Hill People Gear Kit Bag

Any experience running with any of these bags? I’m a trail runner, mountain biker and hiker... hoping these live up to their claims for active sports!
 
Jeffncs said:
Any experience running with any of these bags? I’m a trail runner, mountain biker and hiker... hoping these live up to their claims for active sports!
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I run with the runners kit bag all the time. The additional harness will even hold a water bladder. I like it much better than a running vest.
 
Jeffncs said:
Any experience running with any of these bags? I’m a trail runner, mountain biker and hiker... hoping these live up to their claims for active sports!
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I mountain bike with a recon. It works well. My main gripe is that it can be hot to run with in the summer. Kinda like running with a backpack. But I don’t mind it when biking and it’s actually more convenient because I can get to it without having to take it off like a backpack.
 
I’ve had good luck using the Heavy Recon for fishing. Big enough to hold the essentials, but small enough to keep me from taking the kitchen sink.
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HPG kit bags that I’d consider are sold out in every color!
 
Finally gave mine a shakedown on two hikes in South Mountains over the weekend. The first day, I wore just the kit bag with my P01, a spare mag, wallet, phone, keys, etc in it. Wasn’t bad at all, but I did notice that I could feel the extra weight in front on the uphills (which are frequent there). We went back two days later and I wore it again, but had a USMC ILBE assault pack with a 100 oz camel back in it. Having weight on my back balanced out the kit bag such that I didn’t feel it there.

I have a lot of work to do to get it “just right,” but I do think this is going to be how I carry on the trail from now on. I also found that once off the trail, it was easy to swing it on to my shoulder to walk into a store or what not, if I didn’t want to put it on my chest for the 2 minutes it takes to get a drink or some such.
 
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I went for a run on the same trail where a dog bit me recently... this time I had my HPG bag and “accessories”. Bounces a bit, but I get used to it. Would probably be better with the bungee strap, but that was sold out and I’m too cheap to pay for a bungee cord with a couple clips on it!

(Accessories = G27, spare mag, fixed blade, wallet, phone and keys)
 
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