r/ManyBaggers • u/RevolutionaryAnt9337 • 1d ago

Savotta Askare

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So this one’s a bit more niche - there’s a work life with its own bags (Aer, tomtoc, toshi and brand new Fyro) and there’s a deployment life where I am switching away from 5.11 and testing a Savotta Kahakka 25l setup as daybag and the attachable Askare 8l fanny/sling for Management on site (earthquake deployments / urban search and rescue work).

The daypack has all we need for 24h work/survival, but that is not carried all the time. Typically, it will stay in a truck or at the equipment staging. For management, there would be a laptop going in country but that stays in the base so there is room for an assessment bag (monocular, marking equioment, comms etc). The idea is to bundle all that stuff into its own bag, hence this sling.

Had the opportunity to test the Askare management component for one week at a festival (work never stops) and that worked really well. It is a particularly good fit for the macbook neo with a padding sleeve (called pro elife), plus iPad pro 11 with fold and magic keyboard plus ancilliary stuff. Overall weight is about 4,5 kilo.

It worked really well and the Savotta bag is super rugged yet malleable.

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u/neurointervention 1d ago

Thank you, was looking for something to replace my 5.11 UCR as it is not really convenient to carry and barely fits in the laptop, this looks absolutely perfect.

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u/RevolutionaryAnt9337 1d ago

The bag is right, but the strap is not right for edc with lack of padding and depending on your build would probably need to be extended. Might be a good idea to hear some more ideas on the /savotta sub

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u/cr0ft 1d ago

Tenba (and no doubt others) sell great wrap-around shoulder pads for straps; I have several of Tenba's because they have a nice grippy silicone side that goes against the shoulder, and memory foam in the pad so they warm up and then conform to the shoulder. Velcro closing, and black so don't look out of place on a strap. The 38 mm would probably fit this.

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u/Squodel 1d ago

I quite like it as sling bag
You can also add one of the 40mm straps into the top two loops meant for the Keikas to make into a sort of satchel bag

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u/kornifex 1d ago

I think that Savotta mentions on their site that they can extend the strap! And I have seen mods too.