Arrived to me within few days... I was really anxious to get it in person after looking at the 'product-picture' constantly admiring it... Upon opening the package -- I was in love, and probably will never touch another Backpack unless it fails catastrophically and or goes out of stock and manufacturing production... This thing isn't just an @ Backpack -- no!, this an @ "Wooly Mammoth Elephant" e.g. hairy, rough, durable, massive in size, and full of mass capacity space with a lot of (pouches) to carry and feed the heard/pack... In my opinion: the way this is designed makes it thee best on the market!!! I'm absolutely in love with it!!! This @ Backpack is now my main 'Combat' and 'Survival/Supply' @ L.R.R.P.C.S(Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol, Combat, and Survival/Supply-Living) Pack -- whether for bug-out S.H.T.F or Revolutionary Guerilla-Insurgent Operations, doesn't matter i.e. dual purpose e.g. survival/defense and combatives/offense... This is one of the largest Backpacks that I've ever seen... There is so many utility pouches that one will find it hard-pressed to use them all in an everyday capacity; but is highly desired for @ camping, hiking and survival etc., needs -- where we need all the space we can get compact as possible into one rig system without having to carry around multiple backpacks as deadweight @ "Airport Vacation Travel Luggage"... The practical huge size and mass space is highly desired, but also the @ "design" of this Backpack is cool from a tactical perspective... The fact this only cost around @ $70 -- was shocking/surprising and well worth every bit of it!!! You'd be hard-pressed to find anything better in quality, design, features and capacity for the price range -- let alone other Backpacks at more expensive prices this good... Likewise: this far beats all my other packs that I've used; and I've been through several dozen 'tactical' Backpacks in my life prior to this from wide-array of brands e.x. Condor, Voodoo, Maxpedition, Rothco, Fox Tactical, 5.11, NcStar etc., and every kind/model and size that you can think of... I've used the old 'Vietnam-era technology' official U.S.G.I @ A.L.I.C.E Lc-1 Packs -- both large and small sizes... I've used various modern Backpacks from @ Maxpedition such as the "Condor II" etc... But this Backpack is far by the best of them all in every way!
My views are below:
Size}}} The 56L capacity of the 'main-compartment' is huge and few on the market offer an 56L capacity or more, as most all only offer between 16-40L capacity -- and even then they still don't offer all the excess compartments/pouches that are added onto this pack giving more capacity., plus the mass real-estate of 'P.A.L.S for M.O.L.L.E' sewn-on for additional pouches to increase its capacity carrying size further... The 56L capacity of the 'main-compartment' is large enough for an comfortable relaxing @ "3 Day [or more!]" alone individual sustainment; but with the other fixed pouches -- and more add-on pouches -- you can get an stomach-fulfilled rationing @ "1 Week [or more!]" alone individual sustainment out of it... In an S.H.T.F survival emergency situation: this pack would be filled up with the (basic materials for critical necessity living, working, fighting, building, wearing, cleaning etc., items) and (critical resources to for life's survival dependent necessities) i.e. water, food, medical supplies, hygiene care, cleaning/disinfectant care, few forks w/ spoons-butter-knives w/ steak-knives, batteries for your equipment, 1-2 pairs of socks, 1-2 pairs of underwear, 1 additional shirt, tent, sleeping-bag, pillow, 1-2 tarps etc-etc-etc., of survival before personal training/survival skill sets in to survive permanently on your own e.g. building home/shelter, make your own clothes, hunting/trapping, water purifying, gathering firewood etc... In an S.H.T.F survival emergency situation: this pack wouldn't be legitimately used for carrying needless material-consumerist things around of no critical value for proficient living survival and fighting sustaining i.e. no computer, laptop, gaming console, stereo, televisions, dvd player etc... The only electronics generally one will be carrying is their @ Handheld Radios, Walkie-Talkie {CB or HAM or GMRS/FRS etc} Communications, Tactical Laser & Flashlight, G.P.S unit, Night Vision Optics, Mobile Phone etc-etc-etc., and that's if any generated electricity or batteries will be available after expending the power to your devices without having personal @ "solar chargers" and-or "generators" to use them again and reuse them over... And the only clothes that one would be carrying with them are those on their Backs e.x. BDUs [in my case!] etc., which will be washed and re-worn through running 'non-stagnant' riverbed-streams with a bar of soap [and that is depending on variables in play at the time as well!] etc... Generally if one utilizes the given @ 'P.A.L.S for M.O.L.L.E' Tabs with additional pouches and also organizes the pack to its maximum load i.e. pinch