Hello from Alien Gear Holsters. I'm Nate and I'm here with Tim.
And we are talking about how you can conceal carry outside the waistband
right here on beginners guide.
Alright guys, Nate and I are both carrying outside the waistband today and
we are concealing we're gonna show you practical tips on how to conceal outside
the waistband meaning that you're wearing your holster on the outside of
your pants and how that would be different than carrying inside the
waistband and how practical it really is to conceal outside the waistband right
now Nate has on several holsters can you tell when we give us a spin check it out
what do you think any holsters am I wearing a holster can you tell how many
holsters am I wearing hard to tell exactly when we go ahead and take off
that jacket right so let's take this off and you might see one or maybe even two
never really know what you're gonna get and this is a good example of if you are
gonna take off a jacket when you're wearing outside the waistband you might
show some of your guns so you're gonna see us put on and off some of these
layers here and you'll see if you see them so keep that in mind if you're
wearing outside the waistband now now once you give us another spin
Nate doesn't have a jacket on and just have a shirt on okay now why don't you
reach up high like this oh pretend like you grab something off a shelf oh and
then turn around while you're doing that look at that folks
concealed or not concealed you wouldn't noticed that he has something on this
side here but you might have peeked a little bit of a firearm on this side so
it's just something that you got to keep in mind if you're carrying outside the
waistband it's a little bit trickier to conceal but it definitely can be done
now the kind of holster that you conceal with outside
the waistband makes a dramatic difference some outside the waistband
holsters will conceal easier and one of the big things there is how well it hugs
to your body and the design that makes it happen as well as where you wear it
on you so there are different kinds of holsters we're going to go through all
the kinds that we could think of to carry outside the waistband and conceal
them so we've got shoulder holster ankle holster belt slide paddle and they're
more out there of course we're gonna show these ones today and why don't we
first start by showing you what a typical inside the waistband holsters if
you don't know won't you show that Nate so this isn't inside the waistband
holster right here it's called an IWB holster if you're not familiar and
controversy there is owb holsters if you haven't heard that term standing for
outside the waistband holsters here is one that I'm wearing right now this is
called a belt slide holster this is part of the shapeshift modular holster
system and it is a holster that allows you to take your gun and move it between
all sorts of other types of holsters so you get it into one system that's
modular it's really cool it's really convenient it's very modular and it's
very comfortable on each of the holsters another holster that we offer at Alien
Gear Holsters for a belt slide it's called our cloak slide holster that is
what Nate is wearing right here he actually has it on cross draw so you
would typically wear it at 90 degrees or you could wear it across draw like this
yeah the cool thing about the belt slide is actually hugs so close to your body
it's probably one of the more concealable outside of the waistband
holsters the one thing that the paddle holster might have which is over here
over that is it's easy to get on and off and you can see how quick that was to
take off where this you actually slide your belt through it so if you're just
grabbing and going the paddle holster might just be the one that you want to
wear outside the waistband for concealing and then just throw in your
jacket over it just like that why don't you go
ahead and show them exactly how concealable each of those are so you
actually pull up your shirt I want you take your shirt off all the way right
now here we go let's just do that for you real quick this will make it a
little easier there yeah yeah once you go ahead and turn so they could see from
the side how close this really hugs your body right here and then on the other
side this one sticks out a little bit more it's also a double stacked firearm
that's going to make a difference so it's a little bit wider and those
bullets and that mag are stacked side-by-side instead of directly on top
of each other so this gun is a little bit naturally wider but also this
holster doesn't quite hug as close to the body and as opposed to this one the
cloak slide which is available for over 500 models that we offer hug super tight
it really pulls it in so it's a great great choice and then the shape shift
belt slide that I'm wearing over here does the same thing pulls it in nice and
tight and when you're doing a belt slide as opposed to the paddle holster that
Nate was talking about it's a little bit different getting it on so it actually
slides onto the belt instead of pushing it over with a paddle and the way that
you put it on is you have to take your belt all the way off so if you're gonna
take off the belt slide holster you'd actually have to loop the belt outside
of the holster like this and you put your belt back on and you could switch
to a paddle holster this is our shape-shift
paddle holster and now this one actually rides off of your body a little bit
further than the belt slide something to keep in mind what the belt slide is that
you actually can loop through one of your loops go through loop through
another loop and then go through so you don't have to try to fit it right in
between your two belt loops you can actually put it in between them if you'd
like so you can wear pretty much anywhere you'd like
yes and so now that I'm wearing this paddle holster you might notice this one
sits off your body a little bit more so this is kind of a preference thing how
close do you want to ride that gun to are you trying to conceal outside the
waistband so this one's gonna be a little more tricky if you're wearing a
coat probably doesn't matter but if it's in the summer and you just have a shirt
like this it's a little bit loose this is how that would look so you could pull
it off but it does print so prints that means that you can see the shape of the
