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I've been told you must wear a riggers belt through belt loops or it will rip gf your body if you need to use it for what it is intended.
But be seen blast/rigger belt combos that clearly are on the outside of the loops.
So does it not matter then? Can regular riggers belt
be used on the outside of the belt loops like a duty belt, yet still be safely used or relied upon as a riggers?
I may be wrong but - Rigger's Belt seems to be used as a generic term for any high tensile strength belt that has the ability to be attached to a carabiner. All of the "Rigger's Belts" I have ever worn (actually I'm wearing one right now) have been designed for
emergency rapelling or extraction. I have trained with this emergency egress technique and I can tell you this - when you put all of your weight on the belt, it doesn't matter at all if it is through the loops or not. Having said that, I would highly recommend putting it through the loops, especially if you are hanging or attaching anything on the belt ie. holsters, sub loads, etc.
Skiddy
EDIT: If you do try to use it for emergency rapell, make sure you have enough webbing through the buckle, you double it back and it is tight. Any of these done incorrectly can really hurt you.
As another who has used a "rigger's belt" - one that was
rated for load as an emergency rappel/abseil device - in an emergency egress training scenario, I concur with everything Skiddy says.
IF of necessity, you must put your full body weight (plus the shock load coming out of the window or over a roof parapet) on the belt, expect the following:
1. the worst wedgie you can imagine;
2. a "frontal wedgie" that will have you singing soprano for a while;
3. if you looped the belt through your belt loops, the stitching on the belt loops will fail, and the rigger's belt will slide up under your armpits
ala an old "horsecollar" vertical rescue harness.
FYI, this was when my body weight was only 160 pounds.
Notwithstanding those consequences, I always run mine through the belt loops. After all, it's to hold up my pants.