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JustinFournier said:
Yeah it looks like it's shorter overall, but taller behind the head by probably 6" or more. Also, I like the sustainment pouches out the side, vs my ILBE that has the assault pack on the back. I've decided to turn my ILBE into winter GTFO pack in the event we have a natural disaster here.
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Yeah it's the picture and the fact that I haven't got the straps buckled up...

That's the thing about a military set up, you have to be able to move your head around so a real tall pack doesn't work... And if you like to go off trail you need to be able to do the same .... Short and wide, short and wide !![emoji16]
 
fbhandler said:
Yeah it's the picture and the fact that I haven't got the straps buckled up...

That's the thing about a military set up, you have to be able to move your head around so a real tall pack doesn't work... And if you like to go off trail you need to be able to do the same .... Short and wide, short and wide !![emoji16]
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Agreed. I love my Khard. That is what I use almost all the time. I am fine with the ILBE as I will probably, if all goes well, never use it. And with a toddler and another on the way, the extra space is useful. And within the next few years if I do, I can have the toddler carrying the Assault pack to make my day easier, if we did need to go. 20 for him 80 for me. Good deal. If I need another big one, I will probably go with the Khard again. Now that I've started to go modular, why stop.
 
What's this khard you speak of?

That was a good deal or I'm looking in the wrong spot. I can't find just a new rucksack much less the whole kit.
 
Texas_toothpick said:
What's this khard you speak of?

That was a good deal or I'm looking in the wrong spot. I can't find just a new rucksack much less the whole kit.
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Here is a great way to spend 3 minutes:

[video=youtube;kjucYZ3ETGY]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjucYZ3ETGY[/video]
 
Texas_toothpick said:
What's this khard you speak of?

That was a good deal or I'm looking in the wrong spot. I can't find just a new rucksack much less the whole kit.
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Hate to say it ... The Bay !! I

I picked up the pouches separate, negotiated on the main bag and suspension ... All in all a very satisfied customer!!
 
JustinFournier said:
Agreed. I love my Khard. That is what I use almost all the time. I am fine with the ILBE as I will probably, if all goes well, never use it. And with a toddler and another on the way, the extra space is useful. And within the next few years if I do, I can have the toddler carrying the Assault pack to make my day easier, if we did need to go. 20 for him 80 for me. Good deal. If I need another big one, I will probably go with the Khard again. Now that I've started to go modular, why stop.
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Yeah modular is the way to go... I still carry an med. ALICE pack most everyday for work... But I've integrated my old LBE gear and newer modular gear for backpacking/bush whacking... I guess that's what I liked about the FILBE is it was a bigger modernized modular ALICE....
 
This is a bit of a deviation, but I have a question about Eberlestock backpacks. A friend of mine is going to start doing 3 gun competitions and asked me if I knew of a good backpack. I believe one of the Survivor regulars said they had an Eberlestock bag and I read this article: http://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/2013/12/foghorn/gear-review-eberlestock-gunslinger-ii/ after I saw the post. Do you guys like these bags or would recommend something else? They seem like good bags. Thanks!
 
So many great bags being posted, I love the look and design of both the Finnish one Casino has on the way, and have resisted tracking down one of those Khard packs...even though they seem dang near percect
 
So, i know its a couple of days late in regards to the Dave Canterbury book, something to look for is a foraging book. There seem to be many for the eastern woodlands. I just found one for the mountain state area "Mountain State Foraging" by Briana Wiles. On the back of the book it says that it covers, CO, Eastern OR/WA, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY, and Southern Alberta/Saskatchewan. Picked it up at the local Costco for $15ish. I just started reading it.

I found the Bushcraft 101 to by very simple to read with a lot of common sense.
 
jbsmwd said:
So, i know its a couple of days late in regards to the Dave Canterbury book, something to look for is a foraging book. There seem to be many for the eastern woodlands. I just found one for the mountain state area "Mountain State Foraging" by Briana Wiles. On the back of the book it says that it covers, CO, Eastern OR/WA, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY, and Southern Alberta/Saskatchewan. Picked it up at the local Costco for $15ish. I just started reading it.

I found the Bushcraft 101 to by very simple to read with a lot of common sense.
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Great find at a Costco!

