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davidgillon) wrote2015-08-09 12:10 am
davidgillon) wrote2015-08-09 12:10 am
Possibly useful to other wheelies
I picked up some useful luggage courtesy of my sister while visiting my folks, which has solved my main luggage issues for the Greece trip, but I also picked up something this week I thought might be practical for day to day chair use if I want to carry a small amount of stuff without going for the complete back-of-chair bag.
It's a military styled leg bag, designed to be worn on the outside of the thigh, with both a waist belt and a thigh belt - think of a bum-bag/ fanny-pack on steroids combined with one of the special-forces thigh holsters (technically called a drop leg holster, apparently). Side of thigh wouldn't really work for wheelie use, but if you can strap it to the side of your thigh then you should be able to strap it to the front. I tested it out today (it arrived last night) and it successfully took wallet, phone, camera, kindle, and two sets of keys with room to spare -- so far I've found eight pockets and I'm not sure that's all of them. Adjusting it to fit front of leg instead of side took about 30 seconds. I did have to take it off when I got to the restaurant for lunch, I couldn't actually fit my leg under the table with it on, but for general out and about in the chair it looks ideal.
Amazon have several different ones (I also noticed a range on ebay), mostly in military camos, though I've seen leather as well, and a bunch, including the one I bought, have a big prominent 'SWAT' on them. I decided I'd just tape over it, or cut it off or something, but on opening up the package yesterday I found it was just velcroed on and pulled straight off, so that needn't put you off. For £11 I think it's a pretty good buy.
This is the one I bought.
It's a military styled leg bag, designed to be worn on the outside of the thigh, with both a waist belt and a thigh belt - think of a bum-bag/ fanny-pack on steroids combined with one of the special-forces thigh holsters (technically called a drop leg holster, apparently). Side of thigh wouldn't really work for wheelie use, but if you can strap it to the side of your thigh then you should be able to strap it to the front. I tested it out today (it arrived last night) and it successfully took wallet, phone, camera, kindle, and two sets of keys with room to spare -- so far I've found eight pockets and I'm not sure that's all of them. Adjusting it to fit front of leg instead of side took about 30 seconds. I did have to take it off when I got to the restaurant for lunch, I couldn't actually fit my leg under the table with it on, but for general out and about in the chair it looks ideal.
Amazon have several different ones (I also noticed a range on ebay), mostly in military camos, though I've seen leather as well, and a bunch, including the one I bought, have a big prominent 'SWAT' on them. I decided I'd just tape over it, or cut it off or something, but on opening up the package yesterday I found it was just velcroed on and pulled straight off, so that needn't put you off. For £11 I think it's a pretty good buy.
This is the one I bought.
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Good to know the SWAT comes off so easily too :-)
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I looked up a youtube video on properly fitting drop leg holsters last night to see if it had anything useful to offer. Nothing much chair-wise, but for wearing them on the side of hip as intended, apparently you want them as high as possible and the thigh strap as tight as possible in order to minimise movement (it explained the dropped position is solely meant to keep the holster or pouch clear of big bullet-proof vests, and if you aren't wearing one...)