hey everybody brandon mason here with eastmans and in this review we're going to talk about the new
ravis bino pack from alaska guide creations and don't forget while you're here to subscribe to
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with new videos on gear and hunts just like this for the last couple of years we've been
running the alaska guide creations bino packs now they have a diversity of options
if you go to their website and check it out but new for this year they completely revamped uh
not their current line but they came out with a revamped line of bino harnesses and it's
called the ravis now ravis is actually the latin translation for grizzly and they named it that
because it's completely adaptable and modular you know the grizzly bear is an amazing creature it's
a hot topic across the west some people love hunting in the area where grizzlies are and
other people's avoid it like the plague but the grizzly bears nobody can argue they're an amazing
animal highly adaptable in their native ranges all the way from alaska down into mexico and
so the modularity that comes with a ravis pack it makes you think of that grizzly bear toughness and
modularity and adaptability and so what alaska guide did on this ravis bino pack is most of their
other packs they're a back flipping lid this is a forward flipping lid which i absolutely love and
it still has a magnetic closure so it stays closed and sealed to protect your optics they also kept
their two elastic pockets on the top of the lid which is really handy for keeping your smart
phone up there you know we're all using our smart devices as cameras and as our gps units really
with onX maps or base map or or the multitude of apps that are out there now and this allows for
basically half to 60% protection of your smart device or if you use the pocket underneath
complete coverage so it protects it from the elements too i generally unless it's raining
or something or really dusty i run mine on the top so it's quick to access i use it as my clock
i can check the time of day i can check weather i can do all those things that i use my smart device
for and it's really accessible i love that you'll notice on the bottom of this pack there's an
attached pocket with a two-way zipper so no matter what if you're right-handed or left-handed you can
manipulate this zipper or even keep them in the middle and open it up now what i have in here
is an sos device a safety device and communication device from zolio but we've also tested the
garment in reaches they fit perfectly in here that's another place if you want a complete enclosure
for your smart device or whatever you can put in here and the best part is because it's modular
there's clips on the bottom that we're going to show you in just a second how they work i can take
this off of the laser cut panel in the bottom and see there's laser cut panels on the front
and on the sides and i can move this pouch up here and you can see these accessories that are laying
behind me in the snow there's a pistol holster there's a bear spray holster uh there's a magnetic
closure rangefinder pocket and all of that stuff can be modular in any configuration that
however you want to put it on your pack and you know maybe it's because uh you know we're all
spoiled brats nowadays and we want things the way that we want them but i love modularity it allows
you not only to set up your bino pack like you want and keep it that way if you want but you can
tailor it per hunt or even just per activity maybe you're going out scouting and you don't need some
of those other accessories on there or maybe i'm not going to carry a pistol with me on this hunt
i can take that holster off and i can move the pocket like this back to the bottom if i want to
and and keep things arranged how i want you'll also notice that on the sides there are
very slim mesh pockets great for putting your wind checker in for putting uh your reads for
your calls in again even just smaller mouth calls like some people use i use a deer bleed call that
i keep handy all the time on all my hunts and i like keeping that in there as well but probably
well before i move on to the actual harness one of the features that i really like too
on the inside of pack that faces your torso is a zippered pocket so it's great for keeping your
licenses in there it's great for keeping again you can put other accessories calls whatever
you need you can even put your smartphone in there zip it close and it's protected one of the
improvements that alaska guide creations made to their harnesses and these can be added to
any other harnesses that that they currently have out and it comes standard with the ravis
is their gen L harness now why gen L what does L mean well L is the roman numeral for 50
celebrating 50 years of their founder producing bino harnesses and bino packs like this
when he was a guide up in alaska and their history really speaks for itself and they're continuing
to innovate and one of the things i love about this harness it's still padded but it's really
thin line and you'll notice that there are strap keepers in here so i can feed the excess strap
up in to this sleeve and it keeps it from flapping around the wind and smacking me in the face
so another thing they improved for this year are the lanyards that attach to the optics and
they're really easy to attach or to remove like for example you see i don't have my binoculars
attached to them because sometimes i hand it to my son or my or my daughters if they're not using
binoculars on the trip that we're on especially when they were younger it was handy or even maybe
your buddy forgot his binoculars and and he wants to look through yours you can just hand
it to them but if you're going to attach them it's extremely easy there's no zip ties there's none of
that nonsense and it holds it securely now you can see i'm holding a bunch of accessories in my hands
and these are just a few of the options that alaska guide creations offers to go along with the
ravis pack now as i mentioned you can see that there are laser cut panels on the front on the
sides and you can't see the one on the bottom but we'll show it to you in a second but on the bottom
and all of the accessories are held on by these clips and they simply simply weave in and out of
that laser cut webbing and then they attach by the metal clips going over the plastic clips on the
bottom these are kind of a modification of some of the clips that you see on popular backpacks
and they're really easy to use but yet they're they're stable they're going to stay on there
they're not going to get bumped and fall off and so this is a magnetic
closure rangefinder pouch that a lot of people like to run on the side of their pack but you
could run it right here or on the bottom as you can see this is a bear spray holster a real
popular way to carry that is right here but also right here i like having mine right here and handy
and if i feel like i'm going through some maybe some thick cover where i want my bear spray handy
and where there could be a greater chance of an encounter a really close encounter with a grizzly
bear i'll simply take the velcro strap off have it at the ready so even if i have to spray it from my
chest quickly i can do that so just an extra safety precaution and then obviously we have
this walther pistol inside one of their holsters and that simply can go in like this or like this
or like this or like this or however you want to carry it again completely modular and easy to use
easy to set up and it's stable so that your gear is going to stay where you want it on
any adventure any hunt that you're on now the best part besides the fact that this is a fully modular
adaptable bino harness that's new from alaska guide creations is we have a way for you to get this
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