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hi there
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steve again back another review
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i mentioned this pack
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previously on a review
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when i was packing my bag
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and was going to take away
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based on the fact i couldn't do the
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review i wanted to do
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so i thought i'd break it down just the
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bag by itself show you what it is show
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you what what's like
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the pros and the coins i see with this
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bag
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and yeah why chose it and what why i
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think i should keep it in my
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arsenal for hiking
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and uh yeah it's very useful bag so here
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we go
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right for the top
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here we go
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[Music]
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plus 85 liter
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it's an awesome bag
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has the ability to carry loads in excess
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of 30 kilos
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or
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approximately 60 plus pounds
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with these two this amazing
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they are very
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bulky
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harness systems when i say bulky it's
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got hints of padding it's not a negative
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um
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it's amazing harness system here
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and uh yeah it's got this really cool
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fit on the fly system
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so you probably can't see there but rick
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on the side here is just fit on the fly
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so there's a little velcro
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under here
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so the velcro there little lines
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and you just move up and down the suit
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but the hardest thing is this can't
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really be down on the fly like
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you're not going to be hiking around
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up mountains down valleys over the
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mountains and then just stop anywhere
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you like and fix it up
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you're not going to be doing that
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it's not that simple not that easy
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to do it as they say on the fly what you
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can do is when you stop somewhere and
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you can't
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that's the time when you're going to be
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taking it off
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and refitting the suit if you see a
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problem
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but
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obviously it's not the first time you're
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taking this pack out and you should have
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given a really good run through close to
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home not out in the middle of nowhere
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when you've got plenty of chances to
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just tweak it and make it
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fit your back
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and your posture
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and so you can pack it the way you like
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and that way it should be pretty much
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set and forget once you've got it right
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it's not going to change it's your
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backpack
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um
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without that
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[Music]
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so this is an awesome
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hip belt i'll play it down a bit so give
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a bit of view
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so here we go here's the hip belt
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like that
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very simple
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clips in
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and it's got a double pull so you can
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pull from both left and right
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and adjust the tension to suit you want
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to sit right there
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just above
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the butt
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and in line with
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that c7 vertebrae there
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that's about
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that's how the backpack is set up and
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it's set up for you
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now with this system here too
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you have this back panel
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you can probably see it there
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the lines here so you line them up
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down here you have these little
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clips
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you undo them
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like that
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adjust it up
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loosen the tabs off and then
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you can move it up
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move it down move it up
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and then just lock it in place when
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you're happy
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it's that simple
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so yeah it's um a great system very
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adjustable this is the small medium
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version
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comes in a large extra large
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and uh yeah i've got this one fits my
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torso perfectly and still has quite a
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large adjustment
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not only that it has these load lifters
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too so the top here when you're hiking
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you've got a pretty big adjustment just
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to fix that load up for yourself
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that's the harness yeah great
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nice straps there and
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also on the
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hip jump got these great
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hip pockets
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great advantage there
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small snacks small bits of gear
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things that weren't readily available at
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your hips
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uh save having to
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stop stop and get yourself out of your
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backpack
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so yeah two focus one inside
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okay so that's it there
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one advantage this backpack does have
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is that
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the brain which can be a lot of a heavy
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weight
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can we look fiddly actually to pull off
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but it does come off
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without too much trouble
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so i can just loosen that off
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like so
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and then i can then feed it back up on
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itself
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like so
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there's one just comes out there
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the other one here
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pull down a bit
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just stuck under there see
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it can be a little bit tricky there you
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go get a bit of slack on it
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and then you just have to just feed it
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back up under itself
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and there you have it
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the brain is now off
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move this one side slightly so you can
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see i'm talking about
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the brain is now off
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and this turns into
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a very
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handy backpack
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so
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easily
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now we have
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a backpack with a yak strap
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there we go
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quite simple quite easy
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okay so yeah
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when you've got the backpack
