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DROP IS LIVE!

Unpacked: Woodland Adventure Kit

These are my regular items for our local woodland… I finally put them all into one pouch!

Wotancraft Phone Pouch with Ulu Recon (coming Fri 1400 BST!)

Olight i3T

Paracord

Altoids Tin Fire Kit made by Mrs Config with lighter, storm matches, bottle top candle, maya dust, fire tabs and fat wood stick

Ru Titley Knives Striker Kit

PDW Compass

PDW Ti Survival Whistle with Ru Cog Bead

Shock Tie

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“It's dangerous to go alone! Take this.”

Here's what I take when I head out alone (A.K.A. my EDC!)… • Black Victorinox Tinker • Olight UK i5T • Seiko SKX007 • Leatherman Style PS • Hylian RE (Currently attached to the Adventure Tag on my keys) • Victorinox Nail Clippers with Ru glowy thing • Baby Banter (sort of Knafs right?!) • iPhone 11

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Ulu Recon

Mad Dog Adventures x Pack Config Collab

Arriving Friday – https://packconfig.store 1400 British Summer Time

Adventure Camping Kit

Here is a collection of my essential gear to use while camping. Other stuff comes and goes, but these are my staples.

GR1 Field Pocket with self assembled trauma kit

TourniQuick Rapid Deployment Pouch

Nalgene Wide Mouth

PDW Ti Survival Whistle

Jetboil

Seiko SKX007 with Sniper Bay Strap

Spork

Long line of paracord

Mug, Bowl and MDA + Pack Config Collab Patch V4

Gregory Stout Pack 45L

AceBeam Headlamp

Mora Knife

GBG Pouch with Adventurer Patch

The James Brand Folsom

Olight i5T

PDW Compass

Hiking Pole (for tarp setup options)

Sleeping Mat

Tarp annd Hammock in Dry Bags

Sleeping Bag in compression Dry Bag

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Tropic Survival Inspired by MDA's next International Expedition “Langkawi” I quickly threw together this kit of essentials I'd choose a tropical jungle adventure.

GORUCK Bullet 15L Tropic MultiCam

Wotancraft Phone Pouch mini survival kit (full breakdown coming next week)

Lensatic Compass

Nalgene

Shemagh

Mora Kniv Garberg

GR1 Field Pocket with self assembled trauma kit

– My thanks to GORUCK for providing one of their improved design BULLET Rucks and GR1 Field Pocket for me to compare against my old tried and tested V1 BULLET. It's fresh outta the box smell won't last for long! Plus the Multicam Tropic worked perfect for this post.

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(Almost) Every Day Carry

When we have a drop coming up I love to come up with creative carry configs to show off the concept behind the designs. However, this week I'm sharing my EDC as it looks every single day…

…Well almost, because very often I swap out the SHADO for my GORUCK Bullet depending on the amount of random extras that creep in, plus the Aeropress usual stays at the office!

8Timber DOPP Kit with Areopress and pot of coffee. I wanted to like this pouch, for some reason I wasn’t sure about it, but it’s just so easy to use and works well for me! Go figure! 

Filip Raboch Custom Pouch with iFAK, Leatherman Wave BO and Bit Kit, Acebeam Rider RX, Thyrm Cell Vault and of course some paracord!

SHADO with X-Wing Pilot Patch and 8Timber Gear Hook

GBG Pouch with Expanded EDC Kit – see my full breakdown here, with the addition of some Castle Grayscale Link REs and Victorinox Nail Clippers

New Hiker Stickers

Nalgene Wide Mouth

Seiko SKX007 with MKS Nato strap “Ultra Man”

Pilot Bead

Lego X-Wing Pilot Minifigure

iPhone 11

Old Carabiner with one of our Shock Ties

Pack Config X Evergreen Hanks Recon Hank Collab (sold out!), Lorimer Leather Pocket Caddy with Olight i5T and Victorinox Tinker

P.S. all new Pack Config products mentioned are arriving on Friday 24 June!

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Drop is live!!!

Topo Bill REs, Thunder and Forest Brewer patches – GO, GO, GO! (Click here!)

Forest Brewer Loadout

Heading out to some local woodland to make a brew and shoot photos is a regular weekend activity in our house! Here’s some of the kit that always comes with me.

Prometheus Design Werx SHADO Pack with Forest Brewer Patch

The James Brand Folsom

Pack Towl

Mechanix Wear Fast Fit MultiCam Gloves

GBG Mighty+ Pouch with Topo Bill RE

Bahco Laplander

Snow Peak Titanium Mug

Jetboil Zip

Nalgene

Aeropress Go, Doughnut and Coffee pot in a Wotancraft pouch

Wotancraft “Fighter” 03 Rider Bag

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Bullet "Topo" Bill

Here is my simple carry for having all my essentials ready, plus some Nintendo based entertainment when needed. Of course, the GORUCK Bullet features our new Topo Bill patch too!

