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VP8000 Cases
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Clipped to belt and also sitting on desk (want protection if knocked off). For field I’m just now trying chest pack. Basically the radio goes on and off my body often, thrown into or clipped onto my pack.
cavmedic
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I’ve used a turtleback for my
8000 that was marketed for a 6000.
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I’m also looking for something. What use case / environment do you operate in. Mine sees a mix of fire/ems/law, ops and admin so the leather strap doesn’t always work.
zero9 holsters makes a nice kydex holster, with a couple different mounting options, They don't have the VP8000 listed, but I can confirm that it works with the VP6000 option, I believe they told me they were waiting to get a VP8000 to create a mold.
Boston leathers option is better than the BEE IMO, Like a couple folks mentioned, they had a couple slots cut on the rear so you can keep the belt clip.
If you would like tomorrow I can get a couple photos of the BEE case, I believe we have a couple in stock. The Boston leather cases are out with our DEMO VP's so we could just keep the belt clip on.
Boston leathers option is better than the BEE IMO, Like a couple folks mentioned, they had a couple slots cut on the rear so you can keep the belt clip.
If you would like tomorrow I can get a couple photos of the BEE case, I believe we have a couple in stock. The Boston leather cases are out with our DEMO VP's so we could just keep the belt clip on.
+1 for Zero-9 and they do list the VP6000/8000.
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Kydex radio case for Kenwood portable radios. Police Radio. Kydex Radio Case. Molle Radio Case. NX5000 NX5430 NX5300 VP6000 NX5400 NX5200 KENWOOD. Duty Gear. Police duty gear. Police radio case. Duty Belt. Kenwood Viking Radio. Police gear. Police. Security. Corrections. EMS. Fire. Fire Radio...
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Probably get one of these. While I had belt use in mind I could add some molle clips for pack use. Does the radio lift out easily? I’m often setting radio on desk and don’t want to take my pants off to do it. Need occasional access to front panel as well. Also what is tek loc? Is it a rotate to remove clip?+1 for Zero-9 and they do list the VP6000/8000.
Portable Radio Case - Viking
Kydex radio case for Kenwood portable radios. Police Radio. Kydex Radio Case. Molle Radio Case. NX5000 NX5430 NX5300 VP6000 NX5400 NX5200 KENWOOD. Duty Gear. Police duty gear. Police radio case. Duty Belt. Kenwood Viking Radio. Police gear. Police. Security. Corrections. EMS. Fire. Fire Radio...
I don’t have a VP case so I don’t know the level of retention but you will have to remove the radio from the case to use the keypad.
Tek-Lok is a non-rotating belt snap designed for duty belts but will work with others. You can put the case on your belt without taking it off though.
Ordered for VP and APX radios. Lots of extra hardware to play with. Hopefully able to quick swap from chest rig to battle belt. My packs have large generic pouches (PRC size) which is fine. Final challenge is to overcome mic cord tangle🙁
if you turned the case upside down with the radio in it without the retention cord around the channel selector I believe the radio would fall out with a couple good shakes, the retention isn't tight. When I originally spoke with Z9 months ago they said they were waiting to get a VP8000 to do a mold, but they said the dimensions of the VP8K was close to the VP6K so the VP6K should work.
Supposedly mine comes in tomorrow before noon re FedEx tracking so I guess I'll find out. The VP8000 is bigger than VP6000 for the top third of the radio which is mostly out of the kydex. Wonder if Gucci has one in the works? I'm never satisfied when fitting equipment to my person. I bought every mounting option to play with and will report what happens.
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Any updates? I am in this same boat lol.
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