Thanks John! Your video helped me make the decision to buy a brand new ILBE off of EBAY. It cost me $300 but it was worth it. Be well!

All your pack videos are awesome, and love the breakdown on everything. I love the APB03 assault pack, but it’s small compared to the FILBE assault pack. I added a couple of male buckles to the top strap on the sides of the main pack, and my FILBE assault pack attaches well now. It eliminates a separate hydration pouch, and I can carry a lot more ‘to go’ essentials in a bigger assault pack now.

Crazy how much the packs went up in price. I paid $115 for a complete gen 2 set with everything but sustainment pouches a while back. Great video!

glade I bought mine when I did. Like new main pack 75$ asult pack like new 65$ I use the asult bag for a truck get home bag. Sorry mines the gen 1

Glad you were happy with it man thank you for all the great videos you do, really appreciate it.

Good stuff John👍🏻

PS its one in a million if u can find an ilbe pack full system with assault pack and hydration system all together in one package. And if u want it new the whole system its one in a billion and will sell for 600$ to 700$ on eBay. If u dont believe go look. The complete system is by far the rarest.

Great video man. I have had this pack for a while now and I still love it.

Great review and break down of the pack.

Great video thank you. I just purchased an ILBE and a FILBE. This helps tremendously!

GOOD OVERVIEW!

Great job Brother!!! Keep the streams coming. I enjoyed this pack when I used it.

hey John, long time listener, love the show

I was lucky, I found every thing except the water bladder for $120 at a gun show. All new several years ago.

Great Video I have this Pack, plus the larger Recon Pack and the Corpsman Medic Ruck and Assult pack, Whats worth saying genuine USMC kit have a little USMC badge printed at intervals in the material

The best backpack !

I have 2 of these..I prefer the gen 1 lids.. I have the water proof liner and sustainment pouches, those are very hard to find. One thing I did on one of them was get one of the corpsman medical IV panels and put it in in place of the radio pouch to get more organized.

I have the exact same bag gen2, though I bought mine brand new in 2013 for about $50 and it came with the corpsman bag instead of the assault

Could you do a video on changing the height of the harness to fit each wearer? How to properly fit the pack?

Good video. Can you do a video on strap setup and configuration?

+3 River Blades Hey, John, hope you're doing good. The $150 for the APB03 assault pack is fucked up. First of all, It's part of the ruck system so it should come with all components. Coleman's Surplus has the assault pack for $60 ( still fucked up they make you buy it separate ) and I paid $150 for the main ruck several years ago, with the lid, belts, straps, and so on. Buying the radio pouch separate is stupid as well, but they're $5 on Amazon. I'd like to have the Recon assault pack, lots bigger with a lot more MOLLE and it can be used as a 72 hour bag if you really needed it to, packed what you absolutely needed, packed the space smartly, made full and wise use of all the MOLLE, and Ranger fold your extra set of camos/BDUs/ACUs, and if the recon assault pack didn't cost 150 to 200 fucking dollars I'd buy one. If it came to SHTF, I'd wear my German Flecktarn set and keep my PROPPER gray "tactical pants" ( basically military trousers in gray ) and a black shirt, with Polar Tech long Johns and layers of black clothing if it's cold, bring layers and coat if it's warm but I need to get outta dodge and may be away for a couple months or whatever. All packed clothing and 3 sets of sofies will always be Ranger folded in any ruck I'm wearing. I'm glad you mentioned the sleeve pockets on the sides, nobody does so I thought I had a ruck someone modified. I usually keep a Mossberg 500 Persuader with the "assault package" on one side and a crowbar, plus a camp axe or a scoped 300 Win Mag or scoped CETME on the other, with plenty of room in the elastic pouches to carry a 55 round bandoleer and 12 round tac sling for the shotgun, and plenty of room for a lot of rounds for the rifle if I carry one on the other side. I like keeping my Gore-Tex one of my sustainment pouches ( I have the German military set and the gloves ) along with my military poncho and woobie liner, and ruck cover so that if it starts raining all of my rain gear is in an easy access pouch and I can get right to it. Great review, as always. I like my ILBE better than FILBE, and my U.S. GI MOLLE 2 large combat ruck is nearly the same as the FILBE and way cheaper; they're available as surplus in brand new condition ( at least that's how mine came and I paid $50 for mine at Venture Surplus.com ) and surplus FILBEs look like they're about to fall apart. I had some webbing loops sewn onto the base of my ILBE ( I just take gear I want modified to a seamstress I know, tell her what I want, and she hooks me up really nice ), because I usually carry sleep gear in compression sacks all bundled together with paracord and bungee cords and then lashed on the base of my ruck with bungees and paracord. You take care, buddy. Oh, BTW, you got me using an inflatable Thermarest sleep pad because of your videos ( if I'm gonna be running guns and gear for several days in the woods, otherwise I carry the much lighter military foam kind ). I found a sturdy, good quality civilian kind at a thrift store ( Full Speed Ahead ) that comes in it's own compression sack for $5, seems brand new. Man, it's heavy and it would wear me out to inflate it all the way, so I inflate it to a comfortable level and I must say that it's better than military foam kind. Take care, bro

Great vid but need to make sure people know if they are putting a Gen1 lid on a Gen2 pack they have to change out the buckles as they are not interchangable

Might do a video on my recon main and corpsman. Hardly any hands on videos of the recon for some reason. I guess because its in less circulation

Great fukin video man nice god damn job been lookin for a vid like thisn for awhile I went and got one because I just dig high quality stuff

This time last year, I bought two USMC ILBE Assault Packs, New for $85 or $89 on a surplus site. I looked for the name of the site but couldn't find it. I found it while doing a Google Image search for sites that were in stock. I hope that helps. I have two of the Main Packs as well, love them, they're my favorite surplus packs.

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i bought one of these as a buggout bag for me and kids spant alot more then u guys only thing is where is the radio bag spost to go

Help! I took my metal support stays out to clean my bag and I don't member how it goes back together.

How much does it cost . I am in Canada.

If I got one of these at a free yard sale however it is missing some accessories to it like the strap big pocket on the top the big strap that goes around your waist so if anybody has any extra accessories hit me up please

I payed 90 on eBay

Get info and very informative...... oooooo rah

Assault packs cost a lot when their new cuz their rare very rare compared to the big one. The ilbe main pack is still 350$ new most times right now. Only used ones are 120 to 160$. So listen guys if u want a new ilbe ur gonna pay a lot more then 150$. 150$ for a new is not realistic. I own 3 ilbe brand new with assault pack all new. Their expensive. I follow all military packs online and their prices over the last 5 yrs. Ilbe new r rare now ible used are rare now. The surplus is drying up. Same with filbe. I own 3 filbes too and I paid 400$ + for each brand new. People say their 150$!! No. Only real beat up ones r that cheap unless u find a rare deal and get real lucky. When the ilbe first came out they sold for over 700$. Its designed by arctyrex the best backpacker maker in the world the ilbe I'm speaking of. No company can compare to arctyrex. The ilbe is a work of art in so many ways. Heavy but comfy and rugged and module. No backpack is ever perfect not one but for military this is number one. And being designed by a civilian company like arctyrex ur getting amazing quality and design.

Great explanation. I saw some tactical gear stores have a replica for sale of this ILBE main bag and the ILBE assault bag. The brand is called Flyye. Look it up, it looks the same shown in the video.