The Grayl Geopress: 3 Systems to Carry it in the Field

[Music] hello and welcome to the blackout bushcraft channel one of my personal favorite pieces of equipment to carry into the field is a grill water filter in pretty much any kit that i pack whether i'm going on a day hike or an overnight camping trip or if i'm packing some type of a kit that's more to be prepared like a get home bag or that type of kit i'm always going to include one of the two grail models that i own and i own the ultralight and the grail geopress this is the grail geopress here to the best of my knowledge this is the original and the beauty of this filter is number one it will filter 24 ounces of water in as little as eight seconds and it provides you with the very best filtration that you can expect from any filter on the market when you're out in the woods this thing will filter out 99.99 of all bacteria viruses protozoa it'll filter out chemicals heavy metals micro plastics the list just goes on and on so as far as filtration goes in the woods the grail offers you the very best and in a format that is very quick and effective so for that reason the grill is my top choice as a water filter the main downside that i found with the grail is just the fact that it takes up a lot of space in any kit and some of the packs that i carry will have water bottle pockets on the side and this will fit in some of those but there's a lot of them that it doesn't fit and if it does fit it's a little bit long this thing is definitely bigger than the standard 32 ounce water bottle so it can be a little top heavy so again it can be awkward to carry in a kit a lot of times when i get to my camp i want to hang my main pack up and i'll have my knife and my fire starter lighter in my pocket and i just want to take my water filter and go out to the water source to collect water so i just want to carry my grail so a lot of times just having a system that i can use to sling this over my shoulder to carry it down to the water source and collect makes sense also sometimes when you're on a short scout if you're only carrying the emergency equipment that you have on your person but you do want to carry your grill to carry water and filter water from the landscape having a system to sling this over your shoulder is very handy so today i want to show you three options that you can use to carry this grill just shoulder carry and i'm going to give you a very economical option kind of a middle of the road and one that's a little more premium just depending on your tastes and what you prefer let's take a look at these options to carry your grill right now all right so you can see my first option here is a very minimalist option it's made by a company called coglins and these are just a set of nylon webbing straps they go onto the bottle with three adjustable velcro closures and you just simply pull those things around adjust them to be tight on your bottle you have a nice little shoulder strap here just a simple system but very effective this would be also good if you were carrying let's say like the pathfinder 32 ounce stainless steel bottle and cup set you could put the cup in here in the bottle and this system holds it just fine you could also carry the grill ultra light which is smaller in diameter because these straps are adjustable you could pretty much make it fit on any water bottle you could even put a stanley thermos in here if you wanted to do that because there's plenty of adjustment space here the beauty of this thing is that it's 5.70 so this is a very economical option i'll throw a link down in the description box of this video if you're interested in it you can take a look at it but just a very simple system but it works well i really like on the grill you have this little attachment point here and this buckle is a fast disconnect or attachment buckle here and so it comes right out that little hole it's almost like it was made for it so when you want to take your grille off or if you get tangled up or something you just quickly disconnect that thing but again just a simple system but very effective works well and can't beat the price of it so that is the coughlin's nylon webbing option [Music] [Music] by the way if you're enjoying this video or if you've enjoyed other black cat bushcraft videos that you've seen go ahead and click that subscribe button if you like it give me a thumbs up feel free to leave me a comment i really enjoy interacting with all of my subscribers and i hope to hear from you alright so my second option is the pathfinder molly bottle bag and this is a perfect bag for the grail geopress number one if you're used to using molly gear this is nice because it has all of these other attachment points where you can attach other gear if you prefer to do that also in the back you have molle attachment points so that you could hook this up onto your backpack your main pack if you have the ability to do that or you could carry it on your belt if you're carrying it on your pack once you get to camp and drop your pack you can have your shoulder strap detached and folded up in this front pocket you could just hook that up and now have a minimal kit packed in here that you can hike around your base camp or go collect water with so it's really nice for that this front pocket is awesome it can carry a lot of different gear for you in here you could carry electrolyte drink beverage mixes you could carry a mill bank bag or some type of a pre-filter even just a bandana in here to help extend the cartridge life of your grail all of those things could be carried down in here you could carry an emergency fire kit or water filtration tabs i normally put a metal