{"id":10687,"date":"2020-03-01T20:15:05","date_gmt":"2020-03-01T20:15:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.acrossutah.com\/wordpress\/?p=10687"},"modified":"2020-09-21T19:18:30","modified_gmt":"2020-09-21T19:18:30","slug":"gear-3v-sling-pack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.acrossutah.com\/wordpress\/gear-3v-sling-pack\/","title":{"rendered":"Gear: 3V Sling Pack"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"I don’t focus too much on gear reviews here on my site. Not because of some moral high-ground or anything like that — just that I prefer to write about my adventures instead. However, when Utah-based company\u00a03V Gear<\/strong> reached out and asked me to check out their newest line of day-packs I said “sure”. They comped me a pack, but otherwise this is NOT a paid review and is 100% my honest opinion. So… don’t go branding me an Influencer<\/em> quite yet! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

I got the Outlaw II Sling Pack<\/strong>. At first I was semi-hesitant about it as it didn’t LOOK like something for one of my typical adventures.\u00a0BUT… (spoiler alert)… I was pleasantly surprised and in fact like the bag quite a bit.<\/p>\n

NOTE:<\/strong> see me trying out the pack in my Kanarra Falls Hike<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

First and foremost as indicated by the name, this is a “sling” pack<\/strong>. That means it only has one shoulder strap instead of the traditional two. This actually frees up one’s arms considerably and feels cooler to wear (both literally and fashion-wise!) The typical downside to this style can be stability at times of high activity (eg running, scrambling, etc.) However, the Outlaw II includes a secondary mini-strap which connects from the opposite side to help keep the bag in place when needed.<\/p>\n

\"\"I might not choose this bag when heading out for a day-long trek through the canyons of southern Utah, but I could definitely see me using it for shorter adventures. It’s exterior build is rugged and durable<\/strong>. Weighing in at near 2lbs it’s not made for the “ultralight” crowd and thus it seems built to last. This slinger features a mini back pad\/support which helps the pack hold its shape — a feature one won’t find in low-end bags. It’s also hydration-ready so it can handle your water bladder for those longer outings.<\/p>\n

Though\u00a0the Outlaw II would work for moderate adventures, in many ways I think this pack might be best suited for “urban” hikes. It’s the perfect size for a small laptop and includes a\u00a0smart design<\/strong>\u00a0with several internal compartments\/dividers for organization of chargers\/pens\/markers\/etc. External pockets are there to provide easy access to those frequently needed on-the-go items: water bottle, keys, phone, etc. The exterior of the pack also includes various hook\/loops so you can let everyone at the coffee shop know how adventurous you really are when you attach misc. items with a “biner”! \ud83d\ude42\u00a0 There are also Velcro strips where one can customize the bag; add your own flair or re-arrange (or remove) the included emblems of the company logo and an American flag.<\/p>\n

Final Judgement:<\/strong> I like it.\u00a0 👍<\/p>\n

( and apparently so does my cat. \u2b07)<\/p>\n

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see the entire 3V line at:\u00a0https:\/\/3vgear.com\/packs-and-bags\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Gallery:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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I don’t focus too much on gear reviews here on my site. Not because of some moral high-ground or anything like that — just that I prefer to write about my adventures instead. However, when Utah-based company\u00a03V Gear reached out and asked me to check out their newest line of\u2026 Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10698,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[161],"tags":[317,315,316,318],"class_list":["post-10687","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gear","tag-3v","tag-gear","tag-pack","tag-sling-pack"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.acrossutah.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Slinger_01.jpg?fit=500%2C500","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3aFWl-2Mn","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.acrossutah.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10687","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.acrossutah.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.acrossutah.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.acrossutah.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.acrossutah.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10687"}],"version-history":[{"count":48,"href":"http:\/\/www.acrossutah.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10687\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12278,"href":"http:\/\/www.acrossutah.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10687\/revisions\/12278"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.acrossutah.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.acrossutah.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.acrossutah.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.acrossutah.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}