Howdy friend, the stitching you find here is absolutely top notch. They actually found a lot of times they are wasting time with some of the over-binding they do with webbing on top of some stitching. Even the stitching without additional binding survives being issued to dozens of Finnish conscripts over decades, which is higher level than what I saw in the US Army. And the new stuff is even better

Added to the list my good sir :)

They would pull the G-Hooks at a bad angle if you had any weight to them. To use the side pockets as side pockets, you need to be as close to feather weight as possible

In this configuration the 40mm tri-glide might bite you under a backpack, but if you found something softer or went without it, this is comfortable as hell with or without a backpack

And im afraid to buy jääkäri M because then they will release that 40L😂😂

In a perfect world we would have maybe seen the pack by end of 2024, but there was always an explicit warning it could take into 2025 depending on circumstances. A big circumstance being war in Europe, and while we wait a bit longer for a camping bag we can watch a ton of Medic Packs and other gear hitting the frontline. I don't know anything about the upcoming packs yet, I have not asked and I assume if I was supposed to know someone would tell me

@@Tim_Keys thanks for info! Yeah, supporting ukraine is far more important than our outdoor hobbies, that right. I keep waiting

Thank you for the kindness :) and yes you are exactly right, aside from a few other major additions it can be viewed as a CP15 with a big butt. And you do have some material to play with when it's all folded up so you can easily find a million ways to keep things tucked away and protected

@ Ofc 👍Thank you for the reply, good to know.

Thanks friend :)

This is great information thank you, it feels like I might actually have to make a video on that

@@Tim_Keys Yeah for sure, in general it seems like nobody knows a lot about rescue blankets. This is such a nerdy thing for anyone to know but yeah. I guess its great information to throw at someone mid conversation and then proceed to beatbox aggressively.

In the world of combat jobs we have to laugh about everything. Smiley faces and wieners drawn everywhere, jokes all the time, a separation of the seriousness of it all from your mental state. Because if you crack, you also have a gun, and that's not a super good combo

@Tim_Keys sure. but if they had direct contracts, they wouldn't need marketing. so it's more likely that the majority of these will go to some tacticool bros. Varusteleka likes to present themselves wacky, and it can be out of touch sometimes.

I've talked to a lot of folks up there, and I really think they are absolutely genuine just without a filter. It's not that they are trying too hard in one direction, it's that they gave up in the suits and ties direction

@@Tim_Keys I've been their customer for a long time and I'm for the most part pleased with their products, and they have excellent service. Yet I've been alienated from them because of their PR moves. maybe it's just me, but I don't like being overly positive about the product I buy and the people I buy from. especially if I a) rely on their goods and b) on a budget. right now I'm moving through the snow in the boots I bought from them and with a savotta backpack and I feel confident. but when I see they ponder a lot with their product I feel that the priority is to sell it, not to install it as a tool, and that makes me uncomfortable with it. or maybe I just don't like the machismo attitude and prefer clean to-the-point message

I think I heard it best when someone up there said that the biggest fight is not selling the product, it is getting the customer to buy the product from THEM. It's a tough fight in today's world to keep people's attention but they pull it off. And I understand everything you say about wanting something simpler, and it very well may shift that way. Even by the redesign of the website you can see they're getting older just like all of us but they're still having fun. And one thing you see once you get behind the scenes of youtube, is a lot of folks like to live vicariously through what they see, who otherwise wouldn't have a club to be in or would find one that says they're some sigma alpha top werewolf or whatever. It's a weird game but I'm getting to understand it more. Even my little club I built over the past year, I know I can't give it up now because a few folks in there I know just need somewhere to be

I still have a decent amount of nice black compost in the far corner I plan to use, planting some hardy and low maintenance but beautiful scenery. In that corner by the birch I'm thinking a fruit tree or two, as it's common here for people to grab a snack along fencelines in the warmer months

Thank you, I take your words to heart coming from that experience level. I am working with some folks to have a whole med and response kit series, it should be up soon but I am just waiting on a few pieces to come in

@@Tim_Keys Can't wait to see what you have in store!

Thank you :) And you are correct there is no Jääkäri M video yet, I have to pick my time pretty wisely with 2 young kids and that one just feels like a dive that has been taken many times before. There will be one at some point I'm sure, but right now there is a list of useful info I'm building up that I very much want to start getting out soon

Not yet, but I have some friends up there now and I'll definitely be visiting soon. I'll definitely give it a try! :)

I wholeheartedly agree, but the big one out back had a huge water well at the base and was also overhanging the building by quite a lot, the risk was very high. As for the birch, it was dead and tall right next to a children's park, every storm brought down more of the top branches. The other trees I had no issue with, and some I can't find an excuse for. If I was there it would have been different.

@@Tim_Keys I see. Thank you for your work! At least you now have some timber, albeit most likely it's not up to spec.

I think you might be my favorite person today, an actual lightbulb just went off in my head. No joke you might have changed someone's life today with a youtube comment

I really have to get better at my knot tying, I think I might actually reach out on a video and see what cool knots you guys can show us. Make a cool little series there

Man I'm so sorry but I am not the laptop guy. I live in the stone age most of the day

I have never heard of this happening to anyone, it's a pretty snug fit in there

That is a problem between US and EU size measures, and where an entity says your "hips" exactly are. I wear an American jeans size 30 in summer and 32 in winter when I get a bit fatter. The Savotta 80-90 belt is perfect for me at an average 85 cm waist. Please don't ask me how that rocket surgery works out, but you need one size up.

The 25mm is the sizing workhorse here, you don't want that 40mm touching the end because you would lose all adjustability downward in size

There is a PU coating along the inside of the material. It can handle the first rain but you need a rain cover after a bit, unless your stuff is in secondary dry bags. The weak point as with anything is the seam, these are not taped but that can be done easy at home with some GearAid stuff. Still maybe not 100% water PROOF but a damn high level of resistance

Hahaha I hated myself right there mentioning that, but a Finn will put a PKM can and a tank mine on pretty much anything so I might as well tell them where they can do it comfortably

The Multicam is made in the US with a transparent PU coating, as opposed to the other colors made in the EU

Thank you. I ended up contacting Savotta, and they confirmed this. I wish I knew that before the purchase because I probably would have ordered the woodland instead, but it still seems to be bombproof and made to Savotta’s peerless quality standard, so not too big of a deal. Thanks for taking the time to reply 🙏🏼

Yes absolutely, I have a video coming up very soon on turning any of these into easy sling bags