GORUCK Bullet 10L with Topo Bill Ranger Eye

Nintendo Switch

Leatherman Style PS

Zelda Breath of the Wild

Mario Odyssey

Mario Kart 8

Olight i1R 2 EOS

Power Bank with USB C Cable

Garage Built Gear Mighty Pouch+ with Topo Bill Ranger Eye

Baby Banter

Filip Raboch Custom Pouch with Topo Bill Ranger Eye

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Camera Kit Upgrades

We recently pulled the plug on some camera upgrades and as a result here is our new set up for photography and video.

Arca Swiss Mount A truly adaptable mount that works great with the Peak Design mounting system (not pictured).

Rode VideoMicro Compact Minimal testing of this has happened, but it appears to be a great entry level mic for what we need. Watch this space!

Canon EOS R with 35mm Lens Used to take this photo. Aside from being a huge upgrade from the Nikon D3000 we used for years, my words to Mrs Config were “It’s hard to take a bad photo!”. 35mm is what I’m used to and works just right for all our photos so far.

Joby GorillaPod (old model) This has been used for years. Not sure if it’ll stand up to the weigh of our new set up as it wasn’t designed for it. So far it has worked ok.

Swiss Army Knife Tinker with Vader Bead I finally upgraded the scales on my Tinker after over 10 years of use (including black toothpick and tweezers!). Of course the actual tool just needed a clean which it gets regularly. This is the perfect companion for a photoshoot, with just the right level of tools without being too heavy. Featuring the Vader Bead from our store, which I haven’t promoted since its launch many years ago, but still we regularly sell them!

Olight i3T I always prefer to shoot outside (despite the lack of lighting control!) but having a torch can be helpful for an extra boost of light in the right place, plus it’s already in my pocket, so no need for extra gear.

iPhone Mount This thing is solid and I’ve used it to hold my iPhone 11 in for vlogging with total confidence.

Joby Compact Tripod Currently used as a desk mount for the Mic, still it works for the lighter stuff.

PeliCase Always a good piece of kit for rock solid transport of expensive gear.

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Cooking System Loadout

This is regular contributor Rob Palmer’s cooking system carry.

Stratos Viper

MSR Pocket Rocket duo system

AeroPress Mini

Alpkit MyTi 900 pot

PackConfig Micro cloth

Green Beret Coffee Co – Coffee

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Review: A-11 Vince Speranza

Senior contributor Piotr Ma shares his thoughts on this combat proven classic, remade by Praesidus.

Found here: https://packconfig.com/review/review-a-11-vince-speranza

Shepherd’s Carry

This is Dom’s load out for his sheep work and lambing. He particularly loves the chest rig as it keeps everything close to hand when catching and dealing with issues at lambing time.

Osprey archeon chest rig

Moleskine journal

Esee churp

Fallkniven dc4

Aiguille alpine pouch

Foot shears

Eid tags

Needles

Alpkit head torch

Thermometer

Multi-tool

Logan sheepdog whistles

Keys mecarmy sg4

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Whether it’s the multitool in your pocket, or the first aid kit in your pack, with great gear comes great responsibility! – The Web-Slinger Patches are live on our store now…

Trooper Loadout + Product Release

Continuing our galactic helmet series we bring you this iconic buckethead – it may not help you shoot straight but at least no one knows who you are. Unless you’re short that is!

A whole collection of Stormtrooper inspired products have just gone live now!

Short Hike + Bugout Kit

Here’s what contributor Mervyn uses as his carry for short trips out, plus it doubles as a bugout kit.

Tarahumara Pack (Hill People Gear)

Double walled, vacuum sealer bottle (Prometheus Design Werx x Mizu)

Duckbill Cap (Patagonia)

The Mighty Pouch (Garage Built Gear)

Topsider (Open Sea Leather Co.)

Warden Keychain & Key Covers (Hitch & Timber)

H&T Utility Pouch (Hitch & Timber)

7995/0 Ranger (Tudor)

Zipper Pull/Key Ring Compass (Trunord)

Todai Flashlight (Prometheus Design Werx x Laulima)

Runoff Waterproof Pocket Slim (Nite Ize)

Ti-Double 300 Mug (Snow Peak)

Butane Lighter (Zippo)

Para 3 Maxamet (Spyderco)

Ti-Scribe Mini Brass (Urban Survival Gear)

A6600 Mirrorless Camera (Sony)

FE 90mm F2.8 Macro lens (Sony)

Carbon Fiber Travel Tripod (Peak Design)

Cairn Sandals (Bedrock Sandals)

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