- Hey, it's Tom from Pack Hacker,
where we find the best travel gear for you.
Today, we're taking a look at
the GR2 Field Pocket from Goruck.
This little thing can be used as a stand alone bag
or used inside of other pieces
of luggage to organize your gear.
Oh, yeah and one thing.
If at any time during the video you wanna learn more,
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For this thing, I use it as kind of a duel purpose piece.
I use it as a packing cube inside
of my luggage to organize additional items.
You can see here that this is everything that I put in here.
I'll link everything up in the description below
if you're curious about anything.
I have that organized in my bag.
I do have a little bit of a larger backpack,
it's still a carryon but I do like
to put it over my seat while I'm traveling.
What I'll do is I'll just pack this thing up with the stuff
that I need for flight, keep that underneath my seat.
One cool little feature with this bag
is the ability to label them if you have multiple.
There's a little room for a patch here.
You can grab ones that you can actually write yourself
with a Sharpie or something like that.
Of course, we got the Pack Hacker one going on.
This thing is pretty heavy, coming in at 11.1 ounces
but it's gonna have that padding on here
that most packing cubes do not have.
If you have some expensive tech equipment in here,
maybe you have a couple of camera lenses inside,
this is going to help protect that, altogether.
Doesn't make a very good pillow.
Very nice zipper construction,
these are YKK zippers, very high quality zippers.
When I first heard the brand name Goruck,
I thought that's kinda weird, right?
But the more I started learning about it,
started getting into the brand,
the founder, Jason McCarthy is an ex-green beret
who is not messing around when it comes to bag construction.
These things are virtually indestructible
and if anything does go wrong, Goruck will repair them
with their scars lifetime guarantee.
When you buy this thing or anything else from Goruck,
you buy it for life, which is really great.
Made in the U.S.A.
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They really stand behind their brand.
Although it is created by an ex-military guy
and you can here with this MOLLE on the back,
it is starting to look a bit tactical.
It still looks very sharp and a lot of their gear
has a bit of a low profile, which is great.
It doesn't look too military-ish.
The physical measurements are going to be
9 inches by 7.5 by 3.75 inches.
This'll fit nicely into other Goruck gear that you have,
can actually fit quite a bit of other accessories
inside it, if you're using it as a stand alone bag.
What is this MOLLE webbing stuff?
It's the stuff on the back of the bag that you can connect
to anything else with MOLLE webbing on it.
I was a little skeptical at first
but once you weave this thing through
and get it set up correctly, it's never gonna come out.
I just have mine in my Goruck GR2 bag,
weaved in very nicely, it's kinda permanently in there.
It is a little bit tricky to get in and out,
it takes a while but once it's in there,
it's in there for good.
Overall, great bag, part of me wishes
that there was a zipper on the top here
versus as having it as a clam shell
but it's something that you can kinda get used to
if you pack strategically versus just
throwing it all inside of one bag.
Alright, thanks for checking out
the Goruck GR2 Field Pocket, there's gonna be a link below
to learn more and purchase, if you'd like
and we'll see you in the next review.
Take it easy.
The ability to label them with
these different VELCRO patches.
(snoring) no, that's good.