Anyone have a hands on experience with these holsters? What do you think?

I've always thought that if anyone who knew me saw me wearing one, they'd assume it had a gun in it. That kinda took them right out of consideration for me.
I've handled a couple that were bought by or given to friends - they seem decently put together if not a particularly secure means of quasi-open-carrying. I'd note that I've never seen these friends wearing them, and that we all just sort of rolled our eyes at them.
When I see them in the wild, they're never being used by someone who looks as if he has ever been in a scrape.
For what it's worth . . .

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I’ve got one I use every Sunday for carry under a jacket at church-the rational being that a “hug” will reveal a box vs a firearm. They’re pretty good size, even for a little SIG 938. They are well made, but so large for a decent size firearm as to be in-house very “obvious. With a tiny piece (Seecamp or NAA Guardian) they’d not be too bad (but then those are pretty easy to hide anyway.

Kinda like when fanny pack was the rage. When you saw someone carrying one you just assumed they were armed. It's not good concealment when it screams gun.

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The only way a fanny pack works is if you have on a lycra cyclists onesie. And who wants to look like an idiot all the time?

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And the photographer's vests. It was a sure sign the wearer was packing. Especially when they had a Glock or other gun related ball cap on.

A good friend of mine used to carry a Sig P238 in a Sneaky Pete. I always thought it should just have GUN! stenciled on the front.

Yeah, a buddy of mine bought one and it looked like a big cell phone case and took lots of belt room. I think he wore it once.

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Mine carries a Kimber Ultra Compact 45 ACP. It looks like a large cell phone case. When in need, it works.

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I carry an original LCP along with an extra magazine in a custom leather pouch much like a sneaky Pete but have an embroidered peace symbol on it. And much of the time I wear a photographers vest because I was a professional photographer for 55 years. It just doesn’t feel right without my vest(s). If someone guesses I’m carrying, who cares, it’s my right. I don’t advertise I’m carrying but I don’t worry about people knowing I do.

I bought one of those Sneaky Pete holsters a few years back. I put an Apple sticker on it so I'd be really super secret! They'll never know!

I found a cool little holster that prints like a wallet. I found it out near Cinci over in Ohio. I really like the way it's made. (Sorry, but had a brain fart so spelling that town is temporarily on hold.)

I like "Sneaky " and the Sneaky Pete idea's are very practical .
I have a "Sneaky" Day Planner ... carried it all the time and when I handed it to a police officer friend of mine ... he couldn't tell it concealed a J-Frame 38 Special in it ... said it looked and felt like an everyday day-planner .
Their products are well made and some times it pays to think outside the box ... get creative on how you carry ... get "sneaky" about it !
Gary

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I've got news for you guys. Other than the folks like us on this board, 99.99% of the rest of humanity is oblivious and will never conclude that a fanny pack, Sneaky Pete, or any other specialty holster is a gun. None of them will look up from their phones long enough to even notice that you exist, let alone actually analyze what you're wearing. So do whatever you want.

Not to sure about some of these items screaming "GUN". Here in East TN vests are fairly common especially from September/October through April. The area maintains a rural mindset so various pouches from small to tall on the belt are simply assumed to hold multi-tools or livestock implements for hooves or whatnot. By midsummer we are quite inundated by touristy types headed for the Smoky Mountains and small packs of all descriptions, fanny and various reiterations there of. So, other than the 3-4% of adults nation wide that go, or have the license to do so, armed daily I don't think it registers to the other 96% as anything other than a "pack" of some sort...

I don't think the "general public" is very observant... the actor that played Superman in the most recent movies spent time in Times Square NYC.. in a suit dressed like Clark with his tie pulled to the side... exposing a Superman costume... he only had one person come up and speak with him.. they just asked directions.. no one sees a sneaky pete... except for us...

I’m in East TN as well and agree 100%.

I saw a guy wearing a sneaky Pete in a grocery store in Florida. I recognized the emblem on the sneaky Pete holster right away. If you’re not a gun guy and not aware of what that is I’m sure nobody realized he had a gun in it. The one I saw I just looked like an extra large cell phone case. they’re not for me but it seemed to work fine for him. He had dress shorts and a button down shirt tucked in and the sneaky Pete didn’t look out of place at all. I also see vests and pouches of all sorts in Florida. Nobody notices anything down here. Everybody is in a big hurry and pre occupied with their phone.

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Not only would too many people know what is inside, I'd also not like the feeling hat anyone who wanted to could easily grab the gun - or at least attempt to. NOPE - not a great idea IMHO.

Not only that, the SP holster also limits the type, size and shape of what you carry. I would not have one in my line up.

I went into Ace Hardware for some screws and the clerk had one on. He was a little guy (with a mean look on his face) and the holster looked bigger than him.

At one time I thought about getting one. Now I'm glad I saw one "in the field". It changed my mind about wanting one. It might work in a locale where packs and such are in vogue, but it just didn't work where I live.

I'm happy that Ace lets their employees be armed.

My friend has been rolled twice. Both times in broad daylight, in a busy parking lot. Both times the guy came up from behind and slammed her into the side of a car then took her stuff. Probably because he saw she had something he wanted. For that reason I don't want people to see my gun. Heck. Even cops get their guns took from them.

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Other than being bulky, catching on stuff, real ugly, and screaming "hidden gun" what ever floats yer canoe.

I haven't & never will have one.


-don

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The fact that most folks wouldn't notice a concealed gun if it bit them in the butt is definitely true. I like the Sneaky Pete concept but they look too large for my taste and since I live in vests of all kinds, shapes, and colors (even before my cowboy action shooting days and certainly forever thereafter) I don't need that bulky thing under a vest. Cell phones on a belt holster are sufficiently annoying without carrying a pretend cell phone that's actually a gun. If I'm already wearing a vest any IWB will work well, never mind my usual pocket carry. People see NOTHING except the little world around them.

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I don't care for the Sneaky Pete because it's too large to conceal a gun that's too small and should otherwise be carried in a pocket. I think we've concluded however that it doesn't "scream gun" except to the .0001% of Americans who actually know what it is.

Bought one..still have it but never use it. My pocket works better for "pocket" guns and I don't need a belt to use it.

If i'm wearing a belt,might as well carry a real gun in a real holster.

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I have a Ballistic Nylon type bag with belt. I have used that when attending Weight Watcher Meetings. I put my J-Frame in it with wallet phone and Key fob. It has Two zippers. Small area holds the phone and keys. Bigger area holds J-Frame Speed strips and wallet. At weigh in time I just took it off and set it at my feet for a minute. In 10 years know body questioned the bag. I never wore it any other time. Everybody there would wear their lightest clothing and had empty pockets. Actually it was funny to see the clothing some people would wear to be at their lightest weight. It wasn’t pretty.

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