Women's Deep Concealed Carry Holster by Discreet Carry
Pepper of Discreet Carry sent me the following email: “We have listed a new holster design on eBay to test the water. It is made for women who engage in strenuous activity requiring a very stable fit, and guns with a little more weight. This may be a step up from the cleavage for bigger guns. Each holster will have a shape to accommodate the type of gun. Pictured in the listing is a holster made for a pocket pistol.”
I haven’t worn this holster before, only the men’s version of it, but just from reading the description and checking out the pictures, I love it! I’m picturing that this holster can change female CCW. Now a lady can get away from how uncomfortable waistband carry can be and she can get a holster that is customized for her body and her gun without breaking the bank. This holster will distribute the weight of her gun across her ribcage and over both shoulders. She won’t feel the gun pulling at her body or clothes lopsidedly. The straps can be worn straight or criss-crossed in the back so even racer-back tops are in. Shoot, a girl with the right physique can even go bra-less and still have a gun under her shirt. I can’t pull that off, but I’m sure someone out there can.
I know what I want for Christmas.
In celebration of Cyber Monday, here’s a link to their eBay store. Read the description and check out more pictures. If you buy, remember Discreet Carry offers free shipping on their eBay store purchases!
I checked my email this week and found an interesting message from Pepper over at Discreet Carry. It really hit home with me because this last week, a student at TMCC reported being assaulted at the same time I get out of class and in the same parking lot where I happened to park that night. Had it been me who was attacked, I too would have been unarmed as campus carry is not Kosher here. It was later realized that the attack could not have taken place as described and the attack claims were withdrawn, but the reminder to me to be safe is still applicable. And Pepper over at Discreet Carry has given me one more idea on how to be safe. She says that they have found that their cleavage holster fits many personal pepper sprays and even tasers.
For example, Pepper says “the $350.00 Taser C2 aimed at women (it comes in pink….) fits well in the large Cleavage holster. It is very light and 6 inches high and 1.5″ thick, and narrow enough to fit.” Cool! For those of us who can’t carry at work or school, using our same holster in our same place will help us to react quicker in an emergency where we don’t have our carry gun, but we do have a backup plan like a taser or a pepper spray. It sure beats digging through your purse or wondering where your keys are if the spray is on your ring. Pepper says, “the key to self defense is being able to access your weapon easily, which as we both know, means just barely reaching down and drawing something to disable the attacker in order to escape harm.”
I haven’t tried this because I don’t yet own pepper spray or a taser, but this sounds really promising. If you try it, write me and let me know how it works for you.
Pepper over at Discreet Carry has been reading my blog entries about their holsters. When she saw that I was using a makeshift support strap with the LadyBUG holster to carry a larger than the traditional Back Up Gun gun, she offered to send me another holster. It feels like Christmas. The holster she sent me is a holster that was originally made for men to carry with, but if it works for me, then why not? It’s called a Discreet Carry Model DCH-1 holster. This holster wraps around the carrier’s body just under his nipples or her breasts. It secures to the body with two Velcro straps. The holsters can be designed either right or left handed. Included with the holster is an optional support strap for heavier guns. I am excited Discreet Carry is so generous and customer service oriented that Pepper has taken the initiative to send me another holster that may work even better for me. As a newbie to the concealed carry world, I need all of the help I can get choosing good holsters and belts.
In my church, we have a program called visiting teaching where the women of the church are each assigned other women to mentor, teach and just be there for. My visiting teacher came over tonight with a gospel message, but we ended up talking more about guns than anything else. It turns out that if you tell two three year-olds that you’re late to church because of Gun Blogger Rendezvous, everyone else in the church will find out and will be genuinely interested. First, I talked to Sister M and Sister K on the last day of the Rendezvous. Later, I was approached by GB’s temple prep teachers. During a Primary planning meeting, I was asked to do a shooting themed carnival booth for our upcoming Halloween Trunk or Treat. Now, I’m educating my visiting teacher about firearms.
