A MultiHolsters Elite Quick Ship IWB holster retails for $59.95 and is ready-to-order from the company’s website for most of the major gun makes and models. In my world, the Multi gets the nod for concealed carry when I want a tough, fast-installing holster for my Glock 19 — which is often. So, plastic in plastic. The short version of this review is that the MultiHolsters IWB is a simple plastic holster with a strong clip. It holds my Glock well and holds on to my gun belt well. It doesn’t break in but it won’t break, either.
No break-in. The beauty of a plastic holster includes no break-in period. Plastic, by nature, is a firm but relatively flexible substance that is inexpensive to manufacture and relatively easy to conform to just about any shape and size. And once it comes out of a mold, it retains its strength and shape for a long time. Its strength as a strong, firm substance is also its weakness. Because it does not change over time, its comfort inside your waistband becomes a relative matter. Far and away the most surprising feature of this hard plastic holster is how comfortable it is. Maybe I’ve been carrying at 4 o’clock so long that the nerves in that area of my hip are somewhat dead or at least used to having some kind of gun on them. Maybe. But then again, the holster is relatively flat and simple, and a medium-sized gun such as a Glock 19 is no heavyweight. So perhaps this is one of those good matchups where everything aligns on me just right.
Multi’s IWB has retained its original shape perfectly and will continue to do so. It does provide some tension adjustment screws to change the desired friction on the gun when drawing. But I set these to what I wanted on day one and have never changed them since. They still put the exact same tension on the gun. Also, Multi’s sight channel will accommodate virtually any aftermarket sight I put on my Glock. Other holsters tend to grab the long Truglo front sight as a gun goes in or out. Multi has more than enough space.
Doesn’t break. Multi holds the Glock at a slight forward cant, holding my gun belt with a very robust plastic clip. To say it is durable is an understatement. The clip attaches to the carrier with two strong screws, but rubber washers ride between the pocket clip and the carrier. In conjunction with the relative flexibility of the clip, this provides a bit of flex for the constant on-off that this holster enjoys. Most of the rest of the holster rides inside my waistband where it is simply a carrier for the size and weight of the Glock. A sweat shield rides the full length of the gun on the body side. It is all very durable plastic and I have no fear of it ever breaking.
Retention mainly occurs around the Glock’s trigger guard and depends on the level of tension set by the two screws. But the rest of the carrier engages the gun and, in conjunction with the pressure of a gun belt, does a part in increasing tension on the gun as well. I’ve taken a tumble in a grassy field when wearing this rig, rolling over it with my hip. The Glock stayed in the carrier and the whole rig stayed inside the waistband. Nothing on the holster broke. But you’d better believe it hurt when my hip rolled over it.
More info at: www.multiholsters.com
