1.25" Ratchet Gunbelt?

Mark K · Oct 26, 2020

Anyone know of a 1.25"-wide web gunbelt with ratchet buckle?

I have a couple of Kore gunbelts that I use for EDC (I live in Colorado with a CHP), and I love them.

I use a leather OWB holster with snap-on loops for my Sig P290RS, and I'm fortunate enough to have a waistbelt on my pack that the holster attaches to perfectly. But when I'm in camp, my favorite Northface backpacking trousers have narrower beltloops, and the 1.5" Kore belts just won't fit. The narrower web belts I've got just won't support the gun and holster well.

I can find 1.25" dress leather gunbelts, but I'm looking specifically for a ratchet buckle -- preferably web.

Blaster229 · Oct 26, 2020

Nexbelt EDC. I have 2. I'll never have a regular belt again.

Matlack · Oct 26, 2020

I will keep pushing the biothane belts. They are amazing. Especially for fat guys like me. Fat guys like me don't like ratcheting belts.

Mark K · Oct 26, 2020

Blaster229 said:
Nexbelt EDC.

Possibly... though the narrowest they seem to carry is 1-3/8", and that's in leather only. Not sure that would fit through the belt loops. Not cheap to order just to try out...

Matlack said:
I will keep pushing the biothane belts. They are amazing. Especially for fat guys like me. Fat guys like me don't like ratcheting belts.

Ha! Well, I specifically want a ratchet. Makes it much easier and more precise to tighten when needed when wearing even an OWB holster...

Blaster229 · Oct 26, 2020

Mark K said:
Possibly... though the narrowest they seem to carry is 1-3/8", and that's in leather only. Not sure that would fit through the belt loops. Not cheap to order just to try out...

Meh. Good luck. Wear jeans. Problem solved.

hillbilly grandpa · Oct 26, 2020

Blaster229 said:
Nexbelt EDC. I have 2. I'll never have a regular belt again.

True that.

Mark K · Oct 26, 2020

Blaster229 said:
Meh. Good luck. Wear jeans. Problem solved.

No, while I wear jeans 98% of the time (in the winter), jeans are crappy for backpacking. The reason I like these particular Northface hiking pants is they've got zip-off legs with side zippers to get them on and off over hiking boots -- I hike with them as shorts, and put the legs on in camp.

Frustrating thing is that there are 1.25" gun belts available (though not major brand-names), but they're leather only with conventional buckles.

Maybe it'd be easier to shop for new backpacking pants...

Matlack · Oct 26, 2020

Mark K said:
Ha! Well, I specifically want a ratchet. Makes it much easier and more precise to tighten when needed when wearing even an OWB holster...

I know how you feel. I bought 2 of them, one black and one brown. The ratchet is a nice design. As I said, I bent one of the mechanisms after about a year. I fixed it, but it doesnt it isnt the same. I started wearing suspenders because of my belt issues. Another forum member here recommended biothane and I havent looked back. I carry IWB and I wrench that bastard tight. I am a big guy and it is the way.

Blaster229 · Oct 27, 2020

Mark K said:
No, while I wear jeans 98% of the time (in the winter), jeans are crappy for backpacking. The reason I like these particular Northface hiking pants is they've got zip-off legs with side zippers to get them on and off over hiking boots -- I hike with them as shorts, and put the legs on in camp.

Frustrating thing is that there are 1.25" gun belts available (though not major brand-names), but they're leather only with conventional buckles.

Maybe it'd be easier to shop for new backpacking pants...

So, you are ok with your holster sliding up and down because of a belt that won't fit the holster slot flush?

Occam · Oct 27, 2020

Blaster229 said:
Nexbelt EDC. I have 2. I'll never have a regular belt again.

Though I have never met Blaster, I now wear his favorite belt. Every day. I have a couple of traditional belts cut for gun carrying, but the Nexbelt is a far superior choice. In and out of vehicles, etc., it's perfect while that IWB is cuddling up to my big cuddly self.

Blaster229 · Oct 27, 2020

Occam said:
Though I have never met Blaster, I now wear his favorite belt. Every day. I have a couple of traditional belts cut for gun carrying, but the Nexbelt is a far superior choice. In and out of vehicles, etc., it's perfect while that IWB is cuddling up to my big cuddly self.

