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In this video, I put the FullTang Tactical Minuteman Pack to the test to see if it truly lives up to the hype. Designed and built in the USA, this modular 3-day assault pack promises unmatched durability, versatility, and comfort — but how does it actually perform in the field?
We’ll cover:
✅ Build quality, materials, and craftsmanship
✅ Storage layout and expandability
✅ Comfort and fit during long hikes
✅ Final thoughts – is it worth the investment?
Whether you’re into tactical gear, EDC loadouts, bug-out bags, or bushcraft camping, the Minuteman Pack might just be your next go-to ruck.
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All right. Today we're going to be going
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through Full Tank Tactical's new pack.
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This is called the Flint Lock. It is a
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30 L patrol size backpack that is
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perfect for bushcraft and tactical
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applications. Stick around. It's going
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to be a good video.
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[Music]
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So, I promised another video on the full
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tank tactical gear and I wanted to show
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this backpack to you. Now, this thing,
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it has so much going on with it as far
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as all the different modularity and, you
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know, technical specs and just uh
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functionality and and how this thing is
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built that um there's going to be things
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I miss and I apologize for that. So, I
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suggest go to Full Tank Tactical's
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website. There will be a link down
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below. Check it out there, read about
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it. Um, and also go back through some
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old videos of mine and other people on
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YouTube and look at their reviews of
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other Full Tank Tactical products
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because their stuff
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is phenomenal. I just did a review on
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this chest pack and now we're going to
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be taking a look at the Flint Lock Pack.
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Um, but there's a lot of other cool
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stuff that Full Tank Tactical makes. And
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it is all made in the USA. Small mom and
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pop type shop. you know, one guy in a
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sewing machine building phenomenal,
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amazing gear that is well worth the
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money. So, let's take a look at this
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pack. So, the problem with gear is that
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um you know, when you start getting into
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gear and you have a lot of different
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hobbies or different applications that
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you want to use gear for, maybe you like
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to hunt, but you also like to do some
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backcountry fishing. Um but also you
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want to, you know, have some gear that
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you can use. um more in an emergency
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situation like survival or bushcraft or
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even um in more of a prepper mode where
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you have to carry you know accessories
2:19
for a a weapon or a rifle. Um and you
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know having backpacks and chest rigs and
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all this different stuff um it gets
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expensive if you have too much of it.
2:30
Um, and then you start, you know,
2:33
compromising cuz you don't have enough
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money for this piece of gear. And then
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you're, you know, buying extra items to
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keep in each pack, which if you really
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think about it, most of the stuff is all
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the same. The things that you're
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carrying are all essentially the same.
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You want to have the basis of survival
2:48
in everything that you carry so you are
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prepared for an emergency situation. But
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then you're going to add small things um
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that actually work uh for that
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particular application. Hunting,
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fishing, uh backcountry hiking, um
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prepping, whatever it is. So the the
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beauty of Full Tank Tactical is that
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this is a modular system. everything
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that they build and that they design is
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um really based um around or thought
3:20
about around modularity. What can we do
3:23
to make the gear more modular? Um how
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can we make it um work with other things
3:30
in the system? That way, you're buying
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essentially one or two pieces of gear
3:36
and then adding different accessories to
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make it work together for different
3:40
applications. Instead of having three
3:41
different backpacks or four different
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backpacks, couple different chest rigs,
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you have the ability to, you know,
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change things up a little bit and um
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work in different scenarios.
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So, made in the USA, Cordura
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construction. Um, all the hardware,
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parts and pieces are, um, military grade
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or better. Uh, it is all US sourced
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materials. Um, just the best of the
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best. And of course, like I said before,
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it is all handmade. So, first off, we
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have a zipper pocket at the very top,
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and that goes down um all the way down
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to about the bottom of that Velcro right
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there. So, it's a pretty deep pocket. In
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here, I've got
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my gloves.
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And then I've got this small signal
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panel from Hidden Woodsman. I actually
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use this um for a lot of fire prep, uh
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keeping kind of things organized while
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I'm in camp. I put stuff on top of it so
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I can find it. But that all slips in
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there pretty nicely. And of course, you
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have the nice waterproof zippers. You
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have the grippy cord for pulling. Very
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nice materials on here. The zippers are
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fantastic. And we have another pocket
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down here. And here I got a couple
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gadgets. I've got this little pocket saw
5:19
that I picked up from SOG,
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a little pocket chainsaw
5:27
just for some wood processing if I need
5:30
to. And then I've got my headlamp
5:33
that goes in there.
