I’ve never been able to figure out why people nuke this out so much. All you need are some simple accessory cord loops, 5-6” or so in length, attached to your saddle molle loops to hold any type of sticks or platform. It couldn’t be simpler and it’s basically free. Cannot wrap my head around people turning to 3D printers and now even the same concept in amsteel of all things. It’s bizarre.
In my opinion, ranking the reasons why people go so deep in customizing saddle minutiae:
1) Because the gear isn't a means to an end, it is the end (trying not to judge)
2) Because people are super picky about certain things (I have my gear quirks also)
2) Because people have no clue so they are doing, so they do what the other two groups are doing (we've all been there with something) (should this be #1?)