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off the back you then
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through these two
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straps
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in these little loops
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and then
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your brain turns into
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a backpack
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nice and easy
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nice little chest strap
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there we go
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brain now's a backpack
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so great feature especially if you had
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all your gear you wanted to pack into
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your brain have ready to go
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so you rip it off go for your day hike
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any of your first aid safety gear
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uh your snacks for that trip all be
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pre-packed in here ready to go rip it
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off
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and you've got a quick bug out bag or a
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quick
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way of getting off your little day hike
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without having to dive in your big pack
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and yeah very simple idea so
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great little feature and if i want to
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lighten my load
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i want to light my load for packing and
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reduce some weight
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great way to doing that
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and then the brain doesn't have to be on
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there
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you now get
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this little
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zip here opens up and reveals
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the cover
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so now
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there is my pack
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and now back to having a fully
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functional pack
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with that rain protection some water
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getting inside the pack
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so you go
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cut that bit out
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there we go
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so now
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pack's dry no water gets in
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ready to go and that light is impact so
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i really wanted to go a little bit more
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lighter
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then put back my weight like i said
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earlier in one of the videos i've made
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for the reviews
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um it is a big backpack 85 liters more
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than most
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ultralighters or even true hikers would
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want to carry 85 which is a bit crazy
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for them
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but suits me suits my pack suits my
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carrying ability
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and
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fitness wise yep they're in drama with
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this pack weights i carry very
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manageable with this harness system
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without this harness system i wouldn't
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be carrying 20 kilos
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at the worst case scenario for me
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i could probably push it to 25 without
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any issues
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but this harness system is an awesome
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low bearing system
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so can't fold it all those things i've
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said haven't found any negatives yet um
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but we'll get there
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so
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that's it we've realized that we can now
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use this backpack without a brain
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so
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over up
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and
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so there we go
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it's there so now a nice easy pull
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and we open up the bag
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for access
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on the top
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so you get your stuff out here your
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first day a bit of an ipac
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uh
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purpose built life
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first aid kit
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for australian conditions snake bite
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stuff all your water purifying panadol
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ibuprofen band-aids a few basic first
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aid items
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all come in here
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for use and some aqua tabs as well
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so that's in top there with my other
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stuff
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but pretty much easy access from the top
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now
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if i don't want to open my big pack and
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i'm saying i don't want to get into the
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top there but i know where something is
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straight away
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open up and we have this zip on the
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outside for easy access
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open up that part there we'll do a cinch
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and here we go
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opens it up
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straight away i now have access to my
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pack
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i can pull out my daythongs
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straight out from your daythongs
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down jacket i want to get that out
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sleeping bag
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tent
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no dramas
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i will say this when it comes to a
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negative this could be where your
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negative debts start at
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these curve zippers
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aren't exactly going to be ideal um if
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you're packing these bags up a fair bit
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curved zippers
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is going to be where the first place
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it's going to start to break down
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it's not like your straight zippers so
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on your jacket here straight up and down
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there's no real tension on that
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it's a nice free and easy zip
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all your corners and curves are where
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your strain is going to be on your bags
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and your packs so yeah
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not ideal spot but
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first sort of negative i find with this
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bit this backpack is
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curved zips
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another curve zip here so yeah yet again
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another weak point
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but
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another awesome storage section so in
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here
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you can store some minor stuff i've got
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a little about a little mourinho
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balaclava some nice little merino gloves
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a buff
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and a pad strap just a spare spare pad
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shape i had in there
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and just a beanie just a bit of storage
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at the moment hasn't really been packed
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up properly but yeah just a beanie in
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there as well
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quite an awesome deep pocket in there
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and
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one on both sides so
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this bag has an enormous amount of
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storage really
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it boggles the mind how much you can
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actually put in this bag so on the side
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here
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yet again another storage area
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just a container i had some stuff in
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there
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what else is in this deep little pocket
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here ah yes
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just a little
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hydro pack collapsible
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one liter bottle
