Eider Extreme Runner

[Ahjno]

Just saw this in a dutch outdoor magazine, and at first glance it looks great for some of us who are a bit reluctant of wearing army belt kit or some sort of army type carry vest. Although a small daypack will suffice aswell, and probably has more carrying capacity, I wanted to share this with you guys

Eider Extreme Runner homepage

The basic vest has a 1.5 ltr camelbag type waterpouch and on the chest 4 pockets for energy bars, map, compass and knife. So very suitable for day activities.
Available seperately: the so called Overnite-meshbag (10 ltrs), this makes the vest suitable for 24hr hikes. Or, when you really want to go extreme you can buy the Adventure Race mesh bag (20 ltrs).

Basic vest price: 99 Euro / 70 GBP

 

[Ryan Woods]

I think Im in love!
Not only is it suitable for hikes but if you are into emergency preparedness you have your standard loadout (i.e. compass, knife, PSK, FAK. SAK, MRE, water) as part of your EDC. Dump it in the back of your car and forget about it.
Or whenever you fancy going for a hike grab this from the corner of your room!

Goed werk!

 

[Stuart]

what are all the dangly bits on the side?

 

[OhCanada]

Careful, you might turn North American lol

Pretty space age for a Bushcraft site.

 

[Ryan Woods]

Definetly going to check this out at my local retailer!

 

[PC2K]

hmm.... i like backpacks because you can put load and load of things in it and they only block the ventilation on the back. Vests with mesh or not will be warmer. Besides mesh doesn't hold up for long term use. Besides i got loadsof pockets on my shirt and trouwsers anyways, so sure how much "extra" space i will get from it. They do well of the "cool" factor, though ! but not good enough to spend 99 for it, well atleast not now...

 

[Ryan Woods]

Stop slagging of my new girldfriend PC2K!

 

[Graham_S]

it looks like someting i'd wear while scuba diving

 

[Ahjno]

what are all the dangly bits on the side?

I think they are used to adjust the vest to your body: give it a more snug fit ... or a bit looser when your personal body survival rations demands

 

[Spacemonkey]

Looks ok, and i understand the point of it.

How about flyfishing vests? some are lightweight mesh bodies, and have a gazillion pockets. Ok for travelling light?