Torch Multitool Pouch Flashlight Holster

Your torch lives on your belt, not in the ute.

A torch in your pocket works its way out every time you climb in and out of the machine. Drop it in the crib bag instead and by smoko it is under the lunch, the gloves and a roll of tape. Either way, when the light goes you are standing there patting yourself down.

Not being able to see is where it starts. You miss a hazard, you put a foot wrong, you get a near miss — and a near miss on site turns into an investigation, lost time and a pile of paperwork. A torch you cannot put your hand on is the same as no torch at all.

This is a small open-top nylon pouch that keeps a torch, a multitool or a folding knife riding on your belt, your vest or your pack. An elastic shock cord runs around the body and hooks into notched webbing down both sides, with a barrel cord lock at the base, so you set the tension yourself rather than hoping a fixed pocket happens to suit.

The fit question — read this one first

The supplier publishes the outside of this pouch and not the inside. The dimension panel in the product photos marks it 100 mm tall, 40 mm wide and 35 mm deep, measured across the outer face of the body. The internal dimensions are not published anywhere we could find them, and we are not going to invent a number for a page where the whole question is whether your torch fits.

The walls are nylon plus a layer of webbing, so the opening is smaller than 40 x 35 mm — how much smaller, we cannot tell you. The sides do flex, because the retention is elastic rather than a stitched seam. Measure the body of your torch, not the head, and judge it against those outside figures rather than treating 40 x 35 mm as the size of the hole.

Length is the easy one. The top is open, with no lid, so anything taller than 100 mm simply stands proud of the mouth with the webbing tab sitting across it. That is exactly how the supplier’s own photographs show it carried.

What It Does

• Keeps a torch on you: it rides on the belt or the vest instead of the pocket it works its way out of.
• Grips what you put in it: elastic shock cord and a barrel cord lock, so the tension is set to the item and not to a guess.
• Comes out one-handed: open top, nothing to unclip and nothing to unzip in the dark.
• Takes a long torch: anything over 100 mm stands proud of the mouth rather than being locked out by a lid.
• Moves between kit: the press-stud strap comes off the vest and onto the pack or the belt in about ten seconds.
• Carries more than a torch: a multitool, a folding knife, a marker or a small hand tool — whatever the opening actually takes.

Key Features

• Open-top body: no lid, no zip and no flap to fight with when you are holding something in the other hand.
• Shock-cord retention: elastic cord laced through notched webbing ladders down both sides of the body.
• Barrel cord lock: sits at the base of the pouch and holds the cord tension where you set it.
• Webbing top tab: stands above the mouth and carries the shock cord over the top of a taller item.
• Molle strap on the back: one wide webbing strap running the full height of the rear face, woven through PALS webbing on a vest or pack, or taken over a belt.
• Two-position press stud: the strap folds back and studs to itself at either of two positions, so it takes more than one webbing or belt width.
• Outside dimensions: 100 x 40 x 35 mm, read off the supplier’s own dimension panel.
• Four colourways: black, tan, green and CP camouflage.
• Cordura label in the photographs: a CORDURA brand fabric tag is sewn into the seam in the green, tan and CP shots. No denier is printed on it and we have not sighted the fabric ourselves.

Limits

Here is what this pouch will not do, and what we could not stand behind.

• We cannot tell you the internal size. The supplier states the outside only. On a pouch where “will my torch fit” is the entire buying decision, that is the honest headline and we are not burying it.
• The fabric weight is unconfirmed. The supplier’s own listing says 800D in one line and 1000D in another. Those cannot both be right, so we publish neither and call it nylon.
• No load rating and no retention rating. Nothing on this pouch has been tested or rated for how much it will hold, or for how hard a knock it takes before something comes out. How well it grips depends entirely on how you set the cord.
• It is not waterproof and not water rated. It is an open-topped fabric pouch. Rain, dust and grit go straight in the mouth. No IP figure or water resistance rating is stated by the supplier.
• It is not a platform for other gear. The two webbing panels on the front are the shock-cord channels. There is no PALS ladder on this pouch, so you cannot hang a second pouch off it.
• No certification of any kind. No standard is printed on the pouch and none is claimed by the supplier. It is a carry pouch, not protective equipment, and nothing about it should be treated as safety-rated.
• Weight is not published. The supplier gives no figure and we have not weighed one.
• Sold as a single pouch. One pouch per order, in the colour you pick. There is no multi-pack option.

Q & A

Will my torch actually fit?

We cannot promise that, and anyone who does on this listing is guessing. The outside of the body is 100 x 40 x 35 mm, the walls are nylon and webbing so the opening is smaller again, and the sides flex on an elastic cord. Measure the barrel of your torch — the body, not the head — and judge it against those outside figures. A slim single-cell torch or a folding multitool is the shape this pouch is built around; a fat three-cell torch is not going in.

What actually holds it in?

An elastic shock cord that runs around the pouch and hooks into notched webbing ladders down both sides, tensioned by a barrel cord lock at the base. Pull the cord tighter and the body closes onto whatever is inside. There is no lid and no buckle, and there is no tested figure for how much force that will resist.

Does it need Molle webbing, or will it go on a plain belt?

Either. The rear strap weaves through the PALS webbing on a vest or pack in the normal way, and it will also go straight over a work belt — the supplier’s photographs show it worn that way on an ordinary leather belt. The strap studs back onto itself at either of two positions, which is what lets it take different widths.

The web address says mag pouch. Why?

That is the trade name this pouch shape is sold under, and the address was set when the product was first listed. We describe it as what it physically is: a 100 x 40 x 35 mm open-top pouch with a shock-cord closure and a Molle strap. We describe the pouch, not what you decide to put in it.

Is it waterproof?

No. It is open at the top and made of woven nylon. Water runs in the mouth and soaks through the fabric, and no water resistance rating is stated by the supplier. If you are carrying something that has to stay dry, it needs its own seal.

Is the Cordura branding real?

A CORDURA brand fabric tag is clearly visible in the supplier’s green, tan and CP photographs. We have not sighted a certificate and no denier is printed on the tag, so we report the label as present and leave it there rather than turning it into a durability claim.

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