Marsupial
Featherweight Bird System
- Description of Vest
- Base price $300 - $310
- Weight: 3.22Lbs
- Versatile Modular Belt System with standard MOLLE system components. Standard MOLLE system is weaving a nylon strap through the MOLLE system and snapping into place. The Modular Belt System allows you to build your own vest with interchangeable components.
- Modular Hip Belt $70
- Modular Yoke $55
- Small Bird Bag $60
- Hydration Pack $135 (not included in Featherweight Bird System package)
- Large Shotgun Shell Pouch $35
- Small Shotgun Shell Pouch $30
- Water Bottle Pouch x2 at $30each
- Total Cost of Vest Reviewed $435
- Game Bag overview and Specs and features (16” x 8” x 4”)
- Small Bird Bag weight: 10oz
- Small Bird Bag/Game Bag is a run and gun style vest, its low profile is good for thick cover and short hunts. The bag can compress and expand with snaps on each side of the bag. Built for Quail and Dove hunting.
- 1000D Cordura exterior. Lined with a water-resistant line so you can turn it inside out to wash away blood and debris
- Has 8” x 6” zippered pocket with MOLLE Webbing on back.
- Marsupial sells multiple sizes and styles of pockets to attach to the small bird/game bag that gives the hunter added storage in a good hauling position.
- Can be used with or without Modular Yoke (Shoulder harness)
- Added MOLLE webbing to rear of bird bag for additional pouches to be installed
- Shell pocket Specs and features SM (6.5” x 6” x 3”) LG (6.5” x 8” x 3”)
- Shotgun shell pouch weight 5oz
- Dual Zip pouches are made with 1000D Cordura.
- Interior zippered pocket measures roughly 4” x 5” on small pouch and 6”x 5” on the large pouch.
- Gusseted front panel for expansion and extra storage space.
- The large pouch holds two boxes of shells while the small shotgun shell pouch will hold one box.
- Attaches to Hip Belt using Universal MOLLE system
- Shoulder Harness Specs and features
- Modular Yoke weight 9oz
- Easily attaches/detaches from Belt using Gate Keeper buckles along with the Universal MOLLE system
- Rows of MOLLE webbing and loops on back for multiple attachment points
- There are shoulder attachment points for accessories like an electronics pouch, tethering or a strapping point for a hydration hose. The shoulder straps have an adjustable sternum strap that keeps the shoulder straps from slipping.
- Padded shoulder harness provides additional support to the belt system. Contoured shoulder straps provide technical fitment for the active user, did not interfere with shotgun placement.
- Added handle to top of Yoke for easy carrying
- Waist Belt Overview
- Modular Hip Belt weight 10oz
- The comfortable padded hip belt has MOLLE webbing throughout the belt along with multiple loops for easy customizable yoke and accessory attachment. Uses 2" Mil-Spec dual adjust buckle in front.
- The belt’s design makes the belt very versatile as it is made for more than upland use.
- Available Sizes and Options
- Colors: Coyote Brown, Ranger Green, Blaze Orange
- Waist Sizes: Small / Medium fits up to 36" Large / X-Large fits up 42"
- Pros
- Made in the USA.
- Color options. The vest has multiple color options on each accessory.
- Extremely light. The weight of the Marsupial Featherweight system unloaded is only 3.22 lbs which includes the 13.5oz Hydration pack.
- The belt was extremely comfortable and held up well to the weight distribution of heavy loads.
- Water bottle pouches are built to hold many sizes of bottles. Rigid enough to stay open for easy water bottle placement.
- Hydration pack added more storage and pockets to the system, easily attachable and detachable from yoke and belt systems.
- No Velcro
- MOLLE system webbing all over the vest. I really like that feature. It gives me the option of adding an endless amount of options
- QUALITY OF PRODUCT
- VERSATILITY!!!
- Cons
- The size of the featherweight bird bag. This is just based off our preferences. We prefer bigger, more open bird bags, that allow airflow on birds.
- Took some time to get used to the access to the bird bag, as our water bottles slightly blocked the opening to the bird bag.
- Value: The quality and versatility of this system are top notch.
- UPLAND ARIZONA SCORE (1-10) 8.0
- Side Note:
- After we were done with the Featherweight Bird System review, we got ahold of Marsupial's new Upland Bird Bag. We can tell you that this system now sets the standard for Upland Vests/Belt Systems. The Upland Bird bag takes this system to an Upland Arizona Score of 9.0