Brief overview of my Mayflower UW Gen IV chest rig. This was taken just before my first outing with it. Overall it’s a great chest rig and is rightly praised.
transitioning from using a battle belt to putting my attention towards chest rigs and plate carriers, And thank you so much! I give credit to this video convincing me to grab a mayflower rig, and i love it. fit me very well and its just what i need
Our setups are pretty dang close. I swapped out the bungee retention for Esstac kydex inserts, bungee has been my worst enemy for reindexing mags. Where you keep your snacks, I keep my radio. Chem sticks, headlamp pouches are the same. I keep an extra pistol mag where you keep your light, but I have my light on the pouch right next to it. I keep my leatherman, bit kits, lighter, pocket and a film container with Vaseline soaked cotton balls on the pouch right next to that. Tourniquet is in the same spot. And on the right far far pouch I have 2 more pmags. I keep my IFAK and maps in a S.A.C.K dangler pouch because I hate small of the back belt mounted med kits and when running this a placard (works really well with HSP side retention system buckles) I cannot pull out my maps from that admin pouch to save my life. Have you ever run this as a placard on plate carrier and have the issues with not getting your hand in the admin pouch without the Shaw concepts doodad on there?
@@joshspurrier6289 I believe they are the mids. No way are they the talls though because the shorts are only really good for the shorter kywi pouches which only cover half of the mag at best.
Great Video! I have the Mayflower Pusher Chest rig which is the convertible model that allows the use of 7.62NATO, 556 NATO and 7.62 PACT magazine to be carried and I like allot now once I upgraded the Shoulder Straps with Hailey Strategic D3CR REPLACEMENT X-HARNESS and while I was added also upgraded the bungie tabs with SHOCK CORD PULL TABS because I noticed that the Mayflower do get pretty slick when they get wet and I found out about it during a class and I ended up cutting the bungie off with my knife to keep it out of the way.
I personally use the bungie Velcro retaining patches that come pre installed on the GP pouches as silencers for the two large GPs and the two smaller ones to cut down on noise.
Nice setup man! Like the admin pocket forsure! Velcro is loud but zippers can be a pain in gloves. Just depends on your mission set. Where did you get the battery case??? Just a gear item to look into, longship designs chest rig admin card gives you the ability to run a admin pouch or a phone mount above the mags, if you need somthing like that. Keep on keeping on!!
I’ll check out that admin card. I’ve considered getting something like that along with the Juggernaut case to mount my phone. Make using it for navigation way easier. Here’s a link to the battery case: Modular Battery Case from The Tactical Medic www.amazon.com/dp/B00BHST9EM/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_i_AYYJVSNF9YH2PMMA7XWH
Mission ? A trip to the grocery store ? These companies are making a killing off all yall and they know you'll never need it ot use it . Most of you won't even be anywhere near your gear if you even do need it
Definitely zipper over velcro. And quite frankly when's the last time you ever had a zipper fail........ is it possible sure it is anything's possible but I've never had one break or fail for years and years and years and years and years and years so yes zipper over Velcro for the obvious reason in the top five for any survival scenarios you need to be quiet!!!!
I really like that map bag on the inside! I will say you probably want that ifak in some kind of container, it looked like each component was stuck in there separately. Anyway looks great! . Ps: how do pmags fit in the mayflower? Is it too tight or do they work well?
So disclaimer, I’ve sold this rig. Great rig, but the lack of a good place for an IFAK and water is what led me to sell it. Stuffing the components in there like that wasn’t ideal. The PMAGs fit fine.
@@freddyt86 awesome man, thanks for the info! I would mostly use it as a placard for an ac1, or in conjunction with a ruck, or both, so water and stuff is not a big issue. Thanks again!
@@freddyt86 btw painters tape is an awesome way to store batteries tightly and quietly. Electrical is probably better for water and stuff. But any tape you can peel and restick once or twice is great for assorted backup batteries.
so glad theres a review on here of someone who actually uses their chest rig for the army, these minutemen larpers wanna talk about where they put their mags but they don't talk about where they put their pens
So far I’ve found the harness to be very comfortable, but everyone is different. Personally, I don’t think this rig is big enough to need the wider straps. It can’t hold enough to make it that heavy. My 2¢.
