I'm Chris SizeLove with Blue Force Gear, and today we're talking about the Form Belt.

The Form Belt gets its lineage and heritage from the CHLK Belt and then the Grid Belt. We thought, "You know what would be really cool? If we took that same technology and put it into an EDC belt."

The Form Belt is a contoured belt—much like the CHLK and Grid Belt—which means it's going to be extremely comfortable, stick to your hips, and with some design features, it’s going to be fairly load-bearing for holsters and other EDC items.

It is fully contoured from left to right and, just like the CHLK and Grid Belts, from top to bottom. This ensures you get maximum comfort and maximum rigidity where it’s needed to be a great EDC belt.

The outside of the belt is our proprietary UltraComp fabric. That fabric does a lot of great things for us in this application. It has characteristics that we haven’t really employed for EDC use before, except for load carriage. Once it gets wet and nasty, it’s not going to rot, stink, or get heavier because it doesn’t soak up any water.

The buckle is nickel-plated, and it’s interesting from a design perspective—there’s only so much you can do with an EDC belt buckle. But one thing we’ve found (and I’ve known from years of wearing belts) is that depending on how the buckle is mounted and which part of the buckle interfaces with the belt, you can get some odd canting.

This belt has slots instead of holes so that when the interface is up, you don’t get strange twisting—especially if you’re running a heavy sidecar holster or a larger gun that’s appendix-carry, or even a heavier item on the side. This buckle design attempts to solve that issue. Plus, it looks really clean because it’s nickel-plated.

The nickel-plated buckle is also removable from the belt. Around the backside, you’ll see two buttons that allow you to remove the buckle. This opens up future options for additional buckle designs.

The inside of the belt is lined with neoprene for comfort, and it helps prevent the belt from sliding left and right too easily. The neoprene is soft but provides a decent amount of friction.

So, if EDC belts on the market just aren’t doing it for you—maybe they’re too rigid, not rigid enough, not comfortable enough, or they get sweaty and nasty too quickly—Blue Force Gear’s Form Belt was designed to solve a lot of those issues and give you true optimization in an EDC belt. And, by the way, it looks pretty decent with a black suit, too.

I'm Chris Sizelove, and this is the Blue Force Gear Holster Adapter High model. Prior to this, we started off with the original Blue Force Gear holster adapter, which is an amazing product to optimize the interface between your belt and your holster.

At first glance, the adapter looks simple, but we did a lot of work to get here. I ended up doing about ten million draw strokes in testing. The first iteration of this product looked similar to the mid-ride Safariland UBL, and if you compare them side-by-side, you can see the difference in length. The high mount is shorter, bringing the pistol higher on your hip.

Why Offer Two Models?

People come in all shapes and sizes, and they do different jobs while wearing a pistol on their belt. Varying drop lengths become important when you’re optimizing how your body, your belt, and your holster all work together. One big piece of feedback we got was from law enforcement officers who found that our original drop was a bit too long when getting in and out of vehicles or interacting with seat belts and center consoles. Bringing the gun higher helped prevent snagging and made the rig more comfortable in those environments.

Reducing the length by about an inch and a quarter places the gun closer to the belt line. In testing, we found a couple of additional benefits: the shorter adapter felt even more rigid (because there’s less of an angled extension) and helped produce a smoother, slightly faster draw, likely because your hand doesn’t have to travel as far down to grab the pistol.

Design Differences

The curvature on the high mount is a bit different from the original, since it doesn’t need to angle into the leg as much. Apart from that, it retains all the same key features:

Safariland bolt pattern up front.
Angled mounting slots in the rear for forward or rearward cant.
Radial ribs and mounting holes to match the compound curve of your belt, ensuring a rigid lock-up that’s comfortable and efficient.
Personally, I like to run the cant all the way forward to get about five degrees of forward tilt, which helps the pistol fly out of the holster with a bit less tension. The adapter still locks up tightly on your belt, whether your pistol weighs 17 pounds or only two and a half, so you get a nice rigid feel when you draw.

Which One Is Right for You?

Ultimately, only you can answer that. I suggest starting with the high mount. The main reason people skip a higher mount is if they also carry gear high on their torso that blocks or interferes with the draw stroke—like large pouches or body armor that forces them to reach around that kit. If you’re required by SOP to keep gear in that location, you might need a lower drop.

Otherwise, if you’ve got a unique body shape—say very narrow hips and big quads—you might prefer one adapter over the other. The key is that Blue Force Gear offers two options to ensure that your holster can be optimized for your body, how you set up your kit, and the tasks you perform. If you spend a lot of time in vehicles, the high mount usually provides better clearance. Either way, between the standard and the high adapter, we want to give you choices to set up the best possible belt-to-holster fit for your mission.

Blue Force Gear holster adapters: two options to ensure that whatever you’re doing, you can optimize your holster setup for your kit, your body, and your mission.

I'm Chris Sizelove, and this is the Blue Force Gear belt hanger. I've got—I don't know—four or five different belts for whatever reason. I'm sure you guys all do too. When you leave them piled up on a table like this, or in your little gear cubby hole, or hanging up on your back wall, we figured that wasn’t really optimal. So what would be optimal and cool is a belt hanger that interfaces with the buckles on the belt.

This is the Blue Force Gear belt hanger. It’s got two mounting options: one is kind of the male piece of a Cobra buckle, and then the other one is these two slots for Blue Force Gear’s buckles that come on the grid belt. Let’s talk Cobra first—real simple. If you’ve ever been on an airplane, you can figure this out.

Here’s my duty belt. I don't want to coil it up and leave it on a table, so boom—right into the Cobra buckle. Then I can hang this on my cool gear-guy wall, where I do various podcasts and things like that, or in my cubby hole, or whatever the case is.

