Reviews & Ratings for TRYBE Defense AR-15 Magnesium Alloy Ultra Function Lightweight M-LOK Handguard w/ Full Top Rail — 55 reviews — Page 1

There is nothing going right about these, except they are correct about the weight, they ARE super-light. And, with thier proprietary blend of poo(edited)-alloy, have made a thread-stripping, non-uniform (the provided barrel nuts are not steel, they are this alloy as well, and there are numerous reports of them splitting, cracking, and just simply not being threaded correctly. There is also the problem with the screws not being long enough unless you use thier handguard, because its actually to small for any normal-sized barrel nut. Anti-rotation tabs? More like floaters in the wind, they aren't touching anything. I can't understand how rating can be so high, when I see multiple people with the same problems over and over. I go from 1 star and read up. Also, these were just selling for like 23$. They are desperate to clear them out. Total junk, that can be made to work, and might be perfectly fine for you. I do NOT like any of them. Gouge easily, but thats also me cramming a screwdriver in just to spread the space for the nut. Still gouged easier than I would have expected. (These are in the "trash unless I can find a use for them" pile.) I did get one to fit over a .44 cent steel nut (thier brand), but you'll have to figure some hardware for the actual mounting screws - I used a mallet to get mine in, so theres already a good friction fit to start with. Clamping section still flares out a bit. Blowbacks? I think thats the ideal use for these.

Overall great quality and very very light weight. Install was easy and holding up well.

Had to cut the anti-roll tabs off, but after that it fit perfectly

I installed it and torqued it to spec. It looked very nice and worked great for holding my thermal. After about 15 shots I noticed the hand guard was loose. Upon inspection the screws pulled the threads out and no longer tighten. The screws only engage about half of the threads and could not hold.

nice hand at a great price like the anti rotation tabs

I was very pleased with the quality of the 9" handguard. The only thing I would have changed is to have the area or section where the QD is located be milled out to allow for more mlok slots because there is not a lot of real estate available on the shorter versions.

Very nicely designed and well made handguard. My only complaints are that the anti-rotate tabs do not fit real tight to the upper receiver. The screws that tighten the guard to the barrel nut are not counter bored and rest on top of the metal surface. Not a real biggy, as the screws can be swapped out with 10-32 button-head screws. Great handguard forr the price!!!

i ordered this to give my ar a makeover, the handguard looks cool and i like the simple style of it.
the handguard is very light. it's lighter than many other things on my bench, like a low pro gas block, or even a pocket knife. it's pretty light.
specs that i could find on the trybe website say that the barrel nut should be torqued to 35-40 foot pounds, and the mounting screws to not be torqued higher than 3 foot pounds (36 inch pounds).
i chose to torque the barrel nut to a little over 30 foot pounds, being afraid of ruining the magnite barrel nut. this seems to have been a good idea given what happens next.
the first mounting screw i attempted to torque to 30 inch pounds instead of 36 (again, trying not to ruin the handguard) but yet 30 inch pounds was too much and i could hear the handguard creaking and ultimately righty tighty became righty loosey.
i left that mounting screw where it was, so it can have at least a little bit of thread as a treat, instead of continuing to strip the threads.
the second mounting screw i decided to torque even lower, to 20 inch pounds, but as i was nearing the 20 inch pounds i could hear the handguard creaking and decided to stop where i was.
i'm quite disappointed with the mounting screws, but they should be fine as they are right now. if i ever have to take the handguard off, it's probably not going back on right.

it does look sleek, it is very light, i just wish it went on correctly.

This thing works. Nothing fancy or tacticool about it. It just works. The coating is not something you'd expect to hold up to abuse, but, let's be real. Most gun owners don't abuse their rifles, so it's fine.

Light weight and smooth finish but the qd holes are basically just for show since they're too small to fit standard qd mounts and then the screw holes are too small to allow the supplied screws to sit flush so they're gonna scratch up the rail when u tighten it and it feels like the thread pattern is wrong for the said screws or it from the cerakote. Works for a cheap build