The Loadout Room
Professional Gear Reviews
We live in an amazing time to be a knife enthusiast. There are dozens of quality knife makers who create knives for any purpose. Most are tactical models where we see features like G-10 grips, blackened finish, state of the art this or state of the art that. Now, don’t get wrong, this is great. […]
If Michael Weston, James Bond, Jack Bauer and Jason Bourne got together to design a belt I’m pretty sure they’d come up with this belt. Since they are fictional characters they can’t, but SlideBelts can. The SlideBelts Survival Belt is the first belt I’ve been genuinely excited by. I can appreciate a well-made belt, but SlideBelts […]
Simple, compact, and handy are the best ways to describe the Uncle Mike’s Range Bag. This moderate sized bag is made from Ripstop nylon for increased durability and nylon is already water-resistant. This range bag is best suited for handgun shooters who want a single bag to tote everything. It perfectly accommodates a full-sized handgun, […]
Jim “Smokey” West has a great evening in store for us in New York City on December 8. We just spoke to him this week and you’re going to love it.At one of our favorite places (a bar) Jim will demonstrate and teach (with audience members participating) skills to help you win a street fight—or […]
Lock picking is one of those skills I’ve always wanted to develop. It’s also one I put off assuming it was just too hard and not something I had the time to learn. well, sometimes you need to be more easily forced to learn something, or have it offered so conveniently that you’ll just give […]
In an effort to further minimize my EDC I have begun to carry a new light. Regular handheld lights can be difficult to conceal and carry a weight that could be better used in a different capacity like an extra magazine or a fixed blade knife. Consequently, I have found a pretty good trade off […]
The guys and I that pick the gear for the Crate Club live it everyday. My Europe EDC loadout: SureFire P2X Panerai Central black left handed Luminor Marina Power Cube The Oakley Factory Pilot (best travel pack I’ve had to date) with Crye Percision custom Crate Club bullet proof insert. – Brandon Webb, CEO Check […]
The criteria for gear that goes into your loadout seems to be constantly changing. In recent years there has been a call to provide the equipment that has the same capabilities and similar characteristics as existing gear only smaller and lighter. Based on the larger Gerber LMF II that I carried on my kit for […]
Gerber lives up to its reputation again for producing quality tools for reasonable prices with the Gerber Crisis Hook. The Gerber Crisis Hook is one of those tools that you hope you never have to use but are glad you have it when you do. The hook itself is made of a nice heavy-duty metal that […]
With all of the different loadouts, gear setups, and go bags it makes it hard to justify spending a lot of money on any one piece of gear that may be out of sight and out of mind until you need to use it. Like a quality knife for example, that you may want to […]
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