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Dust® is a small 20+ liters backpack oriented towards use as EDC/one day pack platform.
It features two zippered compartments – main has an internal, padded laptop / hydration sleeve and an accessory mesh pocket. Smaller compartment has an internal organizer for notepads, GPS, writing utensils and other essentials, plus a clear vinyl pocket for maps and documents.
Externally there are 3 flat pockets – two on the sides can be stretched to fit water bottles. Side accessible flat pocket on the front surface is a good place to keep smaller items that need to be easily accessible without opening packs compartments.
Carrying straps and waistbelt of the Dust® backpack are adjustable and can be stowed away in the back panel, turning this pack into a slim, no-snag hand luggage.
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Overall rating | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
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Based on more than a week of complaining and traveling, excellent value for money. Very comprehensive compartments, e.g. you can put first aid kits in their own pockets in the middle compartment and break clothes etc. in the largest compartment and you can put what you need several times in the top compartment (a great place for hand sanitizer if you're walking around in a not-so-clean continent). The pouches with the "Taco magazine pocket" on the sides certainly absorb spare magazines well, but when traveling they fit all shapes of drink bottles snugly. Plenty of adjustment options made it fit well on your own back, and with various compression straps, you can effectively adjust the size of the backpack according to the amount of stuff at the time. Not once during the trip did I think of anything negative about the backpack, even though I complained about it a lot every day. Maybe the velcro-patch place could be bigger so that more stupid signs could be attached to it if there is any criticism that has to be in otherwise positive feedback. :D
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Dust is a wonderful EDC backpack. I also use the larger Dragon Egg on occasion, but the Dust is my go-to bag if I don't need a lot of extra stuff. You simply can't go wrong with this backpack if you want a tight fitting backpack for tools, water, snacks, small laptop and papers.
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I haven’t thoroughly used this pack just yet as I bought it for an upcoming deployment in Africa. My first thoughts of it is that the construction of the pack is absolutely top tier stuff! I did do a test run and packed it with everything I’ll need for a typical 12-hour mission as well as a few extras in case things went tipsy turvey. The overall comfort is pretty good, and when strapped up properly, it feels like an extension of my body. Needless to say, I’d buy this pack time and time again.