I originally drove down to the store on a Sunday.  I had a feeling that it may be closed but I'm an impulse buyer so I went anyway.  After arriving at the store, I found that it was closed but just by peeking through the front door I knew that I had found the last store that I will ever need for true to form tactical gear.  I instantly knew that I wanted to do a review on this store and I returned to the store a couple days later.  Being the 'sneaky' recon guy that I am, I wanted to see how the store was run and set up before I told them about my plan to review it.

Upon entering into the store I was immediately addressed with a friendly "Hello" from the sales clerk behind the counter.  I was actually a little thrown off, because I didn't even see her yet and at all the other stores that I have gone to I normally get a "Yo.. what's up?" or nothing at all.  I looked around the store a little before walking all the way into it and the first thing that I noticed was all of the Blackhawk tactical gear.  I'm not talking a few vests and some pouches.. I'm talking nearly the entire Blackhawk product line.  So obviously Tactical Assault Gear is a Blackhawk dealer.

In addition to all of the Blackhawk tactical gear, I noticed that they also carried; Hatch protective gear, Under Armour, Magnum tactical boots, Surefire flashlights, Camelbak hydrapaks, Wiley X eyewear,  TAG private label gear and an assortment of other items.  Originally what I came to purchase was a chest mounted mag pouch but it was hard not to go overboard with all of the selections they offered. 

I looked around a little more, intentionally trying to make them think that I was just 'browsing' and another 'Looky Lou' customer.  I was actually doing that on purpose because I wanted to see how they would react.  A lot of other stores frown on this because I guess for some reason they feel that you're 'wasting' their time.  The sales team at Tactical Assault Gear was very 'attentive' but not 'invading', which made my trip that much more pleasant. 

I found the items that I was looking for and I noticed that some of the prices were 'discounted' from what the manufacture suggested they retail at.  This is a plus because I'm always out to save a buck.  I brought all of my items to the counter and cashed out.  From the time that I walked into the store until the time that I was handed my receipt I had nothing short of a wonderful experience inside the store.  After I finished with my purchase, I told them of my plan of wanting to 'review' the store for the website.  Honestly, I was expecting to get thrown out of the store and charged with spying.  Nope, they gladly handed me a business card with the owners personal email address and said they they would be happy to allow me to review the store if the owner was okay with it.

I got home and just as I was about to contact the owner of the store, I noticed that I had been charged the full price on some of my items.  The discounted price was hand written so I was unsure if they would honor the discounted price.  I called the store and told them about the discrepancy and they immediately told me that they would take care of it.  No hassles, no arguing, no convincing.  That was music to my ears to know that Tactical Assault Gear will take care of their customers after the sale as well as during the sale.  It is hard to find companies like that these days.

So to wrap all of this up, if you are looking for a store that has a huge selection of tactical gear, you have to pay a visit to Tactical Assault Gear.  They have a location in Oceanside and a location in Imperial Beach.  The Imperial Beach location is the one that I visited.  If you can't make it to one of their retail locations, you can shop their store online through their website www.tacticalassaultgear.com. 

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Here are some pictures we took of the store.
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