Camp cooking & outdoor gear, with just a sprinkle of prepping & survivalism
My dogs and I hike along the Hennipin Feeder Canal and other fun places while I ramble on about nonsense. Sometimes I bring cool stuff to show you, sometimes I find cool stuff to show you along the canal.
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GSR haversack, love these things to pieces, got one of these weaved onto my webbing belt on the rear to act as a buttpack, when you can get these cheap they’re magic pieces of kit
It has made me consider putting a belt/suspender kit together. I think this bags uses are only limited by ones imagination. Thanks for watching & take care!
Thank you, and all of your viewers who have served in the military. I did not serve, but my father was in the Navy from 1943 till 1963. I like to make a point of thanking Veterans whenever possible.
I really should do that more. I never served in combat. My only overseas military duty was to Panama in 1997 and that was more like a tropical vacation than anything else. Technically, I am a veteran, but I do not consider myself a veteran. So, I'm a little confused about thanking people for their service. On one hand I want to and on the other, is that just something people who did not serve do? I really honestly don't know.
About 3 yrs ago I Frankenstein attached this bag to a 1970’s belt and padded shoulder straps. With a small bag for water, and another for shotgun shells, it worked great. The problems I had was the shoulder straps were too padded to shoulder an antique SxS, and the bag itself was so over designed that the kit weighed a ton. So I went with a German surplus set up. Much thinner and lighter. However, this bag will last FOREVER.
@@davewest5776 To be honest, I’ve been using this bag with a couple extra pouches for 3 years of hunting/camping trips and I never even knew they came off! 😀
I turned it into a short and holy moley!!! The internet hated it!. I ended up pulling the short. I am glad there are a few good people like you with good taste who appreciate it. Thank you!
I'm ex-British Territorial Army (forerunner to the Army Reserves). It's called a "Respirator haversack". Anyone calling it a "gas mask" would normally find themselves doing strenuous PT for HOURS 🤣 As to the velcro: If you're on the receiving end of CBW then who the hell cares if it makes some noise? ;)
Yeah, my drill Sergeants would have taken me onto "The Happy Room" for calling it a gas mask .. (happy to get out of the happy room). And you, along with others bring up an excellent point, in an NBC attack the velcro noise would be the least of your concerns. Very very true. I only bring it up for people looking to repurpise this piece of kit. Thank you and I appreciate you & what you say more than you'll ever know
The Brits do have some nifty kit (and clothes), might need to get my hands on one of those. A surplus store in my area has a decent selection of modern british gear, recently got an MTP smock for 40 € there, good investment.
I love America and I am all about Made on the USA. I work within visual distance of the Rock Island Arsenal, but sometimes.... just sometimes our NATO allies and even our enemies come up with a great piece of gear that deserves our attention ad preppers and survivalist. Thanks for watching
Easily mounted to a frame. Two of these on a frame would be nice because you could easily take one or both off to use the frame to carry other things when needed Excellent suggestion Thank you
Uh oh. Dude’s pretending there are consequences for “political enemies” (sane people call them insurrectionists). Find out where he was on January 6th!
Man your Ex doesn’t get along with anyone…she’s yelling at him and throwing stuff and wait what’s that music…oh she’s watching old reruns of Good Times or the Jefferson’s . Maybe.
I brought one a couple years ago, I found it very easy to overload it with "stuff", that I had to keep swapping it from shoulder to shoulder. As you can imagine, this became very tiresome after several hours. The bag itself is great, just be aware of what/how much you are putting in it 😊
Yeah, this thing looks essentially like a miniature backpack, so overloading it seems quite tempting. Maybe you can rig something up to actually carry it like a backpack?
Thanks for taking the time to break down that Carrier. Ive been eyeing one for some time now and you showed exactly what I had questions about especially the removal of those side pouches. 👍👍
Vaseline is the best for rejuvenating that old leather cup. WD40 is mostly just mineral spirits with a small amount of lught machine oil. The mineral spirits will dry it out worse. And... You do not want "friction" to build pressure. Youre looking for the plunger cup to SEAL against the pump tube.