and squeeze every inch out of it etc., one can maximize the '56L Main-Compartment' for total of @ "1-week or more" with the basic critical essentials for bodily survival i.e. food, water and hygiene alone... One would generally want to get a good @ Plate-Carrier, Tactical Vest, Harness, Chest Rig, or A.L.I.C.E Suspender Rig etc., to keep all their @ Ammo, Magazines, Tactical Accessories, Optics, Guns, Knives, Maps etc., separate from taking up critical space and reducing its capacity needed for 'critical {but non-urgent packed-away} survival and living necessity' materials as food, water, hygiene care etc., and or other items... One would generally A) also want to keep their (critical for survival necessity supplies and tools for emergency reliance) i.e. medical-trauma pouches w/ medical supplies and surgical tools etc., separate from the main-compartment [preferably easiest region accessible to you in case of an accident -- as on your @ tactical-vest, plate carrier, side backpack, drop-leg platform!] etc... And B) those also of your (non-urgent critical living supplies and building tools) i.e. shovel, hammer, axe, hatchet, rope etc-etc-etc., separate from the main-compartment of backpack {hence adding other pouches to the pack for these two purposes is smart!} that is needed space for your food, water, clothes, hygiene products etc... If a person owns an @ "Mobile 5th-Wheel Trailer w/ Truck" or "RV" or "Truck w/ Camping Tent Trailer" etc., than they will generally pack all that material stuff i.e. excess clothes, material electronics, family pictures/valuables etc-etc-etc., into it... The 56L main capacity large size is made even bigger if one doesn't load it up with useless junk i.e. mass clothes, electronics etc., or keeps everything compact and organized as possible etc., and kept to critical basics that the body cannot live without i.e. food and water and hygiene etc... Since I can force my body to fast from food for several weeks if need be., and up too an week without water depending on the climate I am in., I can pack the main compartment with enough food(MREs, Snacks etc) and water-bottles(reusable) to last me 1-week normal with three meals a day and 3-4 bottles of water; or three weeks or more [if rationed right on crumbs and small bites and tiny sips of water here-there to extreme dependency!] tops... Having such a large capacity 'main-compartment' as this 56L i.e. deep, wide and thick etc., is -- helps out tremendously in extending your life on the run until you can find a place that is safe and comfortable to settle down and dig in.
{{{Design}}} The design of this Backpack is really well thought out and put together physically!!! I don't see any designs out there on packs as good as this -- and especially at such and affordable low price; maybe on packs that are $150+ range... It has many pouches of which breaks down to roughly @ "16" or so pouches of varying sizes and including the two zippered @ "Pistol Holders/Holsters" on each of the sides of the Belt -- of which can be utilized as @ "Utility, Accessory, Electronic, Trauma etc Pouches" if not for holding your Sidearm(s)... I don't need a Laptop/Notebook, since I have my @ "(LG Spectrum 2) Mobile Smartphone" -- of which does all that and is compact... So the inside @ "Laptop Compartment" will be utilized for my clothes i.e. socks, underwear, shirt, towel etc., as an internal divider/organizer... There is mass @ "P.A.L.S for M.O.L.L.E" all over the place {front, lower sides, and each side of the belt} which roughly estimates too @ 1x3=3 Rows of 'P.A.L.S for M.O.L.L.E' with 1x6=6 Tabs(lower front/back)., @ 1x2=2 Rows of 'P.A.L.S for M.O.L.L.E' with 1x5=5 Tabs(middle-upper front/back)., @ 1x3=3 Rows of 'P.A.L.S for M.O.L.L.E' with 1x4=4 Tabs(each left and right lower sides)., and 1x2=2 Rows of 'P.A.L.S for M.O.L.L.E' with 1x5=5 Tabs(each side of the Belt)., and finally 1x4=4 Rows of 'P.A.L.S for M.O.L.L.E' with 1x7=7 Tabs(bottom of backpack) -- and great for attaching your sleeping equipment e.g. sleeping bag, pillow, tent, tarps, sleeping pads, sleeping bed/cot etc... There is, of course, plenty of @ "P.A.L.S for M.O.L.L.E" on the @ "Shoulder Pads" also for attaching more small pouches i.e. compass pouch etc., or utility items i.e. 'angle head' flashlights etc... Speaking of the @ Shoulder-Pads: one of the best features about the design of the pack -- is the @ "Shoulder Pads"!!! I really like how they added an fixed @ "Drag/Carry-Handle" to the "Shoulder-blade Pads" in the back up near your Neck -- of which acts as an @ "Neck and Shoulder Support Brace" keeping your Backpack from either sinking too low or riding up too high while also keeping the entire pack sitting even below the bottom of your Neck-line/Shoulder-blade center with your Back... Everything about the design of the pack is flawless and the best out there -- well almost -- and I will get into the negatives shortly that need improvements... This is a really great 'thought-out' practical and tactical design all over!
