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NBOW – TYR Tactical

Friday, September 9th, 2011

TYR Tactical recently unveiled their new E&E Bag. Designed to carry the basic equipment needed to get out of Dodge.

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Manufactured from TYR’s signature PV material in the gusset, it will hold up to a lot of abuse. It incorporates a front kangaroo pouch with interchangeable inserts such as 3 x 30rd magazine or zippered GP pouch. Additionally, either end of the bag offers either a 2 x pistol mag holder or small pouch for GPS or other gear. The top flap also pulls double duty as a map case or document carrier.

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Internally, there is ample storage to organize your kit including a mesh pocket for a Nalgene bottle as well as a zippered pocket and gear slots.

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Finally, the E&E bag integrates a padded back and stow able waist belt.

www.TYRtactical.com

Australians Issue Mystery Ranch 3-Day Pack

Thursday, September 1st, 2011

As part of the new Soldier Combat Ensemble, the Australian Army is issuing the Mystery Ranch 3-Day Assault Pack as their Medium pack. The pack’s bolsters make it compatible with the Tiered Body Armor System. The pack was selected for issue after a competitive trial conducted by 8/9 RAR and the 2nd Cdo Regt’s Development Cell. Although Australian Army officials say there is need for at least 6 separate packs, they feel they may be able to get along with just one frame system.


Photo: Soldier newspaper

www.MysteryRanch.com

Inside Line Equipment Photographers Bag

Sunday, August 28th, 2011

The Ultimate Photographers Bag from Inside Line Equipment is an actual backpack rather than the more common shoulder bag. This is great for those of you who walk to work or like to hike. It features a waterproof roll top main compartment and camera compartment (12x6x8) padded, with 2 moveable Velcro dividers as well as a laptop sleeve.

Now, this is interesting. It’s made in California. This isn’t very common these days for commercial packs.

ilequipment.com

Swag Backpack Bed

Sunday, August 28th, 2011

This article comes from Tactical Fanboy.

The Swag is a lightweight backpack that turns into a single-person shelter with a 6’2″ EVA insulated foam mattress and a top cover fabric made from UltTrex Liteâ„¢, a material 7 times more waterproof than canvas. Besides this, the Swag is anti-mildew treated, windproof, and features steam-sealed seams, zippered mosquito mesh, four zippered external pockets, an internal waterproof pocket, a lockable internal pocket (brass lock included), Velcro front pocket, Kevlar security loop, 2 wind clips, two carabiners, and three built-in ropes, among other features. Plus, every Swag purchased buys another for a homeless individual.

You can buy it here.

AR15 Outfitters Backpack Giveaway

Friday, August 26th, 2011

Win a MultiCam GTH III 3-Day Pack from SOC. Winner will be announced on Monday the 5th of September, Labor Day. Get full details on the pack here.

To enter, “like” their Facebook page.

Tarahumara Pack Preview

Sunday, August 14th, 2011

The upcoming Tarahumara pack from Hill People Gear started out as a hydration pack concept for their Kit Bag. Then, it morphed into something more.

It can be docked to Kit Bag for those times when you want some water and a coat in addition to your possibles or used with the integrated runner’s harness with the Kit Bag, or as a stand alone pack.

Additionally, it has a padded back panel and a slot pocket between the back panel and the main compartment. Inside, there is a hang loop for a hydration bladder. The two slightly dimensional side pockets will each take a USGI 1qt canteen. The removable compression straps will cinch the bag down to nothing, but also allow you to put quite a bit under them — like a carbine or pair of snowshoes. Dimensions on the pack are a somewhat contoured 17″x9″x4″. All of this at 1lb without shoulder straps.

www.hillpeoplegear.com

OR – CiloGear, The Coolest Thing at OR

Friday, August 12th, 2011

At OR everyone asked me about the coolest thing I saw. Granted, I’m a bit jaded, being exposed to new stuff all of the time. I’ve always maintained that the coolest stuff at OR can be found on the fringes and CiloGear is no exception. Well, no exception to that rule, because everything they do is exceptional. Well known within the climbing community Cilo caught the eye of a couple of military climbers. The rest is history being written.

These aren’t mainstream packs that a Grunt is going to use. They are way too specialized for that. For example, you aren’t going to see a pack covered in PALS webbing. If it’s there, it’s there for a reason. These are very specialized tools for a specialized community. Headquartered in Portland, Oregon, CiloGear was started by climbers, for climbers. They build to order and keep waste to an absolute minimum.

Taking this whole philosophy into account, as you can imagine they use some exotic materials to create their packs. Early on I talked about the advantages of Cuben fabric. They’ve embraced the technology and also run with a couple of forms of Spectra.

Take for example this 75L WorkSack. That is a 75 liter beast but when you consider the weight, you ask yourself, “How?” It weighs in at just over 2 lbs.

If you are the right customer, then CiloGear has the right gear for you.

Mystery Ranch NICE Frame in CADPAT

Sunday, August 7th, 2011

Mystery Ranch let me in on a couple of upcoming products and as we went through the stacks of packs, they pulled out a NICE Frame in CADPAT-TW. This variant of the NICE frame will see limited fielding in the Canadian forces as a component of a weapons program.

www.mysteryranch.com