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Extra large twelve litre backpack side pouch with rudimentary internal organization and external compression strap loops. Really nothing too fancy, but just what you need from a side pouch on your backpack. With a capacity of twelve litres this is a very large side pouch, the PALS attachment is five channels wide. Best used on large and tall backpacks of 70-100+ litres.
The zipper is covered for added water repellency and protection from abrasion and dirt. The vertical webbing on the front keeps the compression straps of your backpack neatly in place over the pouch, allowing them to properly compress the pouch as well. These can also be used as attachment points for bungee cords, carabiners and stuff like that.
A 25 mm webbing loop and D-ring on the top of the rear interior wall allow you to secure small and important stuff, the flat rear compartment offers rudimentary organization for smaller stuff. The bottom and bottom halves of the sides are lined with 210D polyamide for added abrasion resistance. A grommet offers drainage of any water that may seep into the pouch.
The rear features our standard PALS attachment webbing system with tuck tabs. The middlemost horizontal webbing rows were eliminated as they didn’t really do anything besides add weight. We aren’t a ultralight gear manufacturer, but even we don’t like unnecessary weight.
The two vertical attachment straps leave a approx. 13 cm wide gap between them, this allows you to carry stuff such as axes, fishing poles etc. stuffed down behind the pouch.
Note. Savotta manufactures this product in Finland and Estonia. Country of manufacture is labeled to the product.
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Excellent quality.
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I'm very happy about the pouch. I use it both with my Jaakari L backpack, as well as stand alone hip pack. I find it much better choice for that than Savotta Hatka 12L or Askare, as both of them weigh much more (0.45kg) compared to this Side pouch 12L (0.34kg), with Askare Hip pack being significantly smaller (7l). In Savotta product, I miss a kind of bag that would be the ~9l with the size 35x18x15 (fatter, but shorter than Savotta side pouch 8l). A good example is this: https://www.wisport.com.pl/en/shop/pocket-raccoon/
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