Alien Gear Holster is an American sheath manufacturer that makes hidden holsters used for personal defense. The company started in Arkansas and has since moved to Post Falls, Idaho in 2016.
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History and development
The Alien Gear Holster began when Thomas Tedder could not find the holster of the gun he really wanted to bring the gun in, and began experimenting in the design of the holster. Finally, he found a design he was willing to hide, and began producing and selling sarongs initially on a small scale. The operation started in his kitchen but eventually moved to his warehouse at the request of his wife. Alien Gear Holsters was eventually moved to Hayden, Idaho in 2013. The glove company started with just a few hundred dollars of leather and plastic, growing by employing hundreds of employees.
Tedder realized that the most potent lay in a hybrid holster design, which incorporates a hard plastic retention shell formed for the rifle to be held on a support platform made of durable fabric such as leather.
Some of the drawbacks he noted in competitor products are thin material and poor gun retention. For example, some holster companies tell customers to use hot guns or hair dryers on a sarong if they do not have enough guns.
One of the early goals of Alien Gear is to overcome the disadvantages of a typical sarong design. While a typical hybrid holster with leather supporters will use 8-ounce leather, Alien Gear uses 12-ounce leather supporters. Instead of using a thin shell made of thermoplastic acrylic polyvinyl chloride such as Kydex, a thicker shell is designed for greater durability.
Another common feature of Alien Gear sheath is the use of hex screw and crushed rubber washer to attach the retention skin to the holster. Many competing companies use rivets, which can not be adjusted. The belt clip in the inner-waist sheath is also adjusted so that the sarong will rise at the angle of altitude and the slope favored by the customer.
Another innovation from Alien Gear is a universal shell system, because the same shell sarong can be placed on any support made by Alien Gear.
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Product evolution
Original Cloak Tuck and Sliding Cloak
The initial product offering, Cloak Tuck, uses a Boltaron thermoplastic shell support and shell. This is followed by a Shear Cloak, outside the waistband using a leather beltline base, perfect for carrying open.
Cloak Tuck 2.0
After Cloak Slide, Cloak Tuck 2.0 IWB holster was released in 2014. 2.0 has a very different backing system, made from several layers of material including a closed-cell neoprene rear layer, ABS plastic core and a front vinyl coating. All three of these products will eventually be offered for a number of revolver options as well as semi-automatic pistols.
Cloak Tuck 3.0
In June 2015, Alien Gear released Cloak Tuck 3.0, an improved version of 2.0. The 3.0 displays the same neoprene proponents, but incorporated thin sheets of spring steel in the core of the sheath. The 3.0 will collect notices from the NRA and other publications and become a best-seller.
Cloak Modeling Pads
Alien Gear launches Cloak Mod oven in April 2015, a modular OWB sheath that can be converted from a paddle holster to a belt slide in a few moments. This is quickly followed by the Mount Cloak Dock, an innovative yet simple mounting bracket that allows users to attach brackets to compatible surfaces, where holsters and firearms can be docked.
Mag operator
In September 2016, Cloak Tuck 3.0 for the revolver was released, followed in December 2016 by the Mag Robe magazine bearer and Doc Cloak IWB holster mount for Alien Gear IWB holster.
ShapeShift modular holves System
In January 2017, Alien Gear announces a ShapeShift holster modular system to be released in summer 2017. ShapeShift is designed to change configurations in a while and is used in almost any configuration for concealed carrying and other uses.
Design details
Configure holster
Alien Gear's expertise is a hybrid glove, a sarong design made by placing hard plastic shells onto a flexible fabric (or other). The benefits of this holster design for people who carry guns are more comfortable than pancake-style sarongs (made from two single-piece materials like Kydex/other hard plastic, nylon or leather) along with better fitment and retention in many cases.
Since the hard shells of the hybrid sheath are usually properly printed to make the model weapon and exactly that the customer buys a holster for, the installation is usually right. In addition, the gloves provide precise pressure on the contour of the gun. It's better to keep pistols swayed while carrying.
The dominant forms of hybrid sheaths are outside the waist and inside the waist. Alien Gear makes each example.
Features
Sarong Alien Gear share certain features.
All holsters before the ShapeShift holster system use a universal holster shell, which means the same shell can be installed on multiple backing platforms. Most Alien Gear shells are compression that is formed to manufacture and model certain firearms of customer orders from Boltaron sheets, then trimmed to fit and polish. However, select shell models are now being printed injection for greater durability.
The process produces "collision retention" inside the protruding shell slightly inside the trigger trigger. This helps keep the gun, and generates a general "click" tale for hard plastic sheets when the gun is placed inside or taken from one. The shell attaches to the support with a hex screw with a crushing washer, so the shell can be adjusted up or down according to the owner's discretion. The company also includes several sized washing machines for the user to customize his own desired sheath.
Inside the waistband made by Alien Gear has a customizable belt clip, allowing the user to adjust the height of the shoe holster on the inside of the waist, as well as the angle of the sitting gun by moving the belt clip between the welded nut position on the wing of the holster. Belt clips are available from the company including standard plastic clips, metal clips, leather loops and also clips "J" and "C", which are tucked under the belt when worn.
The support platform of Alien Gear's Cloak Tuck 3.0 and Cloak Mod holster both have a ballistic nylon and steel sponge core that acts as an internal rifle. The Alien Gear leather belts, which are meant for use when carrying pistols and gloves, also use the internal steels of spring steel.
All Alien Gears inside the waistband and Mod Cloak sarong are compatible with the Mount Cloen Gear Alien Gear holster mount system, which can be secured to most surfaces such as furniture, drywall or car interiors.
The magazine operators made by Alien Gear are injection-molded, and are designed to be worn inside or outside the belt. A unique locking gate allows users to switch between attachment belts and install soft support for waist use. The lock gate allows carrying the position to a full 360 degree adjustable.
References
External links
- Alien Gear
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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