I taught her how to tell if a gun is loaded and if its safety is on. We talked about concealed carry. She wondered where I carried and I told her about the in-waistband holsters I have as well as about Discreet Carry holsters. She expressed surprise that I wasn’t worried that my gun would just “go off.” She was really worried about recoil and we talked a bit about what goes into how much kick a gun gives, including its size, weight, your grip and stance, the caliber of the handgun, etc. This really reminded me of me because when I first began to carry, I carried an empty gun. Then I worked up to a full mag, empty chamber and so on. Step by step. I couldn’t laugh at her or speak down to her for asking if the gun would go off by itself because once upon a time, I was worried about that same thing.
The recoil conversation reminded me of me too. GB’s Hi-Point fit my hand so poorly, I rotated my stubby little trigger finger around to the trigger by turning the gun sideways in my hand. The recoil went straight into the first knuckle of my thumb, causing me a black and purple finger that hurt for WEEKS. GB told me that recoil was normal and I would get used to it. I was glad that my visiting teacher was able to talk to me about recoil and that I was able to let her know that a small degree of discomfort in small-framed larger caliber guns or in big caliber guns period is acceptable, but that she shouldn’t feel it “blasting back” on her to the point of pain.
At the Gun Blogger Rendezvous, The Smallest Minority let me shoot a .45 revolver with bear loads in it and while I only shot it once , it didn’t hurt to shoot. My hand turned a bit pink like I had slapped someone and I did feel slapped by that revolver, but it didn’t HURT. I told her I’d take her out, if she was interested, and let her shoot my little Walther P22 so she wouldn’t have to worry about any recoil hurting her at all that first time at the range with me.
GB and I brought out a .22, a .380, a 9mm and a .45 and talked about how the recoil would be different on each gun because of its caliber and because of the weight of the gun. I demonstrated to her proper grip so she wouldn’t get bit by the slide or have unnecessary recoil. She was very comfortable holding the various guns and showed excellent muzzle control and trigger discipline. I was impressed! Towards the end of the conversation she said, “First I’d have to get used to shooting. Then, I’d have to get used to the idea of shooting.”
I told her that is exactly how I felt with it. I needed to learn how to handle and shoot guns before I could make up my mind as to weather I could actually use one to hurt/kill someone with it should that someone be endangering me or my loved ones. I assured her that her hesitation was normal and related the story of Sister M who had taken her CCW course and then realized she couldn’t carry. I told her that shooting and carrying is a mental process that doesn’t just happen immediately but takes as much time as it takes to get through.
My church has a slogan: every member a missionary. I feel like a missionary alright, but for gun ownership. I doubt that’s what they had in mind with that slogan.
Nearly a month ago now, I received a LadyBUG Holster from Discreet Carry when I ordered a Cleavage Holster from them. I’ve been wearing them in different situations with my Bersa Thunder .380 to see how they hold up and how they perform. Here’s my review of the Cleavage Holster:
Comfortability: Is this holster comfortable? Can I wear it day in and day out without any thoughts of “I can’t wait to get this thing off” or “Ow! It’s poking me.” Does it breathe?
The LadyBUG Holster by Discreet Carry is very comfortable once you get it placed. Getting it on is the hard part, but once it’s there, it’s for all intents and purposes invisible. It, like its sister holster the Cleavage Holster, is made of a soft fabric and is fashioned so that the Velcro straps which fasten the holster to your bra do not scratch any delicate skin. I had no trouble wearing it from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Additionally, I taught Sunday School in this holster and even chasing a bunch of 3 year old kids while moving and bending did not cause this holster to become uncomfortable.Out carrying while shopping with my mom and GB I said to them repeatedly “wow, this is so comfortable.” I couldn’t believe it. I felt like I wasn’t even carrying because I was so comfortable. I think it even felt better than not carrying somehow! But unlike its sister holster, this holster affected my bra.
