I’m a huge fan of multipurpose / GP pouches as I see them very functional from my chest rigs to various packs.
A couple things that bother me about current offerings. Just as an aside I’m currently using Tactical Tailor’s multipurpose pouch- it for most of my needs, but could be improved.
1. Weight- 1000 denier material is sturdy, but a lot of my pouches are the lighter 500 denier and they are holding up well. I’ve found for certain they are definitely not as touch as I recently had to super glue.m a cut in the flap of an ammo pouch.
2. Configurability - I definitely like a pouch that can be mounted using PALS or on a gun belt. Even pouches designed to be used on war belts have kind of rolled over on me. I’ve made me own workaround to this by using a 1” wide Velcro and since my war belt attaches to a Velcro inner belt, using the Velcro strap in lieu of any kind of malice strap secured my pouch to my belt much more tightly and also sticks to the inner belt.
3. Size - most of my GP pouches are on my right side and so taller pouches are a no-go because they interfere with my draw stroke even when using an RTI optimal drop platform.
4. Interior design - I like pouches with some kind of divider inside so I can better segregate the contents of my pouch.
4.a. Elastic straps inside GP pouches. When I’ve looked at the elastic straps inside most GP pouches , they appear to me an afterthought and no real purpose. That usually results in me forcing to fit something like spare trauma item in a too small elastic loop, or the loop being too large to really secure anything.
5. Modularity - I like my almost all my pouches to be able to serve multiple roles. i.e. using a universal mag pouch to hold an ifak, my Glock or water bottle. I like that and look for it in most of the pouches I buy.
6. Adaptability - PALS webbing on the outside is important to me. Especially if I have a thinner pouch and want to add a TQ holder or a pistol mag shingle. I recently started testing BFG’s “dangler”. I don’t think it’s called that but it attaches to where the malice clips lock in and dangles under whatever pouch you hook it to. I’ve used it for a TQ and spare disposable handcuffs. It’s not a GP pouch but I like the ability to hook in another piece of kit to some pouches.
7. Design - I like my GP pouches with the ability to give me full access. While it can be risky having a pouch with a full zippered opening - as in dumping the contents of the pouch out, I find I dislike even more pouches that only give me limited access and make me hunt for everything.
Well those are the things I look for in a GP pouch. I recently moved from a medium GP pouch to TT’a multipurpose pouch, which is one of the most useful pouches I’ve used and being shorter does not interfere with my draw stroke at all and is roomier than most people probably give it credit for.
I’d really like to see what you come up with. I definitely believe the GP pouch has room for improvement on many levels beyond material.
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