Grey Ghost Gear SMC Plate carrier - The Next Best Multi-Mission Plate Carrier
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- Опубликовано: 20 мар 2021
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Today we bring you a new plate carrier review with the Grey Ghost Gear Laminate SMC plate carrier. Let me break it down for you!
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We begin by taking a look at all of the features on that come standard with the Grey Ghost Gear Laminate SMC. The first thing that is huge is that it all comes together. You don't have to try to hobble together a proper assortment of gear like other carriers. You just buy it and you're done.
The front of the plate carrier really impressed me with Grey Ghost's forward thinking. The top portion of the carrier is both molle and loop. So you can connect all of your gear in either fashion you require. Below that portion is a large area of laser cut molle followed by the main area that again uses the hook and loop and molle. This allows you to easily use molle panels or use front plate placards. It has the connection points to expand however you want.
The rear of the plate carrier has the same forward thinking and amazing design. The entire back panel is laser cut molle to allow for any sort of attachments. A lot of new carriers only place molle in locations for their proprietary back panels which is quite infuriating. The rear panel also uses a standard zipper to connect to normal issued rear panels. It's nice to see Grey Ghost Gear not use some ridiculous proprietary rear zipper setup.
Moving to the cummerbund, the innovation keeps going. The whole setup uses tubes design to quickly connect and disconnect the plate carrier. The cummerbund also features a pouch for a 6x6 plate along with openings to connect up molle items both on the inside and outside of the mesh cummerbund panel.
Often times the shoulder pads can be the make or break area for a plate carrier. The Grey Ghost Gear SMC has pads that are built in so you don't need to buy extra bits or get surprised by a single toilet paper sheet of fabric that the company tries to call a shoulder pad.
The shoulder pads also use the tubes design to allow for emergency doffing of the plate carrier. This is huge for those that want to use the Grey Ghost Gear SMC for duty use.
We then put the plate carrier through a series of test and began with looking at all of the available colors the Grey Ghost Gear SMC is available in. We also looked at the shoulder adjustment and the total adjustment range of the plate carrier.
I found the expansion test to be the most exciting as it interfaces with all common connection points. This means that all the other gear from other carriers and issued gear also interfaces into this carrier. This small bit of foresight was extremely smart.
We then continued our tests with the rifle shoulder weld test and the prone comfort test.
The Grey Ghost Gear SMC plate carrier ended up being an absolutely great option for those who are looking for a multi-mission carrier that can adapt and transform in an instant.
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Came here because I just bought my own SMC last night and Im excited to get it, so seeing such high praise made me feel less guilty about my purchase.
I appreciate how into detail you went on all of the adjustability and demonstrating how the features work
Recently bought one and I love it!
Good review! One suggestion for the shoulder strap Velcro. Use a ruler or something similar and slide it between the hook and loop. Then make your adjustment and slide the ruler out. :p
Haha absolutely fantastic idea. Making small adjustments could be very annoying. Your idea is way better!
Thanks Brown!
-Walsh
Another thing to mention about the qd removal…if you’re wounded and someone needs to remove your carrier quickly, it’s easier for them to take it off from the side or just completely remove the front, than pull it over your head. And it’s safer to do this, especially if they don’t know whether or not the casualty has a neck injury and taking the carrier over their head could potentially cause more damage.
Our IOTV when I was in the army had a quick release cable and when pulled, the whole carrier would drop apart into pieces. Was a really great concept that’s been greatly improved upon in recent years and I’m sure has saved many lives in combat and emergency situations.
I’d really hate to be stuck in a deadly situation because I can’t get my carrier off.
I'd hope they'd just cut it lol That's one complaint for the shoulder straps is that you're basically planning to get hit and making the carrier more difficult to use because of it.
I certainly see the argument but if it's there, it needs to be insanely low profile like the Crye. Even saying that, it would probably be the same time to cut it than to unhook the buckle.
-Walsh
Tubes are absolute money. After years of day after day after day of RIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIP, I’m very happy to have tubes.
Yea....I need to flip out the cummerbund on a few other carriers now!
@@ThinLineDefenseCo Honestly, at first I thought it was a gimmick!
@@zacharyfett2491 same....even recording the donning I was like....ok...wow
Great review!
