Maxpedition Vs Vanquest EDC Pouches

Off the cuff comparison of two edc pouches by major manufactures of edc items. Maxpedition vs Vanquest.

For my needs, the vanquest has certain features that I think are more advanced. I prefer the Vanquest over the Maxpedition. That being said both are good and rugged.

00:00 Intro
00:43 Maxpedition EDC
03:29 Vanquest
07:54 thoughts

Filmed on a Panasonic GH2 with a 28mm Vivatar Prime Lens @ f4.0 , Iso 240 24fps with sound devices 302 mixer, zoom h6, zoomh2n for stereo capsules with an AKG P420 Mic.

[simplepreparedness]

Nice side by side. Both good pouches. Appreciate the video brother.

[blackdandelion]

There are some points that were maybe passed over that have weighed in on some of my purchases from these two companies.
1. Maxpedition charges so much in shipping that I would rather just pay more for Vanquest out of the gate sometimes if my order is going to be less than $200. This may still even include when Mexpedition is having a BOGO sale because the shipping is simply insane vs Vanquest.
2. Everyone that founded Vanquest originally worked at Maxpedition and as the story goes. . . they had design and idea differences about where the company would go and some of the founders who did the design for Maxpedition left and started Vanquest so the two companies are heavily competitive. Vanquest had the designers who liked the orange for high vis, the ability to stagger items, and the idea of compartmentalizing such as with their small cubes and their velcro inserts for custom organizing in bags leave.
I like Maxpedition's stitching around the handles, but Vanquest has cleaner zippers. I don't like the mesh on Maxpedition and feel the need to go to the AGR line they seem to be discontinuing with the hex type clear webbing where items do not fall through and/or get dirty such as in the IFAK they made and I have. No one wants dirty bandaids or a dirty anything with the mesh.
I think Vanquest could come out a clear winner with some better stitching/dbl stichting around key wear components and more sizes like the micro and some other odds and ends that Maxpedition had for a bit, including a hardshell version.

[Bob-I-am]

Good comparison. Thanks for the video.

[ctf]

i have both of these pouches they are both amazing

[TheCleric]

Pity that Vanquest doesn’t make smaller pouches, ala Maxpedition’s mini and micro bags.

[BOOSTEDLASER]

OP IF U CARE : GREAT VID. ENGLISH SPOKEN.GREAT CAMERA WORK. REFRESHING TO SEE AN ACTUAL USER AND NOT A "TABLETOP " REVIEW.SEEMS LIKE YOU PAID FOR THIS AND DIDNT GET FREE IN EXCHANGE FOR A GOOD REVIEW (LIKE MOST, SADLY)

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