You're correct. Friction was a poor choice of words. The cup will is fine and will be fine because every now and then I put a little oil in the oil hole.
I really enjoy all your videos. I use that bag with the Swedish mess kit with everything inside it and remove the outside pouch and put the BCB pouch and the mk2 canteen with the trangia stove. The small pouch I keep the trangia alcohol carrier and the the big inside I carry cooking kits and food and coffee and more.. the zipper is used to open to make inside open to remove the inside.. again I do really enjoy your videos and thank you for sharing.
Awesome! I'm glad you liked it, I was hoping people would get it. I'm wondering how many people have watched this video, but have never seen Raiders of the Lost Ark and we're wondering "what the heck is wrong with thus guy"? Hahaha Thank you
@KevinSmith-yh6tl here is the thing. Your first comment shows up on "youtube studio" any replies to your comment shows up on the RU-vid app. So, for example, for me to reply to this comment, I have to click on an entirely different app. Here I am though. I just had to click on two different apps to reply to one comment the another to see the follow uos to that reply on another app. It sucks. I apologize, but I also didn't design this system. I appreciate you and will do my best. Thank you
The haversack is great if it is big. The respirator is kept on a plastic inner so it is easy to get on but makes it difficult to pack. Use one as a first aid pack with cadets. Wouldn't use one myself too many bad memories of time in the respirator testing facility. Not called gas chamber of obvious reasons.
I'm pretty sure we called it a gas chamber here in the mid 90s, but I could very well be wrong. I know we had a "live agent chamber", that is something different altogether though. Thanks for sharing
I've been thinking about doing a video on noise light and litter discipline. This bag would definitely be used for the velcro noise. But like somebody said here in the comments, in an NBC attack, the last thing you're worried about is a little noise. Thank you!
@OliveDrabAlliance Learned a new acronym today, thank you. And you are right, your concerns would put noise at bottom of the list. Or low enough it wouldn't even be on ones radar. That is definitely a neat bag just in the way it was designed to be so expandable/collapsible with seemingly great ease. I agree the video idea you mentioned would be a great topic to cover. Appreciate all your efforts brother. I know a little bit about setting up a shot and just filming a seemingly simple task can become quite involved. Looking like I'll get some dirt time here real soon so you'll have more content from me to watch. Contemplating doing a loadout video on my camping backpack/BOB setup. Have an awesome week man.
Thanks for serving. That is awesome. I wonder when they got away from calling it a gas mask. Sometime between our times I guess. I'm very glad you enjoyed the video, thank you very much
I'm into camping Stoves and I've seen something called a "pill bottle stove". Basically it is round pieces of pizza stone that fit in a pill bottle and soak in alcohol. I was trying to see if pumice would work the same way. It doesn't. I did a follow up video (that I have since removed on my own accord) trying a couple other things along with pumice stones. Basically I was trying to use the stone like a wick in that video. I ended up building something that maybe people shouldn't try at home so I took it down. I do have one other thing I want to try with the pumice stone as a wick idea. Maybe today or tomorrow
Nice design from the Brits. I hate Velcro, too. I am not an astronaut. That being said, if you are having to deploy the gas mask, excuse me, chemical weapons mask, noise discipline is the least of your worries. Now if you happen upon a couple of nature lovers out on the trail doing what comes naturally and you want to break out a can of Vienna sausages while enjoying the show, then yeah, the Velcro could hamper your good time.
You bring up an excellent point about the noise discipline. I was just replying to another comment where I mentioned your wise insight. The second point you make.... I don't know about all that hahaha.... I have a funny story though. A couple weeks ago, my beautiful wife and I were walking around a nearby wildlife area and let's just say, we had a lot of fun. I woke up the next day in a bit of a panic, because that wildlife area is a popular hunting ground. People have trailcams EVERYWHERE out there.