I was so comfortable wearing it that I was terribly disappointed when at the end of a long day, I took my top off to find that the around the rib cage band on my bra was sitting three to four inches lower on my carry side than on my non-carry side. Although it caused my bra to sag, the holster did not change how well my bra supported me. I tried wearing several different bras thinking that maybe it was the less sturdy bras that sagged, but even the industrial strength over-the-shoulder-boulder-holder-type sagged. This might be my gun’s problem and not the holster’s problem.
I was carrying a Bersa Thunder .380 and as this is a backup gun holster, I presume many people will carry in it firearms much smaller such as Kel-Tecs. I was able to solve the sag problem by running a cotton headband through the Velcro loops with my bra and slipping it up over my shoulder next to my bra strap. This put some of the weight on the strap and onto my shoulder and allowed my bra to behave more as it naturally would without a gun on it (If you want to carry a heavy gun with this holster, great. But if you’re looking for another option, check out Discreet Carry’s Deep Conceal Holster. They’ve shown it modeled on a man, but I believe it will fit just fine under the bra band on a woman. It does have a support strap.).
The holster did leave red marks against my skin after a long day of wear, but the marks were not uncomfortable and I wouldn’t have even known they were there if I hadn’t have seen them.
Flexibility:Can I wear what I want when I want or do I have to dress around my holster?
For this holster, I had to adjust my wardrobe significantly. My Bersa is so plump that it makes a large bulge under my arm when I carry this way. A smaller firearm may not have that problem, but for me, I had to add more layers to my look to cover the bulge. Vests and jackets worked very well. Since it’s summer the vest was the best cover-up, followed closely by the short or three-quarter sleeved jackets and sweaters that are common now. Another way I was able to conceal this shirt was with a flowy sheer top over an undershirt.
Concealability: How easy is it to discern I have a gun under my clothes? Does this holster make concealed carry easier or more difficult for me?
This holster was very concealable as long as I had an outer layer covering the bulge. In winter it makes concealed carry much easier for me because I’ll have those layers on anyway, but in the Nevada desert, summer time temperatures can get too high to be comfortable in added layers. Especially because my house does not have central air. Out shopping or in other locations with central air, such as church, I may be perceived as strange for having such a warm top on, but I’m not uncomfortable. This is a back up gun holster so a smaller BUG gun would probably not have this issue.
Security: Is my gun retained in its holster securely until it is needed? Would it be easy for someone to disarm me if they discerned where I was carrying? Can I run, jump, climb, hike, etc. without my carry gun bouncing around or falling out?
I found the LadyBUG holster to be a very secure holster. As I said in the Cleavage Holster review, I am an active person. Because of that, retention is important to me. I tend to shop till I drop on Saturdays with my mom. We go-go-go the whole day. Moving, bending, changing in and out of outfits, sitting on the floor trying on shoe after shoe. I also teach a very active class of three year old kids on Sundays. This weekend recipe calls for two days of running, jumping, bouncing, sitting, standing and more. When we sing the song “Do as I’m Doing” with the kids or “Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes,” I can be required to move in interesting ways. During all of this my Bersa stayed under my arm and in its holster.
Unlike the Cleavage Holster, there is not a strap covering the gun. The holster is secured to the bra by two elastic bands and the gun just sits inside of the holster. It is your arm that is the retention strap in this case. When jumping, keep your elbow tucked against your side, if you can. I did successfully jump and do jumping jacks without my arm down by my side and while my gun did not jump out, it did move up and down in the holster significantly.
GB tried to disarm me and he didn’t even know how to get at the gun once I told him where it was. I offered him a bit of instruction, but he still couldn’t get the gun off of my body. I feel secure carrying in this holster.
Practicality:Can I draw from this holster easily? Can I draw from this holster in a variety of outfits?
