Review: Urban Carry Total Concealment Holster

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I was gifted an Urban Carry Total Concealment Holster for Christmas and decided to do a write up of my observations. My model, the medium, is the correct size for both my Ruger SP101 and my Subcompact Sig P250. According to Urban Carry, the Total Concealment holster works best when allowed to mold to one gun. I am testing it with both and will choose to carry the gun, belt, and holster combination that makes carry easiest if I continue to carry the UCTCH.

I’ve also been using this holster with both my Simply Rugged 1.5″ Real Man’s Gun Belt and my 5.11 1.5″ Double Duty TDU Tactical Belt. The belt loops on the UCTCH are barely big enough for a leather 1.5″ gun belt. I’m sure that they could stretch with use, but I believe my web belts are the better choice.


Appendix carry is most comfortable for me, though I carry my guns between 3:00 and 5:30 in my other IWB holsters. Printing is noticeable, but the shape of the holster prevents the gun from looking like a gun. Appendix carry also places the holster directly behind my front pocket. I am disappointed that something advertised as a deep carry holster prints this heavily, but it is not a deal breaker.

Potentially worse, is that the belt must be kept very loose to allow the gun to be drawn. I am contemplating buying a pair of underwear suspenders to pair with my belt, but I am not sure this holster is worth the expense.

Urban Carry shows a model simply grip the pull tab with their off hand to lift the gun from its concealed position.

I’ve found that both of my handguns tend to fly out of the holster as I’m lifting up on the pull tab. Thankfully, I was smart enough to practice draw and presentation with an unloaded weapon. Of note, this only happens some of the time. Other times the guns’ grips snag on my waistband and foul the draw. The Ruger snags more easily, which I believe is due to the cant of the Badger Custom grips I’ve installed. In an effort to make the holster work, I did eventually discover a way to draw both guns without snagging and without dumping the contents of the holster at my feet.

I learned that I could guide the guns past my waistband by sticking my dominant hand in my pants and cupping my fingers under the butt of the gun. As I pull up with my off hand, I slide my off hand up the grip of the gun and straighten my trigger finger so that I can grasp the gun with my trigger finger properly indexed high on the slide.

The holster does an adequate job of covering the trigger guard during the draw. This, plus adequate practice with the draw makes the risk of a negligent discharge unlikely. With practice, I’ve gotten my draw with this holster to be roughly half the speed of my draw from a more conventional IWB holster. This too is disappointing, though I suppose it is the price one pays for deep carry.

In conclusion, I don’t like it… but I’m not ruling it out for situations where I absolutely cannot carry a concealed firearm in any other way.

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