The Elias is more designed to be your dominant side pouch, and the Sx2 is designed to be your non dominant Fastener pouch, You can configure them however you want but you might not get what you want out of them doing it that way,

Good to know about the tape pouch

The honesty of this review 🫡

Valid points boys. But it strikes me as a bit disingenuous to admit a pouch is brand new and stiff - then ding it for the pockets being tight.

This is a great informational video! Think I’m gonna look into badger or just keep the occidental. Thanks for taking the time to do this.

Tool belts are always a working progress. I started off with super cheap then went Occidental leather love occidental think they are great for me they are too big, so I went diamondback artisan. Again love it it with the release of the sxs I will be going for that on my left and mazo on the right. That hopefully will do.

Seems like that SXS pouch is more suited as a non dominant side pouch, I have the grande 2.0 setup and I had that issue with my fat max in the tape holder but it stretched out pretty quickly. Good info, I agree with 6 inch belt recommendation I love my grande setup though

Hey Drew ; long time no talk! I am Jim Duncan ; Kings Table Finish Carpentry! I told you that you would make a good carpenter! I lost my IG channel just as I was building it up? Said I was under 13 yrs of age and shut that big dawg down! Anyway rigs? I hv been wearing an Akribis custom made trim rig for ? 5 months now? I just enjoy full leather rigs and it has all my setups right there! I started working (sub contracting) for GC’s doing all the finish work it’s all doors, custom trim, windows, base, crown, some stairs & so on! Great video keep plugging away brother! God Bless!

I got the SxS and mule, I love it, I do framing though. So the big pockets work great for me. My 25ft fat max fits pretty good, Easy to drop in.

I've had the Mazo and Loki pouches for about a year, and while I do really like them, I just ordered the occidental finisher rig to replace it. The main reason for the switch is that the bags hold all my everyday carry just fine, but I have found that when I'm doing certain tasks like crown for example, I run out of spots to put things, like 15ga & 18ga nails, cut list, stud finder, gauge blocks, chalk line, piece of sand paper, glue, miter clamps, angle finder etc. Its my fault for buying such small bags, but I also dislike how low Diamond backs bigger bags hang and wanted to avoid them. Also Ive realized I prefer more open pouches, I find that really annoying on DB. I thought I wanted something with a smaller foot print for maneuvering in and out of openings and I'll likely miss that with the Oxi's but I think they will suit me and my workflow better. I do have the hammer and flat bar holsters, love those, I will modify my new bags to fit them. The tape pouch on you guys' rigs would annoy the hell out of me, another thing I like about the ones I got is they have a nylon loop to clip my tape on my left side which is my preference.

After rocking the denali and artisan .. my set up now is a mix of both. The wranglle from the denali on my left and miter from artisan on the right. Works great for me. Also I highly recommend buying the flat bar holster ..

going back and forth between the ox and the sxs. Im a drywaller boarder and we like to keep a big pouch of screws on us, and atleast one more other spot for different sized screws. The fastener pouch would be on my left side, my non dominant side. Im still unsure which toolbag i would go with on my right side, to hold my knife, keyhole saw, chalk line, pencil, marker, rasp, circle cutter etc etc maybe a couple screwdrivers

I went with the elias and the wragell with the new tempo belt

I don't have any carpentry on the menu currently but, if I did I would buy that set up for the hammer holster alone and then work with whatever else I have the best I could. Currently I just use a one sided Lowe's belt just because it actually had enough holes in the belt to fit me snug and I just dont need two sides worth of goods. The hammer holder on it is way low so I put another lone one on the belt for a other option but, even that is annoying... I haven't had much time for videos so I'm gonna scroll back to see what I missed.. ✌

I really, really love you guys review on the belts, with that said, I feel as if your buddy .ite not have ordered the proper belt/pouches for what he wants to do. My tape measure holds things fine, but I did break mine in mine hardcore. I think they did not make it the size they need to be to give people opportunity to break in? Im an electrician, not a carpenter, your belt and pouch looks fine, well broken in and you have a nice set up, but the other one with the new pouches. I feel as if he made the wrong purchase

1:02 Bought an Ox pouch this Black Friday and my 8m (25 ft?) Fatmax tape struggles get in/out. It better stretch over time.

Are you guys going to try the tempo belt? Its on the website now. I like it

So far had nothing but good luck with my sxs. Doing home Reno/ carpentry. But will agree the tape pouch isn’t my favourite

We need the greatest builder on social media to build a belt, Jorge Lopez from Stalinlop Construction.

Hey did the tape pouch ever break in to fit a fat max properly on the sxs??

That side by side is huge lol

not even trying to talk smack here.. I just grabbed a build your own set up the other day. miter on left, wrangell on right. wrangle is long, but was 100% expected. I just find it hard to believe that a fellow small frame guy(im 5'6"- 145 on a fat day), would be suprised by how big his setup is on him, especially considering he can look next to him to see your setup for reference. ps- also having tight as hell tape issue with the wrangell. Been just beating that pocket into submission..

Is the SxS main pouch pretty good size like the grande main pouch?? I had the Grande's and got rid of them they didn't have enough places for things I was going to get the Axe for the dominant side and the SxS for the left

Im the 69th commentor on this vid! Anyway thanks to your video, I was able to deduce something. I am 6'4 (legit 76 inches) I purchased the womens version of the belt. Im a size 31 waist size, skinny as fuck weighing in at 178 pounds. Your video gave me a idea, This will be my 3rd and final try, I ordered the womens belt. Apparently its good if it pinches your sides and they say always order you waist size, but for skinny dudes I think they need to go 1 size smaller. My 6 inch and 4 inch does not stay on for shit, I noticed the more the belt raps around me, the loser it becomes. Going 1 size smaller will make the belt wrap around me less with a tighter fit. Will report back later.

Thought of comparing it to Akribis. King of leather?

I don’t know about that particular setup. But are you 100% sure that setup is not for something else than a general contractor? It’s just that from what I’ve seen for diamondback, they care about feedback from all their customers. Not only the famous ones. But of course I could be wrong.

you boys need Badgers

I hate the way the Diamondback bags taper to zero at the bottom. It is so hard to pull fasteners out of the bags, especially when you are running low. I'm ready to go back to Oxy's.

Come work on my house anytime… hehe 🤩 😜

I spent over $450 for my Diamondback rig and after a year I gave it to a Mexican framer who I did not know after passing by their framing job. The main pouches are too small and stiff. I bought mine at 2am after watching a popular KZfaqr I like wearing the. Big mistake. Diamondback has idiots designing their Guc

Buckaroo always 💯