bill_wv
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I got my SmartCarry on Saturday. Kudos to them for the quick service; I ordered it last Monday.
It seems to be a well-constructed holster. The literature talks about some sort of "comfort strip" which I'm unable to detect. The elastic straps look like just that - elastic straps. They round the corners on the ends of them, but they're still stiff and hard, and I've found that if you don't line up the velcro strips perfectly so that there's no overlap to the sides, you're going to have something sharp digging into your lower back. I find myself trying to pull my boxers up behind the strap to alleviate this (I don't tuck in my shirts), but then you just wind up with a wedgie, and no one needs that.
The only other problem I've noticed is that the holster itself is just a little large for my body type and clothing. At 5'7", I'm not a large person. I find that I have trouble getting the holster to ride low enough to keep the butt of the gun below my waistband (I have a few scratches on the end of the slide from the metal button of the shorts I was wearing it under on Saturday), and if I do, then the bottom of the holster is pushing down against the crotch of my pants. This is especially troubling when I sit down, and the holster shoves the crotch of my pants out very unnaturally and conspicuously. I'm really not sure what the solution to this problem might be; I can't make the holster smaller, and I'm not going to get any bigger. Nor am I going to switch to MC Hammer style pants where the crotch is down around one's knees. Maybe if it were 1988 I could pull that off, but not today.
I'm also discovering it's a bit awkward having the thing sitting out in front of my thighs, especially when climbing into a car, sitting down, or climbing stairs. Sitting down seems to require a good deal of planning, but this might get better with practice and conditioning.
I'll keep the thing, and keep trying to get used to it, especially since I need some sort of carry option when I'm wearing clothing that doesn't support my IWB Comp-Tac C-TAC holster (like shorts with no belt loops), but I'm not sure if it's going to become my primary carry method.
I got my SmartCarry on Saturday. Kudos to them for the quick service; I ordered it last Monday.
It seems to be a well-constructed holster. The literature talks about some sort of "comfort strip" which I'm unable to detect. The elastic straps look like just that - elastic straps. They round the corners on the ends of them, but they're still stiff and hard, and I've found that if you don't line up the velcro strips perfectly so that there's no overlap to the sides, you're going to have something sharp digging into your lower back. I find myself trying to pull my boxers up behind the strap to alleviate this (I don't tuck in my shirts), but then you just wind up with a wedgie, and no one needs that.
The only other problem I've noticed is that the holster itself is just a little large for my body type and clothing. At 5'7", I'm not a large person. I find that I have trouble getting the holster to ride low enough to keep the butt of the gun below my waistband (I have a few scratches on the end of the slide from the metal button of the shorts I was wearing it under on Saturday), and if I do, then the bottom of the holster is pushing down against the crotch of my pants. This is especially troubling when I sit down, and the holster shoves the crotch of my pants out very unnaturally and conspicuously. I'm really not sure what the solution to this problem might be; I can't make the holster smaller, and I'm not going to get any bigger. Nor am I going to switch to MC Hammer style pants where the crotch is down around one's knees. Maybe if it were 1988 I could pull that off, but not today.
I'm also discovering it's a bit awkward having the thing sitting out in front of my thighs, especially when climbing into a car, sitting down, or climbing stairs. Sitting down seems to require a good deal of planning, but this might get better with practice and conditioning.
I'll keep the thing, and keep trying to get used to it, especially since I need some sort of carry option when I'm wearing clothing that doesn't support my IWB Comp-Tac C-TAC holster (like shorts with no belt loops), but I'm not sure if it's going to become my primary carry method.