Its too late now but they'll sell you ranger green stuff with the ultra comp, you just have to call or email them to place the order. They don't show the ultra comp as an option with the ranger green stuff because it is a slightly different color, I imagine people got it and complained about it so they got tired of giving refunds or dealing with it. Personally the slight difference in color looks sick. Hope this helps!
The Gen VI is the Pusher chest rig, which is bigger than the UW. This rig is great for my use which is mostly walking around my property. Allows me to carry the items in the video which is about all I need. The outside pouches can hold about a 20oz bottle so I’ve added that so I at least have some with me. The straps came with the rig. Very comfortable so far.
Honestly, haven’t laid prone in it. I try to wear chest rigs a little higher though so they don’t get in the way as much. Helps to prop you up a little behind your rifle. How it feels in the prone will obviously depend on your load out. Some things could make it feel better or worse.
Sweet vid man, dig the battery holders.... never seen those before, you score that at like Walmart or something? Need to add that to my kit, would help better then wrapping em in electrical tape.... plus, obvious water tight I'm assuming.
Not water tight, but should be fine unless they get submerged. Condor Battery Case 4/pack - Tan / Bro www.amazon.com/dp/B00AELXA0W/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_i_1MASWH5EQA990JZ0XYG3.
I’m having trouble finding those side molly GP pouches, they look like they’re made by velocity specifically for the UW rig but I can’t seem to find them. Can anyone help a guy out?
I fixed that the other week. Thanks again for the reminder. Helpful comments are always good. I don’t love the TQ in that spot to be honest. Might look at trying to mount it underneath the rig.
Unfortunately not. Really wish it did. To me, that’s the biggest downside of this rig. 16-20oz bottles are all that’ll fit. That works on a range, but not in a training exercise or real life, IMO. Prefer to at least have 1L on me.
@@freddyt86 Awesome. I've had a challenging time finding replacement alcohol pens that allow me to write on reference cards and then erase them with alcohol wipes. If you've got a source, let me know.
Once I ordered it didn’t take long. Maybe a week. Ordered through legitkit.com. I hadn’t been waiting on them to come in stock. Kind of an impulse and had the funds. Been eyeing them for a while.
I don’t. Could make it work over a slick carrier possibly, but I prefer to run pouches directly on a PC. This can be used a placard although I don’t think it’s intended to be. Might not be the most seamless integration.
Alot of slick carriers have the 1 inch swiftclip buckles that you can attach this to Instead of using the harness. I'd definitely reccomend a back strap with a y clip to secure the sides of the rig closer to your body. This is the rig I got for my trex arms AC1 carrier to have a slick carrier a little more built out gear-wise
The Shaw pouch has hook on one side and loop on the other. When you open the map pouch there’s hook on one side and loop on the other. I matched the right side of the Shaw pouch to the map pouch and stuck it down in there. You lose a little space in the map pouch but I like having the zipper. Hopefully that makes sense. Hard to describe. It’s just velcro though.
@@freddyt86 That's what I thought you did, but I just wanted to confirm cause I run the Velocity Mayflower 5.56 Hybrid chest rig. I was looking at getting either the Shaw Concepts or the AXL Micro Fight Zipper Inserts, but I think I'll go with the Shaw Concepts since I can actually see how well it fits from your video. Thanks for the quick reply!
The plastic makes noise, the battery case makes noise. A fire starting kit for a combat rig? Or do you always carry 4 magazines for camping trips? What is this rig even for? Camping or combat? If its camping then half that Med gear is overkill. If its for combat the walmart survival gear is useless. Wtf?
transitioning from using a battle belt to putting my attention towards chest rigs and plate carriers, And thank you so much! I give credit to this video convincing me to grab a mayflower rig, and i love it. fit me very well and its just what i need
Glad the video was helpful, man. That’s why I put it out here.
Wear both!
