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[Shortie]

THANK YOU for being the first person to photograph these fabric colors side by side. Super helpful to see the visual comparison made in the same frame.

Anyone able to photograph Acai next to Ultraviolet just to see the differences between those two colors?

Açaí vs. Ultraviolet keystrap and Plum Cordura pouch.I have owned Ultraviolet and Alphaviolet items and Açaí is much darker, between grape jelly and the skin of a red plum.

[Chicagoan]

I actually do own a Plum Cordura FJN (it's sitting in my lap right now while I make some notes) so that's a good basis for comparison, at least for me!

Thanks again for the helpful pictures, Shortie.

[epeterson]

I've commented before about the SG23 being a great shopping pack, so here are some pictures. I am a nice walking distance from a shopping area with a mall and groceries, and I prefer to walk there to do my shopping. A backpack is better than shop bags for this purpose -- I can keep my hands/arms free, and the pack is more comfortable for heavy loads than shop bags. This wasn't a heavy load at all, but it was bulky. I carried back a pair of Blundstones (in the box!!) and a small amount of groceries, packed around the box and in the brain. The very nice gentleman at the shoe store was impressed I could fit the box in my backpack, and he asked who made the pack :p

I realized once I got home that I should have gotten the SG23's photo taken with the mall Santa. Oh well, missed opportunities...

[dirkhaun]

Don't say a word, G42 ...



Yes, these are a Steel/Sangria "Small" and a Viridian/Cautious Ripstop "Large" Grab Bag.

[G42]

Don't say a word, G42 ...

Yes, these are a Steel/Sangria "Small" and a Viridian/Cautious Ripstop "Large" Grab Bag.

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[KGG]

Seconding the photo request of açaí next to ultraviolet, if any of you don’t mind and have the time. Please and thank you. 🙂

[moriond]

My açai items should show up on Tuesday (I shipped to the east coast where I'm staying for the holidays so it's taking a while) and I have a UV YSS with me, if no one else gets to it, but it would be great to see more photos in the wild from everyone.

Also haven't seen many VPC photos yet from folks...

I really like the Vertical Packing Cubelets. I just received a batch of these, including Açai for comparison with Moab. My impulse is to refer to these as 3DVOCs (3D Vertical Organizing Cubes). They are really sized both for beverages (500 liter bottles) and liquid toiletries -- a much better fit than using an Everyday Cubelet. Height matches the Side Kick


Here's an example of Açai in the vertical and 3D fabric OCs. In the foreground I've inverted a Black Halcyon/ Moab Side Kick. Açai goes really nicely with Fjord, which is the color of my Snake Charmer that was released in limited edition Halcyon colors around Thanksgiving 2016. Also shown for comparison in front of the Açai 3D Fabric Organizer Cube are NIk's Wallet in Nordic Halcyon (the one I've been using since they came out). To the right is Night Walk, and in front is Black Halcyon. The color contrast of the picture makes is hard to see, because the light grid is relatively suppressed by the resolution on the color background, but Nordic and Night Walk are considerably more "matte" in the appearance of the grid than in Black Halcyon.

Here's another color comparison. Vertical Cublets in Moab (front left) and Açai (back right, holding the 500 ml bottles in the above picture). The Small Grab Bag shown with the Grass outside color and the Aubergine tones on the side is Mistah J (of the sequence with City Blues and Montana). You can see that I can make the color work with Açai, but not really with Moab. For comparison, an Everyday Cubelet in Wasabi is shown in the front right. It's wider and shorter than the 3D VOC. You could one of these into a Side Kick, it wouldn't "marsupialize" as well as two 3DVOCs. On the other hand, while I can just fit a Kindle Paperwhite in the 3DVOC, it's actually better carried in an Everyday Cubelet.


Here's a composite of the Cubelets and recent small grab bags. The vertical cubelet colors are Taiga and Moab, and the Kindle Paperwhite is in front of the Wasabi Everyday Cubelet and to the right of the inverted Black Halcyon/ Moab SIde Kick. In the back are small grab bags Broadway and Mistah J. and newer offerings in Coyote Diamondback/Navy 420 Parapack and Logic 630 Recycled/Steel 420 Parapack. (I wouldn't have ordered Diamondback without @MatthewR's description of its texture when he was asked whether it was like piscine)

It's different, but you're right that it does look similar. It even reflects light in a really similar way.

