Legend Archery has been around for quite a while.
They have a good reputation for manufacturing high quality accessories,
especially for bow cases and backpacks.
Many people will recognise their style of design.
In the upper end of their inventory are roller cases.
They’ve had the compound Everest 44 for quite a while
and more recently they have produced the recurve-orientated
Atom roller case.
Despite the name, the Atom roller case is somewhat bigger than an actual atom.
If you’ve seen the Everest 44, then the Atom will look very similar.
Externally, they have the same design.
The main difference is internal.
The Everest 44 has attachment points for the compound bow while the Atom has sleeves and
compartments for recurve equipment.
I’ve had the chance to play around with the Atom for a few months.
What impressed me the most on first impressions is the amount of thought put into the design.
Even at first sight, you can see there’s a lot happening with this case.
There is a lot of functionality and versatility, and they really thought
about the way people use cases and carry them.
Let’s go through some of these things in detail.
Firstly, the externals.
You can see that the case has a nice black colour with gray accents.
The branding is bold and prominent.
There’s the Legend logo and Atom name on the very top pocket.
The Legend logo in the middle pocket
as well as the logo again on the bottom pocket.
You will also find the logo again on the side and at the rear.
The three front pouches are quite spacious and versatile.
The top one has a simple horizontal zip.
The middle one has both a horizontal zip and a top pocket.
There are two compartments in the middle pocket.
The bottom pocket also has an over-the-top zip.
I personally quite like these external compartments.
Most bow cases only have compartments on the inside.
If you want to store quick access things like tools, scorecards or notebooks
Then you can have them on the outside pockets
Which means you don’t have to open the entire case to retrieve a notepad.
All the zippers on the case have this design.
It’s not only stylistic, it’s durable.
Many cases have the basic zip which you see everywhere
and those zips can snap.
This one is quite thick.
It’s designed to be handled roughly.
It is a shape you can use easily.
I do not think that this will break anytime soon.
The front also has a window for identification.
It comes with a standard name plate, but it’s the same size as a standard ID card
So you can use that instead.
The material is a soft canvas.
This is not a hard case.
This sort of design is more similar to the standard airline luggage, so it’s meant
to be soft
and slightly squishy, not hard and protective.
Though, I do imagine that many people would be comfortable using this for travelling.
On a sidenote, I believe that the Everest cover which is sold separately
does fit the Atom because it is the same external design.
If you want extra protection or waterproofing, then that is an option.
I mentioned earlier that the designers really thought about how different people use cases
differently.
If we take a look at all the different feet and pads for putting the case down, you’ll
see what I mean.
There are six of these feet on the side.
You can see they are made from a rubbery plastic and they’re quite jagged, giving you a good
grip on concrete and rough ground.
There are six of these.
Two here, two in the middle and two on the bottom.
If you were to lay the case down sideways, it’s simple.
Lay it down.
It’s quite sturdy and stable.
It takes quite a bit of effort to move.
Good stuff there.
The back of the case also has two parallel plastic ridges, allowing you to rest the case
on its back, like that.
The bottom front of the case has this plastic foot which the bow case rests on when standing
upright.
You can see these scuff marks from being placed on concrete.
That’s standard for any bow case, and this is as bad as it gets.
These are the wheels.
They’re standard plastic, again rough up as usual.
I’ve pulled it across concrete and soil and dirt.
This is again no worse than any other luggage wheel set.
One thing I like about the Atom case is the number of different ways you can carry it
comfortably.
For those who want to stand upright and roll it
you have the canvas grip here.
The handle is well attached to the case.
It won’t come off anytime soon.
While it doesn’t have the extendable carrying handle, the fact that the case is a little
taller
than the average bow case means that you should be able to comfortably hold it and roll it.
This is a well-balanced and fairly light case.
It’s not a pain to drag around.
It is actually really comfortable rolling this.
Sometimes you don’t want to roll the case.
You might just want to pick it up and take it from one spot to another.
You have these side carrying straps.
This is something you often see with the backpack style of case, but it’s nice to see this
on a roller case.
As you can see, it’s quite easy to carry.
It’s not heavy.
This is a fully loaded case.
My entire archery kit, arrows, quiver, bow, is inside here and it’s easy to carry.
It is a little bottom-heavy, I’ve noticed
but this isn’t a pain.
It’s not something you’ll be carrying very frequently, so there’s nothing with
carrying it like this.
If you need to lift the case, you can easily use the side carrying strap along with the
top handle.
It’s very comfortable.
In addition, if you want to carry it the other way, the bottom foot also acts as a handle.
So you can carry it both ways.
The front of the case also has two carrying straps.
These are perfect placed so that you can lift it and place it onto a bench or place it into
your car.
The Atom case also comes with a shoulder strap, which you attach here.
