CondorLCS Cobra Gun Belt

Wanted an affordable kit setup for recce hikes in the PNW so I started checking out condor. So far have tried chest rig, belt, 3l water bladder, pack and various other pouches. Not been disappointed at all.Belt: ordered what my waste size was and it ran big, accepted return quickly and ordered next size down. Fits perfect. Molle, has inner velcro belt, live the quick detach buckle.Stitching well done. Between IFAK, drop holster and retention system, magazine pouches, drop pouch and tourniquet while hiking rough terrain in wet weather is still holding strong.

I have a 38" waist and ordered the large/x-large belt based on their measuring guidelines. It arrived and there was a full 6" of extra belt when it was at its smallest possible size.

I'd like to say if your looking to buy this belt don't hesitate... just make sure you get the next size down because you can't adjust to make smaller only bigger! This is a disappointment as I have been waiting for this belt and it comes in and I was very happy with the quality.... false size. I'm a 38 in the waist and so I went with the large/Xlarge cuz it was 38" to 40" but it was too big as the medium/large claims to be 34"-36".. correct your sizing please as this will prevent the whole return and wait another week. I hate online shopping!! But no store in my area carry these belts nor are there any quality ones and I live in the heart of orlando FL. AMAZON PLEASE COME OUT WITH A WALK IN STORE TO PREVENT THIS.. HELL MAKE IT FOR PRIME MEMBERS ONLY.. SAMS CLUB AND OTHER PLACES DO THIS WHY YOU SLACKING?? THIS WILL INCREASE YOUR PRIME MEMEBERS AND SALES OBVIOUSLY!! Thank me later for the idea.

So i'm about 150-160lbs and wear about a 31-32 pant size. I ordered the Small/Medium and it fits just right with the right amount of adjustment. This isn't a gun belt for me or anything fancy; just a rent-a-cop working an unarmed site.CON: the only reason i'm giving it 4 stars is because i'm unable to pull the padded belt and use it with the inner belt i already have. My inner belt is the male (hoop/soft section) of velcro and the backing of the Condor outer belt is also the male side. The padded belt is the female (hook) section. I've gotten used to running the padded belt and appreciate the padded belt being "low profile" to minimize my rent-a-cop ass looking too tacticool lmaoOther than the outer belt being the male section of velcro, i'm extremely pleased with the quality of this belt, especially for the price. I was originally running a High Speed Gear Operator belt and when that finally bit the dust, i decided to look at budget belts and very happy to find this one. One warning though, if you plan on running an Otterbox belt holster through the molle, be absolutely sure on where you want to mount it because it's an absolute pain in the ass trying to get the molle to come off that clip if you want to move it.

The belt is high guality for sure, but I found the sizing is off.

I purchased this belt for work after using a more expensive version from another company that also sells their own line of affordable body armor. From my initial assessment, the molle webbing seems just as sturdy and durable, albeit perhaps a little less sleek looking in its design. I love that the belt can be adjusted from both sides of the cobra buckle, and that the manufacturer included velcro on both ends of the outer belt to keep it from loosening up. I also like the design used where the excess belt loops BEHIND the webbing, rather than overtop of it like other more expensive designs.I recommend to anyone looking at ordering one of these belts to size up rather than size down (I purchased the medium/large - my waist size is 32), so that you can have the molle webbing as close to the buckle as possible and thus be able to put whatever pouches you need up front as close to center line as possible. With my old belt I had to macgyver a system to mount my mag pouch to the excess non-webbed portion to prevent it from flopping forward as the excess belt is not as rigid.I’ll try out the padded insert that comes with the Condor belt, but I prefer wearing a loop inner pants belt with suspenders and I anticipate that I will ultimately end up going that route. Nice to have that option included if that is your preference. The cobra buckle seems sturdy - I’m never going back to those cheap plastic clips on the traditional nylon duty belts unless I’m required to do so!

I’ve been using this for several months for actual duty that involves me patrolling through pretty dense brush. It’s held up well. No this is not super sturdy, no this does not “lock” in place with an inner belt. But it’s not trying to be that. It comes off and on easily though which is important to me when I want to completely take off all my gear. If you just need something for the range or other classes and don’t need something super sturdy, this is more than enough. But if you wanna convince yourself you need to spend $150 for something you’ll hardly use, go for it.

So this is an initial review of the belt, so far I am just getting started in building the design I have been working on that meets the needs of the job.I will put this item to the test for 4 weeks straight in a live training environment to test the durability, strength of the design, and overall use of the belt itself.As for the aesthetics of the belt, I like it but I’m not only looking for aesthetics. I am looking for a belt that will operate the way I need it to and at any extreme I am willing to push to.The sizing is very accurate and the only thing to note is that you might want to go a size up to prevent ordering a size to small.Example: i am a size 36 in waist and I ordered the 38-40 because I want the belt to sit where pant belt loops sit to have the weight distribution as even as possible on my hips to have most mobility while engaging targets from the dismounted position.I am still waiting on the rest of the items that are to be attached to the belt, I apologize for that in advance.