Devildoc
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I would love to have another ALICE, I know I can get one in eBay, just have not got around to it yet.
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policemedic
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@policemedic Arcteryx makes high quality gear as well, but I must say that Mystery Ranch did a fine job building off the ALICE design
Devildoc
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I am staring down the barrel of having to buy a new vehicle. It's not a thing for me at the moment.
Devildoc
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I like both MR and The Dead Bird, but I think Mystery Ranch is more functional, has more options. But man, I love their jackets.
policemedic
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I’ve got a MR ruck and I use their RATS pack as my aid bag. I’ve used them for years and so far I haven’t found anything that outperforms them.
I’m living out of the ruck for the next week. I constantly abuse the fuck out of it and not one stitch has failed.
Like most medics who work out of an aid bag, mine is a bit overstuffed but it remains in perfect condition.
I’ll probably be sending one to a family member OCONUS as a combination Christmas/belated 1LT promotion gift.
I’m living out of the ruck for the next week. I constantly abuse the fuck out of it and not one stitch has failed.
Like most medics who work out of an aid bag, mine is a bit overstuffed but it remains in perfect condition.
I’ll probably be sending one to a family member OCONUS as a combination Christmas/belated 1LT promotion gift.
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Yes, Mystery Ranch really nails it. I have a large Arcteryx, high guality, great load distribution. But it’s like a duffle bag on your back, not many pockets. I use it to haul a metric to of gear to a fixed camp that vehicles can’t get to. The issue MOLLE IIIs and assault pack are decent, but I have to say again those MR rucks are tactical Cadillacs
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I hear ya. Happy hunting
I bought a Tactical Tailor MALICE because I couldn't accept the MR pricepoint for what was essentially "tactical luggage" to me while traveling from FOB to FOB.
This was 2009, but I thought TT's nylon hardware was weak and prone to breaking. Mine's served me well, but I have to watch how I tighten the buckles. A teammate bought an MR ruck before their prices jumped nearly 100% and loves his ruck. He's also a Kifaru owner, so for him to sing MR's praises says something.
TT's MALICE was (maybe still is, maybe is not) a great ruck with questionable hardware. MR is a great everything, but with a heavy pricepoint. If you can stomach the price, MR is a great choice.
This was 2009, but I thought TT's nylon hardware was weak and prone to breaking. Mine's served me well, but I have to watch how I tighten the buckles. A teammate bought an MR ruck before their prices jumped nearly 100% and loves his ruck. He's also a Kifaru owner, so for him to sing MR's praises says something.
TT's MALICE was (maybe still is, maybe is not) a great ruck with questionable hardware. MR is a great everything, but with a heavy pricepoint. If you can stomach the price, MR is a great choice.
Maybe, but I'm out of that game. Those days are behind me. 9 years of bombing around Afghanistan were enough.
To quote Dickens without a trace of irony:
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way – in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only.
Mine's the one at the top, with the Thumper. I don't know what our packs were called officially. We just called them rucks. See, I can always find a reason to drag up ancient history no matter what the subject of the thread. 
You can read my assessment of what it did to him by reading his signature line.
Disgusting...but in its own sick demented way the product of a twisted and yet brilliant mind...ravaged by too many years among the savage tribes of the Hindu Kush, amid the desolation of war, man-rape and banditry, driven to the brink of the abyss of raging insanity by the fetid fumes from the stagnant Bagram cesspool. -Ocoka One
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