Now you can carry your roller case over your shoulder.
Admittedly, this isn’t the most comfortable way to carry a roller case.
But it actually works fine.
If you had to do so for whatever reason, then this is perfectly viable.
Best of all, I like how the Atom case gives all these options.
Alright, enough about the outside.
Let’s check out the interior space.
You unzip the case and you get this.
This is a spacious case.
On the lid side, you have two mesh compartments, so you can store plenty of things inside these
pockets here and here.
I’ve got my binoculars here.
Very convenient space.
Again, well thought-out.
You have a standard arrow tube, and it’s secured by Velcro straps.
Very good Velcro straps.
There we go, one and two.
So you can take it out if you want to.
This is the arrow tube.
Unscrew it, and you’ve got your arrows inside.
It’s fully extendable, so if you have long arrows, you can pull it out more, as with
most arrow tubes.
You can hold it in place like that.
Again, nice design.
A lot of people who don’t like the foam arrow holders want to use a tube instead.
So if you like this sort of thing, then this is absolutely perfect.
To put it back in, slide it in there under the Velcro and strap it back in.
I said before that there are many ways to use this space.
I personally like storing the stabiliser on the outside because it doesn’t fit inside
the tube itself.
I’ve put it inside the Velcro strap, like that, and it holds it in place.
You hold the lid in place with these extra straps.
It’s a very secure bag.
The main interior space isn’t very wide.
It’s long, so it’s a narrow case, not a wide case.
Nonetheless, there’s plenty of space inside.
We open the flap, and it’s held in place like that, so it just flops over, giving me
access to the main space.
As with many bow cases designed for recurves
it comes with its own sleeve for your limbs and riser.
It also has these buckles.
This is quite interesting, because people will use the case differently.
I’ll show you what I mean.
If I was going to be travelling, then I’d probably want to secure things a bit more
carefully
but most of my usage is standard everyday usage, so I want my stuff to be easily accessible.
This is what I do.
My limbs go in the sleeve.
That’s pretty standard.
I also place my bow stand in the same place, because I normally grab this first.
So that goes in here.
I’ll zip it up.
Most people would put their riser in here as well.
My problem is that my riser has the plunger and the front stabiliser already attached
and I don’t want to remove it every single time.
What I normally do is place it on the outside, and I use the buckle and tighten it to hold
it in place.
That’s actually quite clever and looks nice when you’re done with it.
This is surprisingly good at being a riser holder.
This might seem abnormal and it might freak you out, but again, that’s good.
If we tighten enough, it’s not going to move, but again, I’m not travelling overseas
with this.
I’m just carrying this to my car, to my club and back.
If I wanted to be more careful, I’ll place it inside the sleeve, but this is my quick
access version.
At the same time, I’ll place my other rods inside, in the other sleeve pocket.
Sliding it in there, that’ll be fine.
Again, practicality is the go-to word here.
You don’t have to be neat.
It has to be accessible.
So those are my stabiliser rods inside the other pocket, in the sleeve.
There, that’s nice and ready.
My bow stringer I’ll place somewhere, doesn’t matter where it goes.
Chest guard slides in here.
That will hold it in place.
Got a stretching band, doesn’t matter where it goes.
I’ll just slide it in here.
All these things are things I normally take out in order.
If I put the bow together, I’ll grab these.
If I’m taking my stretching band, I’ll grab that, and I’ve got my bow stringer.
All that is ready.
Sight case, we’ll place there.
And the quiver, with the arrows already removed, will slide there, and there we go.
Plenty of space for a full kit.
Close the flap, perfectly flat.
Arrows in the tube.
Close the lid, and we zip it up.
If you want to leave the strap up, then you slip the strap through the opening of the
zip.
Most people will probably remove it, so you can just leave it off, but if you want to
leave it there, it stays in.
And done.
So that’s the Atom bow case.
I’m really impressed by this case.
It is a good design.
There are lots of features and functions which give you the flexibility
to pack things the way you want and carry it the way you want.
I didn’t have to struggle to figure out the best way to fit things in.
Plenty of space.
With other bow cases, I’ve had to leave things out or really squash it in.
But in this case
Quite literally this case
I’ve been able to fit all my shooting gear in without worrying about running out of space.
And you can still see that I had plenty of things that I didn’t use
So if I wanted to carry more things, I easily could.
Fully loaded, the case is so easy to use.
You can roll it, you can carry it.
I think this is one of the most versatile cases I’ve ever seen, and that’s saying
a lot.
I do think that the Atom is really worth the price.
It is a highly functional case which suits nearly every archer.
I think this is going to be my actual case from now on.
If you’ve been looking at a case like this to put all your archery gear in
I highly recommend this.
Anyway, I hope this was helpful.
Thank you for watching.
This is NUSensei
And I’ll you next time.