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Wild Sky Gear EVADE WATERPROOF Chestpack 6 in 1

I’ve sold over 500 of my hit EVADE chestpacks - the EVADE WATERPROOF is the same proven design, but with a YKK waterproof zip and taped seams, making it pretty much waterproof but still hyperlight AF. (The inexpensive, non waterproof evade chestpack is still available starting at £22.99).

We’ve all been there: you’re lugging your heavy pack along some rough trail and you really want that snickers bar… You get the pack off, undo all the buckles, rummage around, your rucksack cover blows away, your sleeping bag gets wet, you finally find the sneaky snickers bar, heft the pack back on, do up all the buckles, struggle to your feet, re-adjust all the shoulder straps, and then it turns out you left your phone in the pack and you have to start the whole palava again. Time to get a chestpack!

My favourite item on my LEJOG hike has to be the chestpack I carried: being able to store your phone, snacks, compass, penknife and first aid kit up front instantly accessible is a big mercy when you’re covering big miles and really don’t want to take off your pack every five minutes.

I’ve improved on the original chestpod by halving the weight, adding waterproof fabric + zips, taped seams and using quick release buckles on the new, heavy duty UL suspension system.

Suspension system

I’ve upgraded the suspension to use a new extra heavy duty webbing sourced from the UK which is tough and grippy as hell but still surprisingly light. All four of the webbing straps are attached to buckles which allow you to instantly clip them off – no more fiddling with line-locs and carabiners, unclipping one buckle is enough to take your pack off - inconvenience free.

Dimensions:

Big enough for pretty much anything.

Fabrics:

2.92oz DCF - 51g

One of the rarest, highest performance fabrics on earth. Made in just one factory in the USA, it contains 500XT of dyneema, the strongest fibre on earth at 15X stronger than steel, commonly used in aircraft armour and bullet proof clothing. So much strength means very little is needed to make a tough fabric, so it can be exceptionally lightweight as well as long haul tough. The front is faced with 50D endurance woven polyester for abrasion resistance, it is waterproof to 20,000mm HH (10X better than some silnylons). DWR treated, it is truly special stuff. Now synthesised from plants.

Available in alpine white, loch blue, basalt black, and limited edition US military olive drab – a very rare dyneema which we only ever got a couple of yards of.

4.3oz ECOPAK 62g

Made from 100% recycled polyester, ecopak is made from 200D recylcled polyester, 45degree Xply reinforcements, and a thick recycled waterproof (20,000mm HH) film. A yard of ecopak is made from the equivilent of 20+ recycled bottles, PFC free DWR.

2.92oz ULTRA 100 - 51g

Ultra composite fabric (UCF) is made from 100D woven UHMWPE and recycled polyester. It is backed with a recycled polyester film making is waterproof to over 20,000mm. It is twice as tough as 500D cordura, despite being a third of the weight.

 

6 functions in one

As well as being a chestpack the suspension system can be threaded together using the “larks head knot” (it’s not really a knot) to create a big adjustable strap for a satchel or ass pack, you can also make a pack brain and a harness to store a dry bag atop you pack, or clip off everything to use it as a packing cell

 

Mounting the chestpack:

  1. Unclip the four webbing lengths from the buckles. Find a loop or daisy chain on your shoulder straps and slide the piece of webbing under it.
  2. The webbing length has a loop sewn into it at each end. Thread the buckle through the loop et voila: the mount is attached! Do this to the other rucksack strap, and to the hip belt if needed for running etc. clip the chestpack in using the buckles and you’re ready to go!
  3. Pull on the webbing to adjust it and get it tight so it doesn’t bounce around.

You need two straps to be attached. You can clip a third strap connected to your hip belt if you find your gait causes the chestpack to rock, and a fourth if you’re running and need maximum security.

To remove it you simply need to unclip the buckles. When you need to remove your pack undo the buckles on one side and you can get out, it’ll stay in place so you can easily clip yourself back in.

Waterproofing:

The EVADE WATERPROOF chestpack has waterproof fabric, YKK AQUAGUARD zips, and taped seams, so it is very highly water resistant, but as water is sneaky I’d recommend (like all manufacturers) protecting moisture sensitive items with a zip lock bag as well. 

While the four included mounts can be looped together into a satchel strap, a simple standalone satchel strap can be purchased seperatly and trimmed to size.

Postage

Free 1st class UK and international postage. Hell yeah.

About Wild Sky Gear

Wild Sky Gear was started by Skye McGregor, a British 15 year old who hiked Lands’ End to John O'Groats solo. I hiked through the winter and to keep my pack light started making my own gear and then sold some of the surplus. This turned out to be a bit more successful than I had anticipated, and now I’m constantly sewing.

PS: I really appreciate feedback on my items and service. Please let me know how everything is - I love hearing about how you're using my gear and the adventures you're going on :)

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