 Hey everyone, Dylan Schumacher, Citadel Defense, and we're going to do a review of the first tactical 24-hour pack. I have had this pack for probably going on a year, maybe a little bit longer, I'd have to look up exactly when I got it, and I've used it in a variety of different circumstances and variety of different things, and so I thought it was time to kind of do a review of it. Overall, the quick and dirty is I really like it and I'd highly recommend it. I consider the Rush series by 511 to be kind of a gold standard of, you know, tactical packs, and I really, really like this one and I would certainly put it up there with those and say that it competes very well, if not, if not better. So we'll go through the pack itself and see what it's all about. So starting on the outside of the bag here, you do have some Mali and Velcro right here on the exterior with a kind of a gap and then another line of Mali down here, and you've got a name tape, a Mali line up top. I have used this field here, usually I'll end up mounting like, you know, two mag pouches here to put my extra mags. I've moved my mag to the side, that's a different deal. That's on the exterior there, so that's actually pretty useful, Mali. They do have a, just a skinny pocket here for like gloves. It goes down to this seam right here where you can see that the sewing comes in, that's that whole pocket. So that's great for gloves, maps, hats, you know, stuff like that, kind of thinner, flatter stuff. Up top here, this is a, let's see if we can make sure you can see that. This pouch right here, this is fleece lined, so I'm not sure if you're going to be able to see that, but this is fleece lined. That's just for sunglasses and iPad Pro, stuff like that. Also works great for smaller items like a hat. When you open, when you open this exterior pouch here, and this is their admin pouch, so it goes down again, it's pretty deep. I'm not sure if you can be able to see in there, but it goes down decently deep. And here they just have a bunch of things for, you know, pens, little small pockets, two larger dump pouches here, a nice zippered pocket here for stuff that you make sure you don't want to lose. And that goes down to about this stitching line right here if you're able to see that. It comes with the detachable key lanyard and then the permanent one. I like that they do that, that they give you two different options, rather than just doing the same thing twice. I like it when companies switch things up a little bit. It makes it more interesting and I think more useful. On the bottom of the pouch, they do have this Velcro pocket here, and I think this is designed for your rainfly. That's a good place to store your rainfly or your pack cover. So that's just kind of a cool little easy pocket to be able to keep your pack cover on you. On the bottom, they do have four molly slots so you can tie a bed roll or whatever. I will say one of the things I really like about this pack is that it's compatible with belt kit. It rides up high enough on your back that if you have a butt pack or pouches or whatever on your kind of sustainment belt gear, this will be compatible. It's not going to interfere. It doesn't ride too low. It rides at a great, great height for that. So even if you were just going to wear plates in a normal G-Watt battle belt, this will work great too. In all of those cases, when you have stuff on your belt line, it rides high enough to not interfere. That's one of the big pluses of this pack that I really like. On the sides, I have pouches on here now, right? But this is molly from top to bottom so that you can attach various pouches or whatever. It is four rows across. So that's really nice to be able to attach various things. Like right now, I just have a canteen pouch and a mag pouch. One of the weaker points of the bag, I think, is the compression straps. So it's cool that they come with this little elastic band on them. What I mean by a weaker point is there's only one and it doesn't, I can't seem to find the right height. Now it is adjustable. Like you can remove this, right, and move it to a different row of molly. And I like that. That's really cool. But I can't seem to find the right height to really get the bag to compress down. And maybe I need to buy a second set and have two of them to try to tighten the bag up a little bit. And they work okay, but they're not the best. I've definitely seen better systems out there. Coming up on top, this is one of the things I really like about this bag. They give you two handles. It's the same handle. They just stitch it in twice. One is right on the yoke. And then one's on the bag itself. You wouldn't think that that would really matter much. Or it's kind of excessive. But I find myself using both of these quite a bit, actually. And I really like this system. And I think more packs should do that, where they have the two handles. It just makes life easier, honestly. This is compatible with a belt if you want. You can slide your own belt in or you can buckle it in. I don't use a belt at all. But if that's something you're interested in, you can do that. The padding back here is decent. It's probably closed cell foam. It's probably about a quarter to a half inch somewhere in there. And