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TOMAHAWK9521 · 10-09-2014, 21:24

Interesting application of 550 cord with full sized carabiners. I can see how easy it would be to clip onto your front bag. However, I would worry about some lowlife absconding with my snap links. Plus, there would be less chance of getting hooked onto someone's gear in the pile. How hard was it to unhook the front bag?

Personally, I might have gone with loops of 1 or 2-inch webbing with side release buckles and tri-glides. It would be much easier and faster to drop your front bag when you reach your destination.

I did something like that with the shoulder straps on my ALICE ruck for MFF. When it came to lower the 18E boat anchor of a ruck, I just reached down and clicked the buckles instead of trying to loosen them enough so they would slide down my legs. As the shoulder straps released, a secondary set of 1-inch straps uncoiled, allowing me to hold my ruck with my feet until I got lower.

10-09-2014, 21:24	#3
TOMAHAWK9521 Quiet Professional Join Date: May 2008 Location: Idaho Posts: 1,209	Interesting application of 550 cord with full sized carabiners. I can see how easy it would be to clip onto your front bag. However, I would worry about some lowlife absconding with my snap links. Plus, there would be less chance of getting hooked onto someone's gear in the pile. How hard was it to unhook the front bag? Personally, I might have gone with loops of 1 or 2-inch webbing with side release buckles and tri-glides. It would be much easier and faster to drop your front bag when you reach your destination. I did something like that with the shoulder straps on my ALICE ruck for MFF. When it came to lower the 18E boat anchor of a ruck, I just reached down and clicked the buckles instead of trying to loosen them enough so they would slide down my legs. As the shoulder straps released, a secondary set of 1-inch straps uncoiled, allowing me to hold my ruck with my feet until I got lower. __________________ "It is a brave act of valor to condemn death, but where life is more terrible than death, it is then the truest valor to dare to live." -Sir Thomas Browne (1605-1682) Last edited by TOMAHAWK9521; 10-09-2014 at 21:45.
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