Available from Heavy Cover Inc, the Center Line Systems Mother Canteen Carrier will carry all of your survival essentials in one bag, hence the name ‘Mother’ as in ‘the Mother of all Canteen Carriers’. As you can see, it will carry more than just you canteen.
It’s pretty bversatile and will fit the Heavy Cover Titanium Canteen and cup (with an additional slot for lid) as well as the old G.I. issue canteen, or Nalgene bottle. They’ve also incorporated two side pouches for IFAK, flashlight, knife/survival tool, cordage, food, water purification tablets/straw, etc. There is a center pouch for larger items such as shelter, bivy liner, fire starting kit, signals kit, cell phone, small child, etc. and bottom tie downs. The front and back both feature PALS webbing. Adjustable shoulder strap with removable Fastech buckles.
www.heavycoverinc.com/center-line-systems-mother-canteen-carrier-coyote
Holy Mother of God. It’s $100 before taxes and shipping!
Ever heard of a . . . backpack!?
Looks like the old buttpacks. Everything that is old is new again. For $100.
For 100 it should come with the “stuff”.
Have to remember that there’s a LOT of work that goes into bags like this, made with small runs NOT by the pallet in a far off land. For a small business, using GOOD materials and actually making the gear by hand you have to expect a premium price…
No one will ever get it, in this industry most people will yell all day against socialism, then hate all day against capitalism when it’s simply putting food on a table and paying the rent.
Or “Buy American!” until they see the price tag.
American made gear grows on the same trees as Bernie Sanders’ proposed social programs.
Besides the jejune drips who feel compelled to let everyone know that an item is out of their price range, or who decry offshore manufacturing until it’s time to put up or shut up, the other thing that drives me utterly squirrelly about these sorts of inane comments is the idea that because something is small, it shouldn’t cost small. The same reason why a half sized object isn’t half the price of a full sized object – sure it’s half the materials, but the same expensive manufacturing process done by the same skilled people on what is often even more difficult because working on smaller is more challenging. An item like this numerous pockets and features that are often much more difficult to do than say a duffelbag many times its size.
Time to produce stuff like this off shore. all a matter of Quality control, not that big of a deal, 99% of the companies do it.
If you have a sewing machine, then a trip to the fabric store will get you the supplies. I don’t care how many pockety-doo-dads it has, will it take 10 hours at $10 an hour to sew? Or, do I need to kick in a large chunk of retirement and health care for everybody who bags my groceries? I know the “real” cost of things is high. However, some things are simply overpriced–regardless of your “price range.” Then again, if prices and incomes are out of whack, then jejune patriotism by itself won’t buy you much. I’ve no doubt this is an excellent product.
You forgot:
rent
material costs
cost for sew machine
communication cost
credit card processing fee
computers to conduct sale on
printer for transaction
accounting fee
time spent developing the product
health care
business insurance
internet business costs
webmaster fees
shipping
driving to post office for USPS shipping
storage of unsold products (if applicable)
marketing
and time, time, time, time, off work on forums, social media, email, the phone…
oh, and after fees are done, take off 35% for Uncle Sugar, he always gets his cut, from your check, and from the business’ check.
Then the HARD fact that in the gear industry, you don’t sell thousands, more like hundreds if lucky, but in reality you usually sell dozens, until you are really big, and I’m talking TD or LAPG big.
Honestly, there actually is more on the production side, but I think that gets the point across.
Does it suck? Yes, but the production cost, or even in my case the retailing/stocking costs are pretty high, and the margins in this business SUCK. It’s a passion, not a place to get rich for most.
Grump: Not meant as a flame on you, you just sparked me at a moment when am actually on a device I can type on without risk to my long range vision and thumb joints. Some people just don’t get in the weeds, most have never had to lay off (or even fire) an employee, or cut salaries, or choose high risk inventory orders in hopes of orders that may not come. Meanwhile competition is absorbing the market by paying shit to their employees and offering free shipping, bonus programs etc. all in an effort to put your employees on the street.
This industry is right now on the cusp of massive failures, and the tactical wal-marts and legacy small businesses with repeat clientele are gonna win. US made gear isn’t even an issue to 80% of the current gear buying public. Most don’t have a clue what material is what, or what kind of stitching to look for. Most people see a Mayflower chest rig and a Condork and don’t know the difference other than one costs $50 which they have as opposed to $250 which will buy them more wolf ammo for their bushhamster M4gery and possibly a class with a horrible instructor who might shoot their car door while stomping on their hi-point.
Just some perspective from a 13 year industry insider who started in his bedroom to avoid half these costs. I learned most of this the hard way, some the easy way, and some from watching others.
Points taken. I think we can agree that the financial world is pretty messed up. I certainly don’t know what the answer is.
I will support this product. That’s perfect to keep essentials handy in my jeep.
Just bought one off heavy cover site.. I dont make much but I make enough to put aside a little for my camping gear.. Most of my stuff lasts years and hopefully this will too so I won’t have to spend more money rather have good gear that last a long time rather than a fox bag that will be ripped out on the trail.. half my gear came from thrift stores.. But I’ll pay a bit more for something I can’t find anywhere else.. just like I did for my heavy cover titanium canteen which I love very much! Granted it’s kind of funny because the titanium canteen is made in Hong Kong 🙂 sigh.. At least the bag that holds it is made in the US of a..
I was also thinking about it and I don’t have near the skill set with a needle and thread or sewing machine to make something of this quality.. just thinking about trying to get the straps even that go over the bottle makes my blood turn cold LOL cuz I know I’ll screw it up at least 5 times.. Fact is i know if somebody offered me a hundred bucks to make him something like this I wouldn’t because I know it would take more time and energy than a day of work.. And I’d probably sew through a finger or some crap..
The above picture is one I posted on my IG account. Almost all of that gear is put out by Veteran owned small business. Most of them are my friends. If you think it is too expensive vote with your wallet. I understand that not everyone can afford high end gear, but that is no reason to put down a product that they have invested a lot of time and money into.
I own a number of Centerline’s pieces and they have all been worth every penny. Their EDC belt changed my world as far as daily pistol carry is concerned, and their PC is top notch. I got to speak to the owner at a show about how he designed the PC, and he put 3 decades of experience down range in to its design.
Buy once, cry once, boys and girls. If you want to keep Chinese child labor churning out your Air Jordans, that’s fine, but remember when you buy garbage gear all you are doing is increasing the likelihood that it will fail when you need it most.