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Hey, YouTube. Prepared to wander out in the woods today. It's gorgeous
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Partly sunny, about 24 degrees. Polar vortex is gone. By tomorrow, it's gonna be in the 40s
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By Monday, it'll be in the 50s. So all this will be gone
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But right now, it's just beautiful and pristine out. I've hiked back here on this trail
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There's no tracks but animal tracks. I'm the first human out here for a little while, it looks like
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which is awesome. And what I wanted to show you today is this
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This thing right here. This is the Halicantech Swagman Roll Advanced Bushcraft Poncho Liner
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This is from their Bushcraft line. See that? And what this thing is, it's a poncho liner
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like maybe some of you guys are used to who are in the military, but it's been upgraded and added a bunch of features to it
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so it's more than just a poncho liner. And that's what we're gonna look at today, so stick around
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All right, so the first thing that is different about this poncho liner
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is that it is actually filled with Climashield Apex. 67 grams. And the size of this poncho liner is 59 by 80 inches
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and it weighs in at 712 grams, which I'm not sure what that equals to in pounds
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but it's fairly lightweight. It can't even be a pound, I would imagine
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But it comes in this really nice stuff sack. And what's really interesting about this thing, this product
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is that it's not only a poncho liner or a whoopee, it's also a summer sleeping bag by zipping it up
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Inner sleeping bag for a modular sleeping system so you can add this to a larger sleeping bag that you may have
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A blanket or as a hammock underquilt. So this really gives you a lot of different options
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And what really appeals to me on this thing is that it's something that I can wear around camp
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when I don't want to wear a hell of a lot of heavy layers and I want my jacket to dry out
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If I'm making a fire and I want to sit around the campfire, this is something I can wear to help keep me warm when I'm still
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Not something I want to be moving through the brush with because you'll probably end up destroying it
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But for still sitting, for hunting, you know, still hunting, in a blind, this would be a great item because
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not only... it's camouflage. So..
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Notice right away on the front there is a pocket. So you've got some storage in here, which I think is really cool
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Another great feature is... get this glove off. If you reach around to the back
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and grab these Fastex buckles and buckle at the front and cinch it up
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cinch it up, now you've got basically a jacket. This allows you to crouch
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kneel in the snow, preparing your fire, setting up a tent, getting your gear organized in your campsite
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preparing for the hunt, getting your blind set up. This is something you can wear
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and it's not going to restrict your movement. It's not getting in the way in any way. The sleeves are nice and generous when you buckle that
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And you can of course adjust the tightness of the strap across your middle
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Now as you guys know, I'm a pretty big guy and this thing is fitting me really well
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I'd say the only tight area that I'm experiencing is the hood. The hood is just a little tight on me
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around my neck, but not bad. You certainly couldn't wear this over a helmet
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so it's not designed for that, but it'll fit my big noggin so it can't be too bad
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Now the camo that I bought this in, this is the pen-cott
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woodland I believe or something like that. It's kind of a unique pattern
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I haven't seen this before up close. It's really nice. This is going to disappear
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in a couple of weeks. It's really nice. This is going to disappear
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in the spring for sure. I think to make this into a
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sleeping bag you have a two-way zipper right there Look at that
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Now you have a sleeping bag. The other interesting feature on this is
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it comes with these toggles. What these toggles are for, these will actually loop into the grommets
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on a USGI poncho. You can actually attach this to your poncho
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that you already have and line your poncho. Now you have a warm, fairly waterproof
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system to wear. This is going to slip into the grommet and it's going to hold like that
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It's going to create an anchor point. It's another great feature. These toggles are all around on the corners
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exactly where the grommets would be on the USGI poncho. Also you can tighten the neck
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of this thing if you make this into a sleeping bag. You have little
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cord locks and you pull those and pull this tight. Now you can wrap this around you and create a nice seal on it
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Now I can tell this is going to be a little tight for me for my size, so what I would use this for is
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zip up the foot of it and put that over my feet and leave the rest of it open
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like a quilt and have that on top of me as a sleeping bag or inside another sleeping bag
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So all in all, a really awesome system. Something that is definitely overdue
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Another feature I just noticed here is your hood has it's own little pocket
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So you can store the hood. That way when it's in sleeping bag mode it's not hanging out
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and getting in the way. That will help seal up that hole. What I like about this is
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I think the price is very affordable for what you're getting. It's a little over $100 on Amazon
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There is a choice of colors. I think there is a multicam, a coyote a green, there's pencoats
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woodland, I think there's a pencoat badland which is like a desert scheme
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So there's different color options. Not only are you getting a nice warm
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poncho liner it's also coming in some nice camouflage colors so you can use this
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for hunting. It's just going to be a really versatile piece of gear
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I think for what I paid for it, it's well worth it. It just has so many features
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There's nothing like this currently on the market that I know of. I've seen a lot of stuff coming out but not that I've seen
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I was really enamored with it when I saw it. I was like, wow this is going to be an awesome piece of kit
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Like I showed, I just threw this in my daypack today and I'm going to leave that in there for the winter
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because when I'm out hiking around and I stop and I make up some lunch or stuff, that's when I get cold
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and sometimes my jacket is a little sweaty on the inside so I can take my jacket off, let that dry out
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put the poncho liner on while I'm working around in camp, then load it back up
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throw it in the backpack and hit the trail. So I've got a nice insulation layer
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I think for the price, it's well worth it and it's a great product so far
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It really seems to be well made the features are amazing. I'm really excited about it as you can tell
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It's so darn cool and I hope to get more use out of this thing as camping season keeps coming
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So that's it for today I just wanted to show you this
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