The Diamondback has a larger ripstop pattern than the Piscine, and to my fingers it has a slightly stiffer hand.

Here's a shot that compares Açai and Moab vertical cubelets (with 500 ml bottles in the open Cubelet) and the Wasabi Everyday Cubelet with a Kindle Paperwhite overlaid.


And here's a shot of the Small Grab Bags.

HTH

moriond

[Chicagoan]

I really like the Vertical Packing Cubelets. I just received a batch of these, including Açai for comparison with Moab. My impulse is to refer to these as 3DVOCs (3D Vertical Organizing Cubes). They are really sized both for beverages (500 liter bottles) and liquid toiletries -- a much better fit than using an Everyday Cubelet. Height matches the Side Kick


Here's an example of Açai in the vertical and 3D fabric OCs. In the foreground I've inverted a Black Halcyon/ Moab Side Kick. Açai goes really nicely with Fjord, which is the color of my Snake Charmer that was released in limited edition Halcyon colors around Thanksgiving 2016. Also shown for comparison in front of the Açai 3D Fabric Organizer Cube are NIk's Wallet in Nordic Halcyon (the one I've been using since they came out). To the right is Night Walk, and in front is Black Halcyon. The color contrast of the picture makes is hard to see, because the light grid is relatively suppressed by the resolution on the color background, but Nordic and Night Walk are considerably more "matte" in the appearance of the grid than in Black Halcyon.

Here's another color comparison. Vertical Cublets in Moab (front left) and Açai (back right, holding the 500 ml bottles in the above picture). The Small Grab Bag shown with the Grass outside color and the Aubergine tones on the side is Mistah J (of the sequence with City Blues and Montana). You can see that I can make the color work with Açai, but not really with Moab. For comparison, an Everyday Cubelet in Wasabi is shown in the front right. It's wider and shorter than the 3D VOC. You could one of these into a Side Kick, it wouldn't "marsupialize" as well as two 3DVOCs. On the other hand, while I can just fit a Kindle Paperwhite in the 3DVOC, it's actually better carried in an Everyday Cubelet.


Here's a composite of the Cubelets and recent small grab bags. The vertical cubelet colors are Taiga and Moab, and the Kindle Paperwhite is in front of the Wasabi Everyday Cubelet and to the right of the inverted Black Halcyon/ Moab SIde Kick. In the back are small grab bags Broadway and Mistah J. and newer offerings in Coyote Diamondback/Navy 420 Parapack and Logic 630 Recycled/Steel 420 Parapack. (I wouldn't have ordered Diamondback without @MatthewR's description of its texture when he was asked whether it was like piscine)



Here's a shot that compares Açai and Moab vertical cubelets (with 500 ml bottles in the open Cubelet) and the Wasabi Everyday Cubelet with a Kindle Paperwhite overlaid.


And here's a shot of the Small Grab Bags.

HTH

moriond

Don't let Nick Cage try and steal you, moriond, because you're a National Treasure.

Thanks for sharing the pictures!

Does anyone out there own both Acai and Ultraviolet Halcyon items they can photograph next to another?

[KCam]

Here is an ultraviolet shop bag and an acai vertical packing cubelet. Hope this helps.

[Chicagoan]

Here is an ultraviolet shop bag and an acai vertical packing cubelet. Hope this helps.

Perfect! Thank you, KCam!

[G42]

More Açai photos... Trying to show that it's actually closer to (though a touch darker than) Violet Aether

Left to right, Violet Aether, Açai Halcyon, Dawn Ballistic, Sangria Cerylon, Ultraviolet Halcyon
Indoor lighting, shifts the colors


Bright direct winter sunlight with shadows, more colour shift
Violet/Açai/UV
Sangria/Dawn

[KGG]

Thank you all!

[moriond]

A quick addition to the color combo optionsll
Moab and Taiga vertical cubelets at top left. Fjord snake charmer top right.
Plum Cordura mesh 3D organizer cube, Size 1 Ultraviolet travel pouch (old style with 2 eyelets)
Ultraviolet cubelet, Açaí vertical cubelet (open), Size 3 Ultraviolet travel pouch (old style with 2 eyelets)

[G42]

Instead of putting them in my stocking, Santa hung halcyon keystraps on the tree for me to find instead.

[latchford]

Black Ballistic 525/Tidal 200 Halcyon Smart Alec and its human in a completely empty gym on new year’s morning. Happy 2023! 🍾🎉