For adjusting the velcro shoulder straps cut a strip of paper or cardboard to place between the two velcro surfaces and adjust. When you get it to where you want just slip the paper or cardboard out and press the velcro down.
Genius! I'll definitely use this.
-Walsh
Nice! Another great review!!
Thanks Harry! We appreciate you always supporting what we're putting out
-Walsh
@@ThinLineDefenseCo you guys do a great job 👍! It's my pleasure.
That was a good review
Can you do a comparison to the other popular carriers like the Crye, spiritus, trex etc? Great review, covered all the bases as well as pros and cons👍👍
That's the plan! Got a lv119, esstac daeodon, aws, crye and hopefully a HRT soon. I'll grab a t-rex also!
@@ThinLineDefenseCo excellent! Can't wait!
@@thestevieo if there are others please let me know too. I know raptor tactical and Tyr make some really crazy ones too.
@@ThinLineDefenseCo other than the mayflower I think that covers all the bases, can't wait to see this review!
@@ThinLineDefenseCo can’t wait for the comparison. Any ETA?
Does the plate carrier come with the clips for the front placard?
Would a ferro concepts back panel work with it though? 🤔
I think the back adjustment with the malice clips looks like more of a pain than the shoulder adjustments.
Great review, SMC has alot of PRO'S
Yea absolutely. The back is definitely a bit of a chore to work through.
Glad this video was helpful!
-Walsh
Would thise be a good first carrier?
I want something with tubes and ability for placards, don't mind 100-150 Extra price, great padding and easy on/off and scalability.
My choices were between this and agilite k19 or Shellback Banshee 2.0 or 3.0, thoughts?
@@anthonyreddy2834 it is... But I'd hold till Sunday for the agilite k19 review to help with your choices
-Walsh
Gettin it
Dooo it. That black is nice but that MC is killer. Make sure to use the code to save a bit!
Please do the ferro concepts FCPC V5
Will do! That one seems very popular. I have a huuuuge back log on carriers. I'll get to work on those reviews since I already have them and get a fcpc on order.
Thanks for sharing what you want to see!
-Walsh
As much as I liked and wanted to get the SMC, I went with the K19
ooooOoooOoo the agilite. I keep hearing praise. Do I need one?
@@ThinLineDefenseCo id say but its up too you
@@vanderwell07ify I'll add it to the list to order. Was the wait long for yours?
@@ThinLineDefenseCo i ordered mine during Christmas on sale and had it in like 3-4 weeks
@@vanderwell07ify noted. I'll get on deck then. Appreciate it!
I just got this for $75 in MC Tropic
What size/cut are the hesco 4401's you used?
I think it's just 10x12s
-Walsh
@@ThinLineDefenseCo Thank you!
Can you do trexarms plate carrier?!
The AC1?
The tube clips on the shoulders suck and get pretty painful after a while
Dang this thing is like a Swiss Army knife
Yea... this would be crazy for like an entire team
Those shoulder strap adjustments are not very adjustable. That is the one weakness on this carrier. If you ask me and I’m not even an expert in stuff like this.
Dude. Just slide a card between the velcro.
The way you ask questions that you clearly know answers to long before filming is pretty cringy, but overall a decent review, helps to reaffirm that this is what I want to upgrade to from my current rig
Lol well I'm just a goober making videos in my yard. If that's the only cringe part...I'm doing something right lol
Glad I could help though! We've done a lot of carriers and run these same tests on a bunch more. If you're looking at a particular carrier just let me know. We've had a lot of requests for the agilite k19.
Thanks for the comment and for watching man, we're just a tiny channel so I appreciate it!
-Walsh
Lol this dude. Is he supposed to ask himself questions he doesn’t know the answer to?
Lost me at "don't tell the wife"
Oh that's a joke. We call it humor.
@@ThinLineDefenseCo I've worked in the gun industry long enough to deem that "humor" base-level. You know, boomeresque.
@@sooshaggy oh haha well fantastic.
Thanks for watching!
-Walsh
@@ThinLineDefenseCo no. Give me my money back
@@sooshaggy I should be paid for these comments.
It's like seeing an ad for a free haircut... And you yelling that you don't want a haircut.
Stop getting your hair cut idiot.