rat.bastard.reviews: KORE Essentials (KORE)
Disclosure: Let's start this review with a little game of slap dick while I give you a disclosure so soft and sweet it could melt in your mouth or your ass. That's right my little peter puffers todays sponsor is Kore Essentials (KORE) who was generous enough to send me one of their Flecktarn EDC Tactical Gun Belt's in exchange for an honest review. Yes, an HONEST review (that's the only kind we do here). Don't believe that old line? We recite it every review, like clockwork go READ my older reviews 3 things happen every time; 1)I say something I like, 2)I say something I don't like, 3)I bareback your mom (I don't trust condom's its an easy way for Witches and Gypsie's to steal your seed). A big thank you to Kore for agreeing for their product to be paraded around on my review site like the second place prize at some weird bondage ballroom dog show, hopefully they are willing to work with the bastard again after reading this sad fucking excuse of a review, because I want a crack at that coyote battle belt kit boy's! Get Offffff!
Breakdown: The Kore Flecktarn Tactical Reinforced Gun Belt Is made up of Kore's proprietary and innovative EDC belt design and is basically wrapped in high quality Nylon Flecktarn Webbing. This belt is made for concealed carry and boasts an impressive 6lb load rating. For all of us that have been wanting to carry an AK pistol or full sized AR on our belts since the Clinton Administration fucked up everything, this is our chance. This is a 1.5" belt that works in all of the pants and shorts belt loops I've tried it in and has also worked with an array of IWB and OWB holsters I've paired it with. It will fit with ANY of their X-series Buckles (oh yeah bitch you get to choose your buckle) and fits any size waist from 24"-54"; you just trim off the excess. It includes 1x "belt-keeper" that literally nobody gives a single fuck about and features exactly 0 belt holes. Kore's belts use a proprietary system featuring a hidden track on the interior of the belt that allows 1/4" adjustments allowing over 40 different sizing positions. Kore claims, that makes this belt 800% more adjustable then traditional gun belts, Is that accurate? no fucking clue but if you decide you don't like it they do have a 30 day money back guarantee and a 1 year warranty. I might also add that the buckles are interchangeable so if you get bored of one or fucking lose it after a long night of tummy sticks with the crack whore from apartment 13C you can always buy a replacement or even a new style to try out!
I'd like to take a moment to tell you guys I actually did not think I would like this belt, I mean yeah Flecktarn is pretty hot right now but nobody is going to see the damn thing. I read what they were doing with the tracks and actually thought to myself This is going to be so fucking lame, It seems like one of those overhyped youtube adds you see that wont let you skip it for 30 seconds and you're like "I'm never going to buy this dumb shit, there's no way it's good". But it fucking is good, its really good. If you read my last EDC belt review I did on the Applied Gear's EDC belt, I gave it really high praise on performance but talked about how it was uncomfortable to the point it would make me literally stop what I was doing to try and fix it. The Kore EDC belt blows it out of the water in comparison. AWS; they make contracts for the Military, SOG, and top tier civilian shooters BUT KORE has made such a good EDC belt it has put them to shame here. Honestly its sturdier, holds my concealed carry better and I see very little movement in the belts positioning once I adjust It. Performance wise Its the best EDC belt I've ever owned, Comfort wise Is is the most comfortable belt I've ever owned, period. It's so durable I'm not even sure they managed it with a polymer track, the colors on the webbing are correct and vibrant, the pattern sizing is correct and vivid. and the price is right on these to own probably 2-3 for the average person, 1 for everyday EDC and 2 for dressing up nicer (maybe 1 black, 1 brown). I however am a cheap piece of shit so I'm hoping Kore reads this and just ends up surprising me with a care package with a few of these once I publish this review.
I normally wear leather gun belts with a steel core mostly due to comfort, and also A little bit because leather is so sexual; The idea of being wrapped in another creatures skin really does something for me on a primal sexual level that I have no desire to understand. All dark fantasies aside, The Kore EDC belt has honestly blown my mind considering my expectations, go look at my pictures I've got a dad bod this little belly sits on every belt I wear and if there is sharp edges or bad finish or rough material, Broski I'm trackin'. This belt is so stupidly comfortable I'm not even sure if I'll go back to leather or at least not in the traditional gun belt style, sure It might be dangerous for the community in whole for me to suppress my urges for leather; lest I act on some deep seeded need that I might eventually carry out in a dangerous and predatory manner. But, I'll likely just try and replace it with auto-erotic asphyxiation (where we can really test out that 800% adjustability stat).
I've been carrying a Springfield Hellcat OSP, an extra mag and a knife on this belt For my EDC kit over the last few weeks In an Alien Gear ShapeShift Appendix holster with not a single issue. When Mrs.Bastard and I Leave the house together she will carry the Hellcat and I carry a Ruger SP101 with an additional holster holding 2 speed-loaders with .357 Mag, and a knife; still no issues. This is the only belt I own that I can sit down in any chair without the belt pinching my skin somewhere while carrying concealed. I'm a huge believer that you should choose your kit to work around you and your needs and this belt has really done that for me and I cant imagine going back to anything else now. The micro adjustments have made for a perfect fit every time I put it on. Now I can have my belt snug and my kit secure without just cranking it down around my waist like I used to do not very long ago and I didn't even realize how uncomfortable it was until switching to the Kore EDC belt.
I will say I wasn't A huge fan of some of the Buckle designs, But I do understand with interchangeability you have to have options to please everyone. I just told Kore to send me whichever one they thought would look best with the Flecktarn and the sent me the X7 which I would agree was probably the best choice, but I also like the X5. Where I think Kore really shines is the fact that they offer dress belts; Seriously though average dress belts fucking suck so hard, so the fact that I can get a dress belt at this price point that is so comfortable with the same level of stability and durability and it holds my fucking gun! I don't understand why these aren't being talked about as the golden standard honestly. I need to call Kore about sponsoring the bastard because I couldn't afford to buy all the variations that are possible with so many options. Kore also offers lots of other cool shit like Battle Belts, Knives, Apparel, Wallets, Sunglasses which all look to be pretty good quality but if I'm being honest I don't have any experience with them as of yet.
Final Thoughts: Ignore any predetermined notions you might have about Kore Essentials and their marketing, Buy one of these belts and have it in your mind that you are going to return it before the 30 days is up. I would guarantee, as long as you buy one in a color or pattern you can wear regularly, you will end up keeping it. Please remember Kore is not paying me to say this, I feel that strongly about this product; I want more of them. In fact I would say for the average Joe, this might be one of the highest recommendations I've ever given on a product and we're approaching 20 published reviews boys! Kore Essentials, thanks for pushing this product into my hands; God knows I was trying for that battle belt and I'm glad I got a chance to review the EDC belt instead. Until next time, go fuck yourself.
-Rat Bastard
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