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I have a Velcro field on the front. And
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then of course, as you can tell that
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there is this laser cut Molly uh
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attachment points and loops running down
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the side. And so you can attach larger
5:48
pouches like this Marine Corps utility
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pouch. Sides of the pack, we have laser
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cut Molly. And then we have water bottle
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pockets that actually fit a canteen and
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a canteen cup pretty easily. Not too
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bad. And then the cool thing about this
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pack is it comes with uh these accessory
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straps, these side straps, but they're
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not installed. You put those on
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yourself. And if you want to use them,
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you can. If you don't, they come off
6:15
very easily. So, there's actually split
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buckle right here, and this will go
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through this tab. Now, I've put one
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strap on the bottom here because that
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holds my water bottles down. I'm not
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utilizing the top strap on this side.
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Um, I've taken it off. Um, I don't need
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to have it there. Um, that allows me
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quicker access to this canteen kit. On
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this side,
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I've got a 32 ounce nalogene, but I have
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both of the side straps on or
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compression straps. And the reason I'm
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doing that is because if I want to not
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carry a water bottle and I want to put
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something like a tripod in here, if
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you're a predator hunter and you're
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sporting some type of optic tripod or a
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camera person, videographer, whatever,
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uh this is a great place to do that.
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This will also fit a small axe or a
7:06
large saw. So, you have that capability.
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Um, but these are removable.
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The pack itself
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will completely open up. And that
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fillets open. And inside you have more
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of this um laser cut Molly. But this is
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Velcro
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material, the fuzzy material. So you can
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attach any kind of uh Velcro pouch that
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you have,
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you know, upgraded or changed very
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quickly and for whatever mission you're
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going to be running. So if you're
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camping and you're doing an overnight
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and you just need camp gear and that's
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kind of what I have in here today, I can
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do that. Um, if I want to use this as a
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search and rescue pack and I want to put
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more technical equipment in it, I can do
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that. Of course, it is long enough um to
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fit um a, you know, folding SB or
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possibly a takedown rifle of some sort.
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You have that option.
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Back here is the frame sheet and that
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has dual aluminum stays. So, that's
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really going to help with distributing
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weight and load.
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And then this pocket right here
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is a nice heavyduty mesh material. This
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is not going to snag or rip. Um, a lot
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of the mesh that they put in some of
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these packs is just super lightweight
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and cheap and it's going to tear
8:41
eventually and I've seen it. This one is
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heavy duty enough that I don't have to
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worry about it. Um, and in here I have
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my hydration kit with my Sawyer and a a
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bag for collecting treating water.
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And that just lives in there all the
8:58
time. That way, no matter what I'm
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doing, I always have some kind of water
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treatment with me. But this is what is
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amazing about this bag is all this laser
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cut Molly. Um, it's fantastic. You know,
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you can just do whatever you want with
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this stuff and set this bag up in in so
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many different ways. Now, this is
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hydration compatible. There is a
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hydration port right here and there is
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a hanger.
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I pop that out. So, you got a hanging
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tab and you've got the port. Um, I don't
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run a lot of hydration uh bladders, but
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I might try some uh next summer and see
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how that goes. But that would hang down
9:41
here. And then of course with all this
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attachment points, you can run a bungee
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cord to put your hydration bladder
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through and that's going to secure it.
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Uh you can, you know, do some kind of
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straps. It's kind of whatever you want
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to do. You can whatever you can kind of
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come up with. Um you can make it happen.
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So I don't even have this thing
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completely
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decked out with gear. I mean, there's
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so much more that can be added to this
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and there's capacity for it.
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I'm running this thing right now at
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about uh I think it was 14.33
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lb dry weight without uh water bottles
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being filled.
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And as you can tell, there's all this
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room at the top still uh that I haven't
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even really begun to use. But I like
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that because that gives me the ability
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to add things as I need because if I
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want to carry extra camera equipment or
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whatever, I can do that. Now, there was
10:43
also some comp uh some of these
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compression straps that were included
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that I utilized um for making
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uh load lifter straps. And I'm not sure
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if that was the intended purpose, but
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that's the way I'm doing it. And I like
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it because it keeps the shoulder straps
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up. And um actually load liters do a
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very good job of relieving some of the
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uh pressure that a heavy pack can um put
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on your shoulder. So load liters for me
11:12
are essential. Now, this bag does come
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with a sternum strap um and that's
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removable. Um, I didn't install mine
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because I'm running a chest pack and I
11:22
want to be able to um, not have that
11:25
interfere with the chest pack. I think
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it works a lot better without it. And
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for, you know, 15 lb pack, I don't think
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I need it as much.
