I have applied for my LTCH and I also carry my holster on my hip empty. (It is a FOBUS. Yes I know they are cheap.) I also starting wearing a magazine holster. (I have been ridiculed here in other posts I've made so don't bother.) The first time I got into my car with the holster on, I realized that I would have to work with it awhile to find the most comfortable and practical position for it.
My point is that it takes time to adjust to anything and you will constantly be moving it around on your hip to find the best spot. I would hate to get my LTCH, strap my gun on having never worn my holster in public and get the cops called on me for grabbing a gun while I'm trying to adjust it.
Anyway, just my opinion and I hate to see such negativity about someone's opinion.
Flame on.....
I can't speak for anybody else, but I am not ridiculing the OP. I don't agree with him.........but that is not ridicule. It is simply my opinion......and my experience, that once you slip a weapon inside that holster that you've been wearing for 6-8 weeks, it will change the feeling entirely. It is also my opinion that it would be easier to get used to the holster and gun as a set than to get used to the empty holster and be forced to retrain yourself once you start carrying.
This doesn't apply to your Fobus, but for those using leather holsters, carrying it empty for long periods of time could cause improper wearing and shaping of the holster.......thus making it unsafe. This should be a major concern for anybody that claims to be trying to become a safe, responsible gun owner.