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Budget Recon Belt Rig for Scouting and Survival - LBE
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Dec 7, 2024
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in today's video we're going to be
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taking a look at a lightweight and
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inexpensive Recon belt kit that I've put
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together stick around it's going to be a
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good video
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this is the shangra LA uh what they call
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their Range Bag tactical range bag but
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what it is is a clone of the Maxpedition
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SaberCat and if you are familiar with
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Max Edition gear and you are very
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familiar with the SaberCat it is a
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belove bag that unfortunately has been
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discontinu many many years ago very hard
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to find on the secondary Market when
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they come up on eBay they go for tons of
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money but shangra la which is a Chinese
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company unfortunately on Amazon is
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producing a bag that looks a lot like
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the saber cat and what's surprising
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about it is it's under $40 for this one
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and the quality is not too bad not as
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good as Max edition of course but this
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will do for now and when you pair it
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with this Condor H harness it makes for
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a very
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comfortable Woods running
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rig so so we're going to take a look at
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this in depth so here it is the shanga
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SaberCat clone um you know I love the
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saber cat I wish I still had one they're
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super hard to find nowadays but this
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will work for now and so far I'm really
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digging it and what's cool about this
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pack this pack is um the quality
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materials are not too bad there's it's a
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Cordura material for the fabric um
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stitching is not too bad there is box
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stitching in some of the SC
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um and it's very modular but the big
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surprising thing is when I got
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this uh the oneq canteen will fit in the
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side of the P the side pockets no
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problem and so this is an Nene Oasis
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Canen uh it is um BPA free it's a
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polycarbonate material of course it's
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semi-transparent this is the exact same
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size as a US military GI canteen except
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for all the improvements much lighter uh
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none of that funky taste or smell just a
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great canteen and it does fit the
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canteen cups now the canteen cup will
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not fit in the side pocket but the
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canteen will fit in there on its
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own another nice feature is that this
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side pocket has a mesh pocket in the
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back so if you want to throw in some
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water decontamination tablets maybe some
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um rehydration packets you can do that
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then all you have to do is zip this up
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up and then there is a cinch strap that
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is actually sewn into the belt so that
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pulls the load in so that's a pretty
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decent
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feature on the front we have a grab
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handle that actually the webbing goes
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all the way down to the bottom and that
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allows me to secure my sitting pad which
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this is a thermes z pad fits very nicely
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down there velcro panel on the front
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velcro panel on the top along with a
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bungee system and a pass through pocket
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so you can stuff gloves or a knife or
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kind of whatever you want up there and
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then we have the belt system now there
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is a pass through here so the belt tucks
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inside here if you want to this pack
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does come with a shoulder strap so you
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can carry this as a shoulder bag would
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make a great camera bag I think but um
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what I'm doing is I've actually hooked
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up that Condor H harness so I can make
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this into
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a very comfortable butt pack 2-in belt
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and
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buckle all seem to be pretty decent
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quality of course here's the H harness
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as you can tell um it's a pretty modular
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piece of gear I can add a hydration
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pocket to the back of this if I want to
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in the future um but the nice thing
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about this is it really distributes the
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load pretty well on my shoulders and
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since this is a lumbar pack um and I had
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it riding pretty high most of the weight
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are on my hips and not on my shoulders
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which I really like so here you can see
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how I've got this attached to the back
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just running those lines that come off
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the harness those straps through this
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Pal's webbing back onto itself and into
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the Buckle and then I just neaten it up
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with some velcro just to keep it tight I
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think one thing I want to do is I think
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I'm going to have my wife or maybe my
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mother-in-law sew a channel right here
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so this will stay in place and be nice
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and tight with the pack but that's an
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easy fix not a big
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deal uh the pass through pocket I really
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don't plan on using it that much so what
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I did is I actually uh put some padding
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in Mine by cutting down an old army
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sleeping pad and that fits in there
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nicely and that helps cushion on my my
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lower back all right so here it is I'm
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going to put it on show you how this
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thing rides and how I can get it on and
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off so the H harness is pretty easy to
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work
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with just flip it
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around get your
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arm in
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there give it kind of a
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shake you do your belt
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first and get that nice and
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tight so the
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weight is down on your hips and then
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what you can do is you can tighten the
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shoulder
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straps and that pulls the weight up a
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little bit and then of course sternum
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strap that pulls the straps in so now
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you're
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taking the pressure off of the outer
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part of your shoulders because you're
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pulling that sternum strap in makes for
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a very comfortable setup for the woods
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and since I've got this sitting High I'm
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actually able to wear a full size knife
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on my belt and access it no
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problem Cold Steel
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srk all right so I'm going to take you
