After using the search bar here on the forum and the Discord app, I came up snake eyes.
What do you use to covertly conceal carry a single stack 9mm or .380 ACP handgun, light, and a reload while wearing scrubs?
Asking for my Wife’s Aunt who is a Dental Assistant. She’s looking at picking up either the Sig 365, Shield 9mm, Glock 42, Glock 43X/48, or Walther PPS.
Ideally the setup would be something that can be swapped easily from a pair of dirty scrubs to a set of new clean ones, and out of/ into regular everyday clothes before/after a work shift.
My usage has been pretty brief, but about two months ago I switched from a Keepers kydex insert in a belly band to the Mastermind Specialist Covert (the manufacturer might be better known as Graith). My use case is carry under a tucked in shirt in an office setting. I recently started a new job where my office is an NPE, so I thought I needed something that would print less than the belly band setup I used previously. I've not had the chance to use or even see an enigma in person, so I can't compare the two from experience, but this is a much more low-tech answer to the same questions the Enigma sets out to answer.
Like the Enigma, this allows you to use an actual kydex holster meant for use with a normal belt. I've found it to be night-and-day more effective than the belly band because the belt allows my holsters' claws and wedges to do their jobs.
Unlike the Enigma, which uses a thigh strap for stability, this uses strips of grippy rubber to stay in place. I was skeptical, but it actually works quite well in my experience so far. That said, I'm sure it's not going to be as secure as an Enigma with a thigh strap all said and done.
I tried with this because it was very inexpensive, I was in a hurry to develop a better NPE setup, and at the time Enigmas were hard to get. It was meant to be a stopgap until I got an Engima, but at the moment I'm so satisfied that I'm probably not going to bother with an Enigma for a while. I don't think I've had enough time with it to recommend it personally, and I'm certainly no authority anyway, but I thought I would mention this because I think it's another noteworthy non-bellyband option.
Pictured is it used with an M&P 2.0 4" in a JM custom George, and a P365 in a JM wing claw. The P365 is my NPE setup for the office.
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