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10/7/2012 7:27:16 PM EDT
Can you wear a plate carrier (like the Shellback Banshee) without the plates in it (for holding mag pouches or whatever), is it all floppy and loose?
10/7/2012 7:37:25 PM EDT
[#1]
it will be fairly loose. I run a banshee with plates but when i want to train i wear the type 4 fury chest rig from Tag. I have them set up the same. The banshee without plates just doesnt feel secure, your pouches will seem to tilt forward when you have them loaded out. hope this helps.
10/7/2012 8:00:08 PM EDT
[#2]
Quoted:
it will be fairly loose. I run a banshee with plates but when i want to train i wear the type 4 fury chest rig from Tag. I have them set up the same. The banshee without plates just doesnt feel secure, your pouches will seem to tilt forward when you have them loaded out. hope this helps.


Thanks for the reply  I will look into the Tag Type 4 Fury Chest Rig also
10/7/2012 8:48:35 PM EDT
[#3]
I run a PIG as my primary for work but have a Banshee also.  Banshee has no plates in it and it's snug on me.
10/8/2012 7:20:05 PM EDT
[#4]
You could use it as a chest rig and then get plates later. Mine fits snug with the plates out.
11/22/2012 9:24:58 AM EDT
[#5]
Been wondering this as well... I could swear I even asked the question before in the exact same way, but don't remember getting a response wherever it was that I asked...




Quoted:


it will be fairly loose. I run a banshee with plates but when i want to train i wear the type 4 fury chest rig from Tag. I have them set up the same. The banshee without plates just doesnt feel secure, your pouches will seem to tilt forward when you have them loaded out. hope this helps.



Quoted:


You could use it as a chest rig and then get plates later. Mine fits snug with the plates out.


Is that with or without mag pouches attached to the front?



Looks
like the plate "pocket" has about 3/4" of space for the plate that, if
not filled, would make anything attached to the front sag... like Blueline said.





 



 
11/22/2012 10:33:11 AM EDT
[#6]
I run mine w/o plates and only the soft armor package atm. With just soft armor it becomes quite rigid and gear doesn't make it sag. I don't have the funds for plates yet so I can't say anything on that.
11/22/2012 1:29:12 PM EDT
[#7]



Quoted:


I run mine w/o plates and only the soft armor package atm. With just soft armor it becomes quite rigid and gear doesn't make it sag. I don't have the funds for plates yet so I can't say anything on that.


The soft plates are pretty pricey too. Pretty sure you could get steel plates for that price.



 
11/22/2012 1:53:51 PM EDT
[#8]
TAG has a huge sale going on right now.
11/22/2012 2:20:41 PM EDT
[#9]
Those of you running the Banshee can you post pics and a description of what you have on it?
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