{"id":969,"date":"2019-11-07T17:12:53","date_gmt":"2019-11-07T17:12:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thepetigrureview.com\/?page_id=969"},"modified":"2019-11-07T17:12:53","modified_gmt":"2019-11-07T17:12:53","slug":"williard","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thepetigrureview.com\/?page_id=969","title":{"rendered":"Gregg Williard"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Top Customer Reviews<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTop Customer Reviews on the Endurance Solo Hawk I Tactical Backpack 1175 versus the Hawk II 1175B\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Customer Comments:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rick<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Clean rugged every day urban and wilderness back pack<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

May 19<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Color: Wolverine Gray<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Clean, rugged everyday urban and wilderness back pack. A good go-bag for throwing in the trunk for a day, weekend or extended hike, camping, climbing or survival game, Reserve maneuvers or Reg. Army recon or patrol. Tough and simple, like me! Triple stitched heavy grade metal zippers with vinyl-coat teeth, (like me! No, kidding!!) and wide generous clam-shell maw, and padded straps with keeper loops, storgy waterproofing, exterior and interior shovel pockets, adjustable dividers, extra throw-in daisy chains, side compression straps, and upper and lower MOLLE (that\u2019s Modular Lightweight Load Carrying Equipment, for you gear-heads out there, like me!) strapping, AND rubber gasketed hydration and head phone\/ear bud wire holes at top, AND sides! Rugged, no-nonsense, no-frills, easy to be with, all-around great investment! Like me!!!!
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Customer Comments:
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Miriam<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ric, stop talking about yourself and evaluate the product with some objectivity<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

May 20<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Color: Probably white middle class
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Stop talking about yourself and evaluate the product with some objectivity. Keep on topic and don\u2019t  indulge in jokey self-promotion and gear-head fetishism. These comments sections are for consumer reviews and sensible advice. There\u2019s no comparison here between the Hawk I and Hawk II, which is supposed to be the topic of your review. So let me say right out that the Hawk II is vastly superior to the I. Size matters, Rick. Also, real padding in the backstraps (the Hawk I\u2019s padding is thin and only on the upper half of the straps. The II has thicker padding  and stitching on the upper and lower, making the straps less likely to snap from weight bearing, but also if gripped from the bottom, which happens if you travel by plane or train a lot, as I do, and your bag faces the abuse of underpaid and part-time baggage carrier personnel who hate themselves, hate you, and, above all, hate the \u201cgearhead\u201d pretension of your Solo Hawk Backpack). Because, let\u2019s face it, the Endurance brand has an attitude. Sort of wanna-be military, but with too many bells and whistles working too hard to not look like bells and whistles. Crawl through a tunnel or thistles or sand dunes with your MOLLE daisy-chain regalia and see how much of it is torn off, ruined by sand and dirt or dumped and buried because it catches on shit or makes noise.  Sure, I love the backpacks. Clamshell makes better spatial and aesthetic sense than shovel and stuff. But if you\u2019re true military you\u2019re probably spending part of your deploy and mission time in choppers, Humvees, tanks or trucks. Your backpack is on the floor between your feet. There isn\u2019t enough width to spread a clamshell and pick through dividers. It\u2019s open top, dig-in, pull out. No wonder baggage workers hate you. They\u2019re probably all vets strung out on PTSD and flashing back on your ugly ass glory stomper bag. It\u2019s a backpack, not an identity.
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Customer Comments:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rick<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jeeze, excuse me for existing, Miriam<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

May 20<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Color: pissed off and hurt red-green<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jeeze, excuse me for existing, Miriam. I presume from your obvious knowledge and experience that you are a veteran, and you have my respect and gratitude for your great service to our country for that. I\u2019ve never had any trouble with baggage handlers. Not that I travel all that much. I\u2019m kind of a stay-at-home sort of guy. I don\u2019t do survival games, except in my head. I just take hikes. Really, more like long walks. Sometimes just to Walgreens or the library. But I always take my pack. I am not a veteran and have never served. I\u2019m just a guy who likes to walk around and have a good pack with me for whatever comes up. Not that much comes up. Mostly I just want a pack to take my laptop to the coffee shop, or to carry home books I find in our local Little Library. I\u2019m a gear-head, yeah. I like stuff. Equipment, and such. And yeah, I\u2019m a white dude and middle class, I guess. I don\u2019t want a bag for combat, just for fun. It\u2019s all just for fun. I\u2019m a fun guy! What\u2019s wrong with that?
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Customer Comments:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Miriam<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s none of your business whether I\u2019m a veteran or not<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

