What many people don’t know about Vietnam is that after years of colonial rule by the French, much of the cuisine in Vietnam has been influenced by French cooking. I remember walking into the center of Ban Me Thuot in the central highlands years ago and the most overpowering smell in the street was baking …
From Gear Patrol: “Made in America, GoRuck’s field pockets are ideal for any traveler. They are built to work with GoRuck’s backpacks and bags, and attach with the same MOLLE webbing system that’s used by the US Armed Forces. The bundle pack works for cameras, cords or even beers. The pockets come in three colors …
While they do keep Budweiser safe, Padded Field Pockets are most useful for turning your ruck from this… Into this… Here are some good uses for Padded Field Pockets: GR2 Field Pocket GR1 Field Pocket Echo Field Pocket (Preferably holds a tall boy. Unfortunately we didn’t have one on hand.) One last little …
A couple months ago, while visiting dad, I found a new use for his cornfield. It’s just the ‘Field’ I needed to take pics of our not yet released ‘Field’ Pockets. Smart, eh? But that’s sort of how it happens — I hate studios and that kind of thing, so I find somewhere outside. Anywhere …
The system of attaching Field Pockets, called MOLLE (MOdular Lightweight Load-carrying Equipment), is the same system the Armed Forces uses. It’s tried and tested, but nobody understands it until they do. When I first had to set up my kit before deploying, I had no idea what I was doing. Since I didn’t want to …
As we were sizing GR2 Field, I was worried it would be too big. As I started using mine, I quickly found this worry misplaced. It attaches to our GR2 rucksack, but I prefer it as a standalone piece of gear. I’m pretty much a gear dork, and I always have a lot of electronics …
