ShapeShift Holster System Explained | Alien Gear Holsters

[@IFlyHeliz]

Best Holster system I have ever used, Thank you for such great products

[@Aliengearholsters]

Our pleasure! Thank you very much!

[@bobbywatson6003]

All the holster open carry and concealed carry ?

[@BinhLe-pi4sx]

The customer service with this company is phenomenal!

[@stevenbaca587]

I have multiple guns I carry at different times and being able to switch the shell and different carry positions it's well worth it. I will continue to tell people how alien gear works for different situations.

[@frank-the-tank75]

That’s what I love about it! I don’t have to buy tons of holsters! I do appendix during the summer and 4:30 during the winter when I have on jackets, and can do it all with this holster so well

[@Bombdawgy]

Just got my Core Carry pack last week, this holster is a game changer and the comfort is next level. I will never need or want another holster.

[@Aliengearholsters]

Thank you very much! We are glad to hear that you like the system!

[@npckse8508]

We just ordered core packs to test for our agency and I am a fan. So far they fit great and seem like an easy recommend

[@amiemartin109]

I love the core pack ! I also use the driver defense holster rig, it’s great on long trips.

[@azulejowarrior]

My package has just arrived in Colombia... at first glance I realize that it has been an excellent investment. I loved the fit and portability.

[@Aliengearholsters]

Glad you love it!

[@codycross4257]

I just received my carry pack for my m18. First time I have ever used a concealed carry holster. Iwb is awesome, and I am soooo stoked to have this system.

[@danobannanno147]

i see alot of people saying that the holsters bad or great, to be honest i just got my first handgun and would like to try some different positions out. this seams perfect for just trying to find what type of carry you end up liking more!

[@Aliengearholsters]

You're absolutely right! It is perfect for experimentation!

[@everythingisaworkinprogres5729]

I'm in the same boat as you... Loved the idea of variety for experimentation. However, when I set the retention so that my firearm does not fall out (flipped it upside down and shook it), it was difficult to draw smoothly and efficiently. If I set the retention so that I had a good draw, the firearm fell out when I shook it upside down. Just couldn't win... So, with great disappointment, I am returning it. A shame, because I was really excited with the concept.😞

[@Mr.Peanut1986]

Yes! Thank you for explaining all of these.

[@ron78]

Love the one I bought for an M&P so much just ordered another core Pack with the ex clips for a g19 gen5 and the sport belly band.

[@jamesmccarty8117]

I agree with Doug. I love my holster and will never buy anything but an Allen gear holsters from now on 💯%👽

[@mykalbee]

Cool platform and I like this system. I've been running a shapeshift holster for a couple years now and I'm a big fan.

[@Aliengearholsters]

Thank you so much!

[@1014p]

This is just freakin cool. One kit for main gun. Then any others just get the module for it. One system and multiple guns. This is innovative and cost saving.

[@ajspice]

Stealth Operator universal holster is $30 and never needs modified. You just stick your gun in and go.

[@shaka2608]

I've had mine since September 2018. I really waited for it simply for the AIWB holster. Unfortunately the AIWB is way to bulky and prints big-time. Tried it for a couple weeks and gave up on it. I use the ShapeShift IWB holster on a daily basis. I must add that I have all the Alien Gear Holsters from the Cloak Tuck 1.0 leather backing IWB, to the Cloak Tuck 3.0 IWB, the Cloak Tuck 3.5 IWB, the Cloak MOD OWB, the Cloak Slide OWB, the drop leg holster, the Cloak MOD Car Adapter, the Cloak Dock IWB Holster Mounts, the Cloak Dock OWB Holster Mount, the Double Mag Carrier, and the AGH gun belt. Started with the Cloak Tuck 1.0 IWB holster and never looked back. My EDC is the ShapeShift IWB holster and the Single Mag carrier all supported by the AGH black gun belt. Excellent products!!

[@lazytitan0088]

I'm late to the party but wow I'm impressed... mine just came today and it's great...

[@TacticalTightwad]

I love Alien Gear Holsters. I was a big fan of Old Faithful Holsters before they merged with Alien Gear, and today's Alien Gear is even better than Old Faithful was.

[@DrKO2453]

Just bought this and in forty years, I swear this is the most comfortable IWB holster I have ever worn. I like the trigger guard lock; firearm is secure in the shell. One shell fits all three of my Glocks. Customer service is very responsive. Buy this. Last holster you’ll ever buy

[@benk4881]

One the best I have used to date, I have 4 of them as of today, each works as advertised. Great company to do business witrh.

[@Aliengearholsters]

Thank you!

