Archive for the ‘Packs’ Category
Sneak Peek – Rail Riders Travel Bag Prototype
Friday, January 18th, 2013SHOT Show – Mystery Ranch
Thursday, January 17th, 2013Think of the new ASAP (left) from Mystery Ranch as a one day assault pack. Here you can see how it compares to its big brother, the 3-day assault. It’s a narrow design that isn’t any wider than your back.
What’s more, in addition to the standard frame, you can attach it directly to the rear of your armor carrier with quick attach buckles offering 1100 cu in of carrying capacity to your fighting load.
SHOT Show – Vertx Working with Industrial Alchemy to Produce Packs and Bags
Wednesday, January 16th, 2013SHOT Show 2013 marks Vertx’s move into packs and bags. They’ve teamed with design house Industrial Alchemy. Industrial Alchemy has been around for about 10 years and does a lot of work in the core outdoor industry. In fact, they worked on the old SDS commercial line. That means you are going to see some cross over of outdoor into tactical designs.
Colors are both earth tones as well as Kryptek patterns. While final color decisions remain, you can be assured that their will be great options for blending in.
These are design concepts that will give you an idea of what they will be offering. They are concentrating on a smooth, no obtrusive exterior with a ton of features built in. Sure, there’s PALS webbing behind the flaps of this sling bag. But what you won’t see here is the secret sauce behind the PALS behind the flaps. We’ll leave that for a later time.
These prototype sling bags are very well executed. You’d think they were production models.
Blue Force Gear Announces New Signature Pack with Chris Costa
Tuesday, January 15th, 2013
This new Hive pack is a signature item from Chris Costa by Blue Force Gear. It is sling-style pack that is reversible with a small triangular pocket that will accept a pistol. All-in-all it’s about an 8 l capacity.
The pack is dapper compatible and designed to support discreet carry and will accommodate up to subgun sized weapons.
The concept is build this pack in small batches with different colors and fabrics so that they won’t all look alike and most importantly won’t scream, “gun!” The version they demo’d incorporates Tweave, a stretch material around the top flap and is in the Arc’teryx Urban Wolf.
Look for these this Spring, initially in Urban Wolf. Specialty color runs are a minimum of 300.
Solar Panel Adapter from SOTech
Tuesday, January 15th, 2013SOTech has developed a MOLLE/PALS solar panel adapter for use with packs. Additionally, they are now carrying Goal Zero solar products.
Pouch Loadout Inserts for the New Arc’teryx LEAF Khard 30 from LBT Inc
Monday, January 14th, 2013Arc’teryx LEAF went to LBT Inc to develop a family of inserts for the new Khard 30 pack. LBT completed development of the inserts and then turned production over to LBX Tactical.
Arc'teryx LEAF Khard 30 inserts from LBT by solsys
The pouch loadout options will be available for your inspection at both the Arc’teryx #10526 and LBT #26307 booths at SHOT Show.
Trasharoo Bag from One Shot Tactical Supply
Monday, January 14th, 2013
The Trasharoo Spare Tire Trash bag from Canada’s One Shot Tactical Supply hauls up to 50 lbs of weight and fits spare tires from 29″ to 40″. Drain holes in the bottom of bag in case of unexpected leaks. Heavy duty stitching with beefy construction to last thousands of miles off road. X-strap design for added strength. UV buckle covers come with every bag. Standard 1 year warranty on buckles and general failures. Sun fade does not fall under warranty.
Available in Black, Tan and Green.
Arc’teryx LEAF Packs – Khyber 50 & 80
Thursday, January 10th, 2013In 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.
