This is my first review so be gentle.
After seeing Raikey with one of these hung under his tarp I thought they were a great idea to store your essentials and also thought they could be used as a smaller 'wander' bag.
I bought mine from www.thebushcraftstore.co.uk/ (just a happy customer) for £14.95 in olive green (also available in black). At this price I thought it was very reasonable, and coupled with the other bits I bought from there I thought the postage was a steal.
2 days later it arrived and like everything, I need it now yet when it comes I don't use it straight away. Isn't that always the way?
Bag Specifics
Weight: 440 grams
Size: 36 x 14 x 22 cm (L x W x H)
Fabric: 600D / PVC Polyester Ripstop
I loaded it up with everything that I thought I would use over a standard walk with the pooch and still had loads of space. So I loaded a bit more and this is what I came up with.
Front:
Back with waist strap in view:
Open Pockets:
Contents (as listed below):
Bottle Lashing Straps:
Show of Space Left:
Contents:
Left pouch:
Stainless cup
2x whitener
2x Traditional English
Cartridge of matches
Tea light in tin
2x sugar
Alcohol penny stove & lighting plate
Right pouch:
Personal first aid kit
Front pouch:
Camera
Digital thermometer
12hr snap light
Silva Field 7
Phone
Main pouch:
Head torch
Oatmeal block
2x hot chocolate
2x whitener
Soup powder
Clipper in Kydex with fire steel
AA Maglite with Terralux Cree upgrade
Mora 162 (sheath to make)
Carving knife (I can't remember the make - sheath to make)
Altoids tin of charcloth
Altoids tin PSK - Puritabs, firesteel, mini snap light, wire saw, SAK
2x meths containers.
Also a 1l alu water bottle attached to the bottom
Even with this little lot in there this is still boat loads of room, enough to get sandwiches etc in. In addition to this there are quite a substantial amount of lashing loops to attach other this to the bag or simply to wrap the dog's lead around.
The bag itself fits very well with the front at belt height and the back obviously slouching down a bit but still very comfortable. The waist belt can be tucked away securely so that you can attach the bag to a larger one should you require.
The lashings for the water bottle have been made with 1.5m of parachord, a monkeys fist tied in the middle and a square knot tied at the end. This is then passed through the bottle loops, around the bottle and the monkeys fist works like a button against the square knot.
I have given every part I can a good pull on to see what the stitching is like and everything seems to be pretty tight and hopefully wont come away any time soon. Only the test of time will show how this bag holds up but initial impressions are that its £15.00 well spent.
After seeing Raikey with one of these hung under his tarp I thought they were a great idea to store your essentials and also thought they could be used as a smaller 'wander' bag.
I bought mine from www.thebushcraftstore.co.uk/ (just a happy customer) for £14.95 in olive green (also available in black). At this price I thought it was very reasonable, and coupled with the other bits I bought from there I thought the postage was a steal.
2 days later it arrived and like everything, I need it now yet when it comes I don't use it straight away. Isn't that always the way?
Bag Specifics
Weight: 440 grams
Size: 36 x 14 x 22 cm (L x W x H)
Fabric: 600D / PVC Polyester Ripstop
I loaded it up with everything that I thought I would use over a standard walk with the pooch and still had loads of space. So I loaded a bit more and this is what I came up with.
Front:
Back with waist strap in view:
Open Pockets:
Contents (as listed below):
Bottle Lashing Straps:
Show of Space Left:
Contents:
Left pouch:
Stainless cup
2x whitener
2x Traditional English
Cartridge of matches
Tea light in tin
2x sugar
Alcohol penny stove & lighting plate
Right pouch:
Personal first aid kit
Front pouch:
Camera
Digital thermometer
12hr snap light
Silva Field 7
Phone
Main pouch:
Head torch
Oatmeal block
2x hot chocolate
2x whitener
Soup powder
Clipper in Kydex with fire steel
AA Maglite with Terralux Cree upgrade
Mora 162 (sheath to make)
Carving knife (I can't remember the make - sheath to make)
Altoids tin of charcloth
Altoids tin PSK - Puritabs, firesteel, mini snap light, wire saw, SAK
2x meths containers.
Also a 1l alu water bottle attached to the bottom
Even with this little lot in there this is still boat loads of room, enough to get sandwiches etc in. In addition to this there are quite a substantial amount of lashing loops to attach other this to the bag or simply to wrap the dog's lead around.
The bag itself fits very well with the front at belt height and the back obviously slouching down a bit but still very comfortable. The waist belt can be tucked away securely so that you can attach the bag to a larger one should you require.
The lashings for the water bottle have been made with 1.5m of parachord, a monkeys fist tied in the middle and a square knot tied at the end. This is then passed through the bottle loops, around the bottle and the monkeys fist works like a button against the square knot.
I have given every part I can a good pull on to see what the stitching is like and everything seems to be pretty tight and hopefully wont come away any time soon. Only the test of time will show how this bag holds up but initial impressions are that its £15.00 well spent.