11:35
Also, you'll see here there is the air
11:38
channels built in. We have foam padding
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here. And this material is kind of a
11:44
soft material. We'll see how this holds
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up um for pilling. Hopefully it doesn't
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peel too much or too uh badly throughout
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the year. Um wearing it with different
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jackets and things, but it is very soft.
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Uh it feels great.
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Really nice. Nice design. We have a grab
12:01
handle, of course, that's essential. Got
12:04
to have one of those. And then we have
12:07
attachment points for a belt. Uh this
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belt does not come with the pack as far
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as I know. Um, at this time of recording
12:16
this video, um, I I don't think the belt
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comes with it. It is removable. Um, I'm
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not sure if I'm going to keep the belt
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on. I don't feel it's necessary with a
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15lb pack. Um, but if you, you know,
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have more gear, um, that's heavier and
12:36
you feel like you need the belt, then
12:38
you have that option to add it. And then
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also, of course, laser cut Molly on that
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as well. So if you want to add pouches,
12:44
canteen pouches, water pouches, you
12:46
know, possibles pouch, uh dump pouch,
12:48
whatever, you can do that. But once
12:52
again, back to modularity, this can be
12:57
uh taken off and added. These wings,
13:00
these straps can come out and these
13:02
wings can be added to the belt kit that
13:04
turns this chest pack into a fanny pack.
13:08
And I talked about that in my last
13:09
video. So back again to modularity. So,
13:13
not everything comes with it, but you
13:15
don't need it if you don't want it.
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Another
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feature here is the bottom pack. There
13:52
is of course webbing loops on the bottom
13:56
and these extra straps this came with.
13:58
These weren't installed. I can run these
14:00
through here, use the G hooks, hook them
14:03
to the bottom, and then
14:11
now I have the ability to run a sleep
14:14
pad, um, you know, if you're carrying
14:18
ghillie suit or a small sleeping bag,
14:22
hammock, whatever, a lot of that stuff
14:24
can be attached to the bottom here. This
14:26
all threads through here very easily.
14:29
Uh, it does come with Velcro keepers
14:31
that you can install if you want to. Um,
14:33
you don't have to, but I like them. That
14:35
keeps the the strap management under
14:38
control, so I don't have a lot of
14:39
dangling straps. Um, he sends that along
14:41
with the straps. Uh, so, you know, a lot
14:46
of different little details in this pack
14:50
that are phenomenal. And then of course,
14:52
I think you'll notice here that with
14:54
this zipper, even though this is a
14:55
waterproof zipper, we still have this
14:57
wing that comes around and protects it.
15:00
So that's going to keep debris, dirt,
15:02
and moisture out. And like I said, if
15:04
you don't want to run these, you don't
15:06
have to. These compression straps are
15:08
completely removable.
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All right. I I know I probably missed
15:13
something with this pack. There's just
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so many features that I wanted to
15:18
showcase and talk about. Um really the
15:22
thing that we need to think about with
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this bag is um that uh it is so far
15:29
above
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the the quality of a lot of other
15:33
mass-roduced backpacks that this thing
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is going to last a very long time. It is
15:39
so wellmade and um I don't think you're
15:42
going to have any issues with it. And I
15:44
I'm I don't foresee any issues with this
15:45
thing and I know that if there are
15:47
they'll be taking care of my full tang.
15:48
So, not worried about that at all. So,
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the money that this thing is going to
15:52
cost, and I don't I don't have a price
15:54
on this thing yet. Um, I know it's going
15:56
to be expensive. It's not going to be,
15:57
you know, $150 backpack. Um, absolutely
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not. It's going to be way more than
16:02
that. Um, but, uh, it's going to be one
16:05
of these types of deals where you buy
16:07
once and you cry once and that's it. So,
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do me a favor, go to the link below,
16:13
read the specs on his website. Um, check
16:16
out my links as well, my affiliate
16:18
links, and um, leave me a comment. Let
16:20
me know what you think about this. And,
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um, as always, thank you so much for
16:24
watching, and we'll see you next time on
16:27
the Prepared Wanderer.