Qilo Tactical: Prison Wallet (Stop letting rarity drive prices more than features)

[@death-to-dogma6142]

There seems to be more and more hype beast tactical gear out there. More than solid, affordable, functional kit. Also, you can just get a cheap JanSport and discreetly carry whatever you want if you're going for "grey man"

[@michaele5041]

Being grey man is making sure other "grey men" know your a grey man

[@lexxb6386]

@@michaele5041 is funny how easy it is to pick these grey men out

[@fabiangonzalez-cortes8894]

Yeah Qilo is more of a fashion company. I felt personally insulted when you said it didn’t include the shock cord. I’ve use that cord before for water bottles, it’s pretty handy.

[@crashcourseinbruhsurgery]

haha butt reference haha we're a tactical gear company that makes butt jokes

[@SilverShamrockNovelties]

Lots of flannel-wearing flat range tier 1 safety-flippin-speed-record-breaking silhouette assassins who reject this review.

[@BigBatts]

Love the honesty. Overpriced Hypebeast “gear”

[@accel_slim]

Qilo is more of a fashion company then anything else, but I would definitely not spend $72 on something with the bare minimum features.

[@tacticalveterinarian]

AWS gear snack pack is less than $60. I feel like so many companies are making a fannypack that is also a dangler and charging $$$. but honestly you will rarely use both features- just one or the other?

[@franky3fingers337]

The snack packs are now $85 and the price of these hasn’t changed. Just a data point.

[@EODFish]

If lesser options can fetch more you can’t blame AWS for raising their price.

[@mateo1726]

Qilo is just a fashion “drop” “collab” company

[@george398]

I used it pretty hard various ways and it held up which was surprising. A subcompact pistol kydex holster with a velcro backer will fit and a loose g19 with trigger holster like you have shown. At $72 you are really buying the hype cordura and there is nothing wrong with that.

[@nikolaswirz4022]

They could’ve at least put some effort into it… It doesn’t even have tie down loops or any other other features that would make it a usable product…

[@Snozzelquaf]

The grommets are to assist in drainage, primarily.

[@simonp4832]

"Sir, this is a fashion sub."

[@beck4218]

"Kilo"

[@fathead8933]

a $20 dollar pouch with 5 bucks in extras. I bought a cheap dangler off Amazon with the exact same features for $20. The 5 dollars is for the clips. I'm guessing you're paying for the totally IR coated patterns?

[@LomaOutdoors]

Bruh that “condura” 50D Amazon pouch you are taking about is flimsy like a piece of wet bread. Secondly some people rely on NIR for legit reasons, $72 without it would be useless to anyone wanting to use it under nods. But I’ll hear you out, Find me a link to a tropentarn pouch like this in 500D for less than $75 shipped.

[@fathead8933]

@@LomaOutdoors what's the legit reasons? You know how much .mil stuff glows under NV?And thats just before things like washing and maintaining and environmental factors degrade the NIR. Cordura isn't putting out these patterns. So where is the material coming from. I doubt they have their own pattern printer. That's the really expensive part that even names like lbt, velocity, etc can't even afford. That tells me that it's either serious degraded old stock, or it's not NIR coated.

[@LomaOutdoors]

@@fathead8933 people do and should rely on their clothes not to shine bright/white under NODs, potentially giving away their position to other near peer opponents. A person working in dark conditions and nods should be aware of these factors and would typically take steps to mitigate where possible. So yes mil gear is sometimes NIR, but sometimes it’s not. And also When I said NIR I should have clarified in this case that there is no NIR rating claimed here, and I was meaning that it doesn’t glow under NODs from my testing, akin to NIR. Again, you will not find a 500 or 1000D condura bag in tropentarn like this anywhere else for less than $70 shipped. Maybe in other camos or with poorly aligned China molle, but not like this. I’ve put them through a lot of abuse and they will stay on my rig and edc until something as durable and cheaper comes out. GWA, the maker of this bag, produces good stuff at a price. If it was a fashion peace it would have stayed in the closet.

[@MrKnockout66]

Do you have recommendations for better quality pouches?

[@DZ4295DBW]

Le Prison Pocket

[@1azyb0t]

Kilo, brother.