May 21<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Color: none of your business <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s none of your business whether I\u2019m a veteran or not. Also, no one cares if you\u2019re a fun guy or not. I\u2019m not a fun gal. I pack my shit and take off and disappear for a few days so I don\u2019t have to see anyone or talk to anyone or smile at stupid shit. I live out of my pack to be alone and far away from anybody. I\u2019ve used it to camp out, to survive homelessness, and to go hunting for food. It\u2019s not fun. It\u2019s survival. I couldn\u2019t afford the Endurance Solo Hawk II. I stole it from an outdoors store, along with a bunch of MRE\u2019s and Clif Bars, because they treated me like garbage and a moron when I asked questions about the stitching. I know stitching. I\u2019ve stitched boots, sails, circus tents, knock-off Gucci bags and flesh. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Customer Comments:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rick<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Please don\u2019t be so angry at me I\u2019m not a bad person<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

May 22<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Color: Same bag.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Please don\u2019t be angry at me I\u2019m not a bad person. It sounds like you have had a very interesting life and have many useful skills and a lot to offer. I don\u2019t know why you want to be alone so much or about your homelessness or other challenges. I am not being condescending. I have a good job now but I had a stretch in rehab and lived out of my car and have had my own share of difficulties, maybe not much compared with some people and I know as a white sort of  middle class man I have certain automatic advantages in this society that it is easy to take for granted, but I try not to take anything for granted, anymore. I really do. Maybe that\u2019s why I always pack my bag and take it with me, with water, something to eat, an extra shirt and socks, my laptop, something to read, my journal and sketchbook and phone and change. I don\u2019t know what\u2019s going to happen next and I want to be ready. I find the Endurance Solo Hawk I excellent for these purposes. That\u2019s even going to Walgreens for my medication. I take an antidepressant. I\u2019m sorry if I offended you. If you would ever like to take a walk with me in the South Cambridge area, you will know me by my Wolverine-Gray Endurance Solo Hawk I backpack, with a yellow reflector strip down the back because I like to walk at night. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Customer Comments:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Miriam<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You\u2019ve got to be frigging kidding me<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

May 23<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Color:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You\u2019ve got to be frigging kidding me. You\u2019re hitting on me through a customer comment section? No, wait, I\u2019ll bet you\u2019re a shill for Endurance Bags. Is that the good job that you\u2019ve got now, Rick? You\u2019d better hope I never run into you in the South Cambridge area. I\u2019ll rip your lousy Endurance Solo Hawk I right off your back. Like I said, it\u2019s not hard because of the lack of reinforcement in the lower straps. Watch out!
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Customer Comments:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rick<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s not true<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

May 23<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Color:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s not true.
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Customer Comments:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Miriam<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Too late Ric<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

May 24<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Color:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Too late Rick.
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Customer Comments:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Miriam<\/p>\n\n\n\n

OK I think I saw you<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

May 25<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Color:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

OK. I think I saw you. Wolverine Gray Endurance I, yellow reflective strip. You\u2019ve got short gray hair. A little wolverine.
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Customer Comments: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Miriam<\/p>\n\n\n\n

OK I think I saw you maybe I was kind of harsh<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

May 26<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Color: Wolverine Gray<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ok, I think I saw you. Maybe I was kind of harsh.
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Customer Comments:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Miriam<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rick<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

May 28<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Color:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rick?
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Customer Comments:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Miriam<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hey<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

June 2<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Color:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Customer Comments:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rick<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hey<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

July 19th<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Color:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hey. 
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Customer Comments:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Miriam<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sorry<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

July 21<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Color:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sorry.
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Customer Comments:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rick<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Want to meet up sometime <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

July 22<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Color:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Want to meet up sometime? Coffee?
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Customer Comments:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Miriam<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yeah<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