You add a strip of tape on the fuzzy part of the Velcro, help with the noise but still enough to keep it closed
Our setups are pretty dang close. I swapped out the bungee retention for Esstac kydex inserts, bungee has been my worst enemy for reindexing mags. Where you keep your snacks, I keep my radio. Chem sticks, headlamp pouches are the same. I keep an extra pistol mag where you keep your light, but I have my light on the pouch right next to it. I keep my leatherman, bit kits, lighter, pocket and a film container with Vaseline soaked cotton balls on the pouch right next to that. Tourniquet is in the same spot. And on the right far far pouch I have 2 more pmags. I keep my IFAK and maps in a S.A.C.K dangler pouch because I hate small of the back belt mounted med kits and when running this a placard (works really well with HSP side retention system buckles) I cannot pull out my maps from that admin pouch to save my life. Have you ever run this as a placard on plate carrier and have the issues with not getting your hand in the admin pouch without the Shaw concepts doodad on there?
I haven’t run this as a placard. Don’t intend to right now. I have another placard for my plate carrier. I can see it being a pain though.
Which height esstac kydex inserts did you get for the rig? Looks like theres a short, mid, and tall.
@@joshspurrier6289 I believe they are the mids. No way are they the talls though because the shorts are only really good for the shorter kywi pouches which only cover half of the mag at best.
I dig the set up. This gives me an idea on how set up my Mayflower chest rig. Thank you.
Doesnt take alot of thought.
To many people overthink these setups .
Great Video! I have the Mayflower Pusher Chest rig which is the convertible model that allows the use of 7.62NATO, 556 NATO and 7.62 PACT magazine to be carried and I like allot now once I upgraded the Shoulder Straps with Hailey Strategic D3CR REPLACEMENT X-HARNESS and while I was added also upgraded the bungie tabs with SHOCK CORD PULL TABS because I noticed that the Mayflower do get pretty slick when they get wet and I found out about it during a class and I ended up cutting the bungie off with my knife to keep it out of the way.
I personally use the bungie Velcro retaining patches that come pre installed on the GP pouches as silencers for the two large GPs and the two smaller ones to cut down on noise.
That document sleeve is dope!!! I’ll definitely be on the lookout for one!!
I did get some ideas from your setup. Thank you sir. 👍
Nice setup man! Like the admin pocket forsure! Velcro is loud but zippers can be a pain in gloves. Just depends on your mission set. Where did you get the battery case??? Just a gear item to look into, longship designs chest rig admin card gives you the ability to run a admin pouch or a phone mount above the mags, if you need somthing like that. Keep on keeping on!!
I’ll check out that admin card. I’ve considered getting something like that along with the Juggernaut case to mount my phone. Make using it for navigation way easier. Here’s a link to the battery case: Modular Battery Case from The Tactical Medic www.amazon.com/dp/B00BHST9EM/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_i_AYYJVSNF9YH2PMMA7XWH
Mission ? A trip to the grocery store ?
These companies are making a killing off all yall and they know you'll never need it ot use it . Most of you won't even be anywhere near your gear if you even do need it
Definitely zipper over velcro. And quite frankly when's the last time you ever had a zipper fail........ is it possible sure it is anything's possible but I've never had one break or fail for years and years and years and years and years and years so yes zipper over Velcro for the obvious reason in the top five for any survival scenarios you need to be quiet!!!!
Great demo. I'd add at least a few more survival items and some calories, and a dedicated fighting knife.
I have a very similar set up on my plate carrier. I approve!
How do you attach to your plate Carrier?
@@Sj-vb8eo I have buckles that attach to the chest and then the sides attach to the cumberbunds with same quasem buckles
Thanks for the video Freddy (:
I really like that map bag on the inside! I will say you probably want that ifak in some kind of container, it looked like each component was stuck in there separately. Anyway looks great!
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Ps: how do pmags fit in the mayflower? Is it too tight or do they work well?
So disclaimer, I’ve sold this rig. Great rig, but the lack of a good place for an IFAK and water is what led me to sell it. Stuffing the components in there like that wasn’t ideal. The PMAGs fit fine.
@@freddyt86 awesome man, thanks for the info! I would mostly use it as a placard for an ac1, or in conjunction with a ruck, or both, so water and stuff is not a big issue. Thanks again!
