After about a month of fooling with it, I'm very impressed.
It's very comfortable to carry, both walking and riding my bike. It stays in place and doesn't throw me off balance.
Here are the contents so far, but this is by no means static and I still have a lot of fine tuning to do contents wise.
I was going to just use this for going to the city, but with a change in contents it would be great for hunting, too.
As a matter of fact, I like the way it carries so much that I've decided to get one to replace the butt pack I carry on short day hunts. It's much more comfortable than a fanny pack.
1 – Maxpedition Versipack Jumbo
2 – Super Glue (always useful)
3 – 710 ml (24 oz.) Water
4 – 25 ft. 550 paracord
5 – First-Aid Kit
6 – Canteen Cup with 4 Cup-o-soup, 2 Trail Mix bars, 6 Iced Tea packages.
7 – Silva compass/matchbox with strike anywhere matches
8 – Mylar Space Blanket
9 – Pill Bottle (Tylenol, Zantac, Ibuprofen, etc.)
10 – Fox 40 Micro whistle
11 – Firestarter
12 – Tinder
13 – Ferro rod and spark striker
14 – EZ Lap diamond sharpener
15 – Brass snare wire (another always useful item)
16 – Helle Grizzly 4” bladed knife
17 – Spare AA lithium batteries
18 – Eton AM/FM S/W radio
19 – Garmin etrex Legend GPS c/w map software
20 – Personal hygiene (soap, toothpaste, dental floss, disposable razor, etc.)
21 – 6 led AA flashlight
22 – Can of tuna and vegetables
