REVIEW: Crye Precision JPC 2.0

2.0 - someone was very creative again ... But why not: the Jumpable Plate Carrier (JPC) from Crye Precision is a big classic. Now it is said that one should not improve on something good, but there is nothing wrong with further developing it. And that's exactly what Crye Precision did. The JPC has become a 2.0 - a carrier that has actually been integrated into the AVS line. We explain why we see it that way in this SPARTANAT Review.

When you put on the JPC 2.0, which is available in Germany at TACWRK, you will immediately notice that everything has changed. "If we want things to stay as they are, things will have to change," said the famous Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa - and he is probably right: Crye Precision extends the sales success of the JPC by expanding it. To do this, the carrier must first be reduced. It comes without a magazine pouch on the stomach, but with a new quick release system that - oh wonder - is quite simple.

The Multicam strips on the velcro on the stomach are nothing more than straps that lead into handles at the front end of the Cumberbunds, which come to lie outside the flap that covers everything later. In plain language: to expose your stomach, you don't have to lift the flap first and then "zip", but you simply pull out the Cumberbund at the bottom.

What lies on the ground gives you new opportunities, but also incurs additional costs. This is the back of a magazine flap from the AVS system. There are several of these - with MOLLE, with pockets. The owner can easily attach them with the small strips. This makes the JPC 2.0 complete as a magazine carrier.

Flap from the front. In this case, it is the MOLLE version, which can then be additionally equipped with pockets. Good and practical, and Crye, who of course does not invent everything, is right there with completely modular systems that the carrier can fully customize to his needs.

It doesn't always have to be the flap, the user can also combine the JPC 2.0 with a Chest Rig that is velcroed on and tensioned at the back of the Cumberbund. 2.0 simply offers more possibilities.

Less has changed on the back. The Cumberbund is still attached simply with Shock Cord. But we see a zipper on the side. This is also an adaptation to existing Crye systems.

In other words, the ability to attach and zip on various panels with clips. This is super fast and practical, because you don't have backpack straps over your shoulders, but you can still quickly exchange the back panels.

This is not a hole in our life, but the hydration bladder opening in the back panel. That's taken care of as well.

Here we have the MOLLE Zip-on Panel in XL zipped onto a Medium JPC 2.0. And that works as well. MOLLE provides the option to further configure it with pouches. But there is also a fixed Pouch Zip-on Panel or a Pack Zip-on Panel. And let's not argue, the back side sits too low in the picture ... (mea culpa, mea maxima culpa).

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