The search for a duty capable tourniquet case, that can be used overtly, and ran within the dynamic world of law enforcement has, hopefully, come to an end. When Zero9holsters launched this I asked them to send me one to test and evaulatute, and while their products are usually really great as I use a lot of them myself in various applications, they made this TQ case to house windless tourniquets, however it does house other tourniquets, like the RMT.

The TQ Case is injected plastic, with a decent contor to help with snags and bouncing off things. It has a rubber cap.

I was sent one with teklok, although I likely will attach it to the a holster plate attachment system from centrifuge training. However if you’re running a MOLLE type setup on an external plate carrier or want through this on a belt, it’ll work.

As you can see there are a ton of mounting options. Since this is really premium material having this many mounting holes will not compromise it’s application.

Overall build quality is definitely good.

There’s even a hole for drainage.

It comes in various colors, even basketweave for those stuck in the stone age.

The Safariland RDS holster I have run this TQ pouch on, as you can see there is a little cant to it, but that does not interfere with its operation.

The tail of the rubber cap is lodged between an extended chicago screw. They definitely thought of the little things.

Definitely a good looking pouch.

Due to the high degree of failure of windlass TQ’s, ratcheting medical tourniquets are always recommended. This TQ pouch does fit the 2″ and 1.5″ RMT’s. the 2″ RMT. The 2″ RMT does fit, but extremely snug. It has to be bent and inserted ratchet mechanism first. Yes it can be bent without issue or damage. Running both the 2″ and 1.5″ RMT’s I would not recommend running the 2″ in this setup. The 1.5″ is plenty and fits better.

After trying several different ways of putting the 1.5″ RMT into the TQ pouch, I found that folding it and shouving the ratchet mechanism first into the buttom of the pouch worked best. It left the pull tab exposed and that’s easily covered by the rubber cap. This is likely how I will carry this pouch and TQ in the future. I assume that they will eventually develop a V2 of this TQ pouch and it would be an absolute game changer if they could make it so that two 1.5″ RMT’s could stack ontop of each other in this. That would be the best case scenario in my opinion.

I use a Centrifuge NCP-E V1 for my safariland holsters. Although there are other mounts available this one works best for me. If you run a different holster, I’d recommend choose a different version of the NCP, as this one does not work with other holster systems.

The USDUTYGEAR holsters, for example on get one bolt to attach. I would not recommend running this setup this way.

Although it does look really good.

The Aliengear holster system gets two bolts to attach, so if this is a setup you like, it may work, but I’d recommend getting a applicable plate.

Having run this TQ Pouch for about two weeks on duty daily, I am probably going to keep running it, definitely going to do a bigger review down the line, especially after a few months of use. I have been waiting for an enclosed pouch like this specifically because most LEO’s run windlass TQ’s, which have dubious origins and manufactering standards. Most LEO’s will put a windlass TQ in an open top pouch and not think about it again until it fails them because of exposure to the elements that eat away at the stitching and weaken materials. Any shielding to this commonplace issue is a good idea. I look forward to running this pouch and, as I stated, a V2 which fits bigger TQ’s like the 2″ RMT would be definitely desireable.