The LadyBUG holster is a more modest drawing holster than the Cleavage Holster. To draw, I stick my hand inside the top of my blouse at the neckline and jam it under my armpit. There, I draw the gun out of the holster and up through the neck of my top. Lifting the non-shooting arm into a chicken-wing position assists with this draw. Drawing this way is quite quick and since it is an unexpected carry position, comes with a bit of a surprise to it.
I say this because I have a friend who was in a dangerous situation and we went for his gun. He simply reached his hand back right behind his hip where he carries. The aggressor in the situation recognized that drawing motion and adjusted his actions accordingly. Crisis averted. On the other hand, if my friend were female and stuck her hand down her shirt and towards her armpit, it would be more easily assumed she was adjusting a bra strap than going for a gun.
In Sum: I think this holster is awesome. It is a particularly valuable carry holster in office and driving situations where you sit a lot and the gun pokes you in waist carry. Or if you are a teacher/Sunday school teacher like me, this holster is awesome because wearing skirts and dresses makes it harder to conceal carry and then add on top of that the kids that like to pull on your skirt or sit on your lap. This holster won’t be discovered through tugging and pulling.
Recently here in Nevada we had a CCW permit-holder shot by the police after his gun was spotted in his waistband as he bent down for something. Bending down to help small children in a classroom, or for any other reason, this holster is not going to show. That could save your life.
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I was able to successfully conceal a Bersa Thunder .380 and a Walther P22. I’m 5’1″ tall and wear a size 16W. The bra I’m wearing in the above picture is a 40 DDD. I don’t know the dimentions of the Discreet Carry model or gun, but I’m guessing little and little. As you can see, big gun; little gun; big girl; little girl; left-handed draw; right-handed draw, this holster works for a variety of wearers.
One word of warning: if you are allergy-sensitive, be careful when ordering holsters from Discreet Carry; they are not manufactured in a non-smoking environment. . I have asthma and this did not bother me, but I just wanted to let you know that you may need to wash it/air it out overnight before you wear it if you are more sensitive than I am to allergens.
Nearly a month ago now, I ordered a Cleavage Holster from Discreet Carry and received several other holsters from them. I’ve been wearing them in different situations with my Bersa Thunder .380 to see how they hold up and how they perform. Here’s my review of the Cleavage Holster:
Comfortability: Is this holster comfortable? Can I wear it day in and day out without any thoughts of “I can’t wait to get this thing off” or “Ow! It’s poking me.” Does it breathe?
The Cleavage Holster by Discreet carry is very comfortable. It is made of a soft fabric and is fashioned so that the Velcro straps which fasten the holster to your bra and your gun to your holster do not scratch any delicate skin. I had no trouble wearing it from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Additionally, I taught Sunday School in this holster and even chasing a bunch of 3 year old kids while moving and bending did not cause this holster to become uncomfortable. The holster did not change how well my bra fit and supported me. The holster did leave red marks against my skin after a long day of wear, but the marks were not uncomfortable and I wouldn’t have even known they were there if I hadn’t have seen them.
Flexibility:Can I wear what I want when I want or do I have to dress around my holster?
For the most part, I could wear this holster with every top I own, but I tend to wear tops with higher necklines than are fashionable. I do not show any cleavage on most days and on the days I do, I show just a hint, maybe at the most an inch of cleavage. Because my normal style of dress didn’t show much chest, the handle on my Bersa Thunder .380 nestled between the girls just fine and made no up through the cleavage and out the top peeks. I did find two shirts in my closet where this did happen and those tops are lower cut than I tend to wear. If you’re a modest dresser like I am, wearing this holster will not cause you to modify your wardrobe in anyway. I was very pleased with this. In other holsters I’ve tried, I have to get up earlier in the morning so I can try three or four different outfits on to make sure there is not printing or flashing and that I don’t look unnecessarily frumpy, plumper or bumpy.