For Dave'S book was it common sense like "ok I pretty much could have figured this out on my own" or common sense like "wow that's really clever, how did I not think of this before!"?
 
jbsmwd said:
So, i know its a couple of days late in regards to the Dave Canterbury book, something to look for is a foraging book. There seem to be many for the eastern woodlands. I just found one for the mountain state area "Mountain State Foraging" by Briana Wiles. On the back of the book it says that it covers, CO, Eastern OR/WA, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY, and Southern Alberta/Saskatchewan. Picked it up at the local Costco for $15ish. I just started reading it.

I found the Bushcraft 101 to by very simple to read with a lot of common sense.
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"The 10 bushcraft books" by Richard Graves is a great no nonsense read as well... More then likely you'll be able to find it free in pdf form online... But this is more of a general bushcraft book vs area specific ..."Edible wild plants" by Lee Allan Peterson is area specific read with foraging in mind... I think he has a book covering all the major regions of the US.

Ps this^^ is a field guide
 
Casinostocks said:
To Silver and whoever else may be interested. I went ahead and ordered these, taking advantage of the strong and surging U.S. $Dollar. I could've gone with Spec Ops kits, but ultimately settled on the Finish made rucksack since a bunch of them showed up again as being in stock and this brand was my preference over the former. I will post my own photos when I receive these in the next 2-3 weeks:

https://www.varusteleka.com/en/product/savotta-jaakari-backpack/33028

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https://www.varusteleka.com/en/product/sarma-tst-utility-pouch-xl/34534?buyalsoref=savotta-jaakari-backpack

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https://www.varusteleka.com/en/product/sarma-tst-utility-pouch-l/34533?lookalsoref=sarma-tst-utility-pouch-xl

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The two side bags are separate purchases but pretty much I have ordered the same set up as the one on the mannequin (plus some other extras I have not posted on here) OTD price for these three pieces was roughly $172 + $35 + $32, plus $10 shipping. Not too shabby for a bag which will easily hold 30L+ plus the modules and some other external attachments. I'm not too fund of hyrations systems but it has a hydration system pouch and I will have to look into that and pick up a great qulaity one from here in the U.S. One which hopefully not leak just after a couple of uses! I think if I learn to pick this pack up efficiently, it will serve me well into 3-4 days of backcountry backpacking!
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Not trying to be a douchebag by responding to my own post, but :D

I ordered this set up on July 1st and already received the package yesterday, July 8th, all the way from FINLAND only having paid $9.99 for postage :eek:

So far, everything looks pretty darn good, great for the $$$ spent. More to come in due course: days, weeks, months, years, decades... Well, anything after that will be too ambitious to wait for :D
 
Casinostocks said:
Not trying to be a douchebag by responding to my own post, but :D

I ordered this set up on July 1st and already received the package yesterday, July 8th, all the way from FINLAND only having paid $9.99 for postage :eek:

So far, everything looks pretty darn good, great for the $$$ spent. More to come in due course: days, weeks, months, years, decades... Well, anything after that will be too ambitious to wait for :D
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Awesome!!! Looking forward to your reviews and insights.

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So momma toothpick asked if I was gonna start taking her camping more when we do our "longer" hikes. So most of my knife funds have just been confiscated for said use. We got her a eno doublenest hammock and atlas straps, as for the tarp and bug net it will be next pay day.
She finally picked the Deuter ACT Lite 45+10 SL. Anyone have any experience with it?
 
Got a bit of new gear. I enjoy both car camping and backpacking and have messed around with different duffel bags. I finally got a hold of one of the north faces base camp duffels. I'm pretty pleased with it thus far, but the wild card was definitely finding these Magpul work gloves. The leather is a little "glossy" and I haven't had a chance to break them in, but initial impressions are also positive.
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I picked this(left) up this spring and have been testing/using it car camping for a few trips now.

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It's a customizable parawing tarp shelter called the Backpacker VCS 16(variable component system) made by Eureka Tents. I added on the Mesh Room accessory which buckles on. It can be used as a stand alone tarp shelter or with the screen room attached. I bought it for rain and bug protection and let me tell you, it is awesome. It could be used to sleep in as well but, I run a separate tent for car camping myself(MEC Cabin 6). I highly recommend it for anyone wanting a lightweight shelter/tarp/bug room. It has many guy line attachment points, handles rain and wind well, and is super tough. My 85 pound American Chocolate Labrador Retriever ran, full force, into the mesh noseeum screen to chase a squirrel and it flipped her right over and didnt even touch the mesh lol.

Here it is the day I bought it. I set it up in my yard for practice and to make sure everything was there.

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