If I have a grid belt with the Blue Force Gear buckle on it—no problem. The Blue Force Gear buckle interfaces with the two slots on the belt hanger, and you get the same effect. So, you know, definitely not an earth-shattering piece of technology, but if you have a bunch of different belts and a place to store them, we find that with grid belts and chalk belts, it’s far better to hang them than it is to coil them up and shove them in a bag.

Obviously, there are going to be times where you have to do that anyway, but if we can get away with just hanging them cleanly, that’s what we want to do.

Blue Force Gear belt hanger.

I'm Chris Sizelove and this is the Blue Force Gear Shot Shell Pouch. I'm super excited about this pouch—there's a ton of innovation going on here that will directly carry over to a lot more capabilities for today's assault breacher or shotgun breacher.

 
Overview

The Shot Shell Pouch is a 12-gauge load carriage assembly with several key design requirements specifically for a 12-gauge breacher or assault breacher. In other words, it's intended for the person in the stack carrying a breaching shotgun who will need to use it repeatedly during an operation.

Starting from the front, the pouch holds seven rounds. However, there are two separate (split) flaps so you’re not wrestling with one giant flap just to access a single shell. The flaps are both reversible and removable—you can pull one or both off completely. That way, one side can be left exposed for rapid use, while the other remains covered against dirt, dust, and debris.

 
Mounting System (Helium Whisper)

On the back of the pouch, you'll see the Helium Whisper attachment system—a hallmark of Blue Force Gear pouches. In this design, the Helium Whisper can be mounted either vertically (via two long flaps) or horizontally, giving maximum options for where and how the assault breacher wants to mount it. So, you can attach it to your kit either vertically or horizontally—lots of innovation in the rear of the pouch.

Inside the pouch, you’ll find military-grade elastic sewn into loops to secure the shotgun shells. Holding it in your hand and flipping the two flaps is one thing, but you won’t fully appreciate this design until you see it mounted on gear and observe all the built-in ergonomics.

 
Usage and Ergonomics

For those who haven’t run a breaching shotgun, they’re typically short-barreled shotguns carried on the user’s right or left side. These short breachers are great but have limited magazine capacity, so every time you use one, you end up topping it off to ensure it’s ready for the next door or barrier. This is happening constantly, and things can get messy fast when you factor in pistols, other breaching tools, and additional mission equipment. The pouch was designed to simplify that part of the process.

If you’re carrying a shotgun on your right side and you’re right-handed, this pouch might be ideal mounted on or near your belt line on that same side. After testing it, I found it’s most ergonomic if the flaps (or “blips,” the ball-loaded index points) face toward the center of my body. That way, I can reach over, pull back the flap, and quickly grab shells. If the flaps stay open while I’m working, it’s easy to close them later. Having two smaller flaps (instead of one big flap) also helps if I only need one shell. At first, I questioned the need for two flaps, but once I used them, I realized it really does make a difference.

Alternatively, I can remove the top flap entirely so the top three shells are immediately exposed for speed loading, while the bottom four remain covered (in case the top ones get lost or if I just want to keep the rest protected).

 
Vertical or Horizontal Mounting

Another key feature is the ability to mount the pouch vertically or horizontally. In vertical orientation, you can position the flaps so they open forward, backward, or toward the center of your body—just by reversing them. If you had a rough day and mounted them in the wrong direction, just pop them out and flip them around.

In horizontal orientation, you could run two pouches side by side if your loadout calls for 14 rounds (for instance, 3 in the shotgun and 14 in pouches). You might place them on your belt or elsewhere on your kit. The same flap reversibility applies; if you prefer to pull them upward versus downward, just flip them around. Essentially, you can tailor the flap direction and mounting orientation to whatever works best for your loading style.

 
Conclusion

All these options mean you can find the perfect ergonomic setup for your breaching shotgun. Whether you mount it on your strong side or support side, you’ll have rapid access, protection from the elements, and minimal snag hazards. Altogether, it’s a well-thought-out piece of gear—precisely what you’d expect from Blue Force Gear and their Shot Shell Pouch.

I’m Chris Sizelove, and right now we’re going to talk about the Marco Color Edition. If you’re not tracking what the Marco is and the incredible effects it has for tactical marking, please check out the product video by itself.

I’m here today to specifically talk about two additional colors to the option menu. Currently, Blue Force Gear’s Marcos come in blue (for anything that needs to be marked in blue), red, green, and infrared. Up until this point, a combination of those colors gave you a lot of marking options and pretty much got the job done.

However, in the last 24 months, our clients and customers have repeatedly asked for two additional options, and those are finally here. One of them is orange. For all the reasons you would need to mark things with an orange chem light, it’s the same great Marco: you have 30 in the magazine, you can run it low as a dangler, or run it up high, push it out, crack it, and mark. The magazine configuration hasn’t changed—just the color.

Orange was a need in the space that needed to be filled, and shortly after that, we introduced white. Technically, white isn’t a color; it’s more of a white light—imagine a dim LED-looking effect.

Why use any of these colors specifically? Feel free to have that debate among your own team. At the end of the day, tactical marking—if done correctly—gives us efficiency and safety. What these colors mean for you and your team depends on your own procedures and SOPs, but Blue Force Gear now offers six color options total, giving you plenty of ability to mark different things for different reasons, in different colors. And in doing so, you get safety and efficiency.

I'm Chris Sizelove, and this is the Blue Force Gear belt hanger. I've got—I don't know—four or five different belts for whatever reason. I'm sure you guys all do too. When you leave them piled up on a table like this,