@@freddyt86 btw painters tape is an awesome way to store batteries tightly and quietly. Electrical is probably better for water and stuff. But any tape you can peel and restick once or twice is great for assorted backup batteries.
so glad theres a review on here of someone who actually uses their chest rig for the army, these minutemen larpers wanna talk about where they put their mags but they don't talk about where they put their pens
Why would a Christian man serve in the modern US military? In fact I would say they cannot
Just ordered mine I wish they had multi cam tropic but they don’t. Or at least have the ultra comp 3 inch shoulders in Ranger Green
So far I’ve found the harness to be very comfortable, but everyone is different. Personally, I don’t think this rig is big enough to need the wider straps. It can’t hold enough to make it that heavy. My 2¢.
Its too late now but they'll sell you ranger green stuff with the ultra comp, you just have to call or email them to place the order. They don't show the ultra comp as an option with the ranger green stuff because it is a slightly different color, I imagine people got it and complained about it so they got tired of giving refunds or dealing with it. Personally the slight difference in color looks sick. Hope this helps!
Hey Freddy why did you go with the Gen IV over the Gen VI? And what harness straps are you running ?
The Gen VI is the Pusher chest rig, which is bigger than the UW. This rig is great for my use which is mostly walking around my property. Allows me to carry the items in the video which is about all I need. The outside pouches can hold about a 20oz bottle so I’ve added that so I at least have some with me. The straps came with the rig. Very comfortable so far.
Great video. On your bungee retainers, did your chest rig come with them or did you get them from somewhere?
It comes with the rig.
How does it feel when your in the prone position ? Does it throw you off balance or make the prone awkward?
Honestly, haven’t laid prone in it. I try to wear chest rigs a little higher though so they don’t get in the way as much. Helps to prop you up a little behind your rifle. How it feels in the prone will obviously depend on your load out. Some things could make it feel better or worse.
Sweet vid man, dig the battery holders.... never seen those before, you score that at like Walmart or something?
Need to add that to my kit, would help better then wrapping em in electrical tape.... plus, obvious water tight I'm assuming.
Not water tight, but should be fine unless they get submerged.
Condor Battery Case 4/pack - Tan / Bro www.amazon.com/dp/B00AELXA0W/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_i_1MASWH5EQA990JZ0XYG3.
556 or 7.62 mags fit or both
Would you be able to fit AK mags? I can't see to find a definite answer. Thank you in advance, great video.
I can’t help you there, man. Don’t have any AK mags. Sorry.
Call velocity systems and ask them. I think they have a rig for ak’s
their split front, gen V IIRC, comes with adapters to run AR, AR10, and AK mags
I’m having trouble finding those side molly GP pouches, they look like they’re made by velocity specifically for the UW rig but I can’t seem to find them. Can anyone help a guy out?
The UW rig has no MOLLE pouches. It is all sewn together.
@@freddyt86 Oh I thought it had molly like the 5.56 hybrid I have. My bad, thanks anyways!
Do not velcro the grey part of your CAT that way. Velcro it only on one side. You need to be able to use it quickly and maybe with only one hand.
Yeah…I need to fix that. Thanks for the reminder. Not sure why I left it like that.
This was my only suggestion is could think of as well.
I fixed that the other week. Thanks again for the reminder. Helpful comments are always good. I don’t love the TQ in that spot to be honest. Might look at trying to mount it underneath the rig.
What color is this one? I'm looking at the Ranger green one and it looks so bright in the pictures but I think they are misleading.
Ranger Green. Pictures can definitely be misleading. I should’ve mentioned the color in the video.
@@freddyt86 Thank you for the quick response!
how do you do that?
would the radio pouches be able to fit gi canteens? or an ifak?
Negative on the canteens. They can hold 20oz Smart Water bottles. IFAK is tight, but it can work. Mine is the right side pocket as worn in the video.
Can you customize the GP pouch to put 2 pistol mags in its place?
The pouches are all sewn in, so to customize you’d need to be able to sew. The middle two pouches could fit pistol mags though.
Subbed bro good video
Thanks, boss. 👊🏻
Can you carry extra rifle mags in those front gp pouches?
