Good information and very nicely illustrated.
I love these over-mitts. Can you do fine manipulation work in them? Absolutely not. In fact, you'll have trouble adjusting the zip on your jacket. I have a pair of roomy Merino mittens I wear underneath them. When my hands are wet and cold I swap to these and the result is incredibly satisfying! Like a Gore Tex jacket for your hands.
Came without the center utility pouch - not worth crying over, but it did make me sad for a second.
Took forever to ship. Maybe that’s a British thing. Here in America they’d take away your cheeseburgers for waiting two weeks to put something in the mailbox.
But enough whining. It’s true, the British PLCE is some of the most comfortable belt kit I’ve ever worn. The harness/yoke supports and distributes the weight of the belt extremely well. While objectively not as modular as MOLLE, the system is much slimmer than MOLLE, which is really nice. The design for attaching pouches to belt is brilliant, and keeps everything in place better than, say, old U.S. Army ALICE clips.
Knowing full well it’s not what this rig was designed for, I purchased this intending to modify the ammo pouches to fit two AK magazines in each pouch. So that’ll happen as soon as I get some time.
For its intended use, it’s a comfortable and ergonomic way to carry your fighting load. Twelve M16/M4 (or L85 if you’re a godless freak) magazines, two canteens…and nothing else because I didn’t get any more pouches. (Okay, I promise I’m done whining for real)
I’d recommend it, if my opinion meant anything <3
I received the No.3, not the No.2. The knife is lovely, but not the one I wanted.