I personally like them because they math my alpha x holster. You can adjust depth of magazine sitting in the holster. It also comes with more adjustability of pouch placement. (Ie: if you want the pouch to sit higher or lower on your belt.) I personally feel like it locks into adjustment better on the ball joint then the race masters. Also the entire inside has plastic inserts. Which I believe they said for a more consistent draw. Which it may be in my head but it did feel better coming out. So far I like them. Haven’t got to shoot a match with them yet. I did have a ball joint that was defective. Called customer service and they had me a new one shipped same day. Don’t try to over tighten. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk