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SURVIVAL PACK SYSTEM | 5.11 Skyweight Series
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Feb 4, 2024
A quick review of how the different Skyweight bags integrate with each other. Making for the ultimate pack system. 5.11 Skyweight Collection: https://www.511tactical.com/bags-packs/featured/skyweight-collection.html Prepared Wanderer Patches and Stickers: https://thepreparedwanderer.bigcartel.com Prepared Wanderer WEBSITE: https://preparedwanderer.com Prepared Wanderer AMAZON STORE: https://bit.ly/3Jjs1iO Prepared Wanderer FACEBOOK GROUP: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1835005976546722 Prepared Wanderer INSTAGRAM: prepared_wanderer
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Today I'm going to show you one of the most versatile systems I have seen in a
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long time. This can go from urban EDC all the way to wilderness, bushcraft, survival
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and camping. Stick around, it's going to be a good video. So not that long ago I did a
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video on this backpack from 5.11. This is the Skywait 36. It's the 36 liter
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backpack that 5.11 just came out with. It is a fantastic bag, very feature-rich. Go back
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check out that video because there's a lot of good information there. And my opinion of this
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backpack is very, very high. And what I love about it is it is very lightweight compared to
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more traditional tactical backpacks. So as a survival bug-out bag, it really is perfect. It
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is low profile in how it looks. It's not overly tactical looking, but also it is durable. The
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materials, even though they're lighter weight and not the heavy-duty Cordura, it's still good
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quality nylon. And it's just a very comfortable backpack to wear. I enjoyed using it. I have
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been using it. It's a fantastic bag and it has some very cool features that a lot of other
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backpacks don't have. But what is really awesome about the Skywait backpack and the Skywait system
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is that all this stuff that 5.11 has come out with all integrates and works together to form
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other bags and other ways of carrying stuff. And that's what we're going to look at today in this
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video. So let's jump right into it and I will show you exactly what I'm talking about. Now
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here we have several pieces from the Skywait collection. This is the 36 liter pack. Now
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it comes with a removable belt. And this belt is really awesome because it is actually
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MOLLE compatible, so you can put pouches on this. But what is very interesting about this is that
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this belt integrates with other bags within the 5.11 series. And I'm not sure if a lot of people
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know that or have seen that or it's being shown, but it's something that I've been kind of messing
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with and kind of discovering as I start using this stuff more and more. So the first piece we're
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going to look at is this is the 5.11 Skywait sling bag. So it's a very traditional sling pack in that
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you have a padded single strap that goes over your shoulder and then you have a crossbody strap
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that's going to help secure that and tighten the load to your body. Okay, nothing unusual about that
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Of course, it does have really nice quality material. I love that the material that they're
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using on the insides of these straps, it's the same material that's on the backpack. It is soft
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but grippy and there is a decent amount of foam in there. So there is some padding. So you pop
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that gate, that slides out. What's nice is they've actually put a padded wing that goes over this
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buckle. So this buckle does not dig into your back when you're wearing the sling pack. It's a great
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idea. So this comes off, totally removable. This, also removable, pops off like that. So now you have
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this bag. And when I first got this, I wasn't really sure what the purpose of this is. There is a
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tunnel that is in here and there's a piece of Velcro that's in the back of this. Well, once I took the
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belt off my backpack, I realized that the belt can slip into here. And that's what we're going to do
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So you need to thread it. size hip pack or lumbar pack. And you can configure it any way you want. So this top portion right
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here, this is actually a place that you can put water bottles or a tripod or something of that
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nature, something long. And then the bag itself is pretty standard in the fact that it just has a top
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opening. And there is two organizational pockets here. And then there's one large pocket right here
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in the lid that opens all the way up. And there's a smaller pocket down here on this side, right here
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that corner. Also one in that corner. But the volume of this is pretty decent. So you could
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get a fair amount of gear in here and then carry this as a lumbar pack, just like that. And that's
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what I mean when I was saying that this system can go from urban to wilderness very easily, very
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quickly. And what makes this nice is you're able to have several bags that all work together off
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the same belt system. And you don't have to buy a lot of different stuff from different companies
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This all integrates together. Of course, we have a little pocket on the front here as well
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Water bottle pocket on the bottom. And what's really cool about this is this zips all the way
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down and around and lays open like this. So if you are using this bag, let's say in a search and
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rescue mode for medical gear, this would be perfect for that. You could load this up with
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your medical gear and then have this thing open up and lay on the ground and then able to access
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things very quickly. And since the belt has MOLLE attachment, you're able to add water bottle
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pouches very easily, whatever ones you want. So 5.11 also came out with a chest pack. There are
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two versions. There is a survival, one called the survival, and then this one. I believe this is
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the other one. One has MOLLE on the front. This one has a mesh stretchy pocket, which is perfect
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for a phone. You have zipper pocket underneath that. This opens up and you have organizational
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pouches, elastic bands, a panel that floats in the middle, but that is also, there are gussets built
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into this so the thing doesn't flop open and all the contents fall out. Pockets in the back. So
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tons of organization in a very small package. But of course, since it's 5.11, they went one step
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further and you have a Velcro field back pocket that is perfect for a holstered weapon. And then
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our elastic bands built in here that are about the size of a magazine. So you can store extra
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magazines. And then these tabs, what these are for, is you pull those open like that. And then
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now that becomes a grab tab. So if you want to access your pistol quickly, you can do that. It's
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kind of a rip open feature and there is one on either side, left or right. So if you're left-handed
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or right-handed, it doesn't matter. This pack will work for that. So this is a great way of concealing
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a pistol on you while you're hiking or backpacking. Often with larger backpacks, you don't have the
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ability to carry a pistol on your hip because of the hip belt. That's why chest packs are so popular
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for that application. And they're great for also keeping all those little items like your compass
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notebooks, flashlights, headlamps, pens, pencils, organized in a very easy to reach pouch
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And then on the bottom of this, there is webbing loops built in. So you can attach a tourniquet
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pouch. You could clip on a knife, kind of whatever you want to do. And then a very nice padded back
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that's going to keep the contents from not rubbing or banging into your chest. So that's
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going to help with that. And then once again, they have this very unique strap system that
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unbuckles like that. The harness top portion comes off just by threading the strap through
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Remove the harness. Once again, there is a tunneled system. And guess what that's for
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Well, that's for putting the belt inside of this. Kind of tough to get the Velcro lined up at first
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to be honest. So you just have to play with it a little bit. Get it lined up the way you want
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There we go. Now you have a smaller fanny pack that has the capability of carrying a firearm
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So you can carry this. This would be fantastic if you're on a mountain bike, if you're hiking or
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walking trails with your family, you don't want to wear the chest pack because that's too obvious
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Put this on, put on a water bottle pouch, and you have a great little hiking kit that is very
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nondescript. And then when you're done and you want to go for a longer trek, take the belt off
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add that to your 36 liter pack, put the harness back on this. Now you've got a chest pack and a
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backpack that go together. So I wanted to show what this looks like on with the belt. Now
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something to note with this 5.11 system and this belt, the belt is at its maximum width for me
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So if you are bigger than me, this is not going to fit you. And I don't know if they make a bigger
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belt or not. I think there are two different size belts. I'm not sure what size belt this is. I
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thought it was the large, but it may be a smaller version. I don't know. I need to check that out
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Pretty easy to get around to. The water bottle pocket is kind of unique in that it has drawstring
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closure on top and bottom, so you can go either way. So you close up the bottom of this, and then
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there is a retention strap that hooks, and that prevents the bottle from going through. And then
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if I want to, I can use this to go around and hook, and that'll hook the bottle in if I want to
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secure it. But the bungee system that it has is actually pretty secure. Now, this is a slim bottle
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and it fits in there perfectly. So you're getting the bigger stuff, like the 32-ounce Nalogenes
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it's probably not going to work as well. But, you know, it still gives you the ability to carry a
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water bottle on your sling pack. So that is an overview of the 5.11 Skyweight system. Now there
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are other bags and pouches within this collection. These are the three that I've chosen because I
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think these three, for me, cover a lot of different things. So I can go from a summer overnight trip
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with this backpack, I can go sightseeing or hiking with the sling pack, I can use the chest pack in
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conjunction with my backpack to conceal a firearm, or I can add it to the belt and use it as a very
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lightweight fanny pack system. So a lot of versatility. I don't have to have a lot of different
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bags that don't work together. I have three bags that all run off the same belt platform. And the
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cool thing is you can buy the belt separately. They actually sell it separately. So if you wanted to get
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just these two packs and the belt, you could do that or whatever. So there's a lot of options
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And there are different colors that they come with. I think there's an all black. This is kind of a
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brownish color. I really like this because it's very muted. It looks great outdoors. It blends
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very well. And it doesn't attract a lot of attention. I mean, I think the only thing on
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these bags that really stand out is on the sling pack with the 5.11 logo. So other than that, most
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people are not going to recognize or understand what these are or for what company they're from
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So it's not really going to be a lot of red flags. It's a pretty decent gray man approach, especially
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with this 36 liter pack, which I just love. And then the chest pack, you know, in the fanny pack
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configuration, it's very nondescript. So a lot of options with this stuff. If you like this video
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down below. Let me know what you think of this stuff. If you're interested or not, there will
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be links to 5.11 down below. There'll be links to my Amazon store as well. Also check out my Facebook
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articles, photos, videos, and Prepared Wanderer swag. So as always, thank you so much for watching
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and we will see you next time on the Prepared Wanderer. So there's the ample padding for the
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lumbar area, the waist belt, nice padding on that, some channels for airflow. But this is what
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really sets this pack apart from a lot of others, is that you're able to remove the waist belt
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completely. Pull that out. And now you have
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a completely separate war belt setup that you can use for scouting around
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