[kev]

Awhile back I bought a military surplus patrol pack. Shortly after buying the patrol pack I posted a first impressions video.

Now I am posting a follow up review video. when I made the patrol pack follow up review video I did not realize I have had the pack for over a year.

So over the past year this has become one of my favorite backpacks for a dayhike. It has been taken on numerous hiking trips, and a couple of trips out on the boat.

If someone missed the Mountain House chicken and dumplings review - https://www.survivalistboards.com/showthread.php?t=895064

The patrol pack is the pack I had that day on the angelina river.

A year after that first review was posted here is the follow up review:

Outside pouch is large enough for:

• TOPO maps with GPS and compass
• Bug spray
• Rain poncho
• Toilet paper

Main compartment is large enough for everything else:

• Stove
• Fuel
• Cookpot
• Meal
• Snacks

I wish the shoulder straps were replaceable, but the bottom section is sewn into the pack. It would have been nice if there was a D-ring for the bottom straps to attach to.

What would have been wonderful is if the patrol pack could have used ALICE straps. I do not understand why the military would design a pack where the straps are not replaceable.

Overall, the straps are the only thing I can find on the pack that I do not like.

 

[Debx36]

Nice! What was the price tag like? And where did you get it?

 

[kev]

Nice! What was the price tag like? And where did you get it?

Got it off Ebay for $30 + shipping.

 

[Revmgt]

The link isn't working for me.
What's your YouTube channel, I never checked out your stuff

 

[kev]

The link isn't working for me.
What's your YouTube channel, I never checked out your stuff

https://www.youtube.com/c/ruralprepper

You have been a member here for five years, and do not subscribe to my youtube channel?

 

[hua man]

The pack is something I was told to call an assault pack. It was a modular piece off of the old mountain rucks (pre-cursor to modern MOLLE rucksacks). PITA then, with the too narrow straps with 30 lbs+ ammo/gear I had to carry. M249 SAW gunner.


Suggestion: get some ground pad foam (surplus), cut the shoulder pieces to LxW that would make it more comfortable. Zip strip/550 cord in place. It'll help that cutting-arms-off feeling.

 

[hua man]

LxW- 4 in x 10 in

 

[rc508abn]

Glad ya like it Kev. Having used that thing in the Army, I cant tell you how much I loathed it.

They are however a far step above the first Assault packs that came with the first generation of Mountain Rucks

 

[buckfynn]

Hey Kev your YouTube vids don't work.

 

[rc508abn]

Hey Kev your YouTube vids don't work.

See post #5

 

[buckfynn]

See post #5

Yeah, I saw that. The link still doesn't work in Kev's OP and I see no reason to sift through his entire Youtube channel to go fishing for the video in this thread.

 

[charliemeyer007]

There is an issue with the automatic coding that is done with the embeded links

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFJrxEcHy58

 

[rc508abn]

Yeah, I saw that. The link still doesn't work in Kev's OP and I see no reason to sift through his entire Youtube channel to go fishing for the video in this thread.

Its number 5 in the first line of uploads

 

[buckfynn]

There is an issue with the automatic coding that is done with the embeded links

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFJrxEcHy58

Thanks Charlie!

 

[buckfynn]

Its number 5 in the first line of uploads

And tomorrow it might be 15, 37, or 213 from the top. And I still won't be sifting through his channel to find this video.

It must be really difficult to fix the broken coding for YouTube videos on this forum is all I have to say.

A while back Kev asked a question why he wasn't getting hits on his YouTube videos. Considering all the hoops and loops one has to go through to view the vid in this thread just might be one of the reasons he is not getting the viewership he is desiring.

 

[rc508abn]

And tomorrow it might be 15, 37, or 213 from the top. And I still won't be sifting through his channel to find this video.

It must be really difficult to fix the broken coding for YouTube videos on this forum is all I have to say.

A while back Kev asked a question why he wasn't getting hits on his YouTube videos. Considering all the hoops and loops one has to go through to view the vid in this thread just might be one of the reasons he is not getting the viewership he is desiring.

Serioulsly??? Its THAT hard for you to read possibly 10 to 15 titles on the videos to figure out which one it is. Might take up to 30 seconds of your life. GOD FORBID. If youre THAT close to death, you dont need to be reading about survival. You need to be looking at cemetery plots.

 

[buckfynn]

Serioulsly??? Its THAT hard for you to read possibly 10 to 15 titles on the videos to figure out which one it is. Might take up to 30 seconds of your life. GOD FORBID. If youre THAT close to death, you dont need to be reading about survival. You need to be looking at cemetery plots.

I am not surprised or even bothered by your response. It is typical for low achievers to settle for mediocrity.

Some of us have been around here long enough to remember the good old days when everything worked here on the forum and kudos to Kev for those times.

But just for you they are running a special, just click on the classifieds button on the top of the forum and wait for the page to load to claim your prize.

And have a great day!

 

[rc508abn]

I am not surprised or even bothered by your response. It is typical for low achievers to settle for mediocrity.

Some of us have been around here long enough to remember the good old days when everything worked here on the forum and kudos to Kev for those times.

But just for you they are running a special, just click on the classifieds button on the top of the forum and wait for the page to load to claim your prize.

And have a great day!

No you were flat out being lazy.

Kev is pretty busy running a homestead, making videos AND this website. And he does a pretty good job of it, so I'll give him some slack for his mediocrity of having not fixed the code yet

 

[buckfynn]

No you were flat out being lazy.

Opinions vary.

And opinions are like ________. Everybody has one and most of them stink.

Nope, not lazy, just not going to play your stupid little game of hide and go seek to find a video.

Have yourself a dandy day!