British Army Single Day Pack

I have a couple of these, work good as a range bag or fill with beanbag polystyrene balls and use as a light weight shooting rest for off of baracade or a rear bag while tripod shooting at longrange matches

I brought this pack because it was cheap and I thought it would be rugged little bag, right on both accounts.
Kids love them as perfect size, not to big!! put some paracord zip pulls on them to show who owns what bag.

Cheers for a great product

Small compact bag at a price.

Made from a pre-loved PLCE side-pouch with a sewn on pack harness. The harness doesn't unclip from the rocket pouch - so this isn't a convertible daypack if you were looking for that option. It might still work, but I haven't tried that option yet: on both my bags the bottom 20mm female clips were removed, but the zips and top female 20mm clips were still there. The loops do give compression and lashing options. There are some slight differences in the type of pouch you'll get and the loops do vary slightly in size. But, a 20mm utility strap with its fasteners goes through with minimal encouragement. Being super rugged and cheap I had no qualms dumping in a few bricks for adding some weight to my walks. I leave one bag at home and one in my office. As a tough packable bag, I don't mind it being mixed up in the back of my vehicle along with some heavy suitcases. It's also great to have around for when the younger visitors need to borrow a day-bag. They are only 10litres, but there's a lot that can be done with them. I preferred the way these carried when the straps were tightened so that the bag rode high. It is a bit more comfortable when something flat and a little stiff (like a notepad) is carried at near the back - this forms a soft-frame.

I like military surplus because of its understated style, functionality, durability, and bang for buck. In my advanced age old school, brick and mortar military surplus store are few and far between. When I travel nowadays my preference is to hunt up a military surplus store to buy something practical. This accomplishes two objectives. It gets me a practical souvenir/keepsake and gets me out into neighborhoods less traveled by a standard tourist's agenda. I had identified Army and Outdoors from internet research.

This day pack was a great find for me. It is heavy canvas fabric with what looks like a black waterproofing on the inside. A heavy plastic zipper goes around the top and is covered by a flap. New to me is a zipper running vertically between the shoulder straps that when zipped reduces the pack to about half its size and volume. There are the female ends of side squeeze plastic clips all around. On the bottom there is an adjustable strap with a male and female side squeeze plastic clip that is great for holding my light jacket. Shoulder straps are padded for comfort.

The condition is very good on those that I saw in the store and some of the better packs have had been decorated with a kiwi and "New Zealand" written under it, or a red cross, or a hammer and sickle, or radiation symbol, etc. Theses cost a few dollars more but by choosing the kiwi motif I had my souvenir and the day pack I wished I had for the earlier part of my trip.