 Hey guys, Dylan Schumacher, Citadel Defense, and today we're going to talk about the Quad Zip from 511 Tactical. I like this bag, so let's just start there. There are a couple things that I don't like as much, but I like this bag. I've honed it for six months, maybe nine months, something like that, and have used it on a variety of trips, both going through the airport and just road trips, taking it hiking, and it's served well. So I would definitely recommend it at the end of the day. So features of the bag. First of all, this is not like a hard-sided solid construction bag, it's kind of more like a school bag that you probably grew up with, right, like a Jansport, and I don't mean that to insult the bag to say that it's a little quality or anything, I'm saying it doesn't have any form, right, like it's, there's no stiffness to it, unlike a rush pack or something like that, we're just going to have that stiffer kind of 1000D nylon to it, where it's going to hold its form a little bit better, this will not, okay, this is not hold its form, and that's why I bought it. I did not want a stiff pack when I bought this one, I wanted it to just kind of be more loosey-goosey, and that's really one of the features that I think is a pro for this pack. So to give you a feel to the Mali here, you can put whatever you want on there. The bottom row is Velcro, they have this little, tiny little Velcro patch up here that you can, you know, stick cool Velcro patches on or whatever. This pouch here, so this is a admin pouch, I'm not sure if I'm able to show this to you here, but basically it's got a couple things for a pen in there, it's got one key fob, just one key fob, and it's a business card holder, just a general admin pouch, if you've had a 511 pack in the past, you know how they lay out their admin pouches, this one is not that big, right, so only goes to about here, okay, so about almost up to my wrist, a tinier pouch, I do like that it is, I'm not sure what the right word is here, but it's inset into the pack, right, it doesn't like exist on top of the pack, but it's inset, so I really gusseted, maybe it's the best word there, I really like that, that's a cool feature, gives it a clean front. Top pouch here is just a simple little dump pouch, nothing special about that, I've thrown some mints in there or whatever, I enjoy that, so here's the big deal about the quad zip, okay, and the reason it got its name is because I have four zippers on this pack, okay, so you can zip it from the top, like a normal, like a normal pack, then you have these other zippers on the side, so I could zip open the side and still access the main compartment, the reason is so that when you're wearing it you can just sling it over your shoulder and unzip and access something from the side, so that's definitely an option for you, I honestly don't use that feature that much, I just really use it like a normal backpack, has four compression straps on the sides here, so that you can really tighten it down, those are very useful, I've used those a lot, I enjoy those, here's the love-hate relationship I have with the cut of the pack, is that you can zip this top part down really easily and it opens up, it sits up great and I can easily access the pack or access this top mesh pouch here, the thing I don't like is that when you're zipping it up, it'll often get hung up on the corner, that actually went much smoother than it normally does, but it'll usually get hung up on the corner right here and when I try to start zipping up it won't zip over, so I have to fight with it a bit to get it to round these corners, again it's a small thing, it's mildly annoying, but at the same time I do like the feature that I can just zip open the top part here and then access the whole pack, it will zip all the way down and totally fold open, which is great, so I have some things in here for my last trip, settle that to the side, so when it opens up it'll go pretty deep here, okay, so it's decently deep, this pouch right here is again just another mesh pouch to put something in that you want to see or have easy access to, it does have a laptop kind of holder thing back here, so I could put my laptop in there if you wanted to kind of see it, again there's plenty of space in here for anything you'd want to see, there is this small little pouch over here that's kind of hidden, so you can put like a water bottle or something in there, they do not have one on this side, just one on that side, not sure what that's about, it does not have like a fancy, does not have like a fancy, what's the word I'm looking for here, sunglasses case on top, a lot of 511 packs, you know they have that little zip felt line pouch right here, this one does not have it, not a big deal, I've never missed it, you do have right here, so this will come open and you have a retainer for a water bladder, so you can put a water bladder in here which is outside the pack right, which is nice, and this is also their concealed carry portion of the pack, so there is a velcro, not sure if I'm able to show it to you, you might be able to see it right here, this is velcro line, so you could put like a firearm down here, the thing I don't like about that is this pouch is not enclosed right, so all it does is velcro right here at the top, that's it that's the only velcro, and then on the sides it's open, so I don't know how it feels about storing a firearm in there, I just, I don't like that but it does have that option if you so choose, the back of the pack here, it has a nice center channel cut out, this is super comfortable, I've like I said I've worn this on hikes, had a great time with it, it's comfortable, okay, I enjoy it, and this part does have like a stiffener, so there's some kind of plastic insert in here to give a little bit of rigidity, kind of an internal frame to support the weight, so that's comfortable, the shoulder straps themselves, again they have that mesh lining there, so that's comfortable, it does not have the traditional 511 yoke system, if you're familiar with that, unlike the rush packs or something like that, these are really just sewn in separate, again super comfortable, I like the yoke system a lot, but this works, it really works well for this pack, you have different tracks here to move up and down, to move the sternum strap up and down if you desire, you got kind of a guide loop here to feed through anything from your water bladder or anything like that if you want to attach it to your gun, it does have a quick disconnect so you could dump the pack if you needed to or wanted to, and that is about it, that's the 511 quad zip pack, overall I recommend it, especially if you're in the market just for kind of an everyday pack or something you'd want to be able to take on a trip or hiking or whatever, I'd say light hiking, it's not like a multi-day intense pack by any means, but for what it is and what I think it sets out to be, just kind of a good around town EDC pack that's not super rigid or super tactical, I enjoy it, I would recommend it to you, I think I ended up getting this one on sale for circa 40 bucks, I think normally they go for about $90, so you can make your own judgments on that, for the $40 I paid for it, I'm extremely happy, until then, do brave deeds and endure.