Barnacle Compact Utility Pouch

PROS: o compact (4.5" H x 3.5" W x 1.5" D as stated in the description and other reviews) o 1 exterior pocket with velcro flap, divided interior compartment and 2 pockets o seemingly well constructed CONS: o Doesn't intrinsically fasten to belt or anything else without additional "kit" o Made in Taiwan I wanted a "third front pocket". I normally carry my money in my left front, and my keys and small Swiss army knife in my right front. I recently bought a pocket holster and wanted to use that in my right front pocket... so what to do with the keys and Swiss army knife? I wanted something small enough to be inconspicuous and unintrusive to wear, but large enough to hold my keys. After quite a long session of looking at various offerings, and based on the reviews of the quality of this and its roominess given the size, I decided to give this pouch a try. It seems like it is well made, with lots of compartments and pockets for its size. There is one external pocket with its own flap. The zippered interior is divided into two sub-compartments separated by a felt covered divider, with a pocket on the inside of the front, and a pocket on one side of the felt divider. Even though I have seven house-key-sized keys, three "shoppers club" tags, one truck key with keyless entry FOB, and a leather teardrop tag on the ring, it still fits into the pouch, although it does take some attention to get everything oriented correctly to slide in. If I were going to be taking my keys in and out a lot, I would want a larger pouch so it is less fiddly... or perhaps I should take some of the keys that I seldom use off from this key ring. Or switch to a key chain. Which I may do. I could still fit more things into the other sub-compartment if I so chose, like maybe a Streamlight Microstream (one of my most favorite regulated small LED flashlights). The paracord pulls give it a functional and rather "rustic" look, not sure if I am in love with them, but they may grow on me. But, after all, the name says "utility pouch", not "Giorgio Armani". And heck, I'm pretty sure I could never qualify to be an Armani guy, anyhow. Anyway, the pulls certainly get the job done and don't jingle like metal pulls might do. I might try to shorten them up by about half to make them not so "floppy". The only *real* con is that it is made in Taiwan - I wish there had been an alternative that was U.S. made. The con mentioned above about the lack of an intrinsic belt loop or clip or some kind of fastening mechanism is really just because that is how I wanted to use it; for those using it as an auxiliary pouch on a pack, this would be irrelevant. Oh and to nitpick, the stitching holding the Maxpedition label on the front flap, and the top of the label itself, run downhill which makes it look a little cheaper than if it were parallel with the other stitching and the bottom of the label. But as I said, a nitpick; probably nobody will ever notice that when I am wearing it. I ordered some 3 inch (a.k.a. #3) Blackhawk Speed Clips to fasten it to my belt, and it seems to be pretty much the perfect solution for my needs. I would certainly recommend this to anyone that wants a small utility pouch. It would make a good pouch for a small digital camera or cell phone, with room to hold spare batteries and other small accessories or emergency items.

These little low profile bad boys are great! Perfect for attaching to a Remora, Lunada, Fr-1, or any other E.D.C gear. As always MaxP quality construction is present making it well worth the price (which is not bad at all). The zippers are of high quality (YKK) and have good para cord type pulls that make access quick and easy and keeps things quiet...which means no stares or dirty looks from all that jingling. The capacity is great: The front flip pocket will fit a small flip phone or any thing of similar size...there's a sneaky little slip pocket behind the flip pocket that can be used for a great many purposes...Inside the zippered portion there are "larger" divided pockets with a padded accordion divider...I fit a digital video camera, pill fob, hand sanitizer, and an ipod in them all at once...and again there is a small sneaky slip pocket that will fit many different items like a back up camera battery or ipod shuffle. The really nice thing is all of this fits w/o stretching or bloating the pouch and it maintains a thin low profile and connects snugly to whatever with a pair of 3" tac ties or blackhawk speed clips.

I usually carry a Maxpedition Sitka gearslinger with most of my EDC gear, but I wanted something smaller to carry the bare essentials on my belt. I tried a lot of other Maxpedition pouches before settling on this one. The Maxpedition M-1 Waistpack and Maxpedition M-2 Waistpack hold a lot of gear, but I felt they were too big. Also, they only zip a third of the way down, making it tough to reach small objects hiding on the bottom of the pouch. I liked the size of the Maxpedition Anemone Compact Utility Pouch better, but the front flap pocket made it stick out from by belt too much (and I didn't really use it, anyway). The Maxpedition Triad Admin Pouch is a cool idea (and cheaper than buying the three pouches individually), but it's massive. After wearing it for a few days I ended up finding a home for it on the outside of my Kelty Tactical Falcon 4000 Backpack . The Barnacle is just right for me. It's big enough to hold everything I need, but not so big it gets in the way. It's currently holding two pens, a small Sharpie, a 4Sevens/Foursevens Quark Tactical 123/ QTL Black Finish / Cool White LED G2; 2XCR123A; 246 Lumens , an Adventure Medical Kits Sol Rescue Howler Whistles (2) , 2 - Ounce , a spare CR123 battery, a Bic lighter, a small hank of paracord, some Band-Aids, and a .380 magazine. There's still plenty of room to spare. It looks like a small digital camera case so it's easily ignored. It attaches to your belt (or any other MOLLE compatible pack) with two Maxpedition 3-Inch TacTie - Pack Of 4 .

Well-built as usual from Maxpedition but less useful than I thought it would be.

Es el mejor estuche EDC que he tenido, al menos para mis usos. Considerando que he tenido otros estuches que no me ha terminado de agradar por varias razones. Debemos considerar que los artículos verdaderamente portátiles miden al rededor de 10 cm. Hice el intento usando el Maxpedition CAP, de mayor tamaño, en el que cabía hasta mi celular en su interior; pero con las siguientes desventajas: se colgaba demasiado y estorbaba al momento de sentarme. Además por muchos compartimientos que tuviera siempre batallaba para sacar algunas herramientas que se iban hasta el fondo. Tuve también el Maxpedition PUP; pero que en su interior sólo había 2 compartimientos. Luego decidí descartar mi celular de mis estuches, y mejor traerlo en la bolsa trasera del pantalón, y buscar un estuche exclusivamente para mis pequeñas herramientas, eliminando las innecesarias y optimizando espacios. Por último encontré este estuche que sí se adapta a mis necesidades. Sí tamaño es justo para cargar mi mínimo necesario y sin estorbar al sentarme o al volante. Sólo le tuve qué agregar los soportes traseros que tomé del PUP que ya no uso y agregué un mosquetón en el exterior. El resultado se observa en las fotografías

Produit finalement reçu, bonne qualité générale, poche idéale pour une sangle de sac avec au moins 2 passants molle. Testé sur un sac maxpedition

Excellent small pouch, two part concertina divide and a small external hook and loop fastened pocket ideal for tickets. The internal pockets are just the right size for a small wallet in one, house or car keys in the other. Very well made as would be expected with Maxpedition with the expected price.

This is the most beautiful case I've ever own ,, with so much space and well organized too .. price is also good for this type of bag .. definitely recommended to all those who like to collect these types of bags ..

Just attached it to one of my bags, very useful for carrying a variety of small items.