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S.O.TECH was founded as a service to military and law enforcement personnel who require super-durable tactical gear custom designed to fit their individual mission requirements. We constantly search for stronger materials and design improvements to provide the professional with the most comfortable, strongest, and operator-friendly equipment we can manufacture. 
Honor and Integrity are the cornerstones of S.O.TECH. From one uniformed gun-toter to another, we'll shoot you straight - no flashy advertising with phony slogans backed by foreign made gear that disintegrates on contact with water. We take the time to listen to our customers and build their gear around their needs. They go to work knowing that we used the best materials on the market and our American craftsmen took the time to design and build their gear the right way, not the cheap way. We stand behind our gear. If you have any issues with a S.O.TECH product, call us and ask for the owner - we care. 
You and your adversary arrive at the critical moment of conflict, the struggle for your lives, if your muscles are burning under straps and slings and your holster is flopping around on your thigh, you've just given him the advantage. Based on weeks of testing in the field, our gear is designed for comfort and superior ergonomics. You will find an abundance of foam, elastic, wide straps, large/simple buckles, and other design features that aren't cheap to produce, but distribute the load. S.O.TECH gear is built for comfort and extreme durability.  S.O.TECH doesn't cut corners on the design table. Just pick up a piece of S.O.TECH gear and compare it to what you've seen on the market.
My shop manager and my bookkeeper can't understand why we don't cut our costs in half by using cheaper materials, but maybe you guys in the field can explain it to them. I started this business building gear for the men on my team. At my design table, I knew that if I cut any corners, it would cost us in the field. I feel the same about designing gear for our country's front line warriors against crime and foreign threats. WHY S.O.TECH IS THE STRONGEST GEAR Overkill. You want superior firepower in your weaponry, you need it in your load bearing system too. Check our standards against anyone else in the industry. We are typically double the strength of the competition. How do we do it? A smaller operation and shorter runs means less overhead and smaller margins. Basically, when the competition sews 1000 holsters, it saves him a lot of money if he can save a dollar on each holster by using imitation cloth and buckles. But when we do 20 holsters for your team, saving a dollar on each rig doesn't compare with the bad press when a cheap rig fails you. The mil spec may be fine for line units that have a supply sergeant there to exchange failed gear, but our customers are often weeks and months away from re-supply. Special Operations Forces, full time SWAT, and big city patrol cops beat our gear into the ground day after day, knowing S.O.TECH overbuilds to take the abuse. WHY MADE IN USA SAVES LIVES Quality control. Those who succumbed to the lure of cheap foreign labor with swear up and down that offshore production is every bit as good as "Made in the USA." I lived and worked in Asia for a portion of my life, and I laugh every time I hear it. Overseas manufacturers need to make money (since they are charging pennies for the product). They turn substitution of American made spec materials with cheap foreign knock offs into an art form. The consumer may need to send the product to a lab to tell the difference, but the difference in durability and product life are noticeable (especially when your pack splits open after 2 weeks in the field). Cheap thread abrades as it passes through the needle, rubber coated cloth cracks after drying, and polypropylene web snaps at half the strength of nylon - but the customer can't see the difference. Made in the USA means we can oversee the stitching and monitor the material use. NO KNOCK OFFS POLICY It's a matter of honor. "That's business," is not an excuse. If the warriors we serve can't trust us to be ethical businessmen, how can they trust us to build gear they can bet their lives on? It costs thousands of dollars in templating, prototyping, testing and product development to produce a design. It costs them the price of one of your products to rip it off. It is one thing if we see we can make a significant improvement on a design, but if our minds are so devoid of ideas that we are reduced to knocking off product lines, we'll start sewing lingerie and stop sewing tactical gear. Most companies can't knock us off -- 1. Our designs are too intricate and durable for them to make enough money. 2. We listen to our customers and constantly improve our designs and by the time they get our model dissected, built and shipped to the US, we have a new improved version on the street. If you see a design you feel is similar to ours, call us, we operate in the open. S.O.TECH WARRANTY, TERMS, AND CAUTIONS Warranty: S.O.TECH warrants that its products will be free from defects in materials and workmanship. S.O.TECH will repair or replace (at its option), without charge, any product or part which is found to be defective under normal use and service. Such repair or replacement shall be the purchaser's sole and exclusive remedy under this warranty. This warranty does not include normal maintenance and services and does not apply to any products or parts which have been subject to modification, misuse, negligence, accident, improper maintenance or repair by