well my first vest, was the SAAV, like 7 years ago. i personally didn't like it for G36 mags. they would get caught and so forth. Also i find the two mag pouches on the bottom right are to tight. i'm just saying i didn't like the SAAV and i don't recommend it. But thats just me. Just stick to something made for G36 magazines...like G36 mag pouches. cant really go too wrong there.
Agreed. My first vest was the cheap SAAV reps. I cut out the dividers, and it was still nothing compared to when I picked up my first Weblink set. Then I got the TT MAV setup (I wasn't recommending the whole vest, just the G36 pouches, which are my favorite G36 pouches next to the IdZ ones, but of course, those are hella expensive, but DO fit on MOLLE).
I also have a flecktarn knockoff Maritime Ciras, but the pouches were for AR style magazines, the triple pouch fit one G36 VERY tightly, but the double pouch fit one perfectly. I am probably selling this since I picked up the MAV and a IdZ over-vest. I can't recommend an IdZ vest unless A) You want to go a German route AND B) You have a lot of money to get one and the pouches.
As for the cheap route, if you aren't going for German impersonations, or are trying to keep the cost down get a replica MOLLE vest (like so:
http://www.airsoftgi.com/product_info.p ... ts_id=4634, this one even fits one G36 mag per integrated pouch), and get some double or triple AR or AK magazine pouches to hold the proper amount of G36 mags, though triple M4 pouches can be a bit tight for linked G36 mags. Read reviews, if someone says a double m4 pouch is tight fitting for two AR mags, it will be too tight for one G36, same for the triple pouches.
If you wanna spend a little bit more money on pouches, get the TTs, but as mentioned above, other companies make standard G36 pouches. Just not in Flecktarn (if thats what you are even looking for, if you are, then PM me, I've got tons).