Anyone who knows me knows I like to travel light, in the past I used a modified M56 canteen pouch that I added a strap to and a couple of small pouches, it was enough to carry my canteen/cup/stove set along with a small tin firekit, a firesteel and a SAK . It went everywhere with me for years but it let me down onlybecause that was as much as I could carry in it and I really wanted to be ableto add a little food and a FAK
So my next attempt was to try a Condor H2o – it had anadditional pouch and the ability to add a molle pouch or 2, the only down sidewas it was for a Nalgene rather than a GI set, it allowed me to add a FAK andadd some trail food, the only problem was it rode terribly, swung around a lot andwas really badly weighted so I went back to searching. I quickly dismissed the Maxpedititon M4 – it would have carried the canteen ok but the front pouch was too small and I would have instantly had to replace the side pouches as they wouldn’t have fitted/kept safe my kit, so I kept on looking.
The first real setup that leapt out at me was this beast
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It’s called the Mother canteen carrier and its made in theUS by centreline systems – It would have been just the thing with plenty ofpouch space and even the ability to sling some cover under it but at $100 +shipping + taxes its rather expensive particularly with the pound the way it isat the moment.
With that in mind I carried on my search and by chance found this set up – Helikon Essentials Kit bag
It looks like a cracking bit of kit and it will be arriving this week. Its pretty similar in design with some really unique features, and at £39 including shipping quite a saving
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[video=youtube;Yuddxckaoh4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yuddxckaoh4[/video]
I will give my thoughts on it when it arrives
So my next attempt was to try a Condor H2o – it had anadditional pouch and the ability to add a molle pouch or 2, the only down sidewas it was for a Nalgene rather than a GI set, it allowed me to add a FAK andadd some trail food, the only problem was it rode terribly, swung around a lot andwas really badly weighted so I went back to searching. I quickly dismissed the Maxpedititon M4 – it would have carried the canteen ok but the front pouch was too small and I would have instantly had to replace the side pouches as they wouldn’t have fitted/kept safe my kit, so I kept on looking.
The first real setup that leapt out at me was this beast
View attachment 43310
It’s called the Mother canteen carrier and its made in theUS by centreline systems – It would have been just the thing with plenty ofpouch space and even the ability to sling some cover under it but at $100 +shipping + taxes its rather expensive particularly with the pound the way it isat the moment.
With that in mind I carried on my search and by chance found this set up – Helikon Essentials Kit bag
It looks like a cracking bit of kit and it will be arriving this week. Its pretty similar in design with some really unique features, and at £39 including shipping quite a saving
View attachment 43311
[video=youtube;Yuddxckaoh4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yuddxckaoh4[/video]
I will give my thoughts on it when it arrives
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