I've never had a problem with that. Air flow has been fine. Not perfect, not great, but whatever. I think they do a great job with the padding. It's certainly been comfortable. For the sternum strap, again it's just a simple step ladder. I like that. I don't like the sliders. Those tend to move on you. But when it's just locked into the step ladder on the different rolls of molly, that's great. It has these elastic bands up here. I've used these several times to route a water bladder. So I'll route my water bladder through this. And that fits through great and kind of retains it. All of the buckles are compatible. So this buckle will fit in the compression strap, right? So if you ever had a, maybe not. Oh, there it goes. The elastic was just in the way. But that does work. So if you ever had a buckle get blown out on you or whatever, specifically this one, right? You could replace it from somewhere else in the bag and put the new buckle in here. If this one breaks, you're kind of in trouble because it's permanently stitched in here. So this pack does have a pocket right here. You're going to be able to see that that this goes in. I've never really used that. There is an internal frame in here that does come out. If you want, I've never taken it out. I'm not going to take it out. It works fine. This gives the bag some rigidity to support the weight. It's a plastic frame with, I think, a metal middle stay. Not too much to say about that aside from the fact that it holds the weight pretty well. And I've had this thing probably up to like 30, 40 pounds somewhere in there and it's sustained the weight quite well. There's a lot of generous padding on the shoulder straps, which I appreciate because, again, when you get into those heavier loads, it's nice just to have something that carries the weight. Aside from the main pocket, there's also their pass-through pocket. And what's that designed is to be compatible with their other system where you unzip the top, you unzip the bottom here, which is, hold on, and then you can pass through one of their rifle carriers or something like that, which is a cool ability to use. I've never utilized that. I don't have the extra piece, but it's nice that they have the option. I have used this as the water bladder pouch, so they have these two hooks in here. Not sure if you're going to be able to see those. And I just ran a piece of old shoelace between them and that's what I've been hanging my water bladder off. So I put my water bladder in this pocket. It would have been really nice if they would have a dedicated water bladder hanger in here that would have made this pocket way better and then just a way to port your water over. As it is, when I put a water bladder in here, I'll hang it in here and then I'll zip this up to wherever I can and then just have the hose come out here. It works fine. It would have been nice to have a dedicated way to put a water bladder in here. That is, again, one of the slight downsides of this pack, but overall it works well. The zippers are super heavy-duty. I'm a big fan of the zippers. I've put a lot of weight and a lot of strain on these zippers. And neither the zippers nor this skinny little cord, whatever they use here, has broken. And I've thought a couple times, man, I'm going to tear this little pole right off these zippers, but they just keep on ticking. So I really appreciate that they have overbuilt zippers. And again, whatever this cordage is that they're using for these, it might look wimpy, but it actually holds up pretty well and it works really well. So the bag itself zips all the way around and does that 180-degree full open thing. I really like that. That's always nice on these, especially on these 24-hour-ish packs, to be able to fully open it and see what you're doing. On the top, they just have a mesh little zip pocket here to be able to put in stuff that you can see. You have two dump pockets. I like that they have this adjustable Velcro thing, so you can really cinch it down if you want or let it go. That's just helpful. I've used that. Like right now, I have an emergency bivy in here and it's nice to just be able to stuff it in and then tighten it down so I know it's not going anywhere. The back wall here is all velcro, like soft velcro-y. So you can put different velcro pouches on here, which is really cool. I haven't utilized that too much, but it's nice to be able to have an option. So if you wanted to make this like a medical bag, this would be a very viable option because you could have different velcro insets in here and you still have these other pouches over here. You could just rip this whole thing open and get to what you need. So it is nice to give you those organization options. Overall, like I said, I really like the pack. If you're at all looking at it, I think they're going for like 120, 140, somewhere around there. I would highly recommend it. I like it a lot and I will continue to use this pack. I definitely want to look into the 3-day pack at some point just because I really like the construction of this bag and I like the way that they have made it. It is held up great through multiple trips and uses and abuse and would highly recommend it to you. I hope that's helpful. Do brave deeds and endure.