July22<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Color:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yeah. Ok. Sure.
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Customer Comments:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Miriam<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is going to sound weird<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

July 23<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Color: Indescribable<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is going to sound weird, but I want you to do something before we meet up. I want you to take out everything in your pack, I mean everything, and reach all the way down to the main section, to the lining along the very bottom. Try it right now. Reach along the bottom. Do you feel something like very thick stitches, almost like sutures? They\u2019re kind of rough, as if sewn by hand with a thick needle. And when you follow these sutures all across the bottom of your bag you\u2019ll feel a little edge, like the flap of a pocket. It doesn\u2019t make sense because this is the bottom of your bag and a pocket would just open up to nothing. But it is a pocket and it opens up to something. A lot of something. 
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Customer Comments:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Miriam<\/p>\n\n\n\n

OK I\u2019m in <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

July 23<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Color:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

OK I\u2019m in. My hand is going through a hole in the bottom of the bag. I can see light and feel wind. But my hand is not coming through the bottom of the bag from the outside. From the outside there is no opening in the bottom of my bag. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am going to reach in with both hands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I put both hands in and pull the opening wider. It keeps getting bigger. A lot bigger. I can pull it open until it\u2019s big enough to crawl through. Do you understand, Rick? The hole in the bottom of my backpack is now bigger than the pack. Big enough to crawl through. I can see grass, and sunlight, and hear birds and wind and something like thunder. Should I crawl through it? I\u2019m sitting here outside the bag with my phone typing this to you now and waiting for your answer, and if you don\u2019t answer in the next minute I\u2019m crawling through without you and I don\u2019t know what\u2019s on the other side or if my phone will work or if you\u2019ll be there or if anything will be there but I\u2019m going through\u2014in one minute\u2014if you don\u2019t answer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Customer Comments:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rick<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m already on the other side<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

