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GR1

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$197.5 $395 In stock

Category: RUCKS & GEAR

FROM BAGHDAD TO NYC

GR1® was built to thrive in Baghdad and NYC and has been tested and proven by Green Berets to meet the life or death standards of quality, toughness, and performance. It has proven itself the world over and earned its “Greatest Of All Time” status the hard way: one deployment, one event, one trip, one mile at a time. 1,000 Events/year, 175,000+ participants, and 200+ Special Forces Cadre later, the GORUCK Challenge is the most significant quality control program of its kind. No other bag is consistently put through more abuse, and GR1 thrives.

The GR1 is built with a minimalist approach in mind and includes only the necessary features of an everyday carry rucksack: a bombproof laptop compartment, opens flat for easy packing, and built with Special Forces grade materials.

Proven to Special Forces standards, GR1 is synonymous with the best of American Manufacturing. Each GR1 is built to last and comes with our Scars Lifetime Guarantee.

Product Features

  • Quick access zipper pocket under the top handle
  • Opens Flat making it easier to pack and organize
  • Extra Padded Shoulder straps and top handle to carry heavier loads more comfortably
  • YKK zippers with silent, glove friendly zipper pulls
  • Bombproof Laptop Compartment next to your back is extra reinforced
  • Multiple Pockets: 3 internal pockets
  • MOLLE Attachments: 3 rows of external and internal MOLLE webbing
  • Rainproof: highly water resistant aka rainproof
  • Perfect Travel Size: TSA Compliant
  • Scars Lifetime Guarantee
  • Overbuilt in the USA

Products Spec and Materials

21L

  • Primary Material: 1000D Cordura
  • Back Panel Material

    Multicam Arid: 500D Cordura
    DCU Camo: 210D Cordura
    All other colors: 1000D Cordura

  • Dimensions: 11.5"W x 18"H x 5.5"D
  • Weight: 2.8 LBS
  • Laptop Protection: Fits most 15" laptops
  • External Slant Pocket: 11"W x 10"H / 26L: 11.5"W x 12.5"H
  • Internal Elastic Pocket: 21L: 11"W x 10"H
  • Internal Mesh Pocket: 21L: 11"W x 10"H
  • Internal Cordura Pocket: 21L: 11"W x 6"H

26L

  • Primary Material: 1000D Cordura
  • Back Panel Material

    Multicam Arid: 500D Cordura
    DCU Camo: 210D Cordura
    All other colors: 1000D Cordura

  • Dimensions: 12"W x 20"H x 6.75"D
  • Weight: 3.1 LBS
  • Laptop Protection: Fits most 16" laptops
  • External Slant Pocket: 11.5"W x 12.5"H
  • Internal Elastic Pocket: 11.5"W x 11"H
  • Internal Mesh Pocket: 11.5"W x 12.5"H
  • Internal Cordura Pocket: 11.5"W x 6"H

Special Forces grade materials

Cordura is the preferred material for all Special Forces Rucks because it is resistant to the rigors of everything, including war. It's tried and tested. Black backpack on wooden floor with a laptop partially visible in the main compartment.

Customer Reviews (4.8 / 5 · 5 reviews)

Emily F. ★★★★★

Carried this through two deployments and a year of daily city commuting—the frame sheet keeps heavy loads stable without digging into your shoulders, and the whole thing still looks like day one. That Baghdad-to-NYC toughness claim isn't marketing, it's just what this bag does.

Sebastian P. ★★★★★

Carried this through two weeks of field exercises in the rain and dust, and the stitching hasn't budged an inch. The main compartment’s layout makes quick access to gear feel instinctive, which matters when every second counts. It’s the toughest bag I’ve owned, plain and simple.

Evelyn H. ★★★★★

The main compartment swallows everything I throw at it, and after a year of daily subway commutes plus a few muddy trail days, the stitching still looks factory-new. It's heavy when empty, but that's the price for bombproof construction.