I spend the majority of money on my guns. You can make fun of my gear all you want, but your $1200 “impression kit” doesn’t help you shoot me with plastic BBs 🤷♂️
I've spent a ridiculous amount on gear for two reasons. 1. I'm a self admitted gear whore. 2. I play airsoft with the same gear I train and shoot in. Airsoft allows to test my gear setups or a new product that might offer me an advantage in a force on force scenario without the learning curve of combat. Also BB's are way cheaper then my XM262's or 9mm critical defense. So it's a great training aid especially for weapons manipulation and draw stroke with out wearing out my BCM or my glock.
If you are strapped for cash, Remember, we're playing dress up with a bunch of weird dudes not in some warzone Replica will do you fine. You can even get those surplus Chicom Type 56 Chest Rig that will cost you less than 10 bucks, And people actually go to war with those
Tell that to the miniature train hobbiests (probably misspelled that) haha I’ve been to conventions where people spent thousands on a small little choo-choo thing. So I guess to each their own for that hobby. But I get what you’re saying.
When I comes to repro gear I've noticed that in my circles only veterans use it. Nit thier whole loadout but certain pieces. It's the kids that have never served (not hating) that only buy the Gucci stuff. It's almost like being at school again wearing the best brands. Too much snobbery in Airsoft. Great vid as always 👍
Even as someone who likes the high end stuff, I agree there's way too much snobbery. Just because you buy more expensive stuff doesn't make you a better player, my abysmal K/D ratio and lack of any talent certainly attests to that!
@@ehouse2326 i feel that, too much snobbery. I do think there are some items you should buy once cry once though, like NODs, combat pants, lipos, cookwear/sleepwear
Viper tactical chest rig is a really good budget option I have one and love it. 30 for the rig and pouches are like 9$ for pistol/pistol mag smg mag or m4 mag sleeve.
For some reason its always the cheap stuff that breaks, never the high quality stuff. If something breaks you tend to replace it with something better. Been playing for 20 years and a lot of my stuff is now Gucci nylon through trial and error. You can get really good stuff like Tactical Tailor at a price comparable at repro nylon. If I could make 1 recommendation that would be not to skimp on mag pouches. The difference between a really good pouch, like a taco pouch, and a generic repro mag pouch is really really huge and nothing will annoy you like a mag pouch that doesnt work.
I love yalls videos but is there any way you guys can do one on a poor man's guide on buying tactical gear? Most of the gear is quite exspensive but I still find a way but for others it's quite hard and that may be a reason why people are turned away from airsoft
I've found that the "premium" chinese clone gear is still cheap but often uses supposedly American made fabrics and Aliexpress has sales always on those brands. Arguably you can find professional companies which contract to governments and pmcs on that website selling factory direct stuff. Only issue is the month plus shipping time.
if you want to go a step further get into WWII airsoft and watch your wallet burn to ash as you try to find something with the same color and stitching as the originals XD
I don't know how much attention Viper gets in the US but for the UK Viper tactical gear is relatively common to find on the field. I run a Viper JPC that I've had since I started it out and it is yet to fail me, interestingly the rubber shoulder straps are actually solid, not even managed to tear them.
I served and 99% of my kit is all wish products. Even my level lV plates are wish and I never have issues. I've found better products on there then the issued items I had in the army
I still use my ranger belt chest rig set up from my last deployment when I play now that I’m out carries 8 mags and plenty of area to molle tools and pouches to
I've brought up this point before on other channels I think it's funny airsoft people want expensive real gear then a lot of my guys and me who deployed to Iraq used cheap knockoff everything besides the mandatory IOTV and kevlar.
Looking at it from a civilian perspective, I wonder if a lot of it has to do with civilians thinking gear is super cool and getting nerdy about minutiae, while military members who had to wear it for work are less likely to find as much novelty? I'll fully admit my gear taste comes down to weird nerd shit, so I think that's kind of likely.
E House - Gun Gamers I agree with that but I also think it comes down to how we use our gear. We don't look at our gear like its gonna be used for a weekend event. We have to rely on our gear or it may cost us our life or the man next to us. I know I maintain my gear all the time taking everything apart and looking stuff over so I may be able to get away with having cheaper stuff because I maintain it vs. a young 16 year old who's gonna run jump slide and throw around all his gear then throw it I'm a closet when he gets home and not notice "hey I need to fix this it may break soon". Like my battle belt is like $20 off Amazon meanwhile one of my guys who had a $100 one broke his on our 3rd mission over there vs. Mine that's new. It comes down to maintenance in my opinion.