[@ericjx]

I don't get the lack of support for lights. Once you go with a light it's hard to accept not having one available. I feel like they're far more common than they once were, similar to RMR's.

[@glassmw9823]

Wondering the same thing myself…why not make it with light-compatible? Many consider a weapon light as non-negotiable…I’m one of them.

[@mikie1466]

You're gun is not a flashlight and you shouldn't be using it as one in public. For home defense, yes, for edc it's just not necessary statistically

[@OfficerDowns]

Literally the only reason I haven’t bought this holster

[@jairogarcia5611]

@@glassmw9823they made a holster with a light holder

[@johnrambo4581]

Think about it if you have a gun fight all they have to do is shoot at the light

[@dondon6979]

Add in two extra square head nuts and screws and you nailed it.

[@masaveli]

No bashing, I'm glad to hear customer service ir great but I love no having to call customer service at all

[@maritimer5oh632]

This is a great kit. I have it for my full size m&p 9 2.0.

[@JeahnLaffitte]

Came for the holsters, stayed for the mustache 😎

[@chopperrick]

Been waiting 2 years for them to make it for the Taurus G3/G3C.

[@albertbrooks2456]

When are y’all going to make the Alien Gear ShapeShift OWB Paddle Holster for the glock 22 gen 5? Really need it… i don’t want any other holster…..,

[@donnystyles]

do these holsters accommodate red dot sights and weapon lights?

[@TheDankTank420]

So if i have a glock 21, left handed shooter. When i buy this i can switch the shell to a g19 when i purchase?

[@Lost.in.translation710]

Can the regular iwb holster be worn appendix or do i need a special appendix holster? Your appendix holsters do not have option for the Taurus g3c

[@kingcherokeechief2260]

Really wish y’all would make these light bearing holsters

[@glassmw9823]

Agreed! I was hoping for the same, doesn’t look like that option exists, at least not yet

[@jakemelda900]

great system

[@Shimonazaria]

It’s that fit to hellcat pro too or just for the hellcat ?

[@Jeremy-km4dj]

Love the ShapeShift Core Carry Pack . wish i could try the shoulder holster

[@simplerick256]

Love these holsters. Just hate the limited selection of force multipliers compatability

[@jashslingingslasher]

Are you guys working on or have plans to add the CZ p10S to the shapeshift line. If not, pretty please.....

[@bmaxse]

@Tim /Alien Gear, would you add holsters for the HK P2000/sk to this system (shapeshift /4.0), please?

[@ascaye]

Alien Gear needs to make a holster where my Glock 19 Gen 5 can accommodate a tlr7 or tlr8 light. I have also discovered the appendix carry holster works well in any inside waistband position.

[@oramsalem4809]

Is it much to gun's with optic reddi?

[@miahzzeebest701]

Is there any holsters where I can run a RDS? I have a S&W M&P9 shield with a slide optic. I’m looking for an ankle carry holster.

[@Aliengearholsters]

You can use our new Photon holster!

[@seanhardy1]

Does anyone know if you can you buy extra individual parts to make the owb paddle holster & or car/mount ambi if wanted?

[@robertmilam6378]

Really like their holsters but can't get one to fit my gun with my light which is frustrating.

[@carloslopez-q3w]

When you guys will start offering for Canik? Al least the most popular like Mete MC9 and TP9

[@glock380]

Thanks for the video! But, how does that work for a left-handed person?

[@Aliengearholsters]

Left handed options available!

[@JoeyBaby47]

Need the ShapeShift for a chest holster.

[@michaelkermitpowell1586]

I continually hear how Alien Gear has the best holsters around. I purchased the Shapeshift Core Carry Pack for my Springfield Hellcat. Though the idea of being able to convert into different carry types is awesome, the AIWB, IWB and especially the OWB Belt slide seem to have a design flaw. When wearing them, your belt pushes against the padding which then pushes against your gun making is harder to insert and remove. The tighter you make your belt, the worse it gets. It makes the OWB Belt-slide holster unusable for me and the Hellcat (Even with the retention adjusted all the way out). The clips are too close to the padding, so when you thread the belt through the loops, it has to curve away from your body (the opposite direction the belt would curve when on your body. This puts tremendous pressure on the gun as soon as you put the belt on (even before you tighten the belt) I tried different belts and different carrying positions from 2 o'clock to 5 o'clock all with the same results. I thought I might be doing something wrong so I contacted support. The rep confirmed I was doing it correctly, and though they were professional and courteous, they told me there was nothing they could do. I'm just over 2 months of owning this setup so I'm past the return/refund date. Life got really crazy for me so I just now had the time to really test this thing out. The AIWB and IWB are still usable, but you can definitely feel the added friction. Hopefully your other models work better, but this is my first experience with Aliengear (I'm fairly new to the world of firearms). It's not a very good one

[@stephenscheiderer702]

I have the shapeshift 4.0 for my M&P i want to try and get one for my Taurus soon!

