UTTER CHAOS! 😂 Great review, thanks.

I love army surplus gear. Sooner save and have quality gear.

Very good information. What environment do you feel UCP works the best in? I agree with you that I really dislike the bright colors so many people wear in the field. "All that unnatural color spoils the view for other people." I wish more people would realize this.

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Awesome that you actually practice and keep sharp. I do as well, too bad we live so far apart or I’m sure we would be doing skills together. Thanks for the vid bud.

All great points. Thank you for this.

When the filbe is set up properly it beats out everything as a large military ruck. The molle ii waistbelt doesnt fully transfer the load & it digs into your hips, and the 1000D fabric makes the pack needlessly heavy, rough, & rigid.

Is the sustainment pouch mounting points wider than the hydration? Or do they take up the same Molle spacing?

With pack weight over 50 lbs. I cannot see how the MOLLE II 1603 frame with load lifters isn't the clear winner. The FILBE's 1606MC frame is a great patrol ruck, and is compatible with the ALICE pack

you might also want to try attaching your shoulder pad harness at a different spot also, maybe one inch lower so the frame sits higher on your back.

First view of one, time to research😂

It is an 800 ml canteen. European countries without desert colonies never had them bigger. The French used a 1200 ml canteen during the same post WWII period due to North Africa. We just go to a stream or melt snow. In most of Europe you can't go 5 km without coming across a stream or river.

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I ordered one, most come this week, thanks for the review i’ve learn from your extensive experimentation 😂. 🖖

I love my Helsdon but hate the colour and agree it needs a bit of practice getting in and out. I tend to use a tarp for cover while getting in and out plusas a porch to situnder.

Many thanks Bill. The EBBCO I bought has stuffed filters, but now I know what to do to sort these- all I have to do now is to work out how to use it!!

Are the Molle attachment points the same distance apart on both?

I got one about 30 years ago and still have it. It is used when canoe camping. Two things I found to my disliking , 1... Spreader bar hammocks will dump your rear on the ground if you are not careful ( off center ). That is normal with spreader bar hammocks , all of them. After more then 60 years of hammock camping I should of remembered that. 2nd ... The rain fly cut off any visibility of the outside world. That can be avoided by using a separate , standard , tarp type , rain fly over the hammock. Backpacking I use a regular ( non spreader bar ) Jungle hammock since they pack smaller and are lighter. Plus I can lay on the diagonal in them with good visibility and ventilation.

Good call. I ditched the locking arm.

Thanks for sharing! It's really neat what some spray paint can do for you. Someday I bought a set of twelve different subdued colors on ebay. Did all kinds of gear in camo patterns. It´s fun! Because your thoughts adapting the camo net better for winter time... using white or light color stripes of fabric and weave them in the netting. At the perimeter would it be nice to break up the straight lines. Can´t tell how good it works, but it´s an idea. Regards Torsten

That esbit set also exists in a stainless steel version - also there's a lighter set lacking the "lid pan" and instead having a flat "lid" piece with a small d-ring handle and a "T"-shaped hook on the inside so one can rest it on the side of the pot/cup part. I managed to grab that small set in the anodized aluminum variation on a flea market for 4€ including two boxes of solid fuel esbit tablets. Price wise that version retails for 30-40€ originally, the stainless steel version going for even more. I haven't tested it yet, but am super lucky having found that bargain deal. Regards from germany, oz!

Great video

Thank you for posting this video. Appreciate your clear and to the point comparison here. It’s very helpful to see all three pouches side by side, as it shows the actual scale of each. I have the MOLLE sustainment pouch as well as the FILBE hydration pouch. But I’ve not purchased the FILBE sustainment pouch because I assumed it would just be a redundancy. Now I know it actually has its own design merits that set it apart. So thank you for pointing that out.

The magnetic declination here is 3 degrees west, so one click counterclockwise - nice.

Thanks for sharing!! I´ve had such an ILBE Pack lid mounted to my large ALICE Pack, just for camping and fun. It worked out great! Torsten

I believe the green is under quilt and the orange is a top quilt/ blanket

Hey Bill, at 06:29, is it 352 yds or feet? A quarter mile is 440 yds, so 352 yds is close to quarter mile but 352 feet is barely more than a hundred yds.

I use Brit bottles and a MK 1 Crusader cup. I have a after market Military 1st water bottle pouch. I think contect let do a BTP pouch with a mk 2 bottle cooker cup set

A 1/4 American mile is about 400 meters. 352 feet = 107 meters. If you are 400 meters = 1312 feet off in dense forest or poor visibility, then you are f**ked

Stupid question, but can these be turned into a dump pouch?

I've found my "Made in China" all metal Sextant to be both accurate and easy to use.

Is this modification still working...I thought is might crack/break the plastic over time. Also, how much weight have you been carrying? Thanks.

Thank´s for sharing. Both packs looking good to me. By the color selection of the Rainier model, you can tell it´s an older model 🙂 But that´s not negative, I like those reminder of a good decade. Regards from Germany

I've had multiple molle 2 packs and they all had cracked frames. I ordered a brand new frame and it also arrived cracked. Sold them, and just keep running my old Alice pack because it just keeps working.

They're a great stove, good idea with the funnel to recover fuel. Thank you for sharing 👍

That bug net is a nightmare to figure out. I tied the foot end to the hammock. I still can't figure out the snaps on the head end. Directions would have been a nice addition. They also should have added a bar at the foot end to make it a true bridge hammock.

Hang your head end lower then the foot end and you won't slid down. That works with all hammocks. I got the bug net for this hammock . It is hard to figure out since there are no directions. But t works. Only con is that you can't add a ridge line.

The bug net should be completely detachable, no zipper, just drape. The telescope poles and base parachute cloth is good.

Agree the wedding is too long. I wouldn't complicate it, tho, just shorten. I might suggest that your tree choice was too young, too thin, too weak.

I like the eno sky lite, but I will cut the bug net out and cut the ridge line out.

Do you think the Filbe waist belt would work w molle or Alice frame?

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Testing and dialing in your equipment is so valuable. Thank you

Pro tip: wrinkle it all up and rubber band it like a tie dye shirt, then go for it. Looks wild. I do that with green and brown dye with the army UCP pattern and ABU tiger stripe air force stuff. Looks cool as hell.

Thanks for showing! Your result is well done. To me is the genuine Coyote color the best choice. Not for camo purpose, but the over all kinda neutral looks of the pack ;-) Regards from Germany! Torsten

Thanks for the video. If you like the becket hitch, you may be able to save even more weight by switching to the Dutchware spider web 1.5 straps. If you like to use the daisy chain strap, you could get 5, 6, or 7 foot spider web 1.5 tree huggers (loops on both ends) for the tree half of your suspension and connect those to your original daisy chain straps. This would be even lighter than an entire length of daisy chain straps and you don't really need the daisy chain portion for the tree. I'm doing this now, using a soft shackle instead of carabiner to connect the hammock to the daisy strap. No knots and no hardware, which I personally like.

Thanks for sharing from Germany! I`m glad that I don´t need such cleats anymore, bc winter is almost gone 🙂Torsten

Should be using rit dyemore, made for synthetics

The loop in the hydration pouch at 1:43 is to hook the top of the issued camelbak onto. Preventing it from slumping to the bottom of the pouch.