July 23<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Color:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m already on the other side. It\u2019s like our world, but it isn\u2019t. Not at all. I don\u2019t know what it\u2019s like. I feel a hopefulness here. Maybe hopefulness is the wrong word. It\u2019s like I have hope because I\u2019m finally meant to be somewhere, but it\u2019s also dangerous. I feel like there is something very dangerous, very close, and it\u2019s my job to stop it, before it\u2019s too late. And I think it\u2019s a one-way thing, Miriam. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When I came out of the bag and set my feet on the ground, the bag disappeared. No more Endurance Solo Hawk backpack. No more opening into whatever I left behind. I\u2019m stuck. Don\u2019t come through. I\u2019m meant to be here. To try and stop the bad stuff coming. But not you. Don\u2019t come through. I\u2019m sorry.
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Customer Comments:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Miriam
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Wait<\/strong>
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July 23
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Color:
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Wait. I told you I’ve always lived out of my pack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maybe wherever you are
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I’m coming through.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Gregg Williard lives in Madison, Wisconsin. His fiction and non-fiction  has been published or is forthcoming in Shenandoah, New England Review, Into the Void and Queen Mob’s Tea House, among others. He manages refugee ESL services for the non-profit Literacy Network, and does a late night book reading show, “Fiction Jones” on WORT community radio.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Top Customer Reviews \u201cTop Customer Reviews on the Endurance Solo Hawk I Tactical Backpack 1175 versus the Hawk II 1175B\u201d Customer Comments: Rick Clean rugged every day urban and wilderness back pack May 19 Color: Wolverine Gray Clean, rugged everyday urban and wilderness back pack. A good go-bag for throwing in the trunk for a day, weekend or extended hike, camping, climbing or survival game, Reserve maneuvers or Reg. Army recon or patrol. Tough and simple, like me! Triple stitched heavy grade metal zippers with vinyl-coat teeth, (like me! No, kidding!!) and wide generous clam-shell maw, and padded straps with keeper loops, storgy waterproofing, exterior and interior shovel pockets, adjustable dividers, extra throw-in daisy chains, side compression straps, and upper and lower MOLLE (that\u2019s Modular Lightweight Load Carrying Equipment, for you gear-heads out there, like me!) strapping, AND rubber gasketed hydration and head phone\/ear bud wire holes at top, AND sides! Rugged, no-nonsense, no-frills, easy to be with, all-around great investment! Like me!!!! Customer Comments: Miriam Ric, stop talking about yourself and evaluate the product with some objectivity May 20 Color: Probably white middle class Stop talking about yourself and evaluate the product with some objectivity. Keep on topic and don\u2019t  indulge in jokey self-promotion and gear-head fetishism. These comments sections are for consumer reviews and sensible advice. There\u2019s no comparison here between the Hawk I and Hawk II, which is supposed to be the topic of your review. So let me say right out that the Hawk II is vastly superior to the I. Size matters, Rick. Also, real padding in the backstraps (the Hawk I\u2019s padding is thin and only on the upper half of the straps. The II has thicker padding  and stitching on the upper and lower, making the straps less likely to snap from weight bearing, but also if gripped from the bottom, which happens if you travel by plane or train a lot, as I do, and your bag faces the abuse of underpaid and part-time baggage carrier personnel who hate themselves, hate you, and, above all, hate the \u201cgearhead\u201d pretension of your Solo Hawk Backpack). Because, let\u2019s face it, the Endurance brand has an attitude. Sort of wanna-be military, but with too many bells and whistles working too hard to not look like bells and whistles. Crawl through a tunnel or thistles or sand dunes with your MOLLE daisy-chain regalia and see how much of it is torn off, ruined by sand and dirt or dumped and buried because it catches on shit or makes noise.  Sure, I love the backpacks. Clamshell makes better spatial and aesthetic sense than shovel and stuff. But if you\u2019re true military you\u2019re probably spending part of your deploy and mission time in choppers, Humvees, tanks or trucks. Your backpack is on the floor between your feet. There isn\u2019t enough width to spread a clamshell and pick through dividers. It\u2019s open top, dig-in, pull out. No wonder baggage workers hate you. They\u2019re probably all vets strung out on PTSD and flashing back on your ugly ass glory stomper bag. It\u2019s a backpack, not an identity. Customer Comments: Rick Jeeze, excuse me for existing, Miriam May 20 Color: pissed off and hurt red-green Jeeze, excuse me for existing, Miriam. I presume from your obvious knowledge and experience that you are a veteran, and you have my respect and gratitude for your great service to our country for that. I\u2019ve never had any trouble with baggage handlers. Not that I travel all that much. I\u2019m kind of a stay-at-home sort of guy. I don\u2019t do survival games, except in my head. I just take hikes. Really, more like long walks. Sometimes just to Walgreens or the library. But I always take my pack. I am not a veteran and have never served. I\u2019m just a guy who likes to walk around and have a good pack with me for whatever comes up. Not that much comes up. Mostly I just want a pack to take my laptop to the coffee shop, or to carry home books I find in our local Little Library. I\u2019m a gear-head, yeah. I like stuff. Equipment, and such. And yeah, I\u2019m a white dude and middle class, I guess. I don\u2019t want a bag for combat, just for fun. It\u2019s all just for fun. I\u2019m a fun guy! What\u2019s wrong with that? Customer Comments: Miriam It\u2019s none of your business whether I\u2019m a veteran or not May 21 Color: none of your business  It\u2019s none of your business whether I\u2019m a veteran or not. Also, no one cares if you\u2019re a fun guy or not. I\u2019m not a fun gal. I pack my shit and take off and disappear for a few days so I don\u2019t have to see anyone or talk to anyone or smile at stupid shit. I live out of my pack to be alone and far away from anybody. I\u2019ve used it to camp out, to survive homelessness, and to go hunting for food. It\u2019s not fun. It\u2019s survival. I couldn\u2019t afford the Endurance Solo Hawk II. I stole it from an outdoors store, along with a bunch of MRE\u2019s and Clif Bars, because they treated me like garbage and a moron when I asked questions about the stitching. I know stitching. I\u2019ve stitched boots, sails, circus tents, knock-off Gucci bags and flesh.  Customer Comments: Rick Please don\u2019t be so angry at me I\u2019m not a bad person May 22 Color: Same bag. Please don\u2019t be angry at me I\u2019m not a bad person. It sounds like you have had a very interesting life and have many useful skills and a lot to offer. I don\u2019t know why you want to be alone so much or about your homelessness or other challenges. I am not being condescending. 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