Day 2 with the Marsupial...
1) Went on a 3 mile hike. Nearly all flatland - sorry, don't live at elevation. Temp was moderate in the low 70s, and the harness was comfortable. If I wore my phone in the chest facing phone pocket, with the screen facing my chest, I ended up with a sweaty phone screen. Flipped it over to the case side facing my chest, and that at least kept the sweat off the phone. No way around this - warm weather and wearing any pack next to skin is going to result in some sweat trapped at that location.
2) A plus one for keeping the safety tethers. Today I tried out a heaver pair of binos - 10x42 SLC. Multiple times I stopped to glass wildlife, going one handed, and putting the binos back in the pouch without looking down. At lease once I got a little quick with the holstering of the binos and nearly missed the pack. Never did I drop them and have the tethers catch the full weight of the glass...but I could see, while hunting, in the moment or when rushed - it could be nice to have the tethers there as a back up. Jury is still out, but after just this 1 day hike - I'm considering alterations to the tethers to make them work better for my high and tight set up.
3) This truly is a one handed operation. The flip top, glass out, back in, close lid can all be done with one hand. I say that because my other hand was holding the leash of my 85 pound lab, so I was forced into using one and only one hand.
4) Weight distribution is nice. I never felt shoulder strain, and the SLC 10x42 is nearly a 30z bino (SLC Neu). Thats on the heavy side for 10x42s, and I never "felt" the weight. Good work from the harness and back to spread the load across my shoulders and chest. This was with fully tightened chest straps - maybe even a little too snug as I could feel them when breathing heavy.
2 suggestions to Marsupial...
1)I think you could offer a X-Small pouch and it would sell. My binos - 8x32 EL and 10x42 SLC - both have lots of room between the eye pieces and the top of the lid. If you offered a stripped down X-Small version, no front zipper, drop the price $10, I think you'd keep selling em.
2) The inside of the lid looks like a PERFECT spot for some hook and loop. I'd LOVE to slap a velcro backed square with my ballistics on it. Perfect spot to flip open binos and review my drop chart.
Put it right here:
1) Went on a 3 mile hike. Nearly all flatland - sorry, don't live at elevation. Temp was moderate in the low 70s, and the harness was comfortable. If I wore my phone in the chest facing phone pocket, with the screen facing my chest, I ended up with a sweaty phone screen. Flipped it over to the case side facing my chest, and that at least kept the sweat off the phone. No way around this - warm weather and wearing any pack next to skin is going to result in some sweat trapped at that location.
2) A plus one for keeping the safety tethers. Today I tried out a heaver pair of binos - 10x42 SLC. Multiple times I stopped to glass wildlife, going one handed, and putting the binos back in the pouch without looking down. At lease once I got a little quick with the holstering of the binos and nearly missed the pack. Never did I drop them and have the tethers catch the full weight of the glass...but I could see, while hunting, in the moment or when rushed - it could be nice to have the tethers there as a back up. Jury is still out, but after just this 1 day hike - I'm considering alterations to the tethers to make them work better for my high and tight set up.
3) This truly is a one handed operation. The flip top, glass out, back in, close lid can all be done with one hand. I say that because my other hand was holding the leash of my 85 pound lab, so I was forced into using one and only one hand.
4) Weight distribution is nice. I never felt shoulder strain, and the SLC 10x42 is nearly a 30z bino (SLC Neu). Thats on the heavy side for 10x42s, and I never "felt" the weight. Good work from the harness and back to spread the load across my shoulders and chest. This was with fully tightened chest straps - maybe even a little too snug as I could feel them when breathing heavy.
2 suggestions to Marsupial...
1)I think you could offer a X-Small pouch and it would sell. My binos - 8x32 EL and 10x42 SLC - both have lots of room between the eye pieces and the top of the lid. If you offered a stripped down X-Small version, no front zipper, drop the price $10, I think you'd keep selling em.
2) The inside of the lid looks like a PERFECT spot for some hook and loop. I'd LOVE to slap a velcro backed square with my ballistics on it. Perfect spot to flip open binos and review my drop chart.
Put it right here:
