PROS: Spacious, 2 main compartments, laptop sleeve area, internal frame plate with aluminum bar reinforcement, plenty of pouches, lots of organization, GREAT waist belt, light for the material it's made from.
CONS: Pouches on straps are not removable, side handles take up precious molle space, ports for camelbak tube aren't big enough, No upper cinch straps for bag to keep it tight and keep the bag from blooming out from the rear, limited strap adjustment, included extra straps for bottom of bag don't hold well (Lots of slippage in the buckles),
I've been looking for a larger version of my Falcon-II that I could fit all of my gear in. My Falcon-II barely held all of my gear for summer hiking/hammock camping and I knew that I'd need more space with winter coming up and all the extra warm gear that is needed. I considered getting an ALICE Hellcat pack but when I saw one I realized that it was TOO MUCH space and would be tempting to overload. I may still get one just for the heck of it, but for now, the GUNNY pack does it for me.
It holds all of my gear and so far I can fit everything I need inside of it with the exception of my hammock underquilt. But that's only because it's a full length down sleeping bag turned into an underquilt. In any case, I can strap the underquilt to the underside of the bag and that particular problem is taken care of.
The bag currently carries 30 pounds of gear quite eloquently once the straps were adjusted properly. As I stated above, it does have a few cons, the biggest for me being the pouches on the straps. I think that I might not have bought this bag if I knew that the pouches were not removable. They tend to get in the way more than I like and it makes mounting my pack light harder. Whereas on my Falcon-II I could mount the light low and have it light from my chest level...on the Tour of Duty pack, I have to mount the light above the strap pouch which is right under my chin and the light has a tendency to be too bright in my eyes at that level. Also, the pouches make clipping my camelbak hose to the straps difficult.
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