Viridian Light ECR Holster
Rob PincusAll Viridian light and laser products come with an Enhanced Combat Readiness (ECR) holster. ECR allows you to take advantage of Viridian’s Instant On technology, conserving the battery of your switched-on device while it is holstered. Viridian also offers level two retention outside the waistband holsters for a variety of firearms with built in ECR. In addition to the holsters that are available from the company themselves, Viridian light ECR is now being integrated into holsters from some of the leading companies in the industry, including Galco, CrossBreed, and DeSantis. Viridian light also offers a kit that you can use to make just about any holster that you would use for a defensive firearm ECR enhanced as well.
The Viridian Instant-On technology as part of their Enhanced Combat Readiness Switching system is something that is available not only in the holsters that actually come with all of the Viridian products, but also throughout the spectrum of the top selling industry holsters. What you're gonna find is that the way this works is you simply turn on the light or laser device that you've mounted to your defensive firearm and then place it into any of the ECR enhanced holsters. Once you have that technology in your holster, there's a magnetized system that automatically turns off either the light or the laser, obviously conserving your battery and allowing you to have the benefit of that light or laser device instantly on as soon as you present it from your holster, when you're going to need it most without having to worry about having the perfect grip that you may not be able to attain in a dynamic situation, or hitting any switches, levers, or buttons. So this is obviously incredibly valuable technology and it would be a shame if it were only available from the proprietary manufacturer of the ECR product, Viridian. So what they've done is they've decided to partner up with all of the most popular holster brands and even create a kit that you can use to put the ECR technology into any holster whatsoever.
But as you can see here, we have holsters from Galkayo. We have holsters from DeSantis. We have the holsters that are also made for outside the waistband available from Viridian that include a retention device that you actuate with your trigger finger. When you come up, obviously your trigger finger is going to be up on the frame or the slide of the pistol. And in this case, we have a laser and a light combo.
Now this holster will actually give you a better idea of what's going on here. As you can see when the firearm is holstered, the light and laser are off, but as soon as we come away from the technology that is down here in the base near the switch of the holster, that light and laser instantly come on. So we conserve our battery but we have instant on when we need it. Obviously some of the other custom holster makers and some of the products that are designed specifically for discrete carry, like my personal favorite, the CrossBreed Appendix Carry. The CrossBreed Appendix Carry also integrates the magnet right into the holster from their factory.
And now as soon as I pull this LCP, obviously this is a training gun, when I pull that out, boom, I've got my laser on. So you can get the Viridian Enhanced Combat Readiness Instant-On technology in the holsters that you choose direct from the factory. You can get them direct from Viridian. They come with a pocket holster for all of their products or you can even buy the kit to put this ECR technology onto your personal favorite holster or maybe one that you even make yourself with a kit at home. The Instant-On technology is going to make sure that that light, laser, or the light laser combo is there when you need it.
And those batteries have been preserved because you don't have the switch on all the time.
I do agree with Mr. Williams and Mr Loveless. However, I do like the laser option for my wife.
Mr. Williams has a good point. The instant-on with a draw is convenient BUT there needs to be a way that it can be turned off for a clandestine draw and then turned on manually when ready. The instant-off when holstered is a good feature but we need more control on the draw.
So, I'm going to want something to come on that could give away my position even when I'm trying not to give away my position? Even if I chose to turn it off as I'm executing the draw, there looks to be a momentary flash (of the light; less problematic with the laser) before I can reach the switch to turn if off. And if in the stress of the moment I forget to turn the laser off, there it is throwing the dot while I'm maneuvering and perhaps giving away my direction and/or position. On the other hand, even if I forget to turn the light or laser on on the draw or don't reach the switch, I still have sights or alternate aiming methods to fall back on. I'll pass on this option, thanks.