I obtained a new, unissued bag last year. It serves well as haversack for a day-hike and easily carries a 10x10 ft tarp, paracord, stakes, Sawyer Mini, BCB Firedragon stove, Coffee, GI Issue aviators canteen/flask, SRO Stainless Canteen Flask/Cup, 6" Israeli bandage & 4x4's, ..., Flashlights, folding saw. Currently I'm using it as a dedicated "first aid" kit. It also attaches conveniently to the upper part of the GI "H" harness as an extra location for a buttpack (the 2 D-rings for the shoulder strap). Larger size molle (Brit magazine) side pouches are available in the same camo but very £ ($). I've also been able to attach a "woobie" (poncho liner) in its compression sack) to the top of the flap with paracord. It's a versatile piece of kit.
I use my older one (in swanky DPM) as a tree stand maintenance kit. Tree hooks, Bow hangers, duct tape, para cord, a couple of SPAM singles, nalgene & such. I have another I'm building into a stove/ mess / brew-up kit. Many uses!!
Oh, I got one of those. They are nice. Got it from the sportsman guide. Along with a used syringe. And a crap load of sand in the side pouches. I got a couple of the older ones, too.
Many things have passed through my hands like a 1943 fold under cup, two full sets of canteen/cup/stove from Canada (we used some of the same gear as USA). I only have a black canteen and US cup now, and my darling US Swiss plastic cups. Was thinking of getting the Nalgene Oasis but then I'd be going back to the cup/stove thing. If I get one of my wanted Finnish bags, I'll put in the stainless Nalgene and under cup for a brew kit to use on day hikes.
Ha! My pet peeve is everyone calling a Watch Cap a "Beanie", beanies don't fold up! I've seen that bag for a while and it looks like lots of room but too much like modern Multi-Cam for me, I'm in the market for a Finnish "gas" mask bag or their marking equipment bag for a more old school canvas look. I'll check out more videos from your channel. PS: Canada had the worst junk with their 82 Pattern webbing, single stitch pouches that would fall apart just looking at it, especially the canteen pouch.
I have heard that about Canadian gear. I haven't experienced it personally. I always thought Canada and U.S. used the same stuff, but I've heard to Canadian stuff has quality issues. Thanks for watching and have a great day
Just like the old GI Bumbag these fast carry quite a load, but never quite enough. Once full they bump about too much. Backpacks just give more utility and are more comfortable to carry. However, I have quite a few respirator bags, for heavy tools and rope lines, to chuck in the truck or storage bins you find on vehicles or boats. The one shown is particularly robust and pretty useful.
I can definitely see that being the case. You've got to find valance between the gear you carry and how it carries. You just can't beat a good backpack, but sometimes you've got to be more nimble and some gear you never want to be far from, so finding the right balance is key.
In uk 🇬🇧 we actually call it a respirator it’s known as GSR (general service respirator) that’s the latest pouch for the GSR we also have a couple of other respirators for more specific type operations such as special forces and aircraft versions, try and find the pouch for the last variant the S10 I think you would like it
John, When I was serving, before this bag was brought in! Our S10 “Respirator” was kept in our ‘gas mask’ bag😂 and like you we got a real rollicking if we called the respirator a gas mask!! Mind you I left the service in 1990 so things may have moved on since then😂 All the very best from across the pond 👍🇬🇧🇺🇸
I switched out the side pouches for waterborne pouches & attached an admin pouch to the lid. The original side pouches are now on the back & have 'soft kit' gloves & hat etc stuffed in them. A great haversack/daysack with massive carrying capacity.
John time to modify the bag. Lose the velcro. Add a strap with clips OR use the snaps for closure or modify a strap with snaps. For everyday use velcro is okay but it's like nails on a chalk board to me.
@@OliveDrabAlliance Noise is not the only reason I hate Velcro. It collects dirt and debris like it was made to do so. When it is full of such things it becomes ineffective. It also is usually the first place on kit to become frayed, and suffer from wear.
