The TacPack box is a subscription based service box that provides gun parts, tactical gear, EDC gear, and/or funny 2A shirts, bundled together at a discounted monthly subscription price straight to your door. The product is a subscription box for gun guys essentially. The boxes come in TacPack Light for $29.95, TacPack Standard for $49.95, and TacPack Plus for $129.95. It's important to note that shipping is not included and is a $10 flat charge, so that is spread out more for what you get across the gear sent if you buy the higher tier boxes. To be absolutely clear, I don't have any relationship to TacPack, not even an affiliate relationship.
In his video i'll be unboxing the TacPack plus. I signed up during a promotional period from an marketing email by Sylvan Arms, where I got to try the box at a discount. With shipping and discount it was around $110.
The plus box features an assortment of products that will range with MSRPs of $225 to $300. You don't know what you're going to get, you just know that whatever comes in the box is going to be pretty discounted. Let's take a look at what I got and I'll let you know if I think the subscription is worth it.
In my box I got double pistol case from full forge gear. The MSRP on this bag is $37.95. I was able to find it individually online for $22.77.
Next I got a tactical beevis and butthead morale sticker. Not really my thing but it its pretty funny. Its hard to value this but I'll say $3.
Next is a timber creek dust cover. The dust cover comes in FDE and is USA made. The vendor had this on sale for $29.99. The cheapest I could find this online was from optics planet for $23.99.
Next were a couple faxon bands that have labels for 556 and 223. To be honest, these would be more helpful if they were 300 Blackout specific. I don't think I'll use these. Faxon MSRPs these for $9.99 and I couldn't find them at any other vendor.
Next was the big ticket item in the box. TacPack included a Halo CL600 range finder. I could not find this range finder on the Halo website so I don't know what the MSRP is. The CL600 is listed on Academy sporting goods website as being an "exclusive" which probably is why we aren't seeing it listed on the main halo website. It is being sold for $79.99, so I'm going to say that is probably the legit MSRP. I'm pretty excited about this range finder as it gives me a bit more ranging capability than I had with my old one. Its not a crazy long distance, but in central florida with the terrain here, I don't have ranges nearby that will even go to 600. Still this is a nice upgrade from my old range finder.
Lastly there was an infinity target that was included. This target is pretty small. Its maybe A Zone sized. Looking on the infinity target website, I could not find this particular product anywhere on the website.
Most of the cheapest targets I can find on the website MSRP for $39, but they are quite a bit larger than this target. So let's give the benefit of the doubt and say this is worth $39 also although it is pretty small.
So in total when I add up the MSRPs, I found that my box was worth at maximum $199.92 taking the MSRPs into account. Taking current sale prices into account, the value is about $178.74. Now, given sale prices and for the products I'll actually use, which include the pistol bag, the dust cover, and the range finder, the value to me for what I'll definitely use day to day is $132.75. The self healing target is cool, I probaby just wont use it though, and I can probably resell it, which just about offsets the discount I got on the box in the first place.
The beevis and butthead sticker and mag bands I think would be a tough resell. So I'm estimating the value to me personally would be around $160-170 plus the shipping costs.
So yes, I think the box actually is a pretty descent value. You definitely get your money's worth, even when you consider sale prices that are taken into account. Will I personally continue buying this box? Probably not to be entirely honest. I'm not someone who enjoys surprises very much so it isn't for me, but it is a good value. It just so happens I can use most of the big ticket stuff that came in the box, but it could have just as easily had big ticket items that are duplicates of things I already own.
I think this would be a really helpful box and a great service for someone who is just first getting into guns. If you don't have a lot of gear, this is a great way to start building out what you need at significant discounts. So overall if that is you, I would recommend this. If you're like me and you're in a spot where you already have all your bases covered, you might not be able to get as much value out of this. Regardless TacPack is offering a pretty cool service and it is definitely worth trying out at least once.