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so yeah as you can see there
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nice big pockets in there
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really good storage just that quick and
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easy stuff that you don't want your main
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pack but you might want easy access to
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on the outside but keeps it in here
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away from stuff
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and then in the front end this
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stretchy pocket you can have other
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simple things i have a 511 cap like i
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said earlier
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but it's about nine times their team my
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rain jacket lives
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and it's nice easy access in there
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clips up nice and easily cinches up
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now these side things here
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are when you've got a lighter load
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and i might want to cinch up your pack
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so i can then suck them in
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like so on both sides
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start to suck that pack in reduce that
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size physical size so the more your
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backpack sits off your back
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and sort of leans back you lean back
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it's going to put a lot of pressure on
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your shoulders and your lower back so
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you're going to be doing that you want
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to be standing up straight
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and your pack sort of contorting to your
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body shape
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so there you go there
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now there's plenty of straps on the side
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here too so if you've got any tools any
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shovels or axes
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any sort of equipment you can put
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through these loops here
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nice little loops here so pretty simple
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one loop
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feed it through
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put it up and then it sort of holds in
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position like so so it locks in like
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that
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it's got the cord there so you can cinch
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it down
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on your tools
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and it goes you have the loop there on
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the side there
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give it a twist twist up folds up inside
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that
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holes burn
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now on the side here yet again
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big side pockets on the side there
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no dramas at all
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side pockets here a few water bottles
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side pockets there for storage on both
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sides as you can see
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side pocket for storage
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side pocket for water bottles
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and then these straps on the side here
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so
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technically if you've got something in
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here it might stick right through there
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you can cinch it down on both top bottom
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and secure it in position it doesn't
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fall out while you're hiking last thing
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you want is to lose it
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while you're hiking you don't know where
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it's falling out you don't really hike
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about to get it that has time your day
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and extra kilometers that you probably
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don't need if you're going for a big day
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of hiking
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so
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but also
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same issue same
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thing as the front
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you can start to cinch your pack down so
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when these aren't in use
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you can cinch this down and make it
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really tight
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what i'll do quickly is
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i'll show you what i mean
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i'll take some of this gear out and i'll
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show you what i mean by cinching it
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right down so
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you can really minimize the amount of
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size in your bag
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there we go
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now
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i just cinch this down like so
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so this is a really good advantage
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of this pack
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so now i've turned an 85 litre backpack
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with an awesome harness
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into
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a very thin lightweight
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small
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daypack
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yeah it's a heavy duty daypack but you
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might be going on a reasonable trip and
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you might want to take some
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precautionary gear
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just in case of emergencies you might be
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stuck out there but with a well-prepared
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backpack
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and a good frame system here you can
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really get out there and give it a good
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shot
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and have all the gear you need just in
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case things go pear-shaped or it might
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be a quick little overnighter
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lightweight backpack small gear
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and a great harness system so you'll
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never have a sore back shoulders or any
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sort of issues there whilst you're
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hiking
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so very versatile pack
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yes it could be 85 liters but it could
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also be
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50 40 liter
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sky is the limit really with your
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choices
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and it's just how you pack it
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um
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i see
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this packs great for me it's 85 liters
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as i've shown you it can pack down for
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smaller
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objectives smaller hikes
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but
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you're really
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i just not support for any choices here
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and
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i ready to rate this backpack
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as an awesome backpack um i paid the
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extra money and got the 85 liter could
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have got the 60
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or the 75
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or i could have gone to the extreme and
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got the 105 liter version of this
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backpack because it came in all those
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four sizes
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uh three different colors so it has a
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green the black
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and there's another color as well
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doesn't spring to mind but definitely
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come in at least two colors
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and
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yeah i chose the black black seems to be
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my favorite color most of my stuff's all
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black
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but
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it's got a good support system good
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frame
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right down the side here's this frame
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goes all the way to the side
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and across the top so it's got good
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support and it doesn't sort of squeeze
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down when you put weight on it
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i noticed with a lot of backpacks that
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are
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and lightweight
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rigid as this
