Mulepack (1 Viewer)

[Dave H]

It has been said many time before but I have just spent a day with my new Mulepack from Cley Spy and it is absolutely terrific. It was posted to me almost immediately upon ordering.

I was previously carrying my Opticron ES80 in my rucksack and hand carrying the aluminium tripod.

This bit of kit may have changed my life!

Dave
(no links to Cley Spy whatsoever)

 

[NoSpringChicken]

Hi Dave. The Mulepack is certainly an excellent piece of kit and, like you, it has transformed my scope usage. The only slight drawback is if you use your scope frequently while you are walking about as you have to keep removing the pack and extending the tripod legs, which takes a little time. However, I don't normally use my scope like that, so it is not a great problem for me.

I find the bag can take a surprising amount of odds and ends and the pouch in the pack itself is perfect for a couple of field guides and/or maps.

I am glad you are enjoying yours Dave. Cley Spy is an ace company (again no association with them apart from being a very satisfied customer.)

Ron

 

[joannec]

The Mulepack is certainly an excellent piece of kit....................
Ron

Completely agree. I have used mine for a year now at least once a week and I'd feel naked without it now. Sometimes I use it without the little bag, sometimes with it depending on how far I'm going and whether or not I need to bring my lunch.

And I've just learned what those little clips on the front straps are for...............if you want to clip your bins to them, you can.

 

[Sancho]

And I've just learned what those little clips on the front straps are for...............if you want to clip your bins to them, you can.

Thanks, joannec, I´d never even noticed the clips!

Congrats on Mulepack, Dave. Mine made carrying a big scope so easy that I all but abandoned using my Nikon ED50. And then I got into zoom ep´s, and hardly ever use a 30x. Funny how getting one bit of kit, albeit innocuous, can transform the way you use (or don´t use) lots of other bits of kit.

Odd thing is, I hardly ever carry anything in the mulepack, except maybe a lens pen.

 

[joannec]

Thanks, joannec, I´d never even noticed the clips!

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Well I haven't done it Sancho but..............I could if I wanted to but then there is the problem of how do you use your bins if you have you scope set up with the bins attached to the Mulepak and no strap to put around your neck?! :stuck:........................if you see what I mean.

 

[Sancho]

...if you see what I mean.

I do indeed, and the thought had occurred to me, even though interesting ones very rarely do. I suppose we could attach other useful items to the clips, like a compass, torch, whistle or Swiss Army knife. It would be like being in the boy-scouts. And we could stitch Merit Badges on the Mulepack.

 

[joannec]

I do indeed, and the thought had occurred to me, even though interesting ones very rarely do. I suppose we could attach other useful items to the clips, like a compass, torch, whistle or Swiss Army knife. It would be like being in the boy-scouts. And we could stitch Merit Badges on the Mulepack.

333...............you do make me laugh Sancho!

EDit: and then you could be rescued..............if necessary!

 

[NoSpringChicken]

I have some straps with quick release clips attached to the shoulder straps on my Mulepack and clip them onto a holster to carry my DSLR camera. It sits on my chest like one of those baby carrying devices which used to be all the rage. The weight of the camera is then carried on the Mulepack's straps rather than around my neck and the weight of the scope balances out the weight of the camera. As Joanne has indicated, there is the slight problem that I have to remove the camera before I can take the Mulepack off and I then have a holster with no shoulder strap. I am normally in a hide then so this isn't usually a problem. Aren't we a resourceful lot! Do I quality for a Mulecraft badge Sancho?

Ron

 

[joannec]

Do I quality for a Mulecraft badge Sancho?

Ron

I think you must get the Resourcefulness one, the Photography one and of course the the Outdoorsy one and if you camp out you can even have the Camping one.

 

[theconstantwalker]

Is there a "I love my mulepack" one??

 

[NoSpringChicken]

I think you must get the Resourcefulness one, the Photography one and of course the the Outdoorsy one and if you camp out you can even have the Camping one.

Dib dib dib. Thank you Akela Joanne. Unfortunately I failed my 'Extending The Legs On My Tripod Without Disturbing The Birders In The Hide' one. Never mind, there's plenty of time.

Ron

 

[Sancho]

:-OLOL! Jeez, you guys! You all get the "Cheer-Up-Sancho-After-Another-Irish-Woodpecker-Spat" Merit Badge! Congratulations, you are all now Mulepack Squirrel Rank.

 

[joannec]

:-OLOL! Jeez, you guys! You all get the "Cheer-Up-Sancho-After-Another-Irish-Woodpecker-Spat" Merit Badge! Congratulations, you are all now Mulepack Squirrel Rank.

Happy to have participated in the "Cheer up Sancho" badge but I missed the woodpecker spat.

EDit: Sorry Dave for helping this thread go off track.

 

[Kevin Purcell]

Well I haven't done it Sancho but..............I could if I wanted to but then there is the problem of how do you use your bins if you have you scope set up with the bins attached to the Mulepak and no strap to put around your neck?! :stuck:........................if you see what I mean.

As Joanne has indicated, there is the slight problem that I have to remove the camera before I can take the Mulepack off and I then have a holster with no shoulder strap. I am normally in a hide then so this isn't usually a problem. Aren't we a resourceful lot! Do I quality for a Mulecraft badge Sancho?

Ron

And the downside of this is you have to take the bins off when going into "ooh, ooh, what's that" mode and concentrating on the very exciting bird you've just spotted but can't fully ID. At this distracted point you fail to remove the bins when you put down the tripod you get a mouthful of bins.

I think someone else pointed out doing this when attaching their bins to their rucksack strap. Then just shrugging off the rucksack at their first stop (like they always did). Yikes, bin sandwich.