hey guys scott reekers here with eastman's hunting journals today i am here to review
the alaska classic bino pack and bino tether system from alaska guide creations i personally
am really excited to review this system for the last two seasons i have worn a bino pack
from alaska guide creation so this is one that is really near and dear to my heart this is something
that i have known for quite a while and i'm really excited about actually reviewing it and getting to
test this one out this year and so i want to tell you about my favorite features on this bino pack
from alaska guide creations while i've got you here looking at this review and you're thinking
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i will personally come on and answer any questions about this particular bino pack and any of the
other reviews that i've done first and foremost i like my bino harness to be able to function
as a as a emergency kit and why i do that is because this is always attached to me even when
i'm in camp i usually keep this attached to me the only time i may take it off is when i'm say inside
the tent getting ready for the day or end of the day and even then this is still sitting right next
to my head it's one of the first things that goes on the way that i use that is these side pockets
function perfect for things like knives and so you can see i'm outfitting this particular pack
because i'm going to keep this one this one is going to stay in my office i'm not going to hand
this around don't tell anybody but you can see that i would put a knife in there you'd also see
on this side you can get some things like elk call or a turkey call i was most recently using
a turkey call so i actually had this bino harness with me the this alaska classic but this has
the extra pocket here right on the bottom but i had this with me turkey hunting
so you can see on this side pocket got a little bit of pyro putty in there and then
i've also got my emergency fire starter so i keep this one with me for an emergency because
you know when when you're using an actual um lighter a lot of times a lighter can fail under
adverse circumstances this will throw a spark no matter what and into something like pyroputty
but both of these are really small tie that back to your emergency kit i want that inside of my
bino pack that stays with me all the time i also keep a pen in here and you can see
that you know this will be on this particular alaska classic this pen would be a little bit big
so i'm going to go ahead and just put this into the back pocket here but you always
always always always want to have a pen with you for signing your license that's a big mistake a
lot of guys make because i always always always have my bino pack with me i always have my pen
with me so i can make sure that i'm legal and sign my license especially here in a place like wyoming
so then that brings me to the next piece how well does this protect your binoculars
well i can say for two years that this bino pack has taken care of my binoculars and it has done
a very good job in keeping them well protected pop this open and you can see that i have my sig
zulu nines here and these are the 11 bys so they fit very well inside this particular binocular
and so you can flip it up put it back in the cinch harness cinch harness is adjustable so
you can cinch that down very easily that holds the lid down and keeps it well protected now
i know some people like a harness that flips forward personally after i got used to this i
had been using a forward flipping harness before a forward flipping bino pack after i got used to
this again i realized i really liked it now why well i'm messy and so i started noticing that
when i had you know everybody here in the office is definitely going to make fun of me because you
know i'm known for eating a lot of snacks and bring a lot of food with me but it's very easy
to crumble things when you have a forward facing bino harness it's very easy to crumble things
i've also taken a sip of coffee and guess what it dripped right inside my binoculars this
naturally falls down on top of your binoculars and so that is one great way that this functions
and so another thing i'm sure that you're seeing here is whoa what's that on top well
you've got my cell phone right there now i've also used this where you can just pop that phone in
even with your phone scope attached to the top here it'll sit here just fine and this stretchy
stretchy nylon material will hold that in place the alaska classic here has that you know this
is just a smaller version so if you're an ounce counter this is definitely the direction i would
go because i carry all my first aid and safety kit with me i use just a little bit bigger and
so i'm willing to take that weight pedal to be to be able to do that but guess what the weight
is no longer in my backpack so it really evens out that's the way i feel about that situation
so then next feature i'm sure you're looking at this pack and you're seeing okay what's this front
pocket do well let me show you what this front pocket has in it number one you can see right
here you can cinch this down as tight as you want to hold that lid now what's this for well this you
can attach to your range finder because this is a rangefinder pocket now because i do a lot of
longer distances than say the archer i did not attach my range finder to that but a
lot of a lot of the archery fanatics a lot of the die hard elk hunters they will definitely
connect that because they run and gun and move a lot and it's a good reminder to put that in
all the time so you have both options just make sure that you are set up and you are constantly
able to do what you want to do now let's get into the bino tether system from alaska guide creations
now the first few things that i want to notice is that is very easy with fat fingers like mine
to undo and be able to get that done nothing is worse than when you have gloves on even liner
gloves and you can't get a buckle undone and so that's one of the first things that i always
look for then the next step is how well can i cinch this to my body how tight can i get this
as you can see i've worn this a very long time and this bino tether system has stayed true i've
been able to keep it snug against me these these particular locks these buckles don't lose their
rigidity over the course of time i counted it up last year and on mule deer alone i did 17 days
of actual hunting and scouting time no loosening up even with a lot of sweat going through this so
that's that's a big deal this thing held tight one of the other features i absolutely love
about this bino harness is in the tethering system you've got this perfect combination
of padding but not too much padding that makes you sweat that's one of the things that can happen
to some of the other different binocular harness systems and i can honestly say that with this with
this tether system i've never felt it underneath my pack so that's one of the advantages that i
really feel like the alaska guide creation system has you'll also see that you have the ability
to keep all of your pieces under control and for a lot of guys that's a very big deal
you know one i get set up during scouting season and heading into say the heart of mule
deer season my favorite season of the year i'll get all that cinched in tight and you can see
it comes straight from the factory just like this brand new one you can see that there that that's
that's plugged in tight there and held in and so kind of a gatekeeper type feel is what that has
next piece of the equation is how with that bino tether system do you keep your binoculars under
control personally i don't hook in all the time if i am on say a very steep ridge or right above
a cliff i am definitely going to hold tight my binoculars you can take this and run this through
and you can set up right through here you got to take a little bit of time to do that
and actually probably shouldn't say that it's easy to do that because you don't want it to be
easy for this to fall out this is a little bit of a tight space and you want it to be
you want it to hold your binoculars in place i actually one time getting off a horse bent
over as i got off a horse and i had binos fall out they broke the tether system that's not an
issue with the alaska guide creation system this is beefy you can see that it's really
beefy and is not going to be an issue to break so there's more than one way to do this modular
is what alaska guide creations is going for with this alaska classic and the bino tether system
so those are all the features you've got the side pockets you've got the back pocket you got your
rangefinder pocket rangefinder pocket you've got two sleeves where you can hold and protect
the cell phone if you want and i would really encourage you if you're interested in this bino
pack from alaska guide creations make sure that you take some time and really go and explore their
website because there are all kinds of accessories that go with this alaska guide creations has a
universal holster that you can use with the system you can use it with your pack i use
that for a full system actually in 2019 put that on my eberlestock pouch on this or eberlestock
belt on the side here and it worked really well there are other holster systems that you can hook
in right here and so that's a great opportunity to go and look at the accessories that go with that
so thanks for coming along for this review of the alaska guide creations the alaska classic pack