{{{Quality}}} The "Quality" of this pack is excellent!!! It's @ "600Denier Poly-Nylon"; and while it's not better @ "Cordura" or even a higher grade of @ "1000Denier Poly-Nylon" -- for "600Denier Poly Nylon", this Backpack is of high quality and durable and rugged-tough... There isn't any loose threading on mine, and the stitching is superb... The @ Zippers are also really good and no problems unzipping or zipping the pack i.e. getting snagged, off track etc... For @ $70 -- you get more than your money's worth and then some, and worth every bit of it for the features and quality of this pack!
{{{Comfortability}}} This thing is extremely comfortable, and that is all I need too say!!! It feels really good and supportive on me... Of course: if you have an @ "A.L.I.C.E(Pack) Frame" laying around -- you can probably rig this baby up too it, and get even better 'load-carrying/balancing' support and maximize its potential and extend its lifespan from tearing etc... But by itself: this thing feels great -- even with heavy loads, it's way better than others I have had and used!
{{{Negatives}}} Here are the negatives as I see them and really damper its potential as the greatest Backpack of all time, below...
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1. Belt w/ Holster-Pouches is Fixed to Backpack and Non-Removable...
2. Belt Length is Extremely Short -- larger framed people will have to make extensions with some @ 1.5" Tri-Glides with Polypropylene-Nylon Webbing and Quick-Release Buckle(s)...
3. Lack of any @ "Load Support Straps w/ Buckles"... There is only two @ "Load Support Straps w/ Buckles", and they are on the tiny small utility pouches on each of the upper sides of pack... There is no @ "Load Support Straps w/ Buckles" going down or sideways -- and this greatly effects the use of the pack i.e. load shifting side-too-side and bouncing up-and-down., more prone too tearing/ripping under heavy loads etc-etc-etc... My @ (NcStar VISM)
VISM by NcStar Tactical 3 Day Back Pack
Backpack has @ 1x2=2 'Load Support Straps w/ Quick-Release Buckles" going both sides and downwards/upwards, as almost all Backpacks do that I see on the market -- and this one should too, since it is far larger than those and more prone to ripping because of its size and load-carrying capacity...
4. The @ 1.5" Belt, is sewn-on the @ Holsters/Belt-Pouches at the @ "bottom" line instead of the @ "middle" as is proper -- and this causes the waist-belt to be imbalanced and prone to bending outwards, getting twisted in a knot, and flopping over downwards instead of staying even compressed up against your mid-section/stomach...
5. There is no @ "P.A.L.S Tabs for M.O.L.L.E" sewn on the bottom region of the @ Holsters/Belt-Pouches -- which the @ 1.5" Nylon-Webbing/Belt-Extension is sewn and takes-up i.e. they left it blank, when they should've sewn the extra row over it giving 3-rows instead of 2...This leaves only @ 1x2=2 Rows of 'P.A.L.S Tabs for M.O.L.L.E' on each of the Holsters/Belt-Pouches, and greatly minimizes the size of @ M.O.L.L.E-Pouches that you can use i.e. large M.O.L.L.E-Pouches won't be secured properly enough and flop around like a rock skipping over water etc., and left only able to use small M.O.L.L.E-Pouches...
