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PROFILE - FIRST TACTICAL
The team at PMCI are always on the lookout for emerging brands, and
although they are well known and respected in the USA First Tactical
launched in Europe at IWA 2016 and are really making some inroads!
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efore the team and I left for IWA in Germany
earlier this year I was contacted by a PR
company with details on a brand new to me
that would be having their European launch at
the show. The PR company told me that they
would be happy to send me some products
from US Brand First Tactical for me to check
out before the show, and these duly arrived
in my office. Once I’d had a chance to look the
products over, and commented favourably on their design and
quality I was then offered a chance to meet First Tactical at the
show; this offer I gladly accepted.
What I discovered was that First Tactical are focused on
providing the end user with product that is specific to their
requirements, guided by innovation and reliability. Their design
process combines both advanced technical materials with
state-of-the-art components. First Tactical products are built to
offer fully functional gear precisely created for professionals in
the military, emergency and police services.
Working with real users from the tactical world, First Tactical
strives to fully understand customer demand through a circular
development process: Listen, Engineer, Field Test and Deploy.
First Tactical listens to its customers through regular product
development sessions with real users in the field. First Tactical
also ensures it engineers cutting-edge product to transform
common gear into incomparable tools for professionals.
Through the use of Field Testing, First Tacticals products are
put under scrutiny in the most demanding conditions to ensure
they withstand a variety of environments.
I managed to get hold of one of the first of their products
to come into the UK and have been subjecting the Tactix 1 Day
Plus Pack to some of my very own “Field Testing”. Available
in Black, Coyote or Green, at 40.5L this is a well-sized pack
that gives you more than enough space for one days-worth of
gear; in fact with careful packing if could be used for multi-day
use if you’re going to be re-supplied in the field. The Tactix
Pack benefits from a Lynx™ Laser Cut Platform compatible
with MOLLE/PALS, First Tactical’s Hook & Hang Thru™ System,
and repositionable or removable compression straps with
side release buckles. There is a divided front stash pocket for
longer items, concealed drop pocket with hook/loop lining for
utility pouch or holster, interior dual use hook/loop and a web
platform for unlimited pouch placement. There’s an innovative
removable internal backboard with a posture-conforming
aluminium stay that may be used as splint, shovel or paddle,
positional shoulder straps for the right fit, HD spacer mesh with
dual density foam shoulder straps and back panel, and a fleece-
lined eyewear pocket.