"For a moment he felt good about this. A moment or two later he felt bad about feeling good about it. Then he felt good about feeling bad about feeling good about it and, satisfied, drove on into the night."
-- Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy --
Think for yourself. Question authority.
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.
Likes pretty much everything in every caliber.
"For a moment he felt good about this. A moment or two later he felt bad about feeling good about it. Then he felt good about feeling bad about feeling good about it and, satisfied, drove on into the night."
-- Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy --
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.
"Gunfighting is a thinking man's game. So we might want to bring thinking back into it."-MDFA
Beware of my temper, and the dog that I've found...
The belt I use most is a USPSA Velcro inner belt.
Likes pretty much everything in every caliber.