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Mountainsmith Tour, Best Bag for Everything!
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Feb 4, 2024
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Hey guys, prepared to wander out in the woods today
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I wanted to show you the Mountain Smith Tour. This is the newest one in their lineup
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The Mountain Smith Tour has been around for a very long time. This is not a new bag, but this design, these upgrades that they've made to this bag have
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significantly changed it and I think made it a little bit of a better EDC hiking bag
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I want to show you mine and what I'm doing with it and see what you guys think
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Stay tuned. How I have this thing set up is kind of a grab and go EDC, but also for hikes
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My wife and I have started hiking metro parks in our area
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She carries an older Mountain Smith Tour and she really likes that bag
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I decided I probably should get one too so I can carry water and essentials with me
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but I wanted it to do several different things. I don't want it to be just for hiking
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I want to be able to throw this thing in my truck, carry some necessities with me when
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I'm traveling, possibly using it with camera gear. I really wanted multiple roles for it
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I think it's a good bag for that just because of its versatility and what it can carry
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Right off the top, two dual water bottle holders on each side
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These are big enough to hold a 32 ounce standard Nalgene bottle, which I think is a big plus
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for a lot of people. It certainly is for me. If you want to carry a lot of water, this is the way to do it
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So able to carry a full size water bottle and you can carry, if I can get it out of
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here, a nesting cup as well. This cup is the Ollicamp nesting cup
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It is 20 ounces, so it's pretty standard. Many of the nesting cups will fit in here like the Walmart or the GSI
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Canteen cups will not fit in these side pouches. A canteen will, but a canteen cup will not
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So just note that as we're walking through this review. On the front of it, it comes with this shock cord built in, which is a really nice feature
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because then if you want to throw in a jacket or something like that, you can do that pretty easily
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I've got a couple of Grimlocks on here, so I can attach extra gear to it
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Of course I've got my hand sanitizer on the outside. It has a zipper pocket on the front that has a key leash built in
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I've just got a compass and a whistle in here. I've got my bandana, my Olight headlamp, some energy bars, not much
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I've got dual grab handles, which are really well stitched. They're actually backed up with another piece of nylon, so these things aren't going to
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pull out on you or fray or whatever. You're going to have to forgive the noise a little bit
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I'm at a public hiking trail. So you open up the main compartment and it has this padded neoprene sleeve in the back
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which they say is designed for like a tablet. You know, if you're going to use this for office carry or urban carry, you certainly
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can do that. It's also nice for carrying items that are a little flatter
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So I've got a titanium stove. I've got this space sleeping bag, emergency bivvy
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There's also a sewn in zipper pocket for organization. In here I've got some coffee and tea and sugar
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I've got my titanium spork. So it's a nice little pocket for organizing all that small stuff
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And then the main compartment is pretty generous. I've got some survival items in there, some gloves, first aid kit, and there's still plenty
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of room. This thing will expand much wider than what it looks like right here
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This is hanging, so it's a little tighter. Really nice mesh on the back with air channels sewn into it so you can get some air flow
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The hip belt is not overly padded, so it conforms more to your shape and doesn't become real bulky
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That way also you can, if you want to, you can fold this up and stick it behind that pad
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Now in this pocket, there is a slip pocket back here. I've got my SE3, which conceals very nicely back there
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It's a great spot for it. There's also a port for headphones
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I think you could probably get away with doing a small hydration bladder and running a hose
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through there. On this side of the belt, there is a zippered pocket
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I've got some lip balm, I've got my bird call, good place to put keys
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Now for whatever reason, they didn't put anything on this side of the belt, and I don't know why
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It seems a little strange to me. If you're going to put a hip belt here, why not put a pocket here
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Why wouldn't you put a pocket on this side as well? On their older models, they did have pockets on each side, but they took it away on this side
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What they didn't do, they could have put also a MOLLE or at least one strap here so you
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could at least attach your own pocket. If you want, there are these straps that attach from the front of the pack and go all
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the way back to the belt. That cinches up the load of the pack
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It brings the pack against your body more. You can either have that over the water bottle, or you can have it behind the water bottle
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I kind of like it behind the water bottle, that way it doesn't stick out too far
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If you're wearing this on your hip, and you pull this strap in, it just tightens everything
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up to your body, which is a great feature. It keeps the bag from flopping around on your back, and that's important with lumbar packs
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You can also remove this shoulder strap, and you can attach the optional strapettes, which
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are an X-strap shoulder harness, which allows you to carry more weight
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If you're going to carry a lot of weight with this pack, I suggest getting some kind of
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harness system to help stabilize it. That puts the load on your shoulders more and off of your waist and helps stabilize it
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You don't have to use the Mountain Smith strapettes. I've read a review where one guy took Hill People gear shoulder straps off of their packs
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and was able to attach it via these buckles, so that's an option
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You can also set this up with Alice Y-straps from your Alice gear
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So you old army dogs who still have some Alice gear floating around in your basement, that
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is an option, very easy to do. They would just clip into these straps right here, or you can even thread a D-ring on that
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clip those on, and then the other strap clips down here on this metal bracket or buckle
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From what I've read, this is a 600D Denier Cordura. It has a very soft, slick feel to it, and I like it
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It looks great, it feels good, I think it's going to do a nice job of repelling water
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and being abrasion resistant, and of course the camo pattern I think is pretty cool
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You can also get this bag in a Hunter OD Green and then a Coyote Tan for the subdued colors
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and then they have some brighter colors like red, and there's a blue, and I think a black
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as well. So, there's some different options. There's a bag that I can tuck away the waist belt and carry it shoulder style into a building
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or I can undo that, take that belt out and carry it hiking
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It just gives me some different options for a pack, and I want to definitely use it for
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traveling, storing camera gear in it, doing some hiking with it, and possibly some hunting
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this fall. Also, on the bottom of the pack, there are straps for securing extra gear, so if you
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got a roll, like a towel, or a beach blanket, or maybe rain gear, or a poncho, maybe even
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a light tarp, you could roll that up and stick that under here and carry it that way
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So lots of options. It's kind of a do-all bag. It's got a lot of different features to it
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It's going to fill a lot of different needs for me. I'm really looking forward to using it more this year
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All right, guys, thanks for watching. As always, please like, subscribe, and share, and thank you for watching this video, and
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we will see you next time on The Prepared Wanderer. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye
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