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The J51 Warhammer is built around Eberlestock's innovative Intex-II frame, which gives the benefits of better body contour-fitting ergonomics, closer-to-body load carriage, and a bottom cargo shelf, in an intelligently designed package. Because the frame is fully wrapped in the structure of the pack, more along the lines of an internal frame than an external frame, we've eliminated frame noise, and built an exceptionally comfortable and well ventilated pack. The Warhammer is an off-shoot of our popular J79 Skycrane II, but has more generous side/main butterfly compartments, so in effect the Warhammer has more stand-alone capacity. However, the products are very similar in function, and use many of the same components. The Skycrane II system includes the G1 and LP1 packs, which can be purchased separately when building a J51-based pack.
By itself, the J51 is a great stand-alone pack, with ample 3-day-class storage and two pockets sized for 70 oz/ 2-liter hydration bladders (sold separately). It doesn't need any other components, depending on your personal preference. But you can do some great things by mixing and matching accessories and other bags to expand the system. In effect, you can build any pack you might conceivably need by pairing the J51 with some of our other products. To get a super-organized front-loading pack, you can zip a G1 Little Brother into the J51's load bay. Or for simpler bulk storage, choose a J2SD or J3SD Spike Duffel... or a combination of any two of these; you can attach two duffels at the same time, or you can embed the G1 pack into the interior of the pack by zipping a duffel outboard of it. Then, you can attach the LP1 FannyTop Go-bag to the J51's top panel. These practical options in a relatively lightweight and extremely efficient system make this a fun, versatile, and highly effective backpack. Note, for adding hydration, we recommend installation in either the LP1 or G1 packs, or the A3SB Saddle Bags.
To finish off your pack system, you can add any of our weapons carriers. Our scabbards will attach to the generous MOLLE/PALS type webbing that adorns the load bay, and panels zip away from the top and bottom flaps in order to allow for the protrusion of long guns.
1000 denier nylon exterior
Please Note: because the J51's Intex II is made to fit the footprint of the ALICE frame, it's wider than our other styles, and it is not interchangeable with the AG2 Gossamer frames.
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This is the best rucksack design I have used, and I have used a few. I wonder why other makers haven't been doing the same. In the two main compartments i have my one-person tent, sleeping bag, water, food, medical and then if I want to carry my daypack and plate carrier(they are too heavy and bulky to put externally on a pack) I can simple open the zip and just put these two on the middle. The great thing is that i dont have to have a massive rucksack in order to be able to fit inside a daypack and a plate carrier and when I take them out I now have a massive empty ruck because the j51 just closes back together. So far tested on a 20km walk while 20kg and it was very comfortable.Also the modularity is great since you can customize ot6 as you like.
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Unfortunately Eberlestock decided to produce new version without molle pockets inside the folding wings
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Great System Backpack. The padding ist very comfortable.