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Continued}}} These few things really damper on its potential for me!!! But regardless of all that -- I still regard this as the best pack on the market for the price and even compared to more expensive ones just from what you all get with it and the quality... I can rig-up my own @ "Belt Extenders" with the required materials to fit me... I can rig-up some @ "Load-Support Straps w/ Quick Release Buckles" with the required materials... I can even probably, once I put my creative mind to good use, even devise a way to correct the Belt problem from #4... And the fact that the @ Belt with Belt-Pouches/Holsters are fixed and non-removable, doesn't bother me at all -- just a personal preference for them to be and isn't really a negative at all... So all these negatives in no way effect the Backpack at the end of it all, since I can fix them -- just wish that they were done that way properly in the first place and wouldn't have to go through all that painstaking task of fixing the negatives I see.
{{{My Setup so Far}}} I am just beginning to re-build it all e.g. my survival rig/pack etc., from scratch and will take quite some time with my low finances to complete... So far I have installed "pouch wise" alone: an @ Voodoo M3 Field Medic Pouch(right lower side)
MOLLE Compatible MIlitary Style M3 Medic Bag, Combat Medical Kit
; an @ Fox Tactical Inc. Water Canteen Pouch(left lower side)
Black Modular 1 Quart Canteen Cover (Army, Military, Police, & Security Type)
; Condor 'Maxpedition Versipack style' Fanny Pack Deployment Utility Bag (upper middle front/back)
Condor Deployment Bag
-- which I use for all my tools i.e. screwdrivers, hammer, hex wrenches etc-etc-etc; and my @ Condor MA3 Recon M.O.L.L.E Butt-Pack(lower middle front/back)
Condor MA3 Modular Butt Pack Black
-- which am using as my @ "Gas Mask Pouch" and "Misc Utility or Medicine Pouch" etc... It's looking really good now, and coming along!!!
{{{All-and-All, Overall}}} This is an amazing Backpack and you cannot beat it i.e. quality, features and all for the price!!! Superb Quality and Great Design and Extremely Comfortable for its size capacity!!! Even if this Backpack fails, I will still buy another one -- so long as they are still produced and available... My previous newer pack before this [linked above in "negative" section!] -- my @ (NcStar VISM) Backpack -- has since been given free to somebody who needed and wanted it... Both of them are excellent Backpacks; but I really-really loved this one better the most and I am extremely satisfied with it!!! Everything you see in the product photo is what you get... But you cannot enjoy and appreciate it until it's in your Hands and on your Body in person, like with me... Shipping and Arrival was very fast, within a few days... No defects or problems with product or services... I Highly recommend unto others to look at and get this before any others!
Pros)
+ Excellent Quality
+ Excellent Design
+ Excellent Quantity of Features
+ Excellent Support
+ Excellent Comfortability
+ Excellent Size Capacity
+ Excellent Price$
Cons)
- As stated in "Negative" section...
I give it a *****5 Pentagramstar of Excellence!!!
| Item Package Dimensions L x W x H | 19.8 x 16.8 x 3.6 inches |
|---|---|
| Package Weight | 4.4 Pounds |
| Item Dimensions LxWxH | 20 x 11.5 x 11 inches |
| Item Weight | 5 Pounds |
| Brand Name | EXPLORER |
| Warranty Description | Lifetime Warranty for Manufacturer's Defect Only. |
| Model Name | Laptop笔记本电脑노트북.筆記型電腦لاب توبמחשב ניידLaptop |
| Color | ACU Camo |
| Material | Polyester |
| Suggested Users | Travel, Camping, Hiking |
| Number of Items | 1 |
| Manufacturer | Luggage USA / DBA Explorer Bag |
| Part Number | B99 |
| Model Year | 2016 |
| Style | Laptop |
| Outer Material | Polyester |
| Size | 20 x 11.50 x 11-Inch |
| Sport Type | Camping, Hiking |