gun that you're carrying a gun so if somebody says you're printing that's
what that means so I personally would not carry like this because I feel like
it would be a little bit awkward but if I had a coat on that'd be different
story right if you did have a coat on you might just wear it like that so you
can get easily into your firearm yeah and a really cool thing about this
holster is that the gun pops off that easily and then you could rotate it 360
degrees to be any position that you want yeah that's really a nice feature thing
it's not about concealing with the paddle holster which is nice as if
you're out hiking or in the woods or something it does allow you to go out so
you can put your jacket on the inside of that you can reach to it that's when
you're not trying to conceal the paddle holster but layers between it that's
right okay so next up we have the shoulder holster Nate's favorite one of
my favorites right here the shoulder holster why is it your favorite uh well
it's just so comfortable to wear all day long obviously you can get a couple of
back up magazines over here on your side if you want or you can you can roll with
two firearms and it's it's just comfortable I don't know I feel secure
and safe it's just cool I like it it definitely does yes and it's a classic
of course so you're gonna conceal with a shoulder holster you've got some choices
to make it extra concealable one that we offer with the shape shift shoulder
holsters you lift up your left arm there you can actually change the cant of the
firearm here so that it's vertical so that it doesn't stick out if you've got
a long 1911 or of course carrying 1911 shoulder holsters a popular choice or
you can have it come sideways although this way maybe pointing at people behind
you that might make you feel uncomfortable so there's just some
personal decisions to make and also with how concealable it is with
where that gun is pointing and how large it is the the thing that's gonna help
you conceal with the shoulder holster is if you take your belt clip back here a
little bit further instead of having it right up here it's gonna pull that
firearm back a little ways like that so you're actually gonna be able to not
print is so much whereas if you moved it forward this would just come out a
little further so if you hide it a little further back like that as well as
changing the can't so if your guns can sit out this way it's gonna stick out a
little bit more with you can snug it right in like that you're hardly gonna
print at all turn for me there that's this piece right here that he's talking
about so you've moved this further back and it will ride that gun a little bit
further back under your arm exactly okay lastly that we have to show you today is
our ankle holster also part of the shapeshifter modular holster system both
of us have one on right now why don't you show yours first all right so now
Nate has on the Glock 43 in the ankle holster and he is wearing this outside
of the boot want to turn your ankle just a little bit so the way that he's
wearing this it's got the gun outside the boot now if you have a longer gun or
a larger barrel what you would do with a large boot like this is you could
actually carry the holster and the shell inside of the boot and then lace the
boobs up around that and the way this holster works is that you just kind of
strap this around and it hugs it tight into your body onto your ankle here so
it can hug into your calf depending on the shape of
your calf and then also how high you ride this holster will depend on how it
fits on to your leg here so with a higher boot like this if you wanted to
carry it out that's going to make a difference there you also got to keep in
mind too that you've got to clear that pant leg above the gun so they did a
good job at getting that high enough so that he can make an effective grab on
his firearm definitely something that you want to train with and you might
want to wear a little bit of a looser pant with something like this
yeah Boyd the skinny jeans and enough that's all I can really say on that yeah
and I have on an ankle holster too
and this is for a 9-millimeter and I've got more of a standard shoe on here hey
Tim can you show them like if you wanted to try it with a different size of type
of boots maybe ones that don't lace up if you want to just go you know just
step into a boot what do we got here I got a cowboy boot here if you want to
wear him the cowboy yeah so now I'm writing with the cowboy boot and the gun
inside so that's what that's gonna look like he could see it does size it up
just a little bit but I could find that comfortable especially if you really
wanted to wear some cowboy boots there you go and obviously you will not print
hardly at all with cowboy boots just gonna look like your boots also if
you're looking right here like this look you can't honestly tell if I'm gonna
pull that up like that and reveal it you probably would have never have known
that I had that that's concealing outside the waistband for sure right
there then I'm wearing tactical pants these are standard cut I believe and so
if I wanted to clear that gun I just have to pull up like that and that gives
me a good access to my firearm now the ankle holster is part of the shape shift
modular holster system it has all sorts of choices for outside the waistband and
inside the waistband carry including the shoulder and the belt slide in the
paddle and each of them are made for comfort so great choices if you want to
carry outside the waistband it's definitely a practical thing to
carry outside the waistband and conceal it just something that you should be
aware of how concealable it is and how it works for you where you wear the
holster and which holster yes there's also the drop leg holster
which is not very concealable unless you have a duster or a pair of chaps or
something like that which is also outside the waistband but much harder to
conceal I would say yeah we also carry in the shape shift modular holster
system a hook and loop holster for velcro and desk holsters holster mounts
so if you don't want to carry a holster on
you if you're driving or you're at your desk or even at your bedside there are
other ways for you to put your gun in concealable locations so keep all that
in mind and if you have any other questions check us out at alien girl
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