klikbelts

[blues]

What if I told you "tactical" is a fashion category now.

That's fantastical!!!

[Grey]

Me too.

They have a band to tuck the belt end into to keep it from flopping.

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[JodyH]

I wish the free end would have some Velcro or something to keep it from flapping in the breeze.

Thread it the other way with the tail on the inside.
Takes a tiny bit longer (and a few unbuckling/adjust/rebuckle cycles) to put on but makes for a much cleaner setup and no flappy tail to worry about.

[Wyoming Shooter]

Yes, it is and if you don’t unclick the two pieces of the cobra buckle it functions EXACTLY like the the instructor belt buckle. It just has the added benefit that you can then separate the the two ends of the buckle to remove your pants without tearing Velcro or having the end of the belt free (potentially allowing your holster to slide off the belt).

Yes, I see your point. My RDR EDC belt with cobra buckle is constructed a bit differently. It uses a velcro strip sewn to the scuba webbing to attach one half of the buckle. The klikbelt looks to be a more convenient design. Best, ELN.

[orionz06]

So another belt where you have to unthread the webbing from the buckle to put it on/take it off or to put a holster on the belt.

Except the Wilderness has like an inch more room to thread the tail through, the Cobra buckles are obnoxious in that sense. They typically don't thread through most pant loops for me so the five Cobra belts I have are strewn about the house.

[Wondering Beard]

What if I told you "tactical" is a fashion category now.

[GJM]

As a twenty year or so wearer of Wilderness belts, and five years with the Talon Tactical, what wears out first is the Velcro, necessitating webbing replacement. If the belt functions without Velcro, it should last much longer.

My wife loves the cobra buckle since girls drop trou more than guys, plus she often clips our dog’s leash to her belt when hiking.

[JodyH]

I think I may end up cutting all the velcro off my belts.

I'll teach you about laces and you can cut the velcro off your shoes as well!

[Hambo]

No doubt, it is slightly harder to thread the webbing through a cobra buckle than the buckle on the Wilderness belt. But I haven’t used a Wilderness belt in almost a decade (because I dislike their buckle/Velcro arrangement) so perhaps I don’t appreciate how much more “difficult” the Cobra buckle is.



That’s why no one does that.

So let I get this straight. With a cobra buckle I have to remove the webbing from the buckle, run it through my belt loops, then run it back through the buckle only backwards (JodyH style). Then the benefit is that I can drop trou more frequently without velcro.

The main advantage I see in riggers belts (other than emergency rappeling out of windows ) is that when I remove my IWB holster I snug up the belt with the velcro.

Really, I want to be modern, or cool, or both, I'm just not sure I can handle the change.

[GJM]

The belt I use most is a USPSA Velcro inner belt.