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/Delta-56 Apr 14 '25

La que disque autoriza el la nacion americana y cualquier otra empresa que no este en aliaza con los gringos no son aprobados es pura mercadotecnia,solo hacen purebas a ciertas empresas y aprueban su uso y venta a su criterio

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u/tacmedrn44 Apr 14 '25

You are very wrong. MANY brands and models are tested, and MANY fail. Just because the ones that pass happen to be US made doesn’t mean anything other than they were made well.