[@mnelson5916]

Love the concept. The appendix option rides too low for me, preventing an efficient purchase of my Sig 365. I have a suggestion for a manufacturing solution, if there is interest by Alien Gear?

[@sterlingdelavallade2038]

Will the ShapeShift system ever be available for the Glock 26 Gen5? Is the Gen1 - Gen4 ShapeShift compatible with the Gen5?

[@GrittingEagle]

I love my kit.

[@Aliengearholsters]

Thank you, glad to hear it!

[@wendellhatcher7011]

Does alien gear allow for reddots abd lights? I don't see this option on the site?

[@alberthilt]

How about the Baretta Px4 Storm Full 9mm????? I would love to have it!

[@GraduatedPuma12]

Can we get a Hellcat Pro shell? If so I would definitely buy this

[@stevenrowe5047]

well first of all. The shape shift system seems to be good. The only problem is that I was supposed to get one that would work with my shadow MR920 with a Holosun He508t red dot. Well guess what? With the red dot on the gun will not go into into the holster because the red dot hits the holster. So what am I or we going to do. Thank you for your time. and your video was very good it explained everything very well. I was lost looking with the instructions.

[@trx8863]

Will this work with a glock 21 4th gen 45?

[@glassmw9823]

Does this work with weapons with lights?

[@Aliengearholsters]

It does not currently

[@MIKEDAPTO]

Light bearing holster?

[@branman4959]

I've had mine for going on 2years and the only issue I have had is that there is 1 spot next to the front sight where the holster has rubbed off a bit of the finish off my pistol. other than that it's a nice holster set.

[@damian21213]

does a glock 17 pistol with collimator Holosun HE407C-GR X2 Elite Micro Green Dot - Solar Panelgo in normally?

[@Aliengearholsters]

Not into the ShapeShift, no, but we do have options in our Cloak and Rapid Force holster series.

[@mkr6833]

Can it hold a gun with a red dot installed?

[@Deathcroak]

Nevermind no love for my canik tp9 SF maybe next time

[@Aliengearholsters]

Not in our ShapeShift line quite yet, but we are always looking to expand our offerings! As such, we have added the Canik TP9 SF to our Wishlist for ShapeShift and you can see all of the holsters we do currently offer for that firearm here: aliengearholsters.com/holsters/canik-tp9-sf-elite.html

[@maxchristensen4742]

My brother in law has that kit

[@burnttoastburt1467]

Can these accomodate guns with sight and compensator

[@Deathcroak]

Does this work with large list of guns or minimal amount?

[@Aliengearholsters]

Due to the time-intensive and costly process of creating new injection molds for our ShapeShift system it is only available for a more select list of firearms. That said, we do offer holsters for over 700 firearms in our Cloak series! You can see our full list of firearms we holster for here: aliengearholsters.com/search-by-gun

[@jessebarnett4205]

I like my alien gear holster iwb but it has DESTROYED my Glocks finish. How do you address this problem?

[@rbezuidenhout22]

Where and how can i get this in South Africa? Please assist

[@garou5333]

Would be great if you mafe a video left handed .. kinda confusing when everything is completely backwards

[@Anthony-nf3ow]

Really wish you guys made this for FN.

[@Aliengearholsters]

Let us know which FN firearm you would like to see offered in our ShapeShift system and we will be happy to add your request to our Gun Wishlist so that we may offer it in the future!

[@randysretired2020]

I have a Glock 22, Gen 3, with a Holosun optic. Will this system work with that setup?

[@Aliengearholsters]

It will not, unfortunately, we do not currently offer any holsters for the Glock 22 with an optic attached but we are always looking to expand our offerings! That said, we have added your request to our Gun Wishlist so that we may offer it in the future!

[@randysretired2020]

@@Aliengearholsters Thank you for the response. More people are adding optics to their pistols, so it’s definitely something to consider.

[@SSScottSS]

I have this for a Glock 43. I wish I could buy the shell for my 43x rail.

[@beyeholy4352]

Best option for sweat pants ?

[@JP-gw3bk]

I make my own holsters. How many engineers it took to make this system?

