My first thought on this thread was people wear jeans very differently, tight fitting womens jeans with those useless tiny pockets, forget it and keep it in your purse or back pocket. Relaxed fit jeans or slacks ate great for my front pocket carry. If I'm driving or sitting for awhile a breast pocket is the best easy access. I don't think I could ever hip clip it, but that's just my vanity. I keep it in my hand mostly to be perfectly honest and park it wherever, convenience store counters, work benches, passenger seat on its side. Great suggestions on reducer tube. I'm not afraid of a periodic leak, but I use to use carto tanks so I've had epic juice failures. Hope you can get some outside mileage out of your REO. I just run grands and woodvils. Trial and error will teach a lot that reading about just won't register