- The Nite Ize RunOff Series is a variety of packing cubes
and pouches designed to be completely water proof using
this TruZip technology, that had been invented by Nit Ize.
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Let's jump in and take a look at all of these accessories.
Including the waterproof wallet, the waterproof pocket.
The waterproof 3-1-1 pouch, the two different packing cubes
we have going on here as well as the toiletry bag.
Let's jump in and check it out.
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- Normally when we hear (pop) waterproof,
over here at Pack Hacker.
We roll our eyes because most of the time
it's companies saying that they're bags,
products or pouches for that matter
are made of waterproof materials.
Although our definition of waterproof
is something that is submergible.
So, think of something like a dry bag.
It's very hard to achieve this,
with any product with a zipper on it.
Although the Magpul DAKA pouches come close
because of the material that they made out of
as well as the YKK AquaGuard zipper.
However with the true zip technology here
and all the Nite Ize products
we have going on in the table here.
Every single one of these have been submerged,
tested and as long as the zipper sealed up right.
No air comes in or out, it is rated,
it has waterproof rating of down to one meter
for 30 minutes as well.
Although we haven't tested for that long,
we have tested every single one of these and held up well.
Before we dive into all these products,
let's talk a little about these zippers.
So the TruZips here, there are two different sizes.
We have a four millimeter and a six millimeter.
So far we've found the four millimeter
to zip a little bit more smoothly compared to the six.
Especially when the six goes around these corners
like we see in the Dopp Kit and packing cubes.
They do a great job at locking in air all these
are pretty much completely sealed
as long as you get that zipper positioned correctly.
Each of these pieces is made with TPU
and has an RF welded construction.
So everything sealed up pretty nicely and has a nice feel.
It's sort of crunchy, in your hands a little bit,
but not in a bad way.
Everything feels really sturdy
and it feels robust enough to trust it.
It has a trust worthy feel.
Feel like you could pack these up and kind of submerge
them and your gear is gonna be okay.
Let's jump into all these pieces.
Let us know which of these is your favorite
and the one that you want the most and we'll be sure
to review that based on popular vote.
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Probably the most fitting product here for Pack Hacker.
Let's kick it off with the 3-1-1 pouch.
This is an ample size pouch, designed to fit three ounce
or a hundred milliliter bottles in here quite nicely.
Again just opens up with this TruZip here.
So we have this tabs on the corners,
you can use these to carabiner a couple of these together.
So you can use Nit Ize's S-Biner,
that would work really well in here.
And then they're just nice tabs
to have for these zipper pull as well.
The great thing about using this for travel is that it
will keep all the liquids inside of here even if they spill.
Likewise it will keep other liquids
that you don't want inside on the outside.
So it's nice protection in there, especially for toiletries.
The clear window is passible for a TSA
and this is exactly one coat.
Which makes to ideal for airline carryon travel.
Even with all these gear inside of it,
we've been testing with a lot of heavy tech gear.
This bag has still floated because it has that extra space,
it can hold a lot of air inside.
There're also some sleets on the backside here
so you can attach this to your pack or your belt
if you're really that cool.
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Next up these smallest of the bunch, the waterproof wallet.
This one closes and opens with
that four millimeter TruZip going on here.
Just like the last, we have those clip attachment points
at the edges that are also nice to grab onto.
As far as calling it a wallet, we think
that's a little of a stretch.
There's no organization inside,
it's basically just a giant pouch.
Sure it will keep your valuables inside dry,
however we have found that this smaller version
is not quite as good at floating
because there's no 3Dness to it.
So does not hold a lot of air inside.
And again, there is a single loop on the backside
that can be used to attach to your pack
or your belt, something like that.
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Next up the waterproof pocket, which is basically
the larger version of the wallet.
So similar to the wallet we have that point here to attach
to attach to your pack or your belt and then these two tabs
on the sides for carabiner or just grabbing onto.
Now there's still isn't a ton of space inside
like the 3-1-1 pouch.
It's a little bit flatter so that means
it doesn't float quite as easily.
However it's nice because you can access your phone,
right through here and the touchscreen will still work.
It takes a bit of getting used to because
of this topographical texture going on here.
However, your touchscreen is still accessible.
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Moving down to the toiletry bag, this thing is quite large.
This one uses that larger six millimeter zipper
which is a little bit harder to zip and unzip.
Especially when it goes around the curved edges.
One thing that we dig with zippers is you can kind leave
this thing half way open and use the nylon loop here
to hang it up in the bathroom.
Keep it off any wet surfaces and then kinda get access
to everything inside of your Dopp Kit here.
And again the Dopp Kit is nice,
so if anything liquid spill inside,
they won't escape and get all over your bag or luggage.
One quick pro-tip here is that if you want these
to float or you want them to maintain there shape.
You kind of blow these up a little bit so you just,
pull the zipper to be pretty much closed
and then there you go.
You can kinda just blow it out.
There we go.
It's blown up, it's gonna float a lot better.
If you do try to use this method, to blow things up.
We are not liable for lips caught in zippers.
And we're definitely not speaking
from experience on that one.
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Lastly the RunOff, packing cube
so do you need waterproof packing cubes.
Nite Ize thinks that you do.
Plus we think this would make a really good addition
to the specialist section in our packing cubes guide.
Both the medium and the large size here
have that six millimeters zipper going on.
And it's a little bit hard to pull from that initial seal.
So when it's sealed at the end it a little bit hard to pull
and it is a bit hard to get around that corner.
But the benefit here is that these TruZip zippers don't have
any teeth in them, which is great for clothing.
So I've personally zipped my fair share
of Patagonia ultralight jackets into zipper teeth
and kinda had them a little bit chewed up
on a couple of different occasions.
So definitely excited to test this out
a little bit more with clothing.
It's a little bit safer and you're not gonna get
that zipper bite that you'd get with ordinary packing cubes.
So that's a nice touch.
Even when the cubes are filled up, quite a bit,
these higher volumes of allow more air to be inside
so we just found that these things just really float.
You could kinda just send them down a river
and I think they'd be totally fine.
The nylon handle at the end makes everything
a little bit easier for quick grabs as well.
And we like that they've included it.
The clear window again just allows you to see everything
that's going on inside as well.
Similar to the Dopp Kit these tabs here act well
as zipper pulls or carabiner attachment points.
We're excited to keep testing this and time will tell how
the newer TruZip technology holds up over time.
Make sure to let us know,
which one of these is your favorite
and which one you'd wanna use most
and we'll be sure to put that up
for a full review here on channel.
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of this series in the comments below.
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