[@YukarisGearReviews]

You can't tell people to buy based on features rather than rarity, because all the Instagram kiddies want that "drip". If you want to know the future, take a quick peek at what has been happening in the fashion industry with "drop" based sales tactics.

[@lancet.346]

I will never buy gear from a company that has a "look book" on their website.

[@iiikolby56]

it really isnt gear more so "merch" that looks nice

[@lexxb6386]

Planned scarcity is the business model with these companies. Most of the stuff is made in China.

[@LomaOutdoors]

Made in the USA with US materials.

[@135Patriots]

Reject instagram, return to magpul dvds. mostly kidding but not entirely! Social media has largely been a bane for the firearms community. Stuff becomes prized for rarity/hype/Givenchy pattern "camo" vs function

[@accel_slim]

It also has its pros. Social media has done a lot for normalizing and exposing firearms and gear to more people.

[@135Patriots]

@@accel_slim for sure. Tons of useful information it provides, it lowers the curtain so to speak. I think the negatives are mostly - but not entirely - harmless. Like, if someone wants to spend $150 on an ejection port cover, it's their money not mine. No harm done outside of being goofy.

[@ricardomurguia3608]

Prolly Kee-lo like kilo? Idk I’m not a linguistics major lol🤔 🤷‍♂️

[@kilo_kilo]

that would be my guess. I like that name.

[@beck4218]

Kilo.

[@flavortown3781]

kilo

[@williamwimmer5473]

influencer, hype, and drop culture should have been purged and burned at first sighting in a community composed of adults doing serious shit.

[@EODFish]

We missed our chance

[@project.redacted]

But you are fashionable

[@zexnynex777]

They are cool. I like Supdef better. If your going to pay 4x the price for super rare nylon why not let it be Supdef or GWA.

[@EODFish]

I have no clue what those are.

[@paradigmshiftcompany5205]

News for you guys they are made by GWA

[@paradigmshiftcompany5205]

@@EODFish SupDef and Gear Whores Anonymous GWA are more Hypebeast IG fodder sir.

[@MrSwccguy]

Lol I find it funny they Eod dosen't know them but knows some obscure small one man shops 🤣 it's cool though

[@paradigmshiftcompany5205]

@@MrSwccguy just a difference in concentration. @eodfish doesn't really care about this side of the industry. More of a practical/useful guy.

[@XxCrankyMoosexX]

Wow, this is trash. I wouldn’t buy this for $20.

[@LomaOutdoors]

I tried to have an open mind when watching this, but this review doesn’t do the product justice at all and comes in from the get go as negative. Not even a use test. Just a lot of assumptions…It’s rare condura pattern from a hype fashion company, $72 isn’t that bad IMO. You will likely never Find another in that camo, durability and price again. I’ve used mine primarily as a dangler on a plate carrier to larp and it has taken a lot of beatings, while holding a crap ton of items. 2x mags, cell phone, wallet, keys, cliff bar, tourniquet all inside. Mind you I also have their 1000D versions. I use them secondarily as baby bags. It can hold 3x diapers, 10x wipes, a 8oz bottle, a towel and a change of clothes. A 43x can fit in there if you take the bottle out. No more backpacks.

[@EODFish]

I tried to have an open mind while reading this reply but it just doesn’t do the review and my open mind justice. The pouch isn’t worth $72 dollars. It’s a $40 dangler at best.

[@LomaOutdoors]

@@EODFish in your opinion it may be worth $40, but do you know of any manufactures making a $40 dangler with 500-1000D condura in Tropentarn? If so I would agree.

[@EODFish]

@@LomaOutdoors I quite literally don’t care about the tropentarn piece of that. At that point it is purely fashion and not equipment.

[@LomaOutdoors]

@@EODFish and your reply seems a little mocking but hey. You kept saying you weren't sure on so many things and didn't try to test it at all. You put it on a bench and talked down to it. Not much of a review. When you find a $40 tropentarn dangler in 500-1000D let me know and ill send you one.

[@EODFish]

@@LomaOutdoors what is there to test? It’s not the only piece of nylon I have ever handled. This isn’t hard to do.

[@andrew-qs6qw]

Glad I didn’t buy into this hype company

[@iiikolby56]

the company is hype thats what it is its just fashion that doubles i guess lol