well hello my name is Shug and if you like backpacking one thing you got to have is a
backpack they like backpacking or do you love backpacking now there's a lot of backpacks out
there on the market everybody's got their favorite just like they got their favorite
food their favorite card their favorite shoes I personally like ula backpacks that's ultralight
equipment they're right out of Logan Utah they are made in the USA I'm going to show
you my three ula backpacks today even though I'm only holding two right there they all got
a distinct personality they all serve certain functions on different seasons and different
pack weights and different loads now there's another good way to look at these two facts
there's the catalysts kind of loaded up and there's the own the catalyst is a very wide
pack and the own is a bit more NER ignarro okay now we're looking at the circuit laying
side by side by the catalyst the catalyst looks short and squatty but again that's
because it's a very wide pack and the circuit is a little bit skinnier now now
we're looking at the circuit right next to the ohm see the circuits got a bigger mesh pocket
and they're both more narrow packs but the ohm is even a little bit more narrow than the circuit so
the backpack I'm modeling right now is my brand new ula backpack this is the circuit this falls
right between the catalyst and the ohm and the ohm is the ula backpack that I use probably for
95% of my trips these also I don't use but these are hand loops because I'm a hiking pole guy but
if you don't use hiking poles these little hand loops right here if I didn't use poles I would
definitely use these you can kind of walk hang your hands right there and you can actually take
a little bit of weight pull it forward there's so many great packs on the market today and I
know that you probably have your favorite I just love the ula packs they feel good on my back you
have your load lifters you got your hip belt pockets it's a nice wide hip belt the pack does
sit flat on your back I'm a sweaty guy anyway the circuit is 4,200 cubic inches that is 68 litres
the main body back there has 2,400 cubic inches in it the mesh pocket on the back which we're
going to get to in a minute is beautiful that holds 400 cubic inches the side pockets right
here there's two very ample side pockets I think I've got my or bonnet Superfly one and some other
stuff in another they hold 400 cubic inches each there's an extension collar which you can see is
the part rising up from the main body that's 500 cubic inches right there the hip belt pockets are
about 100 cubic inches the pack weighs 41 ounces how much is 41 ounces more or less two and a half
pounds that's the circuit I'm going to show you my favorite little part of this pack is Chris
at ul a specially embroidered it for me and that says should right there because you know me sug I
have to have my name on everything otherwise I don't know whose it is does it belong to me or
someone else I just don't know I'm not that smart I'm way below average I did want to mention that
the circuit is good for about 35 pounds or less about 35 pounds or less so now I'm wearing my good
old trusty ohm that I've probably wear in most of my videos love this pack absolutely love this pack
I love the large side pockets on it putting water bottles in or out a find of all the ule packs it's
easier to get in the pockets on the own than any of them while we're in the pack mainly I like it
because I can get my cook kit in this pocket I can take it out for lunch the other nice thing
on the circuit because I got it in that circuit pocket right there see that and I love that that
will fit right there that is just something that's important to me can stop it at hot brew pull it
out a lunchtime have that whole hot coffee on the trail put it right back in so the ohm is a great
pack 3960 cubic inches 63 liters the main body is 2100 cubic inches the mesh pocket that's this
mesh pocket on the outside anyway the mesh pocket will hold 500 cubic inches the side pockets 400
cubic inches each the extension collar on the back which is the I think from here up another
500 cubic inches the hip belt pockets are 100 cubic inches and I think that's 50 in each one
the weight of the pack is about 2 pounds 30 2.5 ounces the ohm is good for about 30 pounds I very
rarely have 30 pounds in it but 30 is where you're going to start maxing out a little bit on this
pack and if you're constantly carrying Oh a load that's a little heavier than 30 you might want to
think about the circuit a lot of this stuff is in a consideration when you're getting a pack
your insulation the whether you go in the climate where you live are you an ultra lighter or you a
lighter like me are you heavy weight I know some guys at are ex-military and they just don't feel
right carrying 23 pounds they got to be carrying a and 20 I just love this pack I love it there's
times I'm on the trail and I take my pack off and put it down and I just wish that I had the pack
on my back rather than with tapped on the ground that's how comfortable that pack is to me now here
we are looking at the catalyst this is their Big Daddy this is their Mack truck of a pack this is
the one for a traditional backpacker who really is not that interested in going ultra lightweight not
that concerned with weight overall but maybe wants to just drop a little bit away from their regular
load this is the fact that my friend Hickory uses Hickory used to carry a really heavy old huge pack
he got a catalyst he knocked about four pounds off his old pack just by getting a catalyst which
is about three pounds 48 ounces is this pack it holds 4,600 cubic inches that's 75 liters again
that means nothing to me I just look at the size and just feel it when it's on me it rides great
on the back the main compartment holds 2,600 cubic inches the mesh on this a mesh pocket on the front
600 cubic inches the side pockets um they're a little bit smaller actually than the other packs
I can't get my cook kit in this eye pocket on this one it is 350 cubic inches each one the extension
collar on there going from here up hold 600 cubic inches the hip belt pockets are the same on all
the packs they all hold 100 cubic inches this pack is good for about 40 pounds you can go 45 you know
anything past that you might start getting a little uncomfortable but like all the ula
packs you got your you got your load lifters right there which is this part right there and you can
pull your load in a little bit closer to your back as you're walking along but this pack is up is a
