This review focuses on another part of the Karrimor Personal Load Carrying Equipment (PLCE) system. I already talked about my pockets in my previous Karrimor SF Sabre 60-100 review on this site. The last part of the system I am reviewing is the yoke assembly. The yoke is a lightweight harness that can be used to convert two (or three) Karrimor Sabre and Predator PLCE pockets into a small daypack. The yoke weighs approximately 8 ounces and folds small. I plan on carrying one in my INCH pack in case I have to ditch my main pack or for use as a small day pack when at camp.
Picture of the yoke folded up. My hand is there for a size reference. It can also be compacted more as far as the height goes, but it tends to settle to that height when nothing is holding it compressed.
The yoke harness spread out. The photo was taken on my kitchen table. The place mat under the yoke is a typical dinner place mat for size reference.
The first step to attaching the PLCE (Sabre or Predator) is to zip the pouches together. There is not a left or right pouch. They can be zipped together on either side as only one side the pockets has a zipper pull, and all of the zipper pulls are on the same side.
The next step is to lay the yoke down with the back closest to you. The harness should be set with the plastic clips pointing up. The back of the yoke has the mesh back material. The top of the yoke has the four male plastic clips seen on the left side of the photo.
The next step is connect the four male clips on the top of the yoke to the female clips on the top of the pocket. Each pocket is connected to two clips on each side of side of the yoke harness.
After the top is attached, the bottom of the yoke harness has a male clip on each side which connects to the inner female clip on each pocket.
The waist strap of the yoke harness gets threaded through the sewn loop on each side. This helps keep the waist strap accessible.
Each shoulder strap has one male clip that gets connected to the outer female clip on each pocket. I am holding the strap out to make this more visible. The yoke is now ready to wear as a back pack. If desired, the two pockets can be unzipped to increase ventilation. The process is the same regardless of the type of pockets used except for the fact the Predator pockets do not have the webbing to secure the yoke's waist strap.