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Originally Posted by Hoplite
funny this was bumped...
I would up ditching the Wasatch after about 6 weeks in country. It was too damn big like Psywar mentioned. I was also having issues keeping it tight and i was no small guy being 5'11 and near 230 pounds.
I spoke to Richard lee at sotech and he shipped me a callahan out asap which ii received in about 9 days. Later on they upgraded the callahan due to a sagging issue and he sent me the new parts (basically the hell cat portion) free of charge and it arrived in 7 days. I was extremely happy with this rig, very comfortable with the plates in and a concealable level 3 vest under my blouse.
I had a ton of mags on it, probably too many (6 in the hell cat portion and 6 in an eggroll 6 pack up on the top of the plate carrier), 3 flash bangs, 2 frags, 2 m9 mags, ifak and an mbitr pouch attached at various places around the rig.
It was a winner for me and fit perfectly, even after i dropped about 20 pounds.
I havent tried the weesatch so I can not comment on it.
I wasnt doing any DA or helo insertions but did fly around in hawks. it wasnt overly bulky in the crammed seats of a blackhawk. Vehicles I used were m1114, armored suburban and armored tahoes. Mostly I was behond the wheel and the rig was just right and not brushing up against the steering wheel like the wasatch did.
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HOP
With the Callahan- I read that the sewing was poor in some areas. MOLLE loops breaking or something along those lines. Did you have any issues in that areas or any of the Quality of the Vest?
Reading up on the callahan; how well did the HellCat portion work as a add-on? Meaning, did it fit well? Did the HellCat side around on the plate carrier? DId you add-on any M67, smoke, or 9mm pouches to the front of the HellCat portion? Like I said, I like the Callahan, for the cost it works for me so far.
Wasatch seems to be to bulkie and doesn't "ride" well when loaded up.
Leading toward the Callahan so far.