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through the contents so on the outside
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I've got this uh tourniquet holder I got
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this from one Thief Surplus this is the
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Marine Corp issue one fits on the side
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of that pocket nicely with Molly of
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course there's the velcro panel got my Z
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seat on the bottom this front pouch is
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kind of the admin
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pouch so I've got an emergency Poncho in
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here so I can make a quick shelter or
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keep out of the rain of course got a
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myar rescue blanket just to you know to
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make a hasty shelter if I have to I've
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got my easy lap knife
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sharpener with a fine grit diamond and
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then a ceramic on one side love this
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thing works great got my mini right in
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the rain notebook kit right there and
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still plenty of room up front to put my
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phone or a charger or whatever I
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need so as we're going through this kit
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keep in mind that this is supposed to be
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lightweight and not be you know a
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dedicated overnight bag so it's not
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going to have everything that you need
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but there certainly is enough room in
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this bag to carry some
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Essentials this top part is really nice
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because it's kind of like a survival kit
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up here so you open this up and it's got
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pretty decent elastic bands to hold all
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my stuff so I can organize it and then a
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a pass a little slip pocket back here
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and a mesh pocket in the lid here I've
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got a uh a little mini fishing kit
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matches I got my Zippo lighter with
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a butane
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insert I have my live fire fire starter
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which is Fire Starter that you can use
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and then reuse um when you're done with
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it you just close it and that shuts it
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down snuffs it out of course a
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whistle mini uh AAA flashlight this is
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nice because I can actually put this on
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the bill of my baseball cap and now I've
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got basically an improvised headlamp so
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it doesn't have to be anything too fancy
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it just needs to get me back to my
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truck then of course Ferro rod and a
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fire bellows
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always have those with me up in this
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pocket we've got wet wipes for cleaning
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up inside of this bag is pretty cool and
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I I've always like this feature about
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the SaberCat is that it it's kind of
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this u-shaped or clamshell opening so
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when you open this thing you can see the
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contents of your bag so you're not just
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reaching into a a big open bag and and
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rooting around looking for stuff you can
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see everything that you brought keep
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keeps it organized I've got my Atwood
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550 cord dispenser This Is 50 ft of 550
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cord and it's got a
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built-in place to hide a
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lighter pretty cool and it's got the
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cutter built into it right there then
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I've got my first aid pouch this is from
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tough possum gear this is made from xack
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material so it's a good waterproof
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material now I'll have links down in
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below in the description for all this
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stuff then here I've got um my
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750ml
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titanium uh
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pot now this one I've had this for a
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very long time and I've used it quite a
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bit um as you can tell this is from Wild
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camping International they're a British
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company um so it's probably not
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something you're going to go out and get
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from them unless of course you're in
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England but uh there are similar ones on
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Amazon from tox and other companies
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they're all very similar but inside here
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I've got my bandana another lighter I
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got some fire starting cubes and then
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I've got a folding
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Spork and then I've got my
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little snow peak hot lips which if
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you're unfamiliar with those allows you
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to drink on the side of a hot cup and
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not burn your lips pretty essential gear
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for me
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and here is really a favorite piece of
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my gear this is from hidden Woodsman it
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is his signal panel um but what's
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interesting is I really don't use this
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as a signal panel I mean I can in an
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emergency obviously but um I use this to
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put it on the ground and then lay my
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gear out when I'm like cooking something
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in the woods or you know sorting through
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my pack it just gives me a nice dry
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clean and bright area
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to put all my stuff and then in here in
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this pocket I've got some coffee singles
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and then I've got some water
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purification tablets this is my Vargo
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titanium hex
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stove I've used this in some prior
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videos but folds flat easy to set up and
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the cup that I have works with this
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perfectly really makes for a nice
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lightweight way to to um Brew some
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coffee when you're on the
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trail now this is clocking in at about
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11 lb with water um which isn't too
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terrible um of course I've got plenty of
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room in that pack to add more stuff add
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more food I could easily push this into
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an overnight bag uh by adding a poncho
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shelter system to it there's enough room
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on the bottom to add that um a lot of
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different possibilities with this kit so
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um I think this is definitely going to
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replace the old
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Alice belt system that I used earlier
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this year
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God
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for for
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all right guys I hope you enjoyed the
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comment down below let me know what you
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think about this belt rig do you think
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it's worth it uh under $40 I sure do um
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check out all the affiliate links down
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below there'll be my Amazon store with
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all this gear that I just talked about
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also they'll be be links to some of the
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manufacturers I talked about like tough
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possum gear and as always thank you so
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much for watching we'll see you next
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time on the prepared wander
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