AMEN! Figures these belts become a thing AFTER I retire. I sure would have loved to be able to loosen a 1/4-1/2 inch or so when cramped in an airplane seat with all my "gear".
Thick/wide/heavy leather "Gun belts" are so old school now.

Think I am going to order another today. Rotating between 2 or 3 will give many years of use. Just like you have to rotate shoes.

Mark K · Oct 27, 2020

Blaster229 said:
So, you are ok with your holster sliding up and down because of a belt that won't fit the holster slot flush?

For EDC, I use a 1.5" Kore gunbelt. The OWB holster has snap loops specifically made for 1.5" belts. So no slippage there. (OWB, because it's more comfortable than my Alien Gear Cloak Tuck IWB holster, easier to remove and put on in the car if there's a business that's not gun-friendly, and I always wear my shirts untucked so the small P290RS is well-concealed.)

I'm looking for a 1.25" gunbelt just for those occasions while backpacking when I'm in camp, that would be more stable than the web belts I've got. Yeah, there would be some shifting, but I can live with that.

Mark K · Oct 28, 2020

Actually, a Nexbelt Go-In Shield V.3 might work. It's leather, but should be stiff enough if it's a gun belt:

https://www.nexbelt.com/products/go-in-shield-3-0-black?_pos=1&_sid=afd6e8431&_ss=r

It's 1-3/8" wide, which might just go through the narrow front tunnel loops on my backpacking pants -- depending how thick the strap is. Don't need the EDC clasp for extra $10, since the sub-compact gun and holster would be the only thing on it.

Don't need the cute ball marker in the flip-open buckle. But could probably put on an Apollo buckle (yay, for $21 extra)...

Mark K · Nov 5, 2020

So what I finally ordered was a Nexbelt Bond Carbon Black belt, with an Apollo Black buckle.

It came today, and at 1-3/8" barely fits through the front belt tunnels on the pants. Good enough:

The buckle doesn't have the EDC screws, but it should certainly hold well enough for the sub-compact gun and holster around camp...

Thanks guys!

Blaster229 · Nov 5, 2020

Mark K said:
So what I finally ordered was a Nexbelt Bond Carbon Black belt, with an Apollo Black buckle.

It came today, and at 1-3/8" barely fits through the front belt tunnels on the pants. Good enough:

The buckle doesn't have the EDC screws, but it should certainly hold well enough for the sub-compact gun and holster around camp...

Thanks guys!

Thing is, I bet the belt is heavier than the pants. Not really, but I've had those pants and they were pretty light.

Good luck with the belt. I love Nexbelt.

Mark K · Nov 5, 2020

Blaster229 said:
Thing is, I bet the belt is heavier than the pants. Not really, but I've had those pants and they were pretty light.

They are light. One reason why I like them. And does seem like the belt is heavier than the pants.

I really do need the gun belt, because last summer I was using a floppy thin web belt. Not comfortable with a holster at. All.

The old Tatonka pack that I got 20 years ago in Germany happens to have a waist belt without pockets, but with a strap and a pseudo-Molle strip to which I can snap the holster when hiking. Very comfy and secure. But I can't use that in camp:

The pack really is heavy by today's standards, but I'm not getting a new one unless I can find one with a similar waist belt.

Blaster229 said:
Good luck with the belt. I love Nexbelt.

Thanks! Kore belts are good too; but they don't make them narrower than 1-1/2"...

Bob A · Dec 13, 2020

Blaster229 said:
Nexbelt EDC. I have 2. I'll never have a regular belt again.

Got one, thanks to your review. Love it.

So, thank you.

Blaster229 · Dec 13, 2020

Bob A said:
Got one, thanks to your review. Love it.

So, thank you.

Glad to hear it. Ratchets make all the difference in the world.

Batt816 · Dec 13, 2020

Blaster229 said:
Glad to hear it. Ratchets make all the difference in the world.

Never seen them, about to order one. Thanks.

Blaster229 · Dec 13, 2020

Batt816 said:
Never seen them, about to order one. Thanks.

That one little 1/4 inch or so (ymmv

) of easy unlatch when sitting down is HUGE. And easy to click the belt back in as you stand up.

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