anyone other than S.O.TECH. Warranty Limitation: There is no other express warranty. S.O.TECH hereby disclaims any and all implied warranties, including, but not limited to fitness for a particular purpose. S.O.TECH shall not be liable for incidental, consequential, or special damages arising out of, or in connection with product use or performance. Terms: Prices subject to change without notice. Orders are subject to acceptance. We reserve the right to refuse service to anyone. S.O.TECH reserves the right to make changes at any time in prices, specifications or designs without notice. S.O.TECH may add or remove accessory materials and add or discontinue models without incurring obligation. Returns. If for any reason you are not completely satisfied with you purchase, simply return the item to us within 30 days of the S.O.TECH shipping date in the original condition, (conditions apply to custom merchandise and purchase orders), and we will refund your money minus the restocking fee, or send you a replacement product on your decision. Custom items may be returned for adjustment if we have not made them in accordance with the instructions supplied us. There are no refunds on custom products. When a purchase order is used to buy a product, the sale is considered final. Under this condition, merchandise is not returnable unless defective. Returns must have prior Factory Return Authorization (call for RA number) and are subject to a 20% of purchase price restocking / handling fee. Damage. If you receive a package that is damaged, immediately notify your local UPS Customer Service or your local Postmaster (whichever is appropriate). Have the report acknowledged in writing. Return the damaged item with a letter of explanation, the Postmaster's / UPS report and a copy of your invoice. Caution: Important Consumer Information. S.O.TECH strongly suggests/requires that you do not operate or retain these products unless you have read and agree to the following terms: Firearms blades, pyrotechnics and explosives can be extremely hazardous, inherently dangerous and can cause death or physical injury. Firearms should be handled and used ONLY by persons who have been properly trained and qualified in their use, safekeeping, and handling, and have successfully passed an accredited firearms or hazardous devices safety course. If you have a purchased a new firearm / hazardous device, first read it's safety instructions before using it in conjunction with an S.O.TECH product. S.O.TECH products are carefully designed and manufactured from the best materials to perform their intended function properly with the device for which they are designed and marked. Should your S.O.TECH gear become worn, defective, loose, or ill-fitting, or if you have any questions regarding its use, maintenance or adjustment, immediately cease using the product and call customer service at (877) 768-3245. After purchase, test your S.O.TECH product with unloaded / inert devices to insure proper fit and to become familiar with the product's safety features. All firearms / hazardous devices should be stored, transported, and used with great care. Use care in placing weapons / hazardous devices into or removing them from your S.O.TECH gear. Be sure that the device is properly seated in its pouch / holster before use and during vigorous activity, such as jumping, running, walking or crawling. If originally incorporated in the holster design, any straps or snaps contained their in must be utilized for maximum safety and security. Periodic inspection is mandatory to insure proper form, fit and function of these products. Do not alter in any way, any safety device incorporated in any S.O.TECH product, especially not to accommodate firearms, hazardous devices for which the product was not designed or intended. The user is warned not to customize or modify firearms hazardous devices as such altering can greatly increase the chance of accidental discharge causing serious injury or even death to the user or other persons. Use extreme diligence at all times where another person may attempt to take the user's weapon / device. The user is specifically warned that no holster is completely immune from having its contents wrestled away by another. At the time of the original retail sale and delivery, the purchaser and NOT the manufacturer retailer assumes the entire risk and responsibility for determining the suitability and fitness of the product for the particular use intended. Copyright 2001 by S.O.TECH, Los Angeles, CA. All rights reserved. No part of this catalogue can be reproduced without the express written permission of James Cragg. AREA SERVED We are located in Southern California. Our traveling road show regularly reaches San Diego, Phoenix, Las Vegas, and San Francisco. We have reps throughout North America, Europe and Asia. Contact us to be put in touch with an area rep.  Finally, I would be remiss to write about what S.O.TECH has become without thanking the men and women who have gotten us here. S.O.TECH is a collection of ideas poured into gear designs. Those ideas and their refinements came from the field. Special Forces, Rangers, Engineers, SEALS, DEA, ATF, FBI agents, Police Officers, Sheriffs Deputies, and shooting instructors have built S.O.TECH - and often for no other reason than to get well designed and much needed gear out to their fellow professionals. Every day I thank God that I am fortunate to work with soldiers and cops, guys you can trust and guys who got us where we are - the good guys. James Cragg, Owner Special Operations Technologies |
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