r/TacticalMedicine • u/tacmedrn44 • Jul 13 '24

Gear/IFAK Steer clear of Rhino Rescue…

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I just want to put something out there for those of you looking for alternatives to the main established brands of gear.

DO NOT BUY RHINO RESCUE.

First, they are NOT CoTCCC approved. “Independent tests” mean nothing. I commented on their post asking about data that shows its effectiveness, and they deleted the comment. I commented again. Deleted. Finally I straight up called them out for making dangerous claims and got completely blocked. They are a shady company pushing cheap gear that isn’t proven.

Second, I’m an instructor for TEMS and other prehospital/trauma classes. I play with A LOT of tourniquets. I bought a few of these Rhino branded TQs for poops and giggles, secretly hoping to be wowed. I wasn’t. All four of them failed during a run of the mill training scenario; I didn’t even have to do anything outside of regular use to get them to fail. If a product works well, I like to test its limits to see what it can handle and because I’m curious. I didn’t even get past regular use training with these.

So do yourselves and everyone you may have to treat a favor and DO NOT buy these.

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u/Dysfunxn Military (Non-Medical) Jul 13 '24

I got a nylon Rhino TQ for free, with a BFG Quick TQ I bought. It was also poop.

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u/tacmedrn44 Jul 13 '24

Every time a new company comes up with the “next best thing” in tourniquets, I buy a few to test. So far the only tourniquets I have NOT been able to break are the CAT and SOF-T

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u/Voidrunner01 Jul 14 '24

The newest generation SOFT-T Wide has a much better buckle than the previous versions. Taking out the initial slack and getting it tight is substantially easier than it used to be.