If, on the other hand, you like to show off your cleavage, you’ll have to either adjust your wardrobe or take special care in some activities. Sitting and bending will be your biggest obstacle. As you sit, push down on the part where the holster rests on your upper abdomen to keep your tummy from pushing the gun upwards in the holster, letting the gun peek out. The gun does move a bit as you sit, but don’t worry, the retention strap on the holster will keep the gun from moving far. When you bend down, place a hand on your chest to keep your top against your skin.Another solution to wanting to show cleavage while using this holster is to carry a smaller gun. My Bersa is a chunky-monkey. I am sure if I had a little Kel-Tec in there, the peek-a-boo would not be a problem.
Concealability: How easy is it to discern I have a gun under my clothes? Does this holster make concealed carry easier or more difficult for me?
Cleavage Holsters conceal very, very well. I had absolutely no printing in most situations. Standing, sitting, moving, bending, shopping, chasing children, etc. No problems. The handle of the gun would sometimes poke up in my top if I sat down and slumped without pushing down on the bottom part of the holster first. This little bump is unnoticeable in my patterned tops and semi-noticeable in my darker colored tops. This is an area where men tend to look, so any printing in this area might be noticed quicker than any printing while carrying anywhere else on the body. Oh the other hand, a guy who notices probably won’t tell me, “excuse me ma’am, your breast looks a bit lumpy today.” This lapse in concealability can be corrected through developing a sitting technique, good posture or simply carrying a smaller gun.
Security: Is my gun retained in its holster securely until it is needed? Would it be easy for someone to disarm me if they discerned where I was carrying? Can I run, jump, climb, hike, etc. without my carry gun bouncing around or falling out?
I tend to shop till I drop on Saturdays with my mom. We go-go-go the whole day. Moving, bending, changing in and out of outfits, sitting on the floor trying on shoe after shoe. I also teach a very active class of three year old kids on Sundays. This weekend recipe calls for two days of running, jumping, bouncing, sitting, standing and more. When we sing the song “Do as I’m Doing” with the kids or “Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes,” I can be required to move in interesting ways. During all of this my Bersa stayed tucked between the girls.The holster has its own retention system with its over the hammer of the gun Velcro strap, but the girls acted as a retention system as well by putting pressure on the holster and the gun.
I had GB try to disarm me in this holster. I laughed through the whole ordeal, didn’t even put up a fight and he couldn’t get my gun. Nice!
Practicality:Can I draw from this holster easily? Can I draw from this holster in a variety of outfits?
Cleavage carry requires a sacrifice in an emergency. You will have to flash someone and/or rip your top to get to your gun. It is a sacrifice I am willing to make. Stretching out the neckline on a top is the least of my worries if there comes a time when I am out carrying that I have to draw my firearm. In a button up top, I would grab the label with my non-shooting hand and yank down and out, ripping the buttons off of my blouse and then draw the gun.
If I’m wearing a top without buttons, I just grab at the neckline of the blouse with my non-dominant hand and yank it down like I really need more Mardi-Gras beads. Simultaneously, I’d draw with my shooting hand. This sounds complicated, but after a draw or two, you’ll see that it’s not. If I can do it wearing my usual two to three shirts, you can do it too and you’ll probably have on fewer layers than I tend to wear.
In Sum: I love this holster!!! Here’s a picture of me in the tightest top I own and it is skin tight on me. Even still, the holster conceals well. Can you even tell I’m wearing it?
Now, I hate ordering things sight unseen from catalogs and web pages, because they always work well and look great on the model only to bunch up or fit like a mu-mu on me. In the interest of making sure that doesn’t happen to you, here’s a bit about me and my gear so you can evaluate for yourself if what works well on me will work well on you. I was able to successfully conceal a Bersa Thunder .380 and a Walther P22. I’m 5’1″ tall and wear a size 16W. The bra I’m wearing in the above picture is a 42 DDD. But lest you think this holster only works on girls who can poke their own eye out with a nipple if they take off running, here are a couple of pictures of another model, courtesy of the folks over at Discreet Carry.
