AGULUK is a load-carrying system developed by avid outdoorsman Cody Gustin, currently up for funding on Kickstarter. It’s designed to replace a traditional backpack, removing all carrying capacity from the back, and instead distributing the weight on the legs and hips. In appearance, AGULUK looks a bit like a combination of large carry pouches/miniature packs hanging from a climbing belt.
The AGULUK series comes in two sizes: R-Pack and H-Pack. The R-Pack, or Hiking Pack, holds up to 2000 cu in of gear, 1000 cu in each side. The H-Pack, Hunting Pack, holds 1500 cu in per side, for a total of 3000 cu. As you can see from the animation above, you can fit a solid amount of gear in an H-Pack.
AGULUK will be available in a variety of solid colors and camouflages, including Kryptek patterns, depending on the model.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/aguluk/aguluk-the-leg-pack-system-making-backpacks-obsole
Tags: AGULUK, Kickstarter
Interesting concept, but it’s been around a while already… http://www.jaxpaxpacks.com/bugoutbelt.html
This will definitely slow you down and reduce running and walking economy as your thighs are swinging weight back and forth. I’d be cautious of trying to reinvent 2000+ years of load bearing technology.
This goes against any study on human load bearing…
Sure, if your back is broken it might be the only viable solution though.
Seems like every man & his dog thinks they can make a fortune after a revelation from the good idea fairy.
Having said that I do like kickstarter
Um…didn’t we stop using “drop leg rigs” for holsters and mags over a decade ago, because they were a hindrance to movement? So they are bad for combat, but fine for free climbing (both activities were poor movement is really, very likely to get you killed)?
Long time ago (around 2005) there was company called Summit Equipment and they had almost exact product in their offer.
Here’s the link to Sportsman Guide who had them in stock: https://goo.gl/Bdmha3 (there are some pics).
So basically, someone dug out old Summit belt from storage and now wants to sell the very same idea 15 years later as very innovative…
BS,
It goes back at least a little bit further than that. I have one of these in woodland almost exactly like the kryptec version in the pictures above. I picked mine up at Ft Bragg circa 2000. The one I (still) have was well made here in the USA but I don’t recall the company name and it isn’t on the rig.
It was supposed to be for “mountain operations.” I played with it a couple of times. As suggested by others already, it isn’t comfortable at all if there is much weight in it. It is certainly not a good replacement for more traditional LCE if you plan to use it tactically.
As far as recreational trail walkers and amateur rock climbers I’d say caveat emptor. I don’t think this concept is likely to gain much popularity with professionals or even serious hobbyists.
TLB
Indeed! I saw such designs from 1990’s Summit Equipment with few of different models. That’s not any new concept here.
Thanks for input, Terry. These were the ones I remembered 🙂
Stay safe,
Bartosz
This is the exact opposite of how soldier load management is taught in mountain school. By the time you get anywhere your legs will be completely smoked.
No thanks, we don’t do this today, and these guys didn’t do it back then >>
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarcina
The GIF illustrating how it is used is cool. I’m pretty unsure about the “utility” of the set up though.
My legs are burning just looking at it!
“Hey, let’s go caving I have the perfect Leg Load Bearing System for it!” Said no one ever.
Come to think of it, I’ve hardly ever heard anyone say, “Hey, let’s go caving” either.
🙂
Exactly!
Whats a ‘climbing belt’?
The video is painful, no doubt he is a great guy, kudos to marriage and lots of kids, but this is a really, really stupid product.
Yeah… a system where I have to repeatedly lift weights on my legs, for miles or hours on end.
I remember a hiking adage that said, “Every pound on your feet is like five pounds on your back, so make your feet light.” Purposely making your legs heavier seems like a terrible idea.
O hell no. Low drop leg holsters are bad. This would be absolute torture
I’ve never come across a thigh rig of any kind that stays put when you’re using it. YYMV.
Everyone who used thigh rigs and holsters will tell you that this thing is NOT for long outdoor walks, just like kneepads
Saw the same set up in a BDE Quartermaster catalog in the late 90’s. It was being sold as some new high speed Force Recon Load bearing kit.
Everyone in this thread is now dumber for having seen this. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.
Yes. Classic. The internet wins again.
I feel like I just witnessed a murder… This guy just killed his business… 🙁