Fanny pack carry

[Texas Dude]

Anyone carry in a fanny pack? I never thought I would want to wear one, but in the hot summer it seems like a good idea. There are a few CC fanny packs on the market. Have any of you had any experience with them?

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[Nightmare45]

Carry a cocked and locked 45 and two mags winter and summer, shorts, flip flops, t-shirt with cover shirt no sweat.

 

[timtheref]

Nope. I am a straight male under 30 who plans on having sex again in my life. As practical as they may be, they are beyond ugly.

 

[farsidefan1]

My wife loves how her new glock 26 fits in her little fanny pack while riding her bike.

 

[macnorman]

I have in the past. I use it about 10% or less in my EDC. But, if it's 99 degrees out and I'm in shorts and a t-shirt, it can work. I'd recommend one with an internal holster rather than nylon straps. I've had both and the internal holster one was the best.

 

[Firefighterchen]

I did before, I used a maxpedition fatboy. Then I started open carrying, which really helped with comfort in the heat. Seeing as you're in Texas, try out the maxpedition bags.

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[sourdough44]

I'd use a fanny pack in a setting where it may be more the norm, like out on a hiking trail. I don't like bringing attention to where valuables may be, a thief would want the pack 1st.

I'd much rather have the gun concealed, on my person. That said no one method covers every circumstance. One needs to have various options available.

 

[apvbguy]

I would never use a fanny pack except as a trail accessory, sometimes when I cannot carry because of an activity I may be doing that doesn't allow for proper concealment I will use a small back pack as a man purse and keep the gun in the pack, however I prefer to have the weapon on my person

 

[TrapperBob]

I have carried a full size handgun in a fanny pack, I felt ridiculous, to tell the truth. Now I have a mini pistol and carry in a pocket holster. Sort of the other extreme, I guess. Also, I'd say that drawing the mini out of a pocket holster is actually a lot faster than drawing a full size of a fanny pack. The classic trade off decision: power vs conceal-ability.

 

[MickGIS]

I often carry in a fanny pack and it suits my computer programmer, geek persona, but not one that is black leather and screams gun checkout the ones I have used for years:
Concealed Weapon Fanny Packs

 

[SWIll]

Being 50+, I really don't care what people think of my fanny pack. Get one that is not designed for carrying, and attach a nylon holster to the back panel. This way it won't look 'tactical', and you'll just look like me: an old guy who is comfortable with himself and doesn't care what you think about his fanny pack! I keep my geocaching stuff in the same pack.

 

[jfisch]

Maybe.... if this was 1994, but it's not.

 

[Texas Dude]

Thanks for that link. Those look way better than the other ones I was looking at.

 

[Texas Dude]

Maybe.... if this was 1994, but it's not.

Dude where are you? I'm no hipster but they all wear 'em. You could blend right in on a fixed gear bike with cutoff shorts and your Glock in your fanny pack.

 

[farsidefan1]

Being 50+, I really don't care what people think of my fanny pack. Get one that is not designed for carrying, and attach a nylon holster to the back panel. This way it won't look 'tactical', and you'll just look like me: an old guy who is comfortable with himself and doesn't care what you think about his fanny pack! I keep my geocaching stuff in the same pack.

Amen. I'm on the wrong side of 60 and frankly I don't give a rat's a$$ what anyone thinks if I were to decide to use a fanny pack. Now when I was in jr high I might have been mortified by what others thought but now? Gimme a break. I care about as much as I worry about printing.

 

[ezkl2230]

Yup. I carried my 9mm compact in a normal fanny pack for a couple of years. I'm actually working on a new design for a concealed carry fanny pack right now. And my wife is supportive of that effort!

 

[Stan1]

Sorry, but I cannot bring myself to wear a fanny pack, no matter the situation. I use a backpack if I cannot carry on my person.

 

[jfisch]

Dude where are you? I'm no hipster but they all wear 'em. You could blend right in on a fixed gear bike with cutoff shorts and your Glock in your fanny pack.

I would probably be considered a hipster (I own a fixed gear bike, rock the vintage clothes, glasses, etc.) but I just can't accept wearing a fanny pack. Maybe I'm scarred from being forced to wear them all the time on school field-trips to the science center when I was a kid.

 

[apvbguy]

I would probably be considered a hipster

I think it can safely be said that you are anything but hip

 

[jfisch]

I think it can safely be said that you are anything but hip

Being a hipster has nothing to be with hip. In fact most hipsters try very hard not to be hip and loathe being called a hipster, but I'll take your opinion under consideration.