Dale from United States, OK Public Profile

I haven't seen a lot of ambidextrous charging handles but, of those I have seen, this is the best mechanical design. Not being a mechanical engineer, I'm not exactly sure what the mechanism style is called but I'll call it a transfer bar. Either side you pull transfers the motion to the other side so there's virtually no difference in experience whether you pull left-handed or right-handed.

Of the several I ordered, only one seemed to work smoothly out of the package, left- or right-handed. The rest were stiff and hard to operate until I added a few drops of oil in the pivot points. Once I did that, they all operated so much smoother than even the one that I went back and oiled that one, too. Lesson learned: a couple drops of oil goes a long way in making this totally awesome.

I have a couple left-handed ARs that have standard charging handles. I've learned to use them and had accepted that as being as good as I could expect. These TRYBE handles are so awesome, though, that I'll be ordering more of these to upgrade those and for any new ARS I build or buy.

This is such a great addition to my ARs, I don't know why the military default doesn't include more ambidextrous parts like this. I put these on three new builds and they all operate flawlessly. I'll be ordering more for any other AR style guns I may or may not own, now or in the future.

I purchased my Left-handed X16 from Optics Planet in March; I've had it just 4 months. Within minutes of wearing it the first time, the screws started falling out and the holster just fell off of me. I managed to find all of the screws and nuts and reassemble it. In a few more hours more screws fell out. I found them again and this time I tightened all of the screws. A week later more screws fell out and I didn't find them all.

I tried to call Bianchi and it took several days to get someone on the phone. While I was trying to get them on the phone, I also emailed. I finally got a lady on the phone who said the screws and the plastic loops that hold the thing together are not sold separately - apparently if you lose a screw or loop the harness must be replaced. She did offer to send me some and I gave her all my information. 3 months later and I haven't received a thing.

After I didn't receive anything from the phone promise, I replied to the email I had received in reply to my email to Bianchi. I explained that I hadn't received the offer from the phone. I received another reply from Bianchi that said if I would send my contact information they would send me screws and loops. I sent my information and never received a thing from them - two broken promises.

Finally, I found similar screws - they're called Chicago Screws - on Amazon and ordered a few assorted sizes to make sure I got what I needed. I also ordered some red Loc-Tite to hold it all together. I put