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QB wrote:

Pawpaw wrote:TAM - Neither of mine have that secret pocket. It looks like you got a free bonus!

Was yours the free ALL AMERICAN model? Those should have that very back flat pocket on the back of the section that your gun goes into.....but maybe they did make a change at some point in time. Mine has it and I think I'll probably put in things like my car insurance and other flat things I don't normally use.

Yes, I ordered the "All American" during the July 4th promotion. I also ordered a large right-handed one for my wife. She doesn't carry a full-sized gun (the Glock 19 in the picture is hers and it's the biggest pistol she owns), and I actually ordered a large one by accident. Their shopping cart system is a little clunky. I had meant to order her a medium like mine, but she says that she actually prefers to have the large one, although I don't know why.

RoyGBiv wrote:

The Annoyed Man wrote: And I haven't even opened the secret zip pocket on the back side of the pack.

Huh?

RoyGBiv, for your consideration.

I took some pictures by way of reference for anyone interested. Mine is a medium, left handed version; but it's only different by opening the gun compartment on the other side.

In these photos, there is a Glock 19 in the gun compartment; a spare 15 round magazine, sunglasses in a cloth bag, car/house keys, and a Nikon pocket camera in the middle pocket; and my ID holder in the front pocket. Although shown here, there was nothing in the "secret" rear pocket.

TOP VIEW:


SIDE VIEW:


FRONT VIEW:


3/4 VIEW:


"SECRET" POCKET:


GUN POCKET:


MIDDLE POCKET:


NOTE: I did not take a picture of the front pocket opened. In these pictures, it is holding my ID holder. However, typically, this is my loadout:

• "Secret" Pocket: empty, but it would easily hold a passport.
• Gun Pocket: my Springfield XDM-45 Compact 3.8 with the 9 round mag in place......which is roughly the same size as the Glock 19 shown here.
• Middle Pocket: two 13 round extended mags, an Insight WL1AA weapon light, a pair of either prescription sunglasses or reading glasses, depending on time of day. I have also fit my hip pocket wallet in there with everything else.
• Front Pocket: my iPhone 5s, my ID holder, and my keys.

It is interesting that with the gun in the main pocket, it still looks from the outside like there isn't anything in it, and the full fannypack lays flat when wearing it. It's a very well made and designed fannypack.

RoyGBiv wrote:

The Annoyed Man wrote: And I haven't even opened the secret zip pocket on the back side of the pack.

Huh?

On mine, a medium left-handed one, there is a horizontal zipper on the rear-facing surface of the pack, which opens to a flat "secret" pocket. The zipper runs about 4/5 of the width of the gun compartment. The pocket is non-expanding and about the same height and width as the gun compartment, and it would be suitable for anything flat, like paper money, or a passport, or other documents.

Got both of mine yesterday, and used one of them tonight. A "medium" sized one easily fits either my XDM45-Compact 3.8, or my wife's G19. Tonight, I carried the XDM (short mag in the gun), plus two 13 round magazines and a weapon light in the secondary pocket..... plus a couple of snack bars and a pair of glasses in the small pouch.... and it did not look that full. And I haven't even opened the secret zip pocket on the back side of the pack.

Charles L. Cotton wrote:At 11:21am, they are still free. I ordered two.

Chas.

Ditto