One word of warning: if you are allergy-sensitive, be careful when ordering holsters from Discreet Carry; they are not manufactured in a non-smoking environment. . I have asthma and this did not bother me, but I just wanted to let you know that you may need to wash it/air it out overnight before you wear it if you are more sensitive than I am to allergens.
Good news everyone: Discreet Carry is a new sponsor of the Girls <3 Guns blog and the Girls <3 Guns Forum! I purchased a Cleavage Holster from their eBay store and they sent me an additional Cleavage Holster and a LadyBUG holster too! This week, Pepper over at Discreet Carry, said there will be another surprise in my mailbox from them. Wow. Here are the pictures of what I received when I received my Discreet Carry eBay order:
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Initial Impressions:
Discreet Carry Online Presence:
Website: The Discreet Carry website is in its growing stages so there is some room for improvement. For example, to buy from them now, customers go to their page and are then referred to eBay or Gun Broker. I went the eBay route because I already had an account there. As a part of the online ordering process at eBay, I was sent over to the PayPal site to complete transactions. This meant I went through three different sites to get the holster ordered.
Another place for improvement is the text of the website. I found punctuation errors and sentence fragments. Now I’m not a grammar freak and I make my share of mistakes, but I am not selling anything. If I am going to send money through the mail or over the internet to a company, it helps me to feel more secure doing so when their site is as professional appearing as it can be, accepting that we’re all human and we all make mistakes.
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Now that we’ve covered the downsides of the Discreet Carry web page, let’s move on to the positives. Discreet Carry advocates for their company and products effectively on their site. With the available pictures and descriptive text, it is easy to get a feel for who the company is and what they do. I especially like that they take care to advertise the fact that their holsters are available in both right-handed and left-handed models. When shopping in shooting gear stores around town, I found many instances where only right-handed models were available on an otherwise awesome holster. I didn’t experience that disappointment when shopping at Discreet Carry. Instead, I felt welcomed, included and loved.
Another positive about the website is that they make sure we all know how much they care about how their holsters fit you. They care so much that they are willing to make custom orders. An example is in the item description for the LadyBUG holster. There they mention they will do custom orders for women who wear larger bras. This guarantees comfort and fit for women of all shapes and sizes. One big obstacle in making holsters for women is that we ALL are different. Discreet Carry knows that and instead of it being a limitation on their products, they work around it and turn it into a strength by offering customizations on their gear.
Email: Lending trust to contacting them with your personal email and your concerns is the fact that Discreet Carry has its own email address. They’re not using a Yahoo or Gmail account. They respond quickly and professionally to each and every email. I was very pleased in the detail of the responses and the willingness to find me a holster that works with my body and my firearms. I contacted Safe Shot with an email about buying a Marlin 795 from them and they responded with a canned, one-sentence answer and I took my business elsewhere. That won’t happen to people buying from Discreet Carry! I’m up in the teens in the number of emails we’ve passed back and forth. It’s great.
Social Networking: To recognize Discreet Carry for their customer service, willingness to customize holsters and work with buyers, I wanted to #FollowFriday them on Twitter, but they don’t have a Twitter. I couldn’t find them on Facebook either. I know Twitter and Facebook take up time, but they are free services and they are popular services. I think it would profit Discreet Carry greatly if they moved into the social networking world where many of their customers, such as myself, can be found.
Customer Service:Discreet Carry has awesome customer service via email. I was able to ask questions about holster fit with the particular carry gun I have and Pepper responded quickly with the answers. Additionally, they included a personalized, typed letter in with my order and it was signed, not copied! It’s great to be treated like a person and not a number by a company.
Later on in our email exchanges, I mentioned that I tend to shoot lefty, since I’m cross-eye dominant. I ordered a right-handed holster and the two free holsters Pepper mailed me with that order were also righty. Oops. My bad. I had never ordered a holster before. I’ve only bought one before in my life in a store and I had GB there helping me out. This time, I was on my own and I made a mistake. Pepper quickly emailed me back and offered to send me out a lefty holster. That’s amazing service. I made a mistake. It was my fault and still she offered to correct it.
