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Originally Posted by J8127
ccrn, do you think it would play nice with a camelback on ones body armor, or would that cause it to be unstable?
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Cant really comment on that yet as I havent taken it to the field.
Will use it on a op soon so will be able to give it an AAR then.
It does have a few places to put a bladder including two outside sleeves on either side of the pack. But not really a seperate pocket that you can slide an entire camelback into with a 117 or PSC-5 at the same time. You could put one in the main pocket with the rest of your gear and run the tube out one of the antenna ports fairly easily. There is a space slash pocket between the internal frame and main compartment that is meant for a bladder (it has a hangar). You might be able to put an entire camel back in there but I havent tried yet.
Im thinking of fastening one onto one side, and a hatchet or other tool to the other side. It doesnt have ballests like the MR bags do but then again I dont really like those and they havent really worked that well from my perspective.
To know where Im coming from, this bag is meant to relace a 30 year old ALICE meduim. So its a big leap ahead either way. This is not a high volume bag by any means at 2500ci. If you want bigger I would go with the Half Trac. I believe someone did a write up on one in the 18E forum.
As far as water goes Ive been putting 3 500cc bottles in one pocket of my meduim ALICE, then 1-2 in a cargo pocket. That gives me as much water as my 2.5L camel back as it is-
HTH