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Airsoft Megastore: "Build Your Gear With Flyye Industries"

Jon AMS

Flyye Industries Tactical gear occupies a place among milsim airsofters somewhere near the center of affordability, durability and functionality. Unlike other Chinese tactical gear manufacturers, Flyye Industries uses actual 1000D Invista Cordura and licensed patterns, which is why they have garnered a well-earned reputation for producing high quality gear that exceeds its price.

Building a new airsoft loadout is always an exploration into what you value most on your kit, and working with Flyye’s extensive catalog gives you a lot of flexibility. We decided to build a loadout that’s sure to satisfy even the most demanding airsoft player in any situation using only Flyye gear.

The base of this build is the Flyye Industries MOLLE JPC, a light weight plate carrier with three integrated M4 mag pouches, front-and-rear MOLLE, shoulder pads w/ hydration hose retention straps, front-and-rear foam plates and an open-sided cummerbund for increased ventilation. Unlike most JPC style plate carriers on the market, the Flyye version features shoulder straps made from thick single sheet nylon material for increased durability. This JPC’s sleek minimalist design has become widely popular with airsofters, and makes for an excellent platform for customization on a light, low-profile frame and is a great start to any airsoft loadout.

Three magazines isn’t enough for most milsim airsoft scenarios, so we’ve slapped on a MOLLE M4 triple magazine pouch. The triple M4 magazine pouch uses elastic retention straps, just like the JPC, and sports a tight profile to the plate carrier. This accessory pouch also features exterior MOLLE webbing for potential additions for a more robust kit, but in the interest of a more mobile loadout, we’ll leave it at that.

At the top front face of the plate carrier is Flyye’s admin panel with a pistol mag pouch, soft hook and loop fasteners and an internal storage compartment, handy for carrying a physical map, objectives, or a wallet. The pistol magazine pouch is not just a good choice for those with a sidearm, it’s also an excellent space to carry a 90 round speedloader, invaluable for long periods of sustained play.

On the rear is the Flyye 1000D Cordura MOLLE MBSS Hydration System Backpack, an excellent day pouch with two storage spaces, patch space, tightening straps, side-mounted MOLLE and a release hole for a hydration hose. Larger hydration packs are better as they rarely have a large profile and can be utilized for extra storage, and the Flyye MBSS is no exception.

But a plate carrier alone won’t do for truly serious airsofting, so we’re going to deepen this kit by adding on a Flyye MOLLE Gen 2 BLS Bravo Combat Belt. A wide platform with comfortable mesh and internal non-slip silicone makes this system comfortable and useful, conveniently coming with a (removable) belt right out of the bag so it’s immediately ready for use but can be easily replaced with a belt of your preference.

On the right side of the battle belt is a Flyye 1911 Right Handed Pistol Holster in genuine Multicam, which is also perfect fit for certain airsoft GBB pistols (as shown). Two layers of straps keep the sidearm secure and there’s no wobble whatsoever. Just in front of the holster is a MOLLE Flash Bang Grenade Pouch on the right side for easy and rapid use, made of tough Cordura fabric like the rest of this Flyye loadout.

On the left is a MOLLE Roll-Up Drop Pouch, a tough drop pouch that has straps which fix easily to all sorts of systems, from MOLLE to any belt. The pouch rolls up easily to be non-obstructive when not in use and is to the left of this kit on account of me being a right handed player, sitting exactly where my hand would go if my left arm was at rest. Just behind that is a MOLLE Vertical Accessory Pouch, a useful general-purpose pouch for personal items, extra ammunition, objectives, bandages and any other non-combat item one would prefer to have easily at hand.

Last is the Flyye Industries Horizontal Modular MOLLE Spec Ops Thin Utility Pouch. Horizontal utility pouches are excellent general-purpose carrying pouches (you can never have too much carrying space) and this one has even more space than initially meets the eye. Even better, the pouch does not sag below the belt line, meaning it will never make sitting uncomfortable or obstructive! Some might consider having two pouches redundant (even if we ignore the hydration pack) but it’s useful to have one pouch for immediately necessary things (game bandages, smartphones, BB ammo) and another for things you’ll need later (lunch, wallet, GPS transmitter, even more BB ammo.)

Everyone has their own approach to building a kit, and there are some things that we’ve left out that others would find essential such as a radio pouch, easily removable backpack, or more a more robust set of MOLLE on the side panels of the plate carrier. But that’s the wonderful thing about MOLLE based loadouts, especially from companies that create products as diverse and durable as Flyye Industries: fixing those problems is often just a different pouch and a few minutes away!

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