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West Coast Paintball “Rip Cord M-Pack”
Review by Jason Casebolt
At the 2000 World Cup in Orlando, Topstitch Released a revolutionary new harness system called the M-Pack. Being rugged, functional, attractive, and featuring a lifetime warranty on workmanship from Topstitch, this harness helped raise the quality standards for pod carriers everywhere. Recently, they have changed their name to West Coast Paintball and have revamped their system with the soon to be released Patent Pending Rip Cord M-Pack Line.
The configuration of the reviewed harness is a black 4 pod vertical harness. They have added on Rat Pack extensions (explained below) on the cut out sides of this product. The belt is non-segmented, but very wide and has a clear window slot for tournament identification. The Rat Pack is also patent pending.
The material of the harness is very rugged and solidly stitched. There is a layer of thin padding on the back, that is enough to cushion without being bulky. The belt itself has two layers of fastening. One layer attaches, then another elastic layer reinforces the hold of the harness. The slots of the harness are the familiar side-less loops that many companies have adopted.
The new feature on the Rip Cord M-Pack a user controlled tube ejection flap. When opening the tube flap, a simple tug downward pulls the material in that loop downward and pushes the tube lower. This helps stop lids from popping off on tubes by allowing the owner to grab the side of the pod instead of the lid. How many lids have you personally beheaded?
The Rat Pack extensions came on this harness and are available for any side-less harness on the market. These simple attachments quickly snap on the harness and allow 2 more pods per slot. Installing a Rat Pack on each of the 4 slots allowed me to increase the holding size of this 4 pod harness to 12 pods total. This is a nice feature having more loops when needed, but not being stuck with them for low paint days.
The Rip Cord M-Pack will be on their web site soon, check it out at www.westcoastpaintball.net . For now, their Vertical 4 Pod Harnesses are available in retail for $70. This is higher than some other manufactures, but once you factor in the above-average construction, expandability for more pods, and a lifetime warranty, then the price is easily justified. At first, it will be available just in black. Other colors will come shortly. The Rat Packs retail for $5.95 and are available from the West Coast Paintball site as well.