user. The front of the panel features a clear panel for vehicle registration and/or insurance, and an additional pocket for other important documents. The front also has 2 x 3 elastic nylon webbing for writing implements.

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The back side offers a combination of elastic nylon webbing and Velcro loop, for items such as flashlights, chemlights, and knives, and Velcro loop for patches.

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Available in Coyote Brown and Foliage Green. Made in the USA.

Available in two sizes: 12″ x 6″ and 12″ x 7.5″, for small and large sun visors, respectively.

www.tight360tactical.com

OR – White River Fly Shop HEAT Tactical MOLLE-Style Fishing Vest

Monday, August 10th, 2015

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While we were at OR, we spotted this vest over at the GoPro booth. After a bit of digging, we found out it’s mostly likely White River Fly Shop’s HEAT Tactical MOLLE-Style Fishing Vest. It’s pretty interesting to see how PALS and MOLLE has been adopted by the outdoor industry. Here’s some info on the vest:

The HEAT Tactical MOLLE-Style Fishing Vest utilizes PALS-style webbing for modularity. A zippered rear pocket allows for storage and also features webbing for additional modularity. Additional features include hook and loop attachment points for fly patches and adjustable padded shoulder straps. Mesh throughout helps with temperature regulation when worn.

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Although you can use any PALS-compatible pouches with the vest, White River has produced their own line of load carrying pouches and accessories, including a water bottle/staff pouch, medium fly box pocket, and universal pistol holster.

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www.basspro.com/Brand-White-River-Fly-Shop

Hill People Gear – Tool Roll

Monday, August 10th, 2015

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Hill People Gear’s Tool Roll is an organizational storage kit constructed of tweave fabric. It weights only 3 oz. unloaded, yet when fully expanded can fit the contents of an entire kit bag. For storage, it features:

Two 5″ wide slot pockets
Four 3″ wide slot pockets w/ daisy chain between them
One 5″x10″ mesh-faced zipper pocket

The Tool Roll also features a Velcro hook back for mounting to any loop surface, a grab handle, a tab on the flap lid which allows for hanging the roll open, and two Velcro tabs for use as labels to differentiate between multiple Tool Rolls.

The Tool Roll will be available by mid August. To be placed on the notification list, email info@hillpeoplegear.com.

hillpeoplegear.com – Tool Roll

Ventra Gear – Mainframe Spec Sheet

Sunday, August 9th, 2015

Here’s a spec sheet on the Ventra Mainframe I mentioned during Outdoor Retailer.

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Click to view .pdf

www.ventragear.com

FirstSpear Friday Focus – Padded AGB Sleeve 6/12, Slim Line

Friday, August 7th, 2015

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For this week’s Friday Focus, we’re taking a look at the Padded AGB Sleeve 6/12, Slim Line. The Slim Line is a slimmer, more minimalist version of the Assaulters Gun Belt (AGB) Padded Sleeve. It allows users to attach belt direct pouches, as well as 6/12, 6/9, or MOLLE-compatible pockets and pouches, in addition to a pistol holster. The Slim Line features comfort padding with moisture wicking mesh along the whole length.

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Available in Black, Coyote, MultiCam, and Ranger Green.

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www.first-spear.com – Padded AGB Sleeve 6/12, Slim Line

High Speed Gear – New Plate Carriers

Tuesday, August 4th, 2015

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SWANSBORO, North Carolina – High Speed Gear® has been producing some of the most versatile tactical pouches and platforms since the late 90s and has been a proven performer and continues to show tremendous popularity in the law enforcement and military markets worldwide. Our lengthy list of top tier operators includes U.S. and allied special forces, state and local tactical units, and hundreds of federal agencies.

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High Speed Gear® is proud to release its new plate carrier systems, the Slick Plate Carrier (SPC) and Modular Plate Carrier (MPC)! These two new carriers are a natural progression of our versatile line of gear. Both feature plate pockets constructed from 500D Cordura®, interior mesh cushions to improve comfort and airflow, and HSGI® neoprene shoulder pads for stability and comfort. The SPC also utilizes two-inch Gripper Elastic side straps, uniquely enabling it to be paired with any of the pouches from our belt-mounted line. This makes it the perfect plate carrier for law enforcement needs. The MPC features a SureGrip® Padded Belt for further comfort and stability, as well as our new Chest Platform, both of which provide additional MOLLE for your customization. The MPC can be further customized and downgraded to better suit your tactical needs, while the SPC can be upgraded to an MPC with the addition of a SureGrip®, the Chest Platform, and the SureGrip® Adaptor Straps. Also new to our line are the Adjustable Side Plate Pockets, which allow E-SAPI side plates to be added to the MPC. These Side Plate Pockets can fit plates up to 6”x8”. The SPC, MPC, Chest Platform, Side Plate Pockets and Adaptor

Straps are all available now. Made 100% in the USA, Battle Proven Tactical Nylon Gear™.

www.highspeedgear.com

Tight 360 Tactical

Friday, July 31st, 2015

Tight360 Tactical is the creation of a recently retired US Marine. Now, that he’s retired, he continues to work on his custom tactical gear website, full time student, full time RV and family man.