That’s a good question. I don’t have the rig anymore to try. I’m not confident you could though.
Have the same rig. You can carry 20rd PMAGS in the gp pouches just fine.
Would like to see it on you for a better perspective
Can the side pouch hold a nalgene ?
Unfortunately not. Really wish it did. To me, that’s the biggest downside of this rig. 16-20oz bottles are all that’ll fit. That works on a range, but not in a training exercise or real life, IMO. Prefer to at least have 1L on me.
Who makes the reference cards you've got stowed in the admin pocket?
They’re from a THULS book made by Mission Essential Gear. I combined two of their books so I use the spares for reference cards. Great product.
@@freddyt86 Awesome. I've had a challenging time finding replacement alcohol pens that allow me to write on reference cards and then erase them with alcohol wipes. If you've got a source, let me know.
@@agetreachery2929 Staedtler permanent markers are my go to. Super fine tip. Amazon sells them.
What was the wait time in receiving the rig.
Once I ordered it didn’t take long. Maybe a week. Ordered through legitkit.com. I hadn’t been waiting on them to come in stock. Kind of an impulse and had the funds. Been eyeing them for a while.
Optactical.com has all but grey and MC Tropic in stock right now.
Do you wear this over a plate carrier?
I don’t. Could make it work over a slick carrier possibly, but I prefer to run pouches directly on a PC. This can be used a placard although I don’t think it’s intended to be. Might not be the most seamless integration.
Alot of slick carriers have the 1 inch swiftclip buckles that you can attach this to Instead of using the harness. I'd definitely reccomend a back strap with a y clip to secure the sides of the rig closer to your body. This is the rig I got for my trex arms AC1 carrier to have a slick carrier a little more built out gear-wise
@@Puka_Loco I have a Scarab PC but haven’t tried to put it on there yet. Should try it to see how it works.
@@freddyt86 definitely use the backstrap to keep it close or else the outer pouches will drive you up a wall flapping around
Hi man what the name of bag when you put your document il have the same chest but i dont find where i can buy this.
Thanks
Unfortunately, they’re sold out at the minute, but here’s a link: shaw-concepts.com/products/rear-document-stacker-rds
@@freddyt86 fuck..
Thanks bro
@@freddyt86 do you have an idea when i can find on another site?
I dont find
@@kinstdof2510 I’m pretty sure it’s only sold on their website.
@@kinstdof2510 they’re back in stock.
0:42 A monocular sir, not a binocular. Nice video🤙🏼
I think that’s what I said, but it’s a little muddy. May have misspoke. Glad you liked it though. Been surprised by the amount of views it’s had.
@@freddyt86 Ahh gottcha🤙🏼 Yeah i really liked the video🤙🏼 Good content. Greetings from Sweden.
How does the Shaw Concepts Rear Document Stacker attach onto the rig?
The Shaw pouch has hook on one side and loop on the other. When you open the map pouch there’s hook on one side and loop on the other. I matched the right side of the Shaw pouch to the map pouch and stuck it down in there. You lose a little space in the map pouch but I like having the zipper. Hopefully that makes sense. Hard to describe. It’s just velcro though.
@@freddyt86 That's what I thought you did, but I just wanted to confirm cause I run the Velocity Mayflower 5.56 Hybrid chest rig.
I was looking at getting either the Shaw Concepts or the AXL Micro Fight Zipper Inserts, but I think I'll go with the Shaw Concepts since I can actually see how well it fits from your video.
Thanks for the quick reply!
Me personally I'd rather have extra pistol mags in the 2 middle front pouches
That’s a good spot for them, if you’re carrying a pistol with you.
How do the polymer mags fit?
They fit fine. Wish they were a little tighter so I could remove the shock cord retention. I may get some kydex inserts at some point.
@Freddy T Exactly my thought as well. I am a fan of esstac kywi.. thanks
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The plastic makes noise, the battery case makes noise. A fire starting kit for a combat rig? Or do you always carry 4 magazines for camping trips? What is this rig even for? Camping or combat? If its camping then half that Med gear is overkill. If its for combat the walmart survival gear is useless. Wtf?