Hello everyone, my name is Dustin and my wife and I own a company called EM Gear. We are Maxpedition dealers and have a fair amount of experience with the product line. We just set up our account on AR15.com so I hope I’m not violating any accepted code of conduct by posting a response to this question.

We do sell a lot of Monsoon GearSlingers and the main application seems to be “urban operations” (tacticool code for going to the office ). IMHO it is not well suited as a BOB because the weight carrying ability over a long time frame is just not comparable to a traditional backpack. It does have a waist belt that will allow you to cinch it down and move without the bag flopping around but it is inadequate if you have a load like most people carry in their BOB. The upside is the cross body design, concealed carry option and capacity work pretty good in the city as a replacement for a regular laptop case. It is much harder to snatch the bag off your shoulder and the concealed carry pocket allows deep concealment if you are carrying on the subway on in an environment that is CCW unfriendly.

Just my .02

Dustin