Ease of ordering: Although I couldn’t purchase a holster directly from the Discreet Carry website and was shuffled back and forth amongst their site, eBay and PayPal, the process was easy and it went quickly and smoothly. I would like to see Discreet Carry offer on-site ordering, but to some customers the eBay and PayPal safeties will be an assurance. It was a happy thing for me to be able to read their 100% positive eBay feedback record.
Delivery Speed: FAST! I was impressed that I ordered and received the holsters all in the same week even though we’re halfway across the United States from each other and coming up on a 3-day holiday weekend. Good job!
Packaging: The cards were not yet printed for the Cleavage Holsters, but they came in a sturdy plastic Ziploc. I mean sturdy when I say sturdy. That’s some of the thickest plastic I’ve seen on a bag and it protected the holsters well in transit. The bag will also be a great place to store the holsters in when they’re between uses.
The LadyBUG holster had a product information card with one-sentence instructions, pictures, company information, disclaimer and warranty information. It also arrived in one of those sturdy Ziploc bags. I would have enjoyed more detailed and specific holster-wearing instructions. I am terribly new to the world of firearms and I need extra help. The simple instructions on the packaging probably won’t hamper experienced concealed carriers, but I had a hard time putting on the holster by myself. Extra email assistance was provided by Pepper.
These packaged holsters were mailed inside of a Tyvek envelope, which protected it from the sometimes harsh environment of the USPS. Nothing about their packaging was cheap or flimsy. I’m very happy with the style in which my holsters arrived.
Looks: The holsters are unlike anything I’ve ever seen. Now, I’ve only seen the selection available at Scheel’s and Sportsman’s Warehouse, so I’m not a holster-seeing professional or anything, but I can’t get over how different these are than anything I’ve handled before. First, they are soft and flexible and made from a fabric that breathes. Mmmm. Soft. It’s not that spandexy, sports holster kind of material which is flexible, but which leaves a sticky, sweaty spot underneath the holster and against your skin.
Another soft selling point is that the Velcro portions are always not in contact with your skin and they’re attached to very stretchy elastic straps so that the fit of the holster works with you. Instead of gouging into your body, it moves with your body due to the soft fabric and the stretch of the anchoring points of the holster.
Second, they’re cute. They’re made of a cute color fabric and have wonderful finishing touches on them, such as the embroidered ladybug and flower trim along the holster tops.
Third, they’re sturdy. I don’t know much about sewing. I can’t tell you the names of stitches, but I can look at these holsters and tell you that they’re stitched very tightly and areas with extra pressure on them are stitched at least twice. For example, the bottom of the holster, where the weight of the barrel will press against the fabric is stitched twice. I expect these holster to stand up well to everyday use because they appear to be so well constructed.
Initial Verdict: I am very happy with the buying and delivery process of the Discreet CarryCleavage and LadyBUG holsters and with the presentation of the holsters themselves. As I go about my week this week, I’ll be wearing them with different bras and shirts in different situations. From work, school and church to exercising and chasing after a classroom of 3-year olds, I will put these holsters to the test. I’ll let you know how they hold up!
, it didn’t hurt to shoot. My hand turned a bit pink like I had slapped someone and I did feel slapped by that revolver, but it didn’t HURT. I told her I’d take her out, if she was interested, and let her shoot my little Walther P22 so she wouldn’t have to worry about any recoil hurting her at all that first time at the range with me.
. I have asthma and this did not bother me, but I just wanted to let you know that you may need to wash it/air it out overnight before you wear it if you are more sensitive than I am to allergens.
. I have asthma and this did not bother me, but I just wanted to let you know that you may need to wash it/air it out overnight before you wear it if you are more sensitive than I am to allergens.
