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MPMalloy wrote: ↑

Fri Sep 06, 2019 9:18 pm

Plain-jane looking. No exterior webbing. Dark, flat color...but not "mil"-looking. A camelback inside would be nice.

This excludes very few backpacks in the grand scheme of things.

Budget?

capacity range?

Top entry? panel loader?

amount of internal organization desired? External pockets?

a bit of a tricky request to parse, "tactical" is mostly aesthetic beyond PALS webbing, so a bag that doesn't look tactical is more or less just a non-tactical bag. Do you mean a brightly colored bag with PALS? or just a modular bag with lots of organization that isn't tactical? what capacity and fe...

Only time I've ever come close (sorta kinda half-drawn) was meeting a small bear in a dark neighborhood street while on an evening walk in the foothills of my town. The bear was running away from us but our car was parked in the direction the bear was running so I wanted to be cautious. I didn't fee...

I did get to try the_alias's CNOC (for a beFree) on a recent trip and the top opening was much easier to fill from a tiny stream then most soft bottles (certainly a world better then a platypus) but I still have trouble trusting those soft bottles long term. I had a gen 1 hydrapak that felt like a v...

an MSR dromedary and one of their hose kits is a simple way to get a gravity bag that is more robust then most on the market. I pick them up pretty regularly from REI garage sales for cheap so I keep one rolled up in each food bag. They also make great training weights in backpacks.

I graduated highschool in 2008. Not wanting to jump straight into collage I took a gap year trip to Australia and New Zealand, I worked a few agriculture jobs while there, the minimum wage was $18-19/hr while I was there so most folks rounded up to $20(!). Of course with the matching cost of living ...

Companies sell the tents that people want to buy. Some people like different things, and thats OK. buuuuuut..... Lots of earth tone tents at reasonable prices, maybe not so many at disposable gear prices. Seek Outside, Kifaru, Hillegburg, REI, Big Agnes, Mountainsmith, and plenty of others are selli...

The choice between rifle or water os one nobody should have to make. Rather than cutting the center our of your rifle, maybe you can fabricate a folding stock. If you are referring to my cut-down 10/22 you should look again; It does not conflict with the fork mounted bottle cage. As for the cutting...

I will likely need assistance as my knee is now pretty much fubar. And that is exactly the case where they make sense, keep us updated. I'm hopeful that e-bike tech will improve pretty soon, but the current level is a bit underwhelming to me at least. From everyone I've talked to they are just fine...

One issue with folks thinking about e-bikes is that they're counting on the electric motor to make up for deficiencies in their own fitness level. I can see that if one is actually facing a disability, but when you can go out and 'fix' yourself, an un-powered bike can have far more utility than an ...

I do find it ironic that the Antifa would be against more civil rights and support guns for the police and military only. It's about as hypocritical as it gets. A small point perhaps, but worth mentioning as it has security implications: Do not conflate the far left in general with Antifa. While th...

The TA33 ACOG (compact x3) seems to go for around $750 on a consistent basis on eBay. I bought one for that amount back in 2012 and just watched one go for that exact amount last week. The TA33 is a fantastic optic in that the eye box is forgiving, the optical clarity is second to none, and the illu...

I do get a kick out of the folks who naysay at the idea, then immediately show their lack of experience and knowledge about the subject. Not saying I see that much here, but some forums have threads that start out as "I suck at cycling, so it must be stupid!" Bikes come up pretty often on the prepa...

I don't keep as much cash on hand as I'd like (mostly because craigslist deals keep knocking it back down) but I try to set aside some cash every paycheck. I haven't yet with cash, but with most all my preps I'm trying to diversify between my apartment and my detached garage, so that in the event on...

Ha! that is a metric crap ton to be sure and pretty tempting, thanks!

https://i.imgur.com/aWY4dvo.jpg Found an extrawheel trailer at the local used sporting goods store. The included axle adaptor didn't fit my bike so I threw it on the wife's bike for testing. Pretty impressed so far, far less versatile then a flatbed trailer like a BOB but much lighter, more compact...

I did a lot of research awhile back, things have probably changed a bit since then. I really wanted to like the Leupold deltapoint pro for its very clear glass and top opening battery compartment, but I heard far to many "had to send it back for work" stories for me to trust it. While I'm not blown ...

I would strongly recommend neither. They both use very cheap sub-par materials that will likely fail in short order. The off-brand zippers are usually the first thing to go, but the fabric coatings tend to crack and fail quickly as well leaving poor seam integrity. The cheap buckles are also a vulne...

not much point in selling them given the low cost and effort to build them, and there is an issue with consistently sourcing parts as thrift stores are the main way to keep costs down. I'd rather people just build them themselves. about two years ago I upgraded to a Juki 1541, which has really expan...

If you read further on the build thread there are several tests in different terrain and weights. the two full fuel cans+cart weight was right around 100lbs and was beyond easy on flat paved ground. At the low speeds involved I think you could push the safety margins of all the bike parts involved s...

https://www.zombiehunters.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=119275 https://www.zombiehunters.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=119152 Two threads with some pertinent discussion. I personally do NOT support Honey Badger as they simply ripped off an existing design from Pack Wheel and put more resources into SEO and...

My wife works for a small national grocery chain, people she works with are expecting this to matter, especially in regards to corn.

Eagle is also known as SKD https://www.skdtac.com/Chest-Rig-s/202.htm Solid reputation as far as I'm aware. Eagle and SKD are unaffiliated. If the OP is really looking for just a chest rig, we could throw out brands for days, if OP is actually looking for something similar to the rapid assault (int...

Awesome write up and pictures. Those shots of the ice on the yurt window and the whiskey jack on the pulk are beautiful! Are you going to return your nuked Style back to Leatherman for a warranty replacement? That's part of what you're paying for with a Leatherman. I think my wife gets credit for t...