Utility vest

[MapleLeafUp]

Can anyone recommend a good utility vest with large pouches? I am doing a 3 day wilderness survival class in janurary and i need something to carry my gps, radio, survival kit, hand gun ammo,and some mres and whatver else. Any help would be appreciated.


Thank you in advance

[Albatross]

Can anyone recommend a good utility vest with large pouches? I am doing a 3 day wilderness survival class in janurary and i need something to carry my gps, radio, survival kit, hand gun ammo,and some mres and whatver else. Any help would be appreciated.


Thank you in advance


Is it a mil class?

[OUTLAW-ONE]

Can anyone recommend a good utility vest with large pouches? I am doing a 3 day wilderness survival class in janurary and i need something to carry my gps, radio, survival kit, hand gun ammo,and some mres and whatver else. Any help would be appreciated.


Thank you in advance

here are some options. BattleLab Low Vis Rack – LV1 Plain or BattleLab AK47 Low Vis. Rack LV6


http://www.diamondbacktactical.com/Rack-Systems-C90.aspx

[MapleLeafUp]

it's taught by a ex airforce survival instructor. Its a civilian class.

[MapleLeafUp]

http://www.tacticaltailor.com/tac-vest1butility.aspx



Anyone know if TT is qaulity?

[redhawk_six]

Simple answer. Yes.

Better answer, use google, search for reveiws. TT is pretty good make.

[RoyalScot87]

Can anyone recommend a good utility vest with large pouches? I am doing a 3 day wilderness survival class in janurary and i need something to carry my gps, radio, survival kit, hand gun ammo,and some mres and whatver else. Any help would be appreciated.


Thank you in advance

A Survival exercise and your taking all that crap with you?. Sounds like a camping trip.
A Utility vest is not really an essential bit of kit nor does it make survival any easier.
How about Water, Food and a Poncho. A Daysack/Backpack to carry it all?.
End of the day mate the Gps and radio only help until the batteries die. Learn how to use a map and Compass. Best thing about that is it doesn't require batteries.
Also remember it's something like 90% of your body heat is transferred into the ground while you sleep some one of the most important bits of Kit is some kind of mat to put between yourself and the ground. Or your going to become really friendly with Mr Hypothermia.

Have fun rofl

[USMC Tanker]

A think a regular ALICE set up would fit the bill nicely.

Pistol belt, H suspenders, butt pack, assorted pouches for your needs. KISS to the max. You don't need anything extravagant, not like you're carrying a full combat load or anything.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a246/dcarter_usmc/Gear/35LBS1ALL_1.jpg

I'm not a big fan of vests, though Tactical Tailor makes good sh*t.

[Pete031]

Tactical Tailor is good to go.

[ZoneOne]

A Survival exercise and your taking all that crap with you?. Sounds like a camping trip.
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I'd have to concur... last Survival class I took, they took away my tent, eating utensils and and knife by day 3.

[Flounder]

Skip the military stuff and buy yourself a cruise vest (aka cruiser's vest or surveyor's vest or what have you)

For example:

http://w doubleyou w.landmarkforestryllc.com/store/product.php?productid=16147

Not recommending that store or anything, just the first thing I found on Google.

Nice and high visibility for being in the bush, lots of pockets for compass, radio what have you, the whole back of the vest is essentially one big pocket you can cram full of stuff.

The better quality ones have a backpack style suspension system built into them, helps with the weight if you have it loaded full of stuff.

Generally when I am out in the bush I prefer to make myself highly visible, and this type of vest does that as well as provides you with a ton of storage capacity.

depending on where you are there might be a forestry type store nearby, or there's always the internetz.

[MapleLeafUp]

I ended up ordering a noorloos that i seen was on sale. Thanks for everyones imput, even royal scots useless dribble.:)

[gilgoul]

Don't bother if you don't have any mil specifics.
and vests, by their built, are shoulder heavy.
I'd rather go with some old webbing, a water pack for sure, and at least a pncho liner and some sort of tarp in order to avoid freezing my ass off while resting.
also, forget about the gps, get yourself a decent compass (silva and suunto come to mind), you can get a really good one for 20$, and get a decent map.
As much as I am a real inspector gadget when trekking, and I have a garmin 201 for record, nothing beats a good topo map and a compass.
I'f you are serious, you'll get yourself a note pad and a pencil too, so you can make some notes, especially during survival course (the only one I did was during my CEFE in French Guyana more than 13 years ago), so you can keep some info's about the good spots, good for foraging, and good when your IQ goes below 30 from tiredness, hunger and boredom.
If your map is nylon covered, get a cd writing pen too, worth the 8g.

[redhawk_six]

royal scots useless dribble

useless dribble? sounded like good advice to me.

you'd probably be better off with a good pack then a vest.

and a map and compass is far more reliable then gps. many gps units lose their accuracy when you get under the canopy as the trees block their los with the satalites. hell, some can even lose their signal all togeather. the batteries wont last long on continous operation, and turning it off and on all the time will lead to delays as well as mistakes as it will have to re-find its position each time, which could prove difficult in the woods without a clear los on the sky and horizon. relying on gps alone is a quick and easy way to get lost.

and you'll need something to lie on as royal scot suggested, especially in jan. tempatures.

[MapleLeafUp]

Oh i know about janurary weather, i used to live in Enderby, and vernon British Columbia. I have a small foam roll ill be using for a mattress. And we are taking maps and compass, but we are also taking gps to use as well. Its the lost coast and in janurary anything is possible.

[click]

A think a regular ALICE set up would fit the bill nicely.

I agree

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