Hi, welcome back to Grand Adventure! I'm your host Marc Guido.
A lot of you adventure RV'ers, our viewers ...folks who follow Grand Adventure (our Grand
Adventurers) seem to be in the photography and cinematography. What
better way to document your adventure RV travels? For that reason I
wanted to introduce you to the MindShift 36 liter Ultralight Dual. This is
a hybrid backpack - it's a half camera backpack,
half hiking backpack you can bring along on all of your own Grand Adventures. I'll
show you all about it on this episode of Grand Adventure, so stay tuned.
Now, as I mentioned in the intro this is a half and half pack. The upper half is a
standard hiking rucksack style pack which has a hydration sleeve, so you can
keep well hydrated while you're on the trail heading for those great shots. The
lower half is a traditional camera case and it does have a side entry, so you can
just unstrap the pack, sling it over your left
shoulder, and that way not have to put it down while you get your camera out and
get that shot. That way you don't get the pack wet or get the pack dirty. I'll show
you the interior features. Now in our opinion the designers at
MindShift absolutely nailed this pack, and it's
well worth the $200 price tag. You have the traditional hiking or backpacking
style harness that is extremely comfortable, extremely stable. I've had it
out hiking, I've had it out skiing. It doesn't move. It's rock solid on the back and it is extremely comfortable. You have the ergonomic
tapered shoulder straps like you do on any good hiking pack. The back is a soft
panel but it is sufficiently stiff to carry the load. You have nice nice wide
hip belts, and you do have a generous pocket on the right side hip belt that I
like using for my camera batteries, my spare batteries. Turning around to this
side the tripod carry on this is rock stable and can be stowed away when not
in use.
You have a large pouch up top to store essentials that you need quick access to. The upper
half as I mentioned is it a standard rucksack style design. We have plenty of
room for spare clothing or food some extra water, or even some extra camera
gear that you may not want to put in the camera section. The hydration bladder
fits right in this separate pocket and that can actually be used to hold a
laptop as well if you prefer. Now over here is the side access to the camera gear.
Right now it's pretty empty because I've got my Sony out right now to use to film
this episode, but this actually does come out. That's where the name "dual",
or the dual part of the name comes from. This actually removes and you can use
this as a separate shoulder or hip bag, and then when you do that the entire
pack becomes a traditional hiking style backpack. You have a pocket in the lid
that I use to hold my filters and everything is nice and secure and well
protected inside this camera section. The pack does also come with a separate rain
fly that if you do get caught in a shower you can make
sure that you keep the gear dry.
In the interest of full disclosure, MindShift did supply us with this pack as a
review unit at our request. We made no promises as to whether the review was
going to be good or bad. We're not being compensated in any way,
but we wanted a chance to get this out there in the field and see if this was
the right pack for us, and I can tell you with no reservations it absolutely is. If
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I'm glad you came along to check out this pack, and until next time remember ... life
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