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don't have a frame on the top
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but have the frames on the side so what
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happens is is the backpack can squeeze
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in your back
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and
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bounce on your shoulders so you haven't
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got that support and rigidity to keep it
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in a true backpack shape which can torch
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your back
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so there you go
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so if i've only found one negative
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but i guess the other negative two is
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you start off
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with over two kilos on your back
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so that's the negative
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it's a big negative there's probably
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most people out there thinking why such
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a heavy backpack why such a big backpack
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you don't need that
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well
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it's what you
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it's your choice basically you choose to
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hike how you want a wife
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and everyone out there hikes at a
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different rate you carry heavier lows
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doesn't want to carry
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certain equipment
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sometimes you've got luxury items
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sometimes you don't sometimes you go in
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basic sometimes you go on five days
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sometimes you're going overnight
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that load will change
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that weight will change
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this backpack will change as i've shown
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you
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can be 85 liters
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it could be 40 liters that's your choice
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so
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my recommendation is
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osprey
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are a great pack
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a great company
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they have a lifetime
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warranty and guarantee on their products
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with normal use
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so if you use this normally and you get
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some damage to it doesn't matter when
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you bought it could be the 1950s could
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have been 60s could have been yesterday
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they will return it
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brand new and repaired or
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brand new
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exchange
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no issues no dramas
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that's their
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that's the main selling point for me i
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had a choice for a few different bags
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but i chose this backpack because it had
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that warranty and guarantee for
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lifetime so that was a
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game changer for me
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that was my decision and my main reason
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for getting it so
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the two negatives for me are
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one
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the weight
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and the starting weight when you're
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looking at base weight you're already
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over two kilos
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the fact that you've got a lot of curved
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zippers which are going to be a snag
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point in the future
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i'll just explain why curves aren't the
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best design for zippers and
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they'll become
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damaged and snag and or get their issues
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with the way they zip
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the only other thing i can suggest that
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might be a negative is just these
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side pockets when you're talking about
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water bottles
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it really becomes a challenge to try and
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get them out there especially when
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you're fatigued you know last thing
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you're thinking about doing is
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stretching your arms in there properly
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and trying to get your waterfalls out
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but it can be done
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i think what the main thing is to do is
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have that sort of 1.5 liter to
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you know it's basically talking about
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4.4 pounds of water
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um maybe that to a 2 liter bottle
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so that
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you can actually
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reach down and get that bottle because
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the longer the bottle is the easier you
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get in that pocket because you can stick
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one end out there to grab the corner
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like that and then one hand stick it
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inside there so
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the longer the bottle the easier it's
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going to be to get in them side pockets
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that's a negative question but
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it's not out far enough
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but you can buy adapters
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to fit on the bottles on the side here
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so you can fit bottles up there
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and so forth so there are ways around it
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but that's another negative i see that
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the water water pockets aren't quite
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around the front far enough so you can't
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just stick down the side there grab your
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water bottle and keep on going
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it does have a hydration i didn't
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mention that it does have a hydration
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see
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h2o
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so it does have the capability for a
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three liter
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hydration pack
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fits through there comes out there left
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or right depending on which side you
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drink on
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and there's no drums at all
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but
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i find that i'm carrying three layers of
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water when i don't need to
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unless i'm doing a very dry hike where
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i've got a hike water in that's a
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different kettle of fish but
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predominantly
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that is not where i hike lately so i
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haven't been bothered so
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work out my water requirements stick it
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in the side there drink what i need pick
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up where i can the water from water
00:24:08
sources and treat it or
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straight away in a nice running stream i
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can drink it
00:24:13
but that's where it is
00:24:15
so
00:24:16
i'll leave links to all my gear that i
00:24:18
currently use links to this gear here i
00:24:21
purchased all this gear here most of
00:24:23
what you see in front of you from wild
00:24:25
earth
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a great australian company
00:24:30
can't fault them huh and can't fault
00:24:32
them and i rate them high due to a few
00:24:35
interactions i've had with customer
00:24:36
service and customer support
00:24:38
over a few issues i've had with some
00:24:40
gear and i've got some replacement gear
00:24:42
at no cost to myself delivered to my
00:24:45
house no questions asked
00:24:47
so awesome company i really rate them
00:24:50
highly not sponsored this mo this
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this was not sponsored nor am i
00:24:55
affiliate of wild earth just want to get
00:24:57
that out there
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and uh yeah so yeah
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do some favor check out osprey they have
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a wide range of backpacks
00:25:06
uh they do have the 30s 40s right after
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105 like i said
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check them out these are a favor
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you definitely won't go wrong
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and it'll be a lifetime investment and
00:25:18
you'll have it for life
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