Helikon-Tex Guardian Chest Rig -Cordura- Multicam

This is a fantastic chest rig. I'm a huge fan of the magazine capacity and large canteen pouches that also function as large general-purpose pouches. It can be paired with a slick front plate carrier or worn stand-alone. Fully loaded this chest rig weighs in for me at 12 lbs.I upgraded the X-harness with an HX Hybrid Harness from Lunar Concepts for improved weight distribution and comfort, while still allowing for a true chest rig ride height so that I can pair it with a battle belt or a large pack with a waist belt.Even with $100 worth of upgrades this chest rig offers great value compared to other options on the market. Would highly recommend it!

Garanzia

Simple answer: Yes, worth the purchase but might need mods (subjective opinion)LIKES:Color is exactly what was stated for me (multicam) not that weird off multicam stuff you sometimes see from some knock-off gearOverall quality seems very decent.Good enough to run live.Material is light weight.Stitches on the one I got is very good.Versatile, that you can run as a placard style or as a FLC for training if your unit doesn’t always have you running plates or recon (but if you’re in that line of work you have access to higher tier brands).Fit is fairly comfortable even with the X style harness. Now you could turn this into a H style but that will require some Velcro and creativity or if you know how to stitch. Something I’m gonna mess around with and see if that will work-wouldn’t see why not instead of buying another harness after spending 150$ and some of those are too pricy for my liking.It is cordura and multicam licensed for those who careOriginal Buckles and straps(lightly padded-good) seems very good and will last so long as you take care of your equipmentMolle at the top by the admin pouch and bottom to run a gut pouch and on the pouches as seen on the pictures. Including at the bottom of the sustainment/canteen pouches.Mag pouches I think are very versatile and good over all. The top is removable so if you’re not a Velcro tab guy you can remove it and even add your own shockcord tabs and set it up that way. I’m not, I like my mag protected and not a fan of cord retention for my mags. PMags and GI mags run really smoothDISLIKES:My biggest complaint is the dividers in the double mag pouches. If you have a thread ripper take that out. It makes reinserting very inconsistent. Maybe it's a skill issue however I've doing this for a long time and rarely had issues even with standard equipment.For the canteen/sustainment pouches there is no real good way to secure anything smaller than such in there without the risk of losing it. Yes you do have a buckle and you can tighten it up, however (for myself) shockcord is a good way to keep things from making rattling or spewing out the sides. If you do a version 2.0 I would add a way to be able to cinch the whole pouch like a standard issue canteen pouch.Like or dislike..?Inner side pouches (photos showed a pistol right and mag pouches center & left). Now the pistol one could not fit my full size in there without fighting tooth and nail. I was able to fit a micro compact fine- I probably wouldn't run a dot on it if I were to consider this. To me not worth it however a valid option should one not want to run battle belt I guess. I removed them all and now I have a center admin pouch, and two free bees. I will say even with my medium hands I can't reach all the way to the bottom of them due to how narrow it is without have to work my fingers and raise the rig if that makes sense. A radio like 152's or an embitter would be fine in one of these but anything else not sure. If you add smaller items to these pouches I'm not sure how that will fair out but only one way to find out.Over all rating: Yes, worth the purchase.I still would recommend this rig. it's almost everything you need for a basic/simplistic set up. Even my duty vest Its very simplistic. My biggest recommendation is make the kit work to your advantage and get creative. There is no perfect rig you're always going to find faults and see how you can make it work and that is what I'm going to do for this rig. Some simple modifications and a little time this rig will be even better. Is it worth the price, yes absolutely.

This isn’t airsoft gear. Have run it, works great. Well made, comfortable.

Material ist gut verarbeitet.Leider passen keine G36 Magazine in die Taschen. Nicht mal einzeln.Dir Trennwände von den Doppelmagazintaschen lassen sich nicht rausnehmen, auch schlecht.Nicht mal die MagPul Magazine lassen sich einbarfrei rein und raus strecken.Da muss mal nachgebessert werden.

So far this is the second ordered, the first failed to arrive so tried a different supplier and it arrived well under the time given.I got this to swap out with the usual webbing used as i am deploying as an amoured commander next, with this in mind i wanted to minimize my kit due to space and how i would be working.So far i am very impressed. Due to the size it allows me more freedom of movement within my commanders hatch without all the removal as you would with standard webbing. As for "B" vehicles.... it's a god send.For anyone looking towards vehicle mounted rolls, this product makes perfect sense.Other reviews mentioned poor stitch and quality control but i can hand on heart say this is well put together and of a high standard, will it survive... time will tell.Very comfortable to wear and gives you all the options required allowing for ease of access whilst wearing burgans or patrol sacks, even allowing traditional webbing if you desire.The only drawback so far is the dividers in the mag pouches, if they were removable or not there then it would be far better allowing more options as the user as to what goes where.I will update this review in a few months after a good time testing it in the field