Author Archives: Cloudster Pillow

Cloudster Pillow is a small family business that makes the Cloudster Pillow, an adjustable-fill holster pillow for IWB and appendix carry. Questions about anything on this page: cloudster@cloudsterpillow.com.

Cloudster Pillow's founder has carried appendix for years, started out with traditional foam wedges, found none that worked, and built the Cloudster Pillow for personal carry. Every Cloudster Pillow is made in the USA.

Holster Pillow vs. Wedge: Which One Actually Kills the Printing and the Dig?

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If you appendix carry, you’ve felt it — the grip of your gun pushing into your gut when you sit, the muzzle end digging into your thigh, the top of the slide printing through your shirt every time you lean forward. The fix everybody points you to is “add a wedge.” (For appendix carry specifically, […]

AIWB Holster Meaning: What It Is, How It Works, and Setup Guide

AIWB holster meaning shown in a real setup — a Kydex appendix holster holding a red-dot-equipped pistol beside a multicam Cloudster Pillow wedge, a spare-magazine carrier, and several holster wedges

The AIWB holster meaning is simple: AIWB stands for “Appendix Inside the Waistband” — a concealed-carry position where the holster sits between roughly 12 o’clock and 1 o’clock on the front of your body, inside your waistband. An AIWB holster is a Kydex or hybrid holster designed to be worn in that position, usually with […]

Constitutional Carry States 2026: All 29 Permitless Carry States

A Glock with a Holosun red dot in a Kydex holster fitted with a camo Cloudster Pillow holster wedge, beside a Kydex magazine carrier

Quick answer: As of October 2026, 29 states have constitutional (permitless) carry: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, West Virginia and Wyoming. No new state has been added since 2024. […]