By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com June 30, 2019 In DefenseReview’s (DR) reporting on the intriguing LALO Tactical sneaks (sneakers), we somehow (almost) forgot about this very interesting product, the LALO Tactical BUD/S Hydro Recon Water Bootie combat/tactical swim boots. Per the purveyor, the Hydro Recon Water Bootie sports a 1.5mm (milimeter) neoprene upper and fully-drainable perforated “bottom …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com June 21, 2019 Last year, DefenseReview (DR) published a couple of pieces on LALO Tactical high-performance crosstraining fitness and running shoes with reactive-propulsion soles and ceramic-coated SuperFabric toecaps (see here and here). The second DR piece was on what were then prototype designs for the LALO Tactical Bloodbird and Grinder. Well, This …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com April 26, 2018 As long as we’re on the subject of LALO Tactical high-tech kicks (sneakers, i.e., running shoes, cross-trainers and weightlifting shoes), we should perhaps also mention the 2019 LALO Tactical Bloodbird and Grinder model prototypes with digital combat camo (camouflage) pattern woven uppers that company founder/president/CEO Jay Taylor showed us, …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com April 17, 2018 Last updated on 4/18/18. Every once in awhile, DefenseReview (DR) comes across a new company (or old company, for that matter) that really blows us away with their products, and intrigues us with their technology and manufacturing level. LALO Tactical is just such a company, and their very interesting …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com January 21, 2018 Beyond Clothing has a very interesting 4-way stretch insulated softshell jacket called the Stretch Alpha Sweater (or, Alpha Stretch Sweater), and its as good an example of an insulated softshell that DefenseReview (DR) has seen. We actually got to see and handle it at Special Operations Industy Conference (SOFIC) …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com July 10, 2017 As long as we’re on the subject of interesting new 5.11 Tactical products we saw at SOFIC (Special Operations Forces Industry Conference) 2017 we should probably mention the new 5.11 Tactical XPRT® MultiCam® Rapid Shirt combat shirt and XPRT® MultiCam® Tactical Pant combat pant, which were “developed exclusively for …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com May 3, 2017 Fashionable woman’s combat/tactical pants are becoming pretty big now, so DefenseReview (DR) would be highly remiss if we didn’t discuss the new 5.11 Tactical Wyldcat (pronounced “wildcat”) Pant while we’re on our latest 5.11 Tactical pants kick (see here and here). The new Wyldcat Pant, shown to DR by …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com April 30, 2017 As if if the new 5.11 Tactical Defender-Flex Slim Jean and Straight Jean and Stretch-Cavalry Twill Pant combat/tactical pants aren’t enough new pant product for you, 5.11 also introduced the new 5.11 Tactical FAST-TAC Urban Pant and 5.11 Tactical FAST-TAC Cargo Pant ultra-lightweight combat/tactical pants at SHOT Show 2017–and …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com Photo(s) Credit: Hecker & Koch (HK) April 27, 2017 A few days agao, Heckler & Koch USA (HK USA) issued a press release on the new HK VP9SK striker-fired sub-compact (also written “subcompact”) 9mm Parabellum/9x19mm NATO combat/tactical pistol, and even from the mediocre company photos of it, the new pistol still looks …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com April 25, 2017 If you’re looking for some cool, comfortable denim jeans and for concealed carry (CCW), but you want to channel your inner hipster while you’re doing it, then 5.11 Tactical definitely has the product for you. While DefenseReview (DR) was perusing the latest and greatest products at the company’s booth …