Best Concealed Carry Holsters

Find the Best Concealed Carry Holsters

What Makes a Great Concealed Carry Holster

When it comes to finding the right concealed carry holster for EDC, there are several factors that you need to consider before buying.  

By far, the most important factor to consider when buying a concealed carry holster is COMFORT AND CONCEALMENT.  

If the holster isn't comfortable or concealable, than you're probably going to leave it at home along with your EDC gun.  This defeats the purpose of EDC concealed carry.

Other Important Things to Consider

Most concealed carry holsters are designed with purpose to provide the best comfort, adjustabilityconcealment, accessibility, retention, and stability.  

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Designing a holster that that will provide the best of all of these factors in pretty difficult.  Find the holster that works for you is really a balance between all of the above.

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Focus on finding the holster that make you comfortable when you carry your EDC loadout by choosing the forementioned characteristics that will improve your comfort, but not severely decrease your ability to conceal your gun. 

Gun Size

Size of the gun you choose to carry will also have an impact on comfort and concealment.  The most ideal handguns for concealed carry are compact & sub compact handguns.  

Size does matter and it will effect comfort and concealment.


OWB vs IWB Holsters for Concealed Carry

Choosing the way you conceal carry can also have an impact on comfort and concealment. 

There are 2 types of concealed carry holsters: inside the waistband (IWB) and outside the waistband (OWB).  

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Tucking a holster inside the waistband will provide more concealment, but can decrease your comfort.  

Carrying a holster on the outside of the waistband will provide more comfort, but will decrease your ability to conceal your handgun and typically require a thicker outer garment to provide best concealment.

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Final Thoughts

The factors mentioned above are some of the most fundamental things to consider when choosing the right concealed carry holster for you.

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Bottomline is that if the holsters isn't comfortable or concealable, you won't carry it.  In any case comfort and concealment should be your focus.

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Look at the holsters retention, stability, adjustability, and overall design to find the most comfortable holster for EDC.  


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