The BEST Bushcraft_ Hiking Backpack_ Tasmanian Tiger Raid Pack III.

Okay folks, I hope you're all doing well. Back out here in the beautiful Australian bush and I thought I'd take this opportunity to do a little review on my Tasmanian Tiger Raid Pack 3. This, in my opinion, is probably one of the best bushcraft and hiking packs on the market. So yeah, let's get stuck into it. Yeah, so I've had this bag for a couple years now and I've put it through the wringer. I've taken on countless overnight and multi-day hikes and I've really sort of thrown everything at it and this thing is just bomb-proof. It's such a tank. I think it's going to last me for years and years to come. But so yeah, let's talk about some of the specs. So it's made from 700D Cordura fabric and to me that was pretty important because hiking in some sandstone country where you're always rubbing up against a lot of rocks, I needed something that's going to be abrasion resisting because I've had other packs in the past that sort of made from that lighter weight material and they just don't withstand that kind of abuse but something like this, this is going to last me for years. It is a little bit on the heavy side. It comes in at about 2.9 kilos so it's definitely not a light backpack but if you have a look at the strap system, it's got this V2 plus strap system and I find it does a really good job of distributing that weight. I've been on five-day hikes with this and it's been really comfortable. It's done a really good job so I'm really happy with it. It's got this really nice waist belt as well which you can actually take off so you have to unstrap it there but it's also got MOLLE webbing on it so I think they call this a warrior belt. The idea is you can take this off and then it straps some pouches to it, go off on a walkabout or whatever you need to do and that way you don't have to take the whole pack so it's pretty handy. I've never actually used it myself. I don't have any need for it but it is nice being able to take this off so when I go on my canoe trips, I can put this bag inside a dry bag and I don't have this getting in the way so it's actually a really good feature for that and that just slides back in there like that. In terms of capacity, it's a 52 litre bag so it's 48 litres in the front compartment and there's two litres on either side. These outside pockets are really what drew me to the bag because for some reason a lot of hiking bags don't have external pockets which I think is crazy because it's so handy having outside pockets where you keep like your first aid kit or your water bottle or just other bits and pieces like maybe GPS or just a small towel or something like that. They just kind of want easy access through throughout the day and I find it super handy so that really drew me to the bag. It's also got this nice big pocket on top of the lid which is great for keeping like an extra layer or something like that or anything you kind of want easy access to. The only suggestion I could make about this bag is on this side of the lid, it'd be nice if it had another pocket here even if it's just some mesh pocket with like an elastic band just to kind of cinch everything down. That way you can kind of put like your small bits and pieces like your keys or camera batteries or maybe a map or something like that. I find when you sort of open this pocket up things can kind of fall out and you might lose them because if you had another pocket here I think that'd be super helpful. So Tasmanian Tiger, if you're watching this, I think that's a good recommendation. It's also got MOLLE webbing all over the pack which is fantastic. It's got on the top, it's got on the front and the bottom and that's really useful especially for me when I'm doing a lot of hiking videos. It's great to be able to attach the tripod to the front of the bag. It's also got these loops down the bottom here where you can put sort of hiking poles or an axe and then you can sort of cinch it down up here with this little loop up here. I also usually tend to put some carabiners on this MOLLE webbing and carry some extra cordage which I find really useful. On the side of the pack it's got these compression straps. There's one there and another one down here and that's great to put like a folding saw or maybe even a fishing rod like a collapsible fishing rod. You can sort of put it down the back here and it sort of slots into this pocket so kind of keeps some of those sort of larger items on the outside of the bag. It's also got their nice big pockets down on each side. There's one there another one down there which is great to fit like another water bottle. I can fit my one litre military canteen in there. It's also great to put some gloves or even if you're just hiking through the bush and you find some tinder on the ground it's great just to pick it up and just stuff in the pocket so you can get a fire started later on. That's really useful. It's also got these really good grab handles down here which are fantastic for when the pack's fully loaded and it's quite heavy. It's really easy to sort of just lift it up and throw it in and out of your car so it's quite handy that. It's got some more compression straps on the front which if you undo that way you can put a sleeping mat or even a tent or something like that. It's quite useful. The compartments are broken up into two sections so you've got this one third down here and then two thirds up here. That's sort of separated by another sort of zippered flap on the inside of the bag that you zip around and that way you can kind of keep your sleeping gear like your sleeping bag or a tarp or something like that just keep that in the bottom section and it separates from your food and your clothes and things like that which I find quite handy. Or you can unzip it on the inside of the bag you just have all of it open on the inside. We open the lid up. It's got another pocket up here which I find is quite useful. It's got a little first aid symbol but I tend to keep my first aid on the side of the pack. In here it's I just tend to keep some extra cordage just a rain cover which that's one thing that kind of it's a bit of a stitch up about this bag is they don't include a rain cover so this is another rain cover I've got. I kind of wish they included one so I think that's something they could definitely improve on. Then you've got another clip here with the drawstring closure. We open that right up. Inside it's got another pouch here where you can put a water bladder and then it's got these on each side it's got a little hole where you can run the hose out through there and then strap it to your straps so when you're hiking through the bush you can just have a quick sip. That's quite useful. So yeah there you have it Tasmanian Tiger Raid Pack 3. Awesome pack. Absolutely love this thing and I'm not being paid to say this. I bought this with my own money so it's a very genuine review. I just think it's a really good pack. It is like I said slightly on the heavy side but you can kind of get past that and I think you'd really like it because at some point you have to make a sacrifice if you want something that's just bomb-proof that's going to last forever that's just really well built and it's got some good features. The fact that it's a slightly heavy pack I think is a sacrifice I'm willing to make. I'm going to do another video where I go through all the contents of my pack and what I take on a sort of an overnight hike or a bushcraft trip so if you're into that then I'll chuck a link up in the description down below so definitely worth checking that out. Yeah hopefully you guys enjoyed this one. If you're new to the channel and you like this kind of stuff then feel free to check out my videos. You can give us a thumbs up and a subscribe that'd really help me out. So anyway until next time guys, hoo-roo.