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Law enforcement professionals use equipment vests, carrying armor or not, for various purposes. In this article, the author reports on his experience wear-testing the Condor Tactical Gear Mesh Hydration Vest.
Condor Tactical Gear Mesh Hydration Vest Review
About a year ago my youngest son joined an organization and became (almost immediately) a part of their search & rescue team. He needed a vest. He inherited mine and we reconfigured it for his intended use. I needed a replacement and borrowed an armored vest from a friend, configured it for my survival/emergency preparedness use and drove on. However, I knew that I eventually needed to procure a new vest and return the armored one. So, a couple months ago, thanks to WTG Tactical I became the proud owner of a Condor Mesh Hydration Vest. I didn't need the vest to carry armor; I just needed one that I could MOLLE mount gear pouches and a holster onto. This vest has worked perfectly.
My old vest, the one my son inherited, had both a zippered AND buckled front opening. You put it on like a jacket rather than pulling it over your head like most body armor. I always felt that the zipper and buckles were a bit redundant but redundancy is often good so I dismissed any questions or concerns from my mind. Then I saw folks who either cut off the buckles and only used the zipper, or folks who only buckled it and acted like the zipper didn't exist. For them, convenience took place over redundant security where it...