big pack it's heavy duty I use it for my winter pack I carry it and I often just load it up and
pull it in my pull for winter camping I love that these are made in the USA I like supporting that
like that Chris bought the company from Brian and continued to keep the integrity going but
for me I mainly use these packs I like the looks of them I like the feel of them when I'm carrying
a load they feel good to me I know there's like said everybody's got their favorite z-pak Osprey
Keltie REI packs whatever you're using the arm packs be happy with your pack if you love your
pack don't even think about changing if you got a comfortable pack use that now another difference
is we look at the circuit here it has a bit of the padded mesh right here that goes against your back
and the ohm does not so you want to make sure to pack this pack with soft things against your
back you don't want hard metal or things poking into your back here you have a little bit more
protection but both of these have a thin pad inside too that you can take out and use if you
need I never do because I just don't like messing with putting them back in now let me just say that
my my catalyst is probably six or seven years old I've had it for a while there have been a
few updates on these packs usually comes down to the mesh pocket none of the ula packs have these
loops on here anymore which is a velcro loop that you could hook something to now they've
added on all the packs every pack has shot cord on it so anything you want to attach to the back
you just attach it with this shot cord you have some compression straps on the side which work
real good about putting things in like if you've got a long pole you can put it in the pack slide
it down into this pocket right here and here's the old mesh on my catalyst you can see it's a
it's a little less stretchy a little firmer the one on my ohm is a stretchy mesh it's a little
finer mesh and the one on the new circuit I think is the mesh he's using a lot now it's
a bit more you can't see through it as much and it's very stretchy and will hold a lot of stuff
in there now these mesh pockets it's one of my favorite things yeah you can just keep cramming
stuff in there there like to say there's a top quilt we'll take some stuff out of this one in
the circuit there's para rain pants rain jacket there's Frank and quilt my under quilt and this
is just stuff that I put in there today let me see what I can get in this circuit here's top quilt
crammed that top quilt in and let's just imagine you know your top coat will probably be inside
your pack but we're just gonna Majan it's a jacket or something all right there's those rain pants
again cram those in take this rain jacket right here cram that in and I honestly think the pocket
on this circuit actually holds more than the one on the catalyst alright so I just crammed all of
that stuff in the mesh pocket right here on the outside and I actually still have a little room
for a few more things in the top if I wanted it's quite secure in there I don't think anything would
fall out of that I love the fact that I can just reach in there in the day and get stuff out and I
have to go zip zip zip no zipper is going to break this mesh feels really good also the side pockets
on this one they've got little cinches so you can tighten them down right there and there's my cook
kit hillbilly pot and everybody right in there and that goes into that pocket on this circuit
and that makes me so happy this mesh pocket will hold a lot too so great thing about these packs a
lot of people think they're going to miss having their top pocket I know my old Kelty packs it had
a top bin on it that locked down that had a zipper around the top the lid I thought I was going to
miss that I don't miss it in the least I didn't miss it at all I like a pack that I can just go
in the top and load so these you la packs are made of robic and Cordura fabric sub that they're tough
while being lightweight and if these packs don't do it for you I hope that you find a pack that
you love and that you love carrying when you're on the trail I think that's very important that
you love that you love your packs that you love your pack so much and once in a while grab your
packs give them a squeeze and thank them like that you be thankful that you have your pack
because if you don't have a backpack it's hard to go out backpack and you got to like fill things
up in a little gunnysack and grandma Gatewood had a tote sack over a shoulder and I think she
had a shower curtain as a tent so you really you don't need any of this stuff go on then
one thing I like about the own so much because it's got a drawstring top now the rest of them
don't but it's just a drawstring I can cinch it up and the thing I like is it's got one
nice long strap straps over the top like that there's plenty of room if you needed
to put something on top you have it one strap hooked and I'm done now the circuit
and the catalyst you've got the one strap system again the top is more like a kind of
a roll pack you could your packs not that full you could roll it a couple of times
bring your strap over the top hook it up plenty long and then what it does you just take this
little side loop and it's got a strap right down the side that compresses it down on the sides so
you have three little clips about a boom and you still have a lot of room here to put things on the
top if you need it to hook something on the top the ula packs have this right here that I really
like it's just a mesh pack and they transfer from pack the pack if you want that it's got
these little hooks that will come right off and I maintain a discipline here that's a zipper pack
every time I pit and get something out zip it back up immediately because I keep my car keys and my
credit cards and my wallet and stuff in there when I'm on the trail various little things I
need don't leave it unhook if you got your car keys in there you could lose them also in here
these packs I don't use the bladder so I kind of use it to keep my first aid kit in but you have
a bladder holder right there that you can hook up against the back of your pack or in the front
depending on where you want it a lot of people hook their bladder pack where I keep my mesh
pack up here and hook their mesh pack down there you la all the way so that should it's way too
much information for you all secure in Sector seven whoo and I got a mess to clean up now
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