The natural tendency when using the Hide-It holster: draw the weapon sideways to your body, lasering your weak side arm. Solution: practice not doing so, drawing the weapon facing forwards. With that caveat and a warning the system isn’t blue jeans compatible, if you’re looking to schlep a large concealed weapon in hot weather without wearing a jacket, SMFV (Shoot Me First Vest) or untucked shirt, the Hide-It holster is an excellent choice. Albeit one that requires two hands (as the Rabbi points out below). Live fire test to follow.
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Very similar to the old Pagerpal holster. Notice how the gun lasered the support arm? Not kosher. Also, the design requires two hands to draw which means you can’t draw if your support hand is injured or busy blocking, striking, holding your child etc. Personally, if I wore my pants that loose they would fall down.
Yeah, I’m built more like the guy to the right of the frame. The one with the gut. If my pants were loose enough to accommodate the Hide-It Holster, I’d have pants on the ground, pants on the ground….
And this is a better idea than already proven IWB holsters why?
Love innovation, but I don’t see how this is a good idea.
My biggest issue is not pointing the gun at my own arm, though I agree that’s a bad thing. My issue is the two handed draw and the fact that it seems like you’d need to wear your pants relatively loose to accomplish a fast draw. Heavy pistol+loose pants?
Also probably shouldn’t draw with your finger on the trigger. Especially given the aforementioned weak hand muzzle sweep. If I’m wrong about that, someone please correct me!
“Take your damn meat hook off the bang switch”
I love it. RF if they will sell you one of these I’ll pay you for it when I see you next week.
This looks like the same thing, the pager pal holster – http://www.concealmentconcepts.com/instructions.html
I tried a PagerPal and it didn’t work for me. The J-hook on my cellphone case kept getting hung up on my waist band material and belt. Plus it had all the draw backs pointed out above. I’ve since gone to a Smart Carry holster that holds my Ruger LCR in the 12-1 o’clock position with a separate velcro belt. Draw is still two handed and relatively slow, but it is deep concealment and relatively comfortable. Works for me until I find something better.
I still swear by my Thunder Wear holster and loose jeans. I carried for years in these and you can carry 2 full size pistols if so inclined. It’s just getting used to having the muzzle aimed at your goodies-but, hell, I’m missing one saddle bag from the military anyway!
I’ve contemplated getting one of these, because I love all the concepts it represents: Full-size carry while being completely discrete. I don’t mind the two-handed draw or any of the other “which side of the body and where is the shooter arm” type of stuff. I have no problem keeping comfortably fitting pants on my waist, and don’t worry about shooting off my junk because the barrel would be below that anyway.
My concern is the necessity of a cell phone case. That has kind of gone out of vogue, and I’ve never like wearing a case on my belt even back when it was the in thing. So, how could you utilize this system without wearing a phone case? Could this holster be adapted to some sort of discrete handle or knob attached to a j-hook used in pulling up the holster?
@David Bothof – The same guy in the video above, Eric Gensler, shows the difference, in another video, between using the cell phone case as opposed to using just the j-hook belt clip – which is also available for the hide-it holster.
That other video is located at:
http://ultimateconcealedcarry.com/hide-it-videos
Yes, that was exactly what I was looking for. He even demonstrated with just the clip to showed it would work well. Thanks so much.
David, Not only do I sell the hide-it holster, Other than the Grip-It holster, it’s the only holster that I carry. The comfort is remarkably insane. I use a cell phone case. Only because a good 99% of people that cas a cell phone usually has a clip, or a case of some sort to carry it on the waist line.
I encounter the controversy concerning clip or cell case. I say that you can use anything that has a j-hook connected to it. Remember the reason your carrying, and why your carrying concealed. It’s to defend ourselves from the bad guys. If the bad guys can identify you as a carrier they can defend themselves against you.
The cell phone case gives you several advandages over the threat.
1) takes the traditional gunman look away, NO POSTURING.VISIBLE!
2) it is the unlikely way to draw your firearm when needed. The bad guy wouldn’t think that your drawing a firearm by holding onto your cellphone case.
3) instead of reaching for your firearm as in traditional draws, (in less than a 1/4second with practice,) you’ll have your gun infront of you on target with minimum movement.
Using a clip makes it more difficult to draw inaccurately.
Last but not least, I feel more comfortable with the identity of one carrying a cell phone on his hip verses being identified as carrying a firearm.
Check out my video on my website:
http://www.defend1self.com
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