CrossBreed Belly Band Holsters

Very excited to talk to you about version two of the ICE CrossBreed Belly Band Holster. Now our original belly band concept that came out a couple of years ago was already in evolution over the standard belly band. Now, personally, I liked a belly band, especially for appendix carry and for very low profile situations with small lightweight firearms, something like a J-frame revolver or a single-stack 9 mm defensive pistol, maybe even a three 80 type pistol, deep concealment, very comfortable very convenient and easy to carry without a belt. And that's what the belly band allows for. And again, this is a collaborative project between my training company and CrossBreed Holsters. Now CrossBreed is known for combining synthetic materials with natural materials, taking a kydex holster, attaching it to a leather backing, making a very comfortable very concealable inside the waistband holster. And I'm really proud to work on this project with him. I'm wearing the very first one of the prototypes here from the second version of the belly band. It's got a kydex holster that is sandwiched between two layers. This type of elastic band. Now with our original holster we didn't have this extra part of the band that came across the front of the kydex holster. And of course, one of the big advantages to a belly band system that's worn, right? Not really on the belly, but at the top of the waistband is that with something like yoga pants for the women or sweat pants, gym shorts for the guys you can carry the belly band without a belt. And one of the concerns that a lot of people had was with a heavier gun especially a full-size defensive carry gun that they would hear that Velcro pulling away. And they would worry that maybe if they did something very active that the gun could theoretically come all the way off. And certainly that was a concern with that original design. A lot of ways to mitigate that draw strings, things like that. But ultimately what we wanted was a truly standalone solution that sandwiched the kydex holster piece with the leather backing in between two areas of the elastic band secured by hook and loop fastener. And that's what we've got. So obviously these come in a variety of sizes. This one is a small one. This is the large one. I'm wearing the medium one. And what this allows you to do is very comfortably attach your holster to the band. I'll remove this firearm, which by the way, is clear for the purposes of the video demonstration today, place it into this holster attachment piece and then cover it up. And this will allow me obviously with my single stack everyday carry gun but also with a larger heavier gun a double stack gun to feel much more secure as this band is pressed out and you get the elastic pushing on both sides. That that gun is very secure and that we don't have to worry about it or the holster attachment coming off until we want it to. At the end of the day and we want to take this holster off, we can reach in, we can open that piece up. We can remove this from the hook and loop backing. We can attach this to any hard point. We can attach this to one of the vehicle holsters that cross-breed makes with RAM Mounts as a collaboration. We can place it in a quick access safe. One of the other advantages to this setup with the evolution of the belly band obviously is that the gun never has to be in holstered. Like, I can wake up in the morning take this off my crossbreed bedside backup. I can go ahead and put it on my belly band. I can carry it around during the day. If I need to go into the bank, need to go you know, school for some reason, deal with something with one of the kids. I can take the gun off, secure it in a quick access safe, get back to my vehicle, but it back on the belly band continue to go about my day, get home put it back in the safe, put it on the bedside backup. And the whole time the trigger is never exposed. I don't have to worry about unloading reloading the gun, manipulating anything. The gun is very secure. The belly band is an incredibly comfortable way to carry a firearm. It's especially convenient if you don't have a good gun belt to attach a traditional holster to. And this version to the evolution of the ICE Crossbreed Belly Band is even more secure and more appropriate for some of the larger defensive carry against that some people choose to carry. I look forward to a lot of the customer feedback from this product, excited to have it on the market. Always proud to work with one of our Personal Defense Network training tours, sponsors and longtime supporters at PDN CrossBreed Holsters. They're great people. They're good friends. Most importantly, they're great holster makers. Take a look at the belly band. If you're looking for a comfortable, convenient, low-profile way to carry your defensive firearm.