Haley Strategic releases the FlatPack

This is a pretty slick little pack/back panel to integrate into the D3CR.

It is pretty small - 1 liter hydro capacity, 700 cubic inches when fully expanded - but is sized well to fit onto the back of a plate carrier. Tactical Tailor/Grey Ghost Gear and others have launched backpacks designed to integrate into the back of an armor carrier, but they mostly seem to end up a bit big, bulky and unwieldy.

A compressed FlatPack looks about as slick as you can hope to get for a hydration carrier, yet it gives you the ability to expand out and carrier more gear if needed.

This isn't for carrying a multi-day load for sure, but enough space to support a day at the range, a long hike or a short range patrol activity.

I have a D3CR, and the chest rig harness is a bit on the lame side. That makes the FlatPack all the more appealing to me, given that it's is intended to replace the harness and integrate in with the chest rig.

The price may be a bit rich for a small, fairly basic pack ($130), but it's got a unique set of capabilities that don't exist elsewhere.

E&E Image Contest: E&E Trunk Loadout

Back, left to right ---
Extra clothes and food in water tight bag
knee pads for working on the car. Gravel roads are hard on the knees.
old blanket
Vehicle related emergency kit in the green tub
newly added road flares

Center front, top down ---
KelTec SU-16c & 2 pmags loaded
Get home bag (24 hour pack) wrapped in a trash bag
Tarp
Ice scraper

I work 45 miles one way from home so this is my life line till I can get home.


- From S.M.

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E&E Image Contest: Macro's Kit

1) 5.11 RUSH 72 bag
2) Mountain House freeze dried meal
3) DATREX 3600 calorie bar
4) Pack towel
5) Blister bandages
6) Tinted goggles (anti-fog, anti-abrasion)
7) Primus camp stove (pot, fry pan lid, fuel can, wind screen)
8) 32oz Nalgene nests inside Olicamp anodized titanium mug (all inside 5.11 H20 carrier), smaller misc. items inside
9) Duct tape
10) North Eastern Arms NEA-15 7.5” PDW AR-15, NcSTAR Mark III tactical scope (2-7x32), Magpul MS4 dual QD sling, Magpul AFG2, Magpul MBUS front/rear sight, extra mags
11) UTG Special Ops universal leg holster, UTG heavy duty web belt
12) Oversized waterproof black rain poncho
13) Extra ammo for visualization purposes
14) Mini hatchet
15) 36-hour candle
16) Beretta PX4 9mm, spare mags
17) Head lantern
18) Shemagh, bandana
19) 14.5” zip ties
20) Black paracord
21) Potassium iodide tablets (radiological disaster)
22) Hennessy hammock (Ultralite backpacker Asym Zip)
23) Gerber firestarter
24) Gerber multitool
25) Gerber Prodigy knife
26) Diamond sharpening stone (dual grit) and diamond sharpening rod
27) Gerber folding shovel
28) Waterproof “tactical” playing cards
29) Camo survival blanket
30) OTIS AR-15 cleaning kit (with FrogLube packets)
31) Carbohydrate gel packets
32) Clif bars
33) Gerber folding knife
34) Red 12-hour glow sticks
35) Travel roll of TP

Not pictured: UCO candle lantern with beeswax candles, Lifestraw water filter, contents of Nalgene bottle (matches, lighter, fuel tablets, button compass, razor blades, sewing kit, mini first aid kit, water purification tabs), extra merino wool socks, small flashlight, silver coins

P.S. No, I don’t work for Gerber!

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