Good stuff guys as always! One thing that I have found during my 21 years of airsoft and not that long service is that you should use what works for you. Impressions are nice and their own story, there is good copies and bad "rs" stuff. I maybe have a tad more experience about what works and what not but most of that is also common sense...
I was talking to a friend about the backpacks on a plate carrier what if the backpack had buckles over the shoulder with large Velcro holding the bottom in place. It would allow you to access it without removing the carrier and wouldn’t be to uncomfortable.
Good gear are good gear. I still think my chicom rig for 10 bucks is the best chestrig I have tried. I think people is overthinking about gear. I want to keep my gear simple so I can use is without thinking.
Check out Grey-Shop.ru for great modern Russian surplus gear. All the chest rigs and uniforms are high quality (even the reproduction plate carriers are good)
Condor gear isn't bad for 80-90% of all airsofters. Most people don't play 2 day milsim events so there really is no need to spend $200-$300 on a chest rig or a plate carrier if you are only going to play twice per month.
And, even if you do go to milsims, a condor chest rigg holds up easily. I went to last years Berget in Sweden, a 4 and a half day "milsim" (it's like a combination between a milsim and just a big game) and all my condor gear held up perfectly. And that stuff isn't even new, I've had it for years. Buckles and stitching seems to be pretty good quality.
@@marcushillerstrom25 Holy crap dude...4 1/2 days!?!? That's some dedication to pew pew'n right there! Who in the hell has the time to spend 5 days playing BB fights? 😮
@@ap81airsoft73 Just search for Berget Airsoft 2018 if you want to check it out. Novritch attended in 2017. Here's one video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-TD0knG9iLRI.html
@@marcushillerstrom25 Oh I'm not talking shit on it at all bro. I think that's awesome. It just blows my mind that there are airsofters who are that dedicated to the game. I honestly don't think I could do 2 days let alone 4 1/2!
@@brad3489 Condor is real steel strictly speaking, but their gear is old school imo. maybe geography is also to be considered, but as someone living in HK, it is cheaper to either go to the tmc store or TMC's specific Taobao dealership than to buy condor and get it shipped.
I make the same and I don't understand blowing over a grand on cammies, a belt, and a plate carrier. If I blow through my cheap Condor stuff, I just replace it. I spend more money on cammies than other gear, because those get more beat up than other gear, but I'd rather roll the rest of that money into gun upgrades or my real steel collection.
All of BHI gear like that I believe is actually made in Vietnam. If it works it works. I would hope that a kid working for literal food and about 2 dollars a.week puts his heart and soul into it
well I think that you get what you pay for, buy nice not twice... and if you want quality you have to spend some extra money... there will always be some exeptions to the rule but overal you get what you pay for... I've even seen a video of someone who bought his whole laodout on WISH... he barely spend any money but I'm sure it will break withing a couple of months...
*Wants a navy blue plate carrier with full molle support that fits over fat man gut. *Product doesn't exist in any practical way. *Gets a custom quote but it's way too much money even to put asside for. *Settles for a ranger green Emerson and atacs au pouches. *Crys in navy blue.
Some people will disagree with statements in a video, dislike the style of presentation, or take issue with a subject. It's one of a few ways viewers can express their feedback on a video, so I do keep track of the like/dislike ratio to make sure I'm not messing up too hard!
So how much is a custom plate carrier I wanted a chest rig that holds a .30 cal ammo can on my actual chest. What would I be looking at to do something like that? Just ball park.
Szeperator So I run an M1919 tactical red dot, Magpul stock and a modern bipod. I have an extended feed tube so my magazine does not have to sit on the side of my gun. I currently have it sitting in an M240 275 round ammo bag and wear that on my chest but it moves around a lot and is kinda ghetto I was hoping to have something that is less inhibiting to my movement. And makes me less nervous it’s going to fall off and wreck my magazine.
Why not a backback? Like this: qph.fs.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-0c3633846a8a074ea23431f74b36b1b4-c@@OctaneAndAsphalt Want to build a kit like this in the future
Szeperator I thought of trying something like that but just a lot of stress on the mag feed motor and those long feed springs can get messed up really easily
For this video being only a year old and telling people not to buy the replica Crye "stuff" shows how little if any experience they have with it. Brands like Emersongear and TMC have stepped up the quality of the replica plate carriers so much so that they will work just as good as the real deal for airsoft use. If you're spending $250-400 on a crye replica plate carrier, you'll be fine. Don't use real plates for airsoft. Just don't.