bottle down in the bottom of this that my grill sits in so i carry a lid for that pathfinder cup and a hanger so if i choose to boil water i can do that if necessary and of course with the bag this thing is large and it easily holds the grille geopress with room to spare the nice thing about that is it's easy in and out of the bag and again you can have that metal cup down in there so that the grill just sits down in that metal cup with no problem so it's it's not like a lot of bottle bags where it's kind of a tight fit and aggravating to get in and out it's easy in and out with this so it's a good quality and a versatile bag to use and again belt carry hook to your back carry the shoulder strap separate shoulder strap's awesome it's got those swivels so it doesn't get tangled up has a nice padded strap this is a better strap than the coglins it's probably double the width so it doesn't cut into your shoulder as much and just a good cost-effective option to carry all the kit that you need your grille plus in this kit so that is the pathfinder molle bottle bag [Music] all right so my third and final option to carry my grail geopress in the field is this leather bottle carrier by stitched gear outfitters and man what a beautiful option this is this thing is made out of the top quality leather and it's sewn by randy smith at stitch gear outfitters everybody who knows randy's work knows that it is first class everything is just done to perfection randy is an artist where it comes to leather work you can see his maker's mark there just excellent qualities use rivets he's huge stitching just a beautiful piece made out of just top quality leather so this is an heirloom piece you can see that this is an adjustable system so i've got my stainless cup down in here and you can cinch this thing down this is a 550 cord lacing system you have a cord lock here so you can really adjust that well and i actually have mine attached to a horseshoe which is another one of randy's items and then a leather strap those are sold separately this item is actually made to go on your belt so you can see i have a large belt loop here so you can just put it on your belt if you'd like to do that or if you prefer you could always rig it up on a shoulder strap like i have mine this is definitely the most heavy weight option because this thick heavy leather these high quality brass buckles and everything have some weight to them but if you're only carrying this or some minimal kit then you may enjoy this and if you like traditional well-made bomb-proof heirloom gear this is that piece of gear just a great way to carry your grill of course you could carry any water bottle cup system in this as it's adjustable so if you want to carry your your 32 ounce water bottle system or whatever you can do that with this in the front you can see there's an option for a pocket and this is an altoids pocket so if you wanted to carry some things in here like water purification tabs or extra fire starters uh like i've got some electrolyte beverage mix and stuff in here that you can add to your water that's a great way to do that and make sure that you have that essential kit when you venture out with you so just a beautiful system i'll give you a couple more close-ups of it again the heaviest and probably the more expensive option but if you want air loom quality gear and you just like traditional kit brass and leather this one will definitely suit you stitch gear outfitters leather bottle carrier [Music] all right so there you have my three favorite systems for carrying my grail geopress outside of my pack obviously if i'm carrying a pack that has space for it i can pack it in there but again once i get to camp i like that ability to carry my grill over the shoulder and go and scout around collect water and so forth without having to carry my full pack honestly to date the one of these that i've used the absolute most is the coglins i've been using that thing since i got my grail geopress and it served me well the stitch gear piece is something that i've gotten recently so i'm looking forward to carrying that more in the field just a beautiful piece the pathfinder molly bag i've used for years carrying a 32-ounce stainless bottle and cup set i've drugged those things all around i own about three of them so i know those work and they're good pieces that i've that i've used over time so anyhow i'm wondering do you guys use a grill in the field maybe you use the ultralight or the geopress if so comment down below i'd love to hear your thoughts on the grill and also do you use a different system with your grill i'm sure there's hundreds of options on the market for ways to carry this thing straps bags so forth so i'd love to hear from you down below share your ideas and how you carry your grill i want to thank you guys for your time interest and support if you're interested i'll add some links down below where you can check out the three systems that i'm using if you want to see the little more information or see them further or where to get those those links will be down below thank you again you guys take care be safe and until the next video god bless [Music] [Music] you

Channel: BLACK HAT BUSHCRAFT

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Keywords: grayl geopress, 3 systems to carry in the field, stitched gear outfitters, water bottle carrier, grayl ultralight, grayl water bottle, bushcraft kit, survival kit, water purification survival, water filter, Black Hat Bushcraft, Coghlans, self reliance outfitters, grayl geopress 24 oz water purifier

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Length: 11min 12sec (672 seconds)

Published: Mon Sep 13 2021