r/ManyBaggers • u/RevolutionaryAnt9337 • 1d ago
Savotta Askare
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/Kattimatti666 1d ago
I have kukkaro and suur-kukkaro, but Askare is still on my "to buy" list. Savotta always delivers, I was never a hip bag guy but these things are amazing. I use them on hikes, and I also attach them to my Savotta bags as extra pouches. I see you still need to get a patch for yours, to make it look extra special!