I use the Arc’teryx Conveyor Belt to keep my pants up. The Conveyor Belt features an aluminum buckle and texturized nylon webbing with colored stitch details. Nothing super fancy here guys, it isn’t a gun belt but it does look good with my pants.
Offered in Black and Nubian Brown in Medium or Large. You’ll need to do a web search to find these as availability is somewhat fragmented based on color and size.
On Target Magazine selected Arc’teryx for a 2012 Editor’s Choice Award for their solid color Talos Pants.
The big story for Arc’teryx this OR is Down. But these aren’t down garments as you have traditionally known them. As with most things, Arc’teryx took a long look at the issue and came with a couple of improvements. First, these garments have fewer pieces than others on the market meaning fewer stitches resulting in stronger garments. Next, they increased the durability of the shell of the garment to mitigate the abrasion that ruins so many down jackets. Finally, they placed Coreloft synthetic in areas of high compression and vapor transfer; the shoulders and cuffs. This feature eliminates cold spots. Currently, the garments run either 750 and 850 fill down.
Another innovation is the new hood design. Rather than traditional two direction hood adjustment, this new version brings the crown of the hood down over the top of your head and ears.
There are already 11 garments in the line (including models for both mean and women) including traditional jackets as well as hooded variants. They have also introduced a true hybrid with a Gore-tex shell and the insulation is the Down and Coreloft combo.
Look for these late Summer 2013.
Thanks to LBT Inc, it looks like it fits just fine. This is one of the many Pouch Loadout Inserts developed for the Arc’teryx LEAF Khard pack.
Thanks CK for the photo
Happy New Year from US Elite!
Beginning January 9 through January 27, their new Spotlight On: features Arc’teryx LEAF. Get 10% OFF all Arc’teryx LEAF purchases plus FREE SHIPING/FREE RETURNS. With every purchase you will also be entered into our Arc’teryx LEAF GIVEAWAY – enter to win an Alpha Jacket! What a badass way to start off the year! Now you have a reason to spend all your leftover Christmas dough! Read the contest rules here.
New for 2013 includes the right-off-the-assembly line Khard & Khyber Packs (pre-order only), and many other products such as Atom LT Jacket and Talos Pants in Wolf Gray.
www.us-elitegear.com/spotlight-on
In addition to the newly introduced Khard packs, Arc’teryx has also introduced a larger Recce class pack called the Khyber. Offered in 50 l and 80 l sizes, they are available in standard LEAF colors of Crocodile and Urban Wolf Grey as well as MultiCam.
This image should give you a rather rudimentary size comparison for the two models.
Here, Arc’teryx designer Dan Green goes over the philosophy behind this great pack and its little brother the Khard. He says in the video that they started over from scratch and I can attest to the amount of development that went into these new packs. Not only did they put a lot into them but they also had the foresight to not put every feature they could think of into them.
2013 LEAF: KHARD PACK from ARC'TERYX on Vimeo.
These are very lightweight packs with the Khyber 50 weighing in at 1.8 kg / 63 oz and the Khyber 80 at 2.2 kg / 78 oz. This is thanks in part due to the C2 composite construction suspension system which is a simple, yet effective deign that is low on bulk and keeps the pack close to the wearer’s back. Like it’s smaller brother the Khard, this pack is at its core a mountaineering pack and it’s sleek design relies on internal and external lash tabs and daisy chains rather than PALS webbing to attach additional loads. The Khyber also integrates a removable top lid with hydration ports and external compression shelf.
Look for additional coverage of these and other new Arc’teryx LEAF products live from SHOT Show. Full details on the entire line of Arc’teryx LEAF packs is available at leaf.arcteryx.com/Product.aspx?EN/Mens/Packs.
