The holsters on the market can be divided into leather holsters, polymer holsters, nylon holsters, and Kydex holsters. The choice of holsters is related to the safety of your guns. So the holster you choose must be suitable for you, suitable for your carrying method and gun.I will introduce you the advantages and disadvantages of these types of holsters. And why I recommend polymer gun holsters

【1】Leather holsters are the most traditional material and are still popular today. A leather holster is a choice for hiding and carrying. It is very flexible and very comfortable to wear, and a well-designed leather holster will not increase too much volume to help hide it.
But its shortcomings are also very obvious. Leather holsters require a lot of maintenance. Poorly maintained holsters will absorb moisture from rain or sweat. If you carry it on a rainy day, your gun is likely to rust. At the same time, the gun The beauty of the sleeve will also be greatly reduced.
Leather also tends to soften and crease as it ages, and this can be dangerous. Plenty of people have holstered a pistol in old leather which folded, got inside the trigger guard, and fired off around.

【2】Kydex material is also an excellent material for making holsters. They are tough and can be compressed into almost any shape after heating. They can also protect weapons well. Their rigidity also makes them the choice of specific weapons. The main disadvantage of the hard material is that it is uncomfortable for the carrier. It will not fit your body like leather. In addition, due to the special nature of the material, it is difficult to be processed into secondary protection and tertiary protection. High-grade protective holsters, so most of them are designed as inner holsters.
Secondly, it has a more obvious shortcoming. If you put your holster in a high-temperature environment, such as in a car under the hot summer sun, the Kydex material will be heated and deformed, causing your holster to be completely scrapped.

【3】At last.Polymer holsters, as a new type of polymer material, polymer material now has many advantages such as high strength, high toughness, high-temperature resistance, and extreme conditions, and it is cheap and harmless to the human body. It is a new type of holster. The best choice.
The polymer holster has good flexibility, not as hard as Kydex material, and the material is smooth, which will not scratch the gun.
At the same time, because the polymer holster is processed by thermal injection molding, various holsters with fixing systems can be processed inside.

In general, polymer holsters have no obvious shortcomings. They are high quality and low price, and are a good choice in most cases.

Cytac makes a number of excellent polymer holsters.
For example our latest mega-fit-holster gen2.
New Universal Holster. Fits 150+ pistols
Additional red dot sighting available.Click on the image to buy ：