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Thank you for everybody who gave me wonderful advice and answers on adding attachments to my Jääkäri M INCH style pack.

I would love to see your Jääkäri set ups and what you pack in it!

My gear list as I know it (still have fat to trim but this is the Gist)

Savotta Jääkäri M.

2x 6L Pouches

2x 3L hip pouches

1x OD Green Snugpak Ionosphere 1 man tent( REALLY hard to beat for stealth camping)

1x Advanced cook kit

2x Fire steels

4-7x hi-vis lighters

2x Fire rolls

1x fat wood stick

1x Fat wood permeated rope(fat rope)

2x isopro gas canister

1x Micro Jet stream cooking stove attachment

1x 15⁰ down sleeping bag

1x 4.4R value inflatable sleeping pad

1x 55Gallon tarp(a large heavy industrial sized trash bag that is exceptionally thicker than most I can find)(I do plan to replace this with a lighter Weight tarp for rain)

1x tyvek ground sheet 5x8

2x Tarred&Braided Bank-line #36, #18

3x 50ft 550 Paracord

1x handcrafted IFAK

1x nitecore Flashlight(4400 lumens)

1x powerbank w Cable

2x Water filtration straws

1x Bottle Hanger.

3x Canvas needles

1x Silky Zubat Arbor saw.

1x Grans fors Bruks Scandinavian Forest Axe(or a Hudson Bay hatchet)

1x hi-vis orange 3V bush knife

1x S.D fighter.

1x neck/facial buff

1x pair of gloves.

1x sunglasses.

1x multi tool.

1x Shovel.

1x 12Ga single shot break action

5x Caliber adapters (.22LR, .22WMR, 9MM, 20GA, 45LC/410)

1x titanium canteen cook set(redundant and unneeded but I got it)

1x titanium Grill

1x Bugnet

1x internal aluminum frame

1x emergency rain poncho

1x treated oilskin duster + Treated oilskin outback hat(not in pack

?x General Clothing.(shirts socks underwear etc etc etc)

Current pack weight about 40-50 pounds. I am not entirely sure. Gonna try to figure that out tomorrow on the weight scale and see if I can trim the fat.

What do you carry?

how would you improve this self reliance INCH style pack? Besides the slight issue of weight, of course.

Current capacity is approximately 58L currently with the option of increasing it to 68/70/78 Liters respectively.

Post yours!

Couldn’t find a patch that I liked (and don’t have the happy face patch,) so I’m going to use this hook-backed PVC slip pocket instead.

Now any paper, coaster, sticker, or boarding pass, will work as a morale boost.

Brought the little guy out to it's natural habitat, found out that by playing around with the sternum strap a bit it can double up as a small umbrella holder.

Did mess up a bit in the planning and ended up in pretty heavy downpours without a rain cover but the main compartment stayed nice and dry

Decided on a whim to do a longer hike this eventing, with the wife and kid gone on holiday it's too quiet in the apartment, so I decided to hike to "Alta Canyon". It's a 13km hike, it seemed like a half decent idea with it raining when I started, decent rain jacket and pants makes the rain a "not issue", but luckily it stopped at around the 3km mark.

Main consern was crossing three rivers, but decent boots and a good route choice made it a cakewalk, so what turned out to be the main issue was all the mosquitoes, the arctic tundra is full of them, especially when it has been raining.

Strapped to the botton of the Kahakka is a "Jerven duk", emergency shelter if something happens, it will make sure youre not freezing to death in the winter, and it will keep you dry in the pouring rain.

Inside were a change of clothes, a bottle of water, a reinforcement jacket if needed and all the stuff I didnt want dangeling in the cargo pockets of the pants.

Third hike, this time I had my kid with me, so we decided on an easier hike. Some of you might recognise the view from another post of mine, from mich higher up, this is the shorter, less challenging hike, but still with a really nice view

Hatka is ideal to go to swimming pool carrying the basics and kukkaro for the personal and smaller items. The ideal team for the pool!

Hey everyone. I have a question I want to ask you all, especially those who own a Kantamus series backpack.

I've bought quite a few products from Savotta, and last month I got a Kantamus 40L backpack, but recently I noticed a problem.

The backpack seems to have some regular "holes." The first one I found was inside the hydration bladder compartment, where there are two small holes on the straps on the left and right sides.

The second spot is at the opening where the hydration tube comes out, and next to the two openings there are also similar "damage" marks.

Although they're just small holes, the first spot has a waterproof coating, and the second spot is on the Cordura material surface. I'm not worried about waterproofing, I just don't understand where these holes came from. I haven't gotten a reply from Savotta via email yet.

So I want to ask you all, could those of you with the Kantamus 40L check your backpacks for me? Do you have the same issue in these two places as mine?

Full Savotta set up:

Jaakari L

2X 8L sidepouch

Seating pad

Chest pouch

Happy patch

Leather patch

24K over Pen Y Fan 🤙🏻

Weather's looking good, not too warm, bit misty.

Should be a good day

My first backpack versus one of my last

Went couple months ago testing if going full g-hooks on my K25. Changed it back quite quickly as I started to fumble more and opening and closing the pack was much slower and more cumbersome. Then my better half started saying (she also has black K25) that side pockets were hard to use because of g-hooks. So I ordered her and also myself some sr buckles and here we are. Let’s see how I like these after couple of weeks of testing. So far they look and feel nice and pockets are way faster to open and close.

And don’t get all ultralight on me😆

Are those folding mats smaller than the FDF roll Mat?

I have bolted a Hatka to it but it’s the sleep system that takes up space.
I normally give up and take the JL but it’s an overkill for a Summer single overnight. But I find one nights gear is almost the same as 2-3 nights.

Enough space for a 4 days / 3 nights hike, without extra pouches, no overpacking.