Direct Action® Thunderbolt® – The Ultimate Compact Chest Rig? As you know, we already have quite some experience with plate carriers. For chest rigs that is far lesser the case and with that we thought to ourselves let’s try one out. For that reason we looked at some options available and bought a version of the Direct Action® Thunderbolt® Compact Chest Rig. So, in this video we’re going to show you what this rig has to offer. But before we dig into this subject, make sure to subscribe to our blog page by filling in the form. Also Make sure to visit our Youtube Channel by clicking th ..read more

Templar’s Gear Training Plates – Before You Buy Very recently Templar’s Gear released their very own non-ballistic training plates for plate carriers on the market. We were one of the first who got their hands on these and have been testing them ever since. So, in this blog we’ll have a closer look at them and we’ll also compare their build and use to actual ballistic plates. But before we dig into this subject, make sure to subscribe to our blog page by filling in the form. Also Make sure to visit our Youtube Channel by clicking the button. Have a look at our store shop.reconbrot ..read more

Unity Tactical MARK 2.0 – The BEST Headset Adapters Available? Introduction The Unity Tactical modular attachment rail kit 2.0 or in short MARK 2.0 is one of Unity tactical’s unique solutions for all of us guys  with a tactical brain bucket. Woah, that were way too many “tactical”s in one sentence, but anyway  today we’ll be talking about these adapters. As always, before we dive into the subject make sure to subscribe to our YT channel, hit the bell button to stay notified and if you want to support us even further, make sure to get all your quality tactical gear on ..read more

The Direct Action Carbine Sling MKII Today we bring a new 1st impression post and this time we’ll talk about the Direct Action Carbine Sling MKII. Our experience Our personal experience with this sling has now come to 1 year of use. By now we have used this one on quite an amount of airsoft events, CQB training sessions with airsoft guns and lately even on carbine courses with both ARs and AKs. So, in our eyes certainly enough to give some decent feedback on this one. Materials Let’s begin with the materials first. The Carbine Sling MKII is made of both a durable webbing construction and a s ..read more

The Helikon-Tex Rangemaster Gear Bag Time for a new 1st impression post and this one is about a product that we do not have in our shop’s assortment (yet). We’re talking about the Helikon-Tex Rangemaster Gear Bag. Our experience We have been using this one for a few months now. Ever since we started hitting the range more often, we realized we got too much stuff to fit in a small backpack and the Rangemaster was the perfect solution. Materials So to start off, the Rangemaster is made of 500 D and 1000 D Cordura (on potential weak spots) which makes it very rugged. The bag also uses Wooji ..read more

Introduction to “1st impression” Recently we decided to create an extra value for our blog page, making extended blogposts require a lot of time which is not always easy to find. So rather than making blogs of our review videos we came up with the idea to do “1st impression” blogposts from new products we just got in our hands or products we have been using for some time, but feel we haven’t got enough experience with to make videos from. So today we’ll do our very first of these posts and it’s about Templars Gear their new PT6 Tactical Belt. The Templar’s Gear PT6 Our experience Let ..read more

DEFTEX Smart Pouch – Universal Tactical Smartphone Holder Introduction In 2021 the guys from Fieldarts reached out to us & introduced us to a new brand in Germany called DEFTEX©. So we met up with the guys from DEFTEX© and they were kind enough to provide us some samples for testing and feedback purposes. One of those samples is their so-called “Smart Pouch” which we’ll be talking about in this blog. As always, before we dive into the subject make sure to subscribe to our channel, hit the bell button to stay notified and if you want to support us even further, make sure to get all ..read more

Did you know? Introduction Most people don’t care for socks & think that simply wearing decent boots will do the job fine. Nothing is less true and here’s why. Moisture transfer On a normal active day your feet lose up to 300 ml of water per foot. Apply sportive activities & extreme conditions to the equation & this can become far far more. Using boots alone or with the wrong pair of socks can’t remove all this moisture & working like this will cause the formation of blisters and wounds. Heat transfer In addition, boots alone aren’t enough for the transfer or contraption ..read more

Reconbrothers® Direct Action® Belt Setups 2021 A while back we did a review of the belts made by Direct Action® to provide a better idea on what belt suits which purpose best. Today we will build further upon these belts and share the setups we have created based on our own knowledge of these products and our personal experience. So, today we will give you all the details about the how’s and why’s on these setups. But before we dig into this subject, make sure to subscribe to our blog page by filling in the form. Also Make sure to visit our Youtube Channel by clicking the button. Hav ..read more

Templar’s Gear© CPC ROC Gen 3 – Before You Buy A while back we became one of the first that got to lay their hands on the new 2021 version of the Templar’s Gear© Crusader Plate Carrier ROC Set. This new version has some very good improvements compared to the previous generation and in this blog we’ll tell you all about it. But before we dig into this subject, make sure to subscribe to our blog page by filling in the form. Also Make sure to visit our Youtube Channel by clicking the button. Have a look at our store shop.reconbrothers.com for your quality tactical products. In ..read more