  
He began by offering his products on Etsy and as you can see by this example, he has a couple of really cool items.  Definitely worth checking out.

www.tight360tactical.com

FirstSpear Friday Focus – OEM Partner Series – Wingman Harness

Friday, July 31st, 2015

FirstSpear shared this awesome story with us about an OEM project they are working on. Once you see the Wingman Harness on their site, we think you’ll be as impressed as we are.

We have been working with the good people at Wingman Multi-Sport to manufacture their Wingman Harness. It was originally designed for kids with mobility challenges like cerabl palsy as well as aid in general rehab therapy for wounded veterans, sports medicine, and even exercise and training.

The Wingman Multi-Sport is a patented revolutionary product designed to function in 3 different areas of human movement.

Therapy:

Physical therapists, adult and pediatric, trust the Wingman Multi-Sport to provide variable truncal support for their patients for gait training, treadmill training, seating support, hippotherapy, and assistance with general ambulation. It is also good for help with transitions. The design is comfortable for the patient and easier for the therapist. The design not only ensures the patient gets maximum benefit from the therapy, but allows the therapist to not fatigue as easily and be in as much control as they feel necessary on any given session. The units are adjustable and lightweight. G-tubes and ports can easily be avoided during the fitting process. This harness works well when assisting visually impaired clients as well.

High Intensity Exercise and Professional Level Sports Training:

Exercise enthusiasts, Professional and Olympic level trainers trust the Wingman Multi-Sport to provide a comfortable and adjustable harness for use in exercises such as speed and resistance training, sled training (does not pull the torso backward during training), weighted pull-ups, assisted push-ups, and sit ups with resistance. The Wingman is also an important part of a well-rounded balance training regimen.

Recreational Sports Training:

The Wingman Multi-Sport is ideally suited for teaching individual sports such as biking, skate boarding, roller skating, in-line skating, ice skating, hockey, and skiing. These sports require balance and control of torso and limbs together. The Wingman Multi-Sport allows the parent or coach, to be in a supportive role by having unobtrusive variable control of the torso, the major component of balance. This also allows the coach or adult to be in a position to reduce falls and injuries since they are supporting the trainee as needed. By being in control of the torso alone, the individual is allowed to work on control of the hips, legs and arms and have total head control. With this approach, the trainee, not the adult/coach, is in control of the sporting equipment. This enables the trainee to learn motor control faster and more efficiently than what typically happens when someone else has a hand on the bike or skate board, or the individual’s hands to keep them upright. For Hockey it allows students to learn to skate before they learn to rely on the stick and pads to keep them upright. It allows both the student and coach to be in control simultaneously.

Chris Spinelli from Wingman (founder/creator) talks about the product:

1. Why did you originally develop the Wingman Harness?

–My daughter was diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy. She needed a therapy device to use at home but I couldn’t find what she needed on the market so I made what she needed.

2. How did the relationship with FirstSpear begin? Why did you ultimately choose FirstSpear to manufacture the harness?

–The owner of Asymmetric Solutions recommended FirstSpear because we used their gear and we knew the quality was top notch. Met with Ronnie and toured the facility and I liked the fact that it was made in the USA by people who support the military after all more than 50% of our company is military or former military.

3. What is the future you want for the Wingman harness? Who will it help?

–The future is to hopefully get it approved as a prescription item so as many families in the USA that need one can get it even if they are poorer families. Special needs kids require a lot of equipment and the costs adds up quickly. If it becomes a prescribed medical device that cost is lower for those families. We would like this to help our wounded veterans with serious physical injuries who need additional balance or gait training and be able to do the training/rehabilitation at home. They are motivated individuals and would like to do some therapy at home and this product allows for that to be accomplished as well. We would like to see them in military rehab centers as well for the benefits it can provide.

We also see this as an item that helps do therapy for adults and children all across the world in underserved locations like Africa, India, Haiti, etc. We have had many requests to use the units in these location because the therapists are mostly women and they have no electricity or ability to have therapy clinics. This product is small, portable, and adjustable. Perfect for that environment. Plus it’s solidly made so will last a long time in that environment.

4. How will the Indiegogo campaign help?

–the campaign helps us get the FDA approval. It’s a costly process and ultimately our company needs the FDA approval to get it sold as a “medical device”. As part of that we plan on trying to cover any costs that FirstSpear might incur to get certified as a manufacturer of “medical devices” as per the FDA requirements for medical harnesses. They should be already there if making military gear but it’s a paperwork process and there are additional costs we need to cover

To check out their indigogo campaign visit www.indiegogo.com/projects/wingman-harness/x/11460521#/story.