{"id":2195,"date":"2018-01-19T14:43:25","date_gmt":"2018-01-19T06:43:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nargalzius.com\/blog\/?p=2195"},"modified":"2018-01-19T19:03:41","modified_gmt":"2018-01-19T11:03:41","slug":"subtech-pro-drybag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nargalzius.com\/blog\/archives\/2018\/01\/19\/subtech-pro-drybag","title":{"rendered":"Subtech Pro Drybag"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Subtech pro dry bag is a 45-liter waterproof duffle style bag that is over-engineered in its durability. It can be used as a backpack or a regular hand carry bag and the sealing design doesn’t stop at making it waterproof – but airtight – which is quite a claim to have.<\/p>\n\n

Unlike other products that promise things and then fall short of expectations, by design, this bag – even in its prototype stage – was being tested by athletes in various situations. One particularly memorable (and totally extra) demo video I saw was having someone dive into a pool with the bag (in backpack mode) filled with air – from a proper competition diving platform – just to demonstrate how solid the seams\/connections were.<\/p>\n

Features<\/h1>\n
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Apart from being able to use it as a backpack, it also has a removable and inflatable<\/strong> shockproof inner lining system (that entire yellow thing you can see in the picture. If you look closely enough, you can also see the inflation valve<\/a> which gives it its shockproof characteristics at the expense of total volume capacity. Of course, inflation is optional.<\/p>\n

The bag has one single zippered opening running diagonally<\/a> – and the actual hardware used is no joke:<\/p>\n

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The zipper system (rails\/etc) is yuuuge.<\/em> The zipper pull, if you can’t figure it out by looking at it – was meant to be “hooked” onto by your fingers – so vertical part goes through your fingers, and the horizontal part locks behind<\/em> them. Which is great because the type of hardware used to achieve proper sealing requires a bit of mechanical advantage to pull on the zipper in either direction (and to make sure it’s fully zipped when closed). I just added the paracord loops for extra leverage.<\/p>\n

Impressions<\/h1>\n

There’s really nothing much more to talk about as far as its function as a bag goes: it can hold 45L (less if you inflate the internal lining) worth of stuff – and is waterproof. <\/p>\n

But it being airtight was always something that I wanted to confirm for myself. I mean sure I’ve seen the videos – but it’s still different to actually know for sure. So I sealed it up, put something heavy on top of it.<\/p>\n

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And if that didn’t convince you – let me do one better: I took it to the beach and treated it as a flotation device.<\/p>\n

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