REVIEW: Crye Precision AVS™ Pack 1000

Crye Precision has created the Adaptive Vest System (AVS) ™, a fully modular system that can be customized for any mission. The idea behind it is to have a plate carrier where you can not only change caliber with magazine panels - as practiced by Mayflower and others - but also different plate pockets, cummerbunds, and front flaps. For comfort, you can also use pads and a harness - and for more volume, there is the AVS Pack 1000, which we would like to introduce to you today.

At first glance, the AVS 1000 looks quite simple. Just another assault pack? No, with the AVS, the love is in the details or the possibilities of how it can be worn.

Included in the delivery is a small manual (also available for download HERE) - this is the first time we needed a manual for a backpack. Unpacked, the backpack comes naked with a large bag full of buckles and straps, and you are initially hopelessly overwhelmed. However, it's actually quite simple. On the back of the backpack, two wide Velcro strips are sewn. The upper area also has a MOLLE loop and webbing to which the corresponding straps can be attached.

In our case - the regular backpack configuration - we only need the backpack straps, which are attached directly, with the wide Velcro band on the back part of the backpack serving both for fixation and size adjustment. All that's left to do is attach the short counterpieces at the bottom of the backpack and connect both strap parts to be ready to carry the pack.

To increase comfort, the back pad is also attached to the Velcro, and a sternum strap is attached to the shoulder straps at the front.

The instruction pictures clearly show which parts are needed for each configuration.

Other configuration options for the AVS 1000 pack include:

- AVS Self-ACCESS: Here, the pack is attached with straps so that it can be lifted over the shoulder and accessed by oneself

- AVS Semi-Fixed: The pack is only fixed to the plate carrier with Fastex. It can be quickly removed (with help) - This configuration, however, will not be particularly stable

- Fixed (Plate Bag): The back part of the plate carrier is not used, only the harness and the back plate are worn in the AVS 1000

- MOLLE Attach: Provides more stability compared to the semi-fixed configuration, but loses flexibility

- JPC Fixed Configuration: Even if you use "just" a JPC Plate Carrier, you can still use the AVS Pack - the skeletonized cummerbund of the JPC is simply inserted into the vertical MOLLE loops and connected. Then the AVS back pad is placed over it, and the AVS also serves as a plate bag here

The wearing comfort with pad and chest strap is exceptionally good. This is due, among other things, to the preformed and padded shoulder straps that fit perfectly.

They also have elastic loops for cables and hydration hoses on each side, as well as additional vertical MOLLE loops that can be used for the chest strap, for example.

The backpack is reported to have a volume of 16 liters. In comparison with a Haley D3 Flatpack (4/11 liters - Review HERE on SPARTANAT) and a Camelbak HAWG (23 liters - Review HERE on SPARTANAT), you can see that this volume is realistically stated.

The features of the AVS are kept simple - there are two flat, hand-sized zippered pockets on the front without further division.

Below is another zipper compartment that covers 3/4 of the backpack length, also without further division.

On the left side, there is a spacious, elastic pocket for water bottles.

Opposite, you will find 3x3 rows of MOLLE for individual attachment. Additionally, two compression straps are located on both sides. All zippers are of high quality and have long zipper pulls made of paracord with ITW paracord stoppers and are covered with shrink tubing. The straps have an elastic band for excess strap material. Unfortunately, there is no Velcro area for patches, which is a shame.

The main compartment is spacious and has an elastic compartment for hydration bladders on the back.

This is where the plates can also be inserted, which are then fixed with straps and Fastex closures through the provided slits on the back wall of the framesheet.

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