[@joker1171000]

You guys should do sticker i wouldn't mind putting that alien head on my laptop or gun safe. 👽

[@HowardLuken]

Was this thing designed by committee? I thought it would be simple things would snap together like safariland who don't make a holster for the sig yet? But no! You have to take things apart with little plastic nuts and move things around and slide things together and push them as hard as you can to make them fit cuz they're so tight. This is ridiculous! It's going back immediately. I just opened up my alien gear core carry pack which actually has 4 different holsters for my sig Sauer p365 XL with Romeo red dot. That's a mouthful. Basically with my glock 26 I ended up buying a half dozen or more holsters and returning them all because they're all crap and cost anywhere from 30 to 75 bucks. You can get a 15 or $20 cheapo Chinese holster from Amazon and it functions exactly the same. So I ended up with a couple of urban carry lock leather holsters inside and outside waistband and the inside waistband are comfortable for both pistols but the outside waistbands for some reason has a huge design flaw and the leather goes flat and you can't get the pistol back into the holster! I returned both owbs and kept the iwb's. So I'm shopping around for holsters for this new sig and most people are making all the same crap and they're way expensive. I wanted an outside paddle holster style and realized I can get four of these things for the price of one with this alien gear. Yeah they're a bit convoluted and you have to snap things together and figure out how the pieces fit because they've obviously shaved the pieces to make it look so easy on their videos. However once you get them together they seem pretty good but a huge problem is you actually have to take the holster itself and break it in half and you lose the function of the secondary thumb break because that part only fits on the paddle holsters! They've got this huge belt loop IWB contraption that is impossibly hard to take in and out. The paddle holsters are much easier but then you have to take apart the appendix carry holster and put the two halves of the shell back together again to use the paddle holsters. I finally got the appendix carry together and it looks like an alien spaceship for sure the retention nut thing is most definitely difficult to use but I got it to move without finding a different tool and tightened it down to the point where the gun won't even come out of the holster so I backed it off a few couple clicks. I figure I could put this on my side instead of the lock leather and when I look at them they're about the same depth the thing is do I want this gigantic mechanism inside my pants because the lock leather iwb pulls my pants away to the point where they won't stay on no matter how tight I make it. As for the owb holsters good God they stick a good 2 in out from your body great if you're a cop not so much if you trying to conceal it a bit. In the end simply impossible. They always show these thin buff guys putting these things on and it sits right against them and their pants don't sag. Maybe it comes down to the belt? Anyway I wanted to be able to change these things out quickly and I doubt if I'm going to use all four of these crazy things but I'm tired of shopping for junk I just wish lock leather Urban carry made a proper owb I even suggested I said put a kydex frame inside of the leather for crying out loud! I'm sure somebody at alien gear thinks this is really neato but you got to be kidding?

[@marquesreeder2393]

Make iwb for surefire x300

[@theoriginalduffman]

I think I need to get me one 🤔

[@thesailingtourists]

will this come with a free Geek squad visit to set this all up?

[@Doc187XL]

Will this scratch my stainless steel 1911?

[@bluematic5322]

It’s like too high for an owb should’ve considered sports usage in the design would’ve been the best

[@matthewmitchell8678]

The only down side is they mess up the finish on Sigs.

[@razormanxx]

Doesn’t fit with an optic even if I was to cut out a bit, also for the life of me I can’t get the slide to move, I think mines faulty. I do have 3 other alien gear holsters. What I’m looking for I can’t find I’ve already sent another holster back. Hybrid that fits a m18 with a holsun 507c. I might just go with vedder or safari land.

[@LAROSEROYCE]

I got an Alien Gear Holster for my Glock 19 Gen 5... It broke after 4-5 months. I got it on Amazon, they and Alien Gear Holsters, which I did register the holster, did nothing to help me!

[@Sledge4570]

Would Love to check you guys out but you don’t carry any thing for my pistols. Maybe some day.

[@GeoffreySage]

Too many pieces… too hard to figure out for the layman. Very bulky and not comfortable. I hope whoever reads this their experience is better than mine. So many pieces screws, brackets, tools, washers, 😢

[@irzyxelwj]

Unless you're a real American and have a 10mm. Then you're on your own.

[@nilenchurch6743]

This is by far the worst instruction video ever

[@ajspice]

I just got mine today! I fuckin' hate it. I mean, WOW! This is an awful product. Uncomfortable, cheap feeling, and overall just a bad design. I'll stick with my $30 universal holster that I barely notice.

[@buckley94thmp]

This is ridiculous tac-tard gear. Returning mine asap. If you want a Lego set go to Walmart. It’s better to order more than one excellent holsters than a shapeshifter that misses the mark all over.

[@dondon6979]

Umm...no...it's not

[@johnmartin774]

very poor

[@Superlow2015]

Had this for about a year, used half the time…none of the screws would ever stay tight. If you lock tight it. Try and remove a screw, it strips…going in the trash today. Save your money boys.