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The 4 Best Concealed Carry Holsters [2024 Buying Guide]
If you’re getting into carrying firearms, one of the first and foremost investments you must make is something to hold the gun with. I’ve been searching for the best concealed carry holster for a while.
I have about 13 different holsters in a box that I’ve run throughout the past couple of years, and it wasn’t until recently that I found the one. It’s like the dating phase. You must test out a few before discovering who you’ll keep close.
Likewise, new fish are on the market every day if you pick the wrong one at first. We’re still talking about holsters here.
So, after all of this trial and error with different holsters, I will give you some recommendations so you can skip the dating process.
Let’s get into it.
T-Rex Arms Sidecar
The Sidecar is one of the market’s most innovative inner waistband holsters. One of my favorite features – the most innovative – is the Spine System.
The Spine System allows you to customize your holster at any moment. If you want to carry an extra magazine or a tourniquet, there are attachments that can be added or subtracted in a matter of seconds.
This holster also contours to your body the best due to the hinging motion from the Spine System. This makes it easier for the claw to push against your belt and into your body, so you aren’t letting the world know you have a gun.
If you don’t feel like carrying extra attachments, you can always remove it and have just your firearm.
This makes the Sidecar one of the most modular holsters on the market. If you’re constantly changing your EDC setup, this might be a holster to consider.
Sidecar with tourniquet attachment. Courtesy of T-Rex Arms.
Tier 1 Agis Elite
Before the Agis Elite, Tier 1 had built the Axis Elite, which used bands to tie the holster to the magazine carrier. The bands also helped the holster contour to the carrier’s body, which aided in better concealment.
But you were stuck with that configuration. The bands could not be removed, so neither could the magazine carrier.
The Agis Elite is the answer to that issue. The Snap System that attaches the magazine carrier to the holster can quickly be removed, and both systems can be run as standalone units.
So you can put the magazine carrier somewhere else.
Like the 4 o’clock position.
Initially, I grew worried that the Agis Elite would lose the Axis’ ability to contour to the body since the bands weren’t being used, but the snap system buttons do perfectly fine with helping the holster push everything back.
I can’t even tell it’s there.
Tier 1 Agis Elite with 2011s. Courtesy of Tier 1.
Tier 1 Xiphos Elite
If you’re looking for a firearm-only holster and don’t want the extra weight of a magazine, then I present the Xiphoes Elite from Tier 1.
There are a million firearm-only holster options on the market, but there is one place where the Xiphos Elite separates itself from the rest. The multi-axis center used on their Axis Elite is also utilized here.
This allows the claw to push the firearm into your body, keeping you from printing.
Don’t worry, it isn’t uncomfortable. The holster’s axis will flex, allowing it to contour to your movements. So you don’t have to worry about this thing stabbing into you if you have to pick something up.
Xiphos Elite from Tier 1 Concealed.
Traditional Arms Jab/Title Fight
Traditional arms offer some of the best concealed carry holsters that won’t hurt your pockets.
The Jab from Traditional Arms doesn’t offer anything fancy like the companies above, but the Kydex that constructs the Jab and Title Fight is top-notch.
I own the Title Fight and carry my Sig Sauer M18 (well, it started as an M18) with the extended 21-round magazine in the magazine holder. Out of the cloth it comes in, you can tell there is a difference in the Kydex used in holster making.
The Jab is the firearm-only holster, while the Title Fight adds an extra magazine holder.
It doesn’t pivot like the other holsters but still bends just enough for it to conceal perfectly and be comfortable simultaneously.
Title Fight from Traditional Arms.
Conclusion
If I had to recommend any of these holsters, I would tell you to go with the Agis from Tier 1 Concealed. The ability to remove the magazine holder and carry it as a standalone unit or have the option to use the magazine holder alone is incredible.
Then again, I cannot deny the genius behind the Sidecar. If you’re into the medical aspect of the gun community, which anyone carrying a firearm should be, you should look into it.
Swapping the magazine holder for a tourniquet holder is a great feature. Good job, Lucas.
Hopefully, this list has pointed you in the right direction. Again, the firearms industry as a whole is seeing innovation consistently. So go out there and find what works for you.
Be good and take care.
