I’m what’s known as a lazy carrier. I have guns from micro-compacts to full-size duty guns in a range of calibers, along with belts and holsters to carry them, IWB or OWB. So what do I carry almost every single day? I slip a Smith & Wesson Bodyguard 2.0 into my pocket before walking out the door.
I’ll usually also slip an extra magazine in another pocket. I carry it because it’s light. It’s easy. And when it’s loaded with good quality personal defense ammo, it’s effective.
I’ve carried it in a few different pocket holsters in the two years that I’ve had the gun, but I’ve never been really happy with it until now.
The other holsters I’d had were fine, but they were made of fabric (one was leather), and most had sticky material on the outside to ensure the holster stays put on the draw. That’s fine, but being made of fabric, they tended to be thick. Most people won’t pay attention to that bulge in your pocket, but they made for a thicker package than I wanted.
Then I got my hands on Mission First Tactical’s pocket holster.
It’s made of a thin, Kydex-like thermoplastic. It’s that thinness that I really like as it minimizes the pocket print. The design is also unusual in that has zero retention.
You might think that’s a bad thing (I did at first) but it’s just the opposite. It’s perfect in a pocket holster as you want to minimize any drag on the draw. The natural friction from the gun and holster being toted in your pocket is usually enough to ensure the holster says put when you pull the gun.
However, I have a couple of pairs of pants with looser, more shallow pockets. Even with zero retention on the pistol, the holster tends to want to follow when I draw. That’s where MFT’s CURV hook comes in.
The CURV Thermoplastic Composite fabric hook, as MFT bills it, reliably snags the edge of your pocket and makes sure the holster stays in your pocket. MFT calls it a fabric hook, but it’s rigid…it feels as stiff as Kydex and it does its job well.
MFT says the design of the holster along with the gun mimic the profile of a cell phone in your pocket. I guess that’s true, but what I like most about their pocket holster is how thin and light weight it is. It costs $34.99 and it’s become my everyday carry pocket workhorse.