hey guys Scott Reekers here with Eastmans' Hunting Journals and I'm here
with the new Mystery Ranch Pop Up 38 and I want to tell you about all the new
features in this backpack review I'm gonna go through all the features on
this bag which is a new bag it's bigger than the 28 but I'm really gonna dive
into the changes that were made into the pop-up system frame and I like it
because they're robust they decided that you know what we're gonna make this
pop-up frame even beefier than it was before as you can see we've gotten the
Pop Up 38 sitting here and this is the old Pop Up 28 with the old frame system
and so you can see that that is how that worked this literally came up function
very similar to a tentpole and then it comes out so still has the overload
technology but let's pull this one open and show the real difference and the
first thing I think that most of you will see is just how beefy this system
actually is so you got six buckles there start working with get that you pull
that over and you can see right here is Mystery Ranch's overload technology
this is your load shelf so that works right there but check this out pop these
two open and say you don't want to have that sticking up there and you're now
back to a low profile but if you want that extra load lift this pack is good
for up to eighty pounds look at how tall you can get this frame if you want it if
you want to get this super tall you can I sit right about here so where I have
this set up and I'll tighten this up with the functional load lift but the
next step in working with this overload system you're gonna want to loosen this
up give yourself a little a little wiggle room to play with courtesy of
Brandon Mason I have sandbags that I'm gonna put on here and I'll be sitting
with the 24 pounds in the bag plus 40 pounds in meat you're
looking at the small elk front quarter maybe a mule a big mule deer rear
quarter and so go ahead and get this my preference is to start from the top so
then we'll work on the sides so you can see right here I'll strap that down kind
of get into your load management got a sitting check down under here here's the
load shelf right here I feel it's taut you want to do your best to make sure
that you know it's tight when you start because if there's a gap there your
meats gonna shift so make sure there's not a big gap here if you can you know
get your whole hand in there that's too much and so then you can tighten that
down right they're really gonna want to think about where you have things inside
here that's why I left these all off for right now but I can get those closer to
the body and then next place I'll go is up here to the top and let's you can see
Mystery Ranch it's giving you plenty to work with there I'm not sure why I'm
subjecting myself to this all in the name of pack reviews right cuz I can
feel a heaviness is first thing you'll notice on this Pop Up 38 is you will see
that there's a familiar-looking top lid well what's different about it this
thing is attached to the Pop Up 38 bag all the time it is not detachable
however I never took it off of Mystery Ranch bags that I use anyway because I
really liked this because I kept all of my day pack supplies and Mystery Ranch
has build this pack as a day pack and I would say that this is a great day pack
but being a minimalist you're gonna look at this and you're also gonna say you
know what I bet I could get three or four days in the back
three out of this pack as well and so I have stuffed this thing full of just shy
of 24 pounds that's bout what's in my day pack I just moved my day pack load
into this and I said we're gonna test this you can see up front here we have a
great place for our spotting scope and I've got this Sig 80 millimeter in there
which is a great option you know when you're looking for a big spotting scope
I use that big of a spotting scope all the time doesn't matter what hunt I'm on
because low light conditions that's when the mule deer come out I'm a mule deer
guy and so this would be a great way to store this easy access it comes out but
it's also very tight now if you notice this pocket has a familiar look because
mystery ranch has a product and in their accessories called the stick it this
looks very similar and functions very close to what the stick it does except
you'll see there's some extra material here that won't let anything fall out
besides next up you've also got in the side pocket you can put your water
bottle or you can put things like your tripod your shooting sticks I've put all
those different things here and it's a great place to put that you could if you
want put your rifle at a ride a little bit high if you're ok with that but some
people like to put their the buttstock of their rifle in this I personally
wouldn't put it in this particular pocket now one of my other favorite
features is a side zip I love the side zip entry into any main compartment I
have been a fan of that I use it on the Mystery Ranch Metcalf like crazy I
hunted out of that pack and so seeing that on the Pop Up 38 was a very great
feature that I would thoroughly enjoy using and I would use all the time now
you'll also see that Mystery Ranch has these buckles which are very easy to
adjust but you also have these keepers and so that allows you to roll this type
a mess up and you can keep track of it and make it look and feel very nice but
you can get it exactly the length that you want you can cut it if you want but
I keep the keepers on there because you can never get those inches back if you
do decide to cut that the Pop Up 38 comes in at 5.3 pounds by
itself and as 2319 cubic inches that is a pack that will work a as a day pack
but B I could stretch three or four days out of this a 2400 cubic inch pack is
enough for me especially with the overload technology this allows you to
get part of the meat out on the first trip you don't have to worry about that
whole process of going back and getting a frame pack one of the things that
we're gonna do today I'm going to take some sandbags and we're gonna put it in
the overload system and I'm gonna hike up and down the hill and we're gonna
record my impressions because up and down hills is where the weight really
shifts the sandbags function a lot like meat on bone and so we'll be able to
actually get a good look and feel I expect nothing but the best from mystery
ranch because they carry weight well they're designed to carry weight well
and mystery ranch is known for being a tank of a backpack hills are one of the
best places to really test the capability of a pack not in the sense of
a true torture test because you can only do that with time and miles we're
sitting at about 65 pounds on this pack let's go find a steep hill and see how
this goes well I was promised I'm V-logging the Mystery Ranch Pop Up 38 I'm
going downhill doing my best here not to die because just be honest this is heavy
the weight is very much staying in place I'm really happy with that piece of the
equation Wow I think weight is on my hips as it should be it's also tight up
against my back wave it Lyndsey and coming up almost
done load is still good heavy it's no fun no matter what but like
mystery rant says making it more comfortable to carry heavy weight and so
make sure that you take a look at the Pop Up 38 if you're in the market for a
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