@@HERscourge I don't think so, the Guardian is a much heavier rig with its own mag pouches stupid flaw. You can only put a single mag in the chicom and making it double would improve the rig tremendously with zero effort or extra material, the Guardian could hold 3 AR mags like it was nothing if it weren't for the SEWN separator, so stupidly unnecesary to make the design more complicated and spending more material in making the rig worse I have some of their products and while I really like them, there is always a WTF design decision making them worse than they should be
I guess you could always go with the original Arktis rugs that have triple double mag pouches, so long as you don't mind the two utility pouches on the sides. Thing is, you can either get exactly what you want with a modular rig at the expense of weight, get a lighter rig with features you don't exactly like, or custom make it yourself, or pay someone else to custom make it.
Looks like a great upgrade to a classic although I don't like velcro on mag pouches. Velcro always fails eventually especially in snow. I prefer the closer system from UL gear. Nate
Followed your link on Reddit!! Thanks for a quality review. Halicon-Tex is not well-known in the US so my team is skeptical. They're like "It's not just european Condor, is it?" We are a volunteer Search and Rescue team that also enjoys shooting sports so we do demand rugged quality and smart design from our gear. Most of us use Mayflower, but Mayflower is too pricey now that groceries have doubled in price here in the US :( Based on this review I think I will get this. It appears to check all my boxes. The harness has routing channels for antennae and water tube. the side panels can hold my TQ, epipen, and my radio pouch. I like the option to use a dangler instead of my belt for my trauma kit. I appreciate the spacious looking admin pouch behind the mag pouches and I hope it has more room than my Mayflower. It sounds like the quality is there, especially on the pouches, because users outside the US all seem to agree on that. It even comes in Multicam!
Cheers mate, Helikon is great kit especially for the money. Im pretty sure the admin pocket will be slightly smaller than the mayflower, it cant take a triple mag insert like my mayflower does.
Interesting information. I would prefer double magazine pouches up front and center, myself. Kinda hard to go prone, though. Torch is Anglo for flashlight in Americanese?
@@military_misfit so an helikon 3 rifle mag competition insert is 220mm. How wide is the one you tried in the video that was too tight for your liking?
I have this same one in brush stroke I confirm that it can only fit one mag per pouch. I still love the rig but it's very much a "light fighter" I recommend spending a bit more money trying to find a pattern 83 SADF rig as they have plenty of space
