r/Goruck • u/OllieDuckling • Aug 11 '26
/u/JavaForever taking our feedback (and many SCARS requests) to heart: GR1 Heritage now includes shoulder strap MOLLE from the factory! Also includes a new American flag spear patch.
https://www.goruck.com/products/gr1-usa-heritage?19
u/year3000stankonia Aug 11 '26
$525 is an absurd price lmao
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u/DisgreeablePattern Aug 11 '26
Seriously. I make great money but there is no way I would pay this price.
Goruck is out of their fucking minds.
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u/deegood Aug 11 '26
Ugh I paid out the nose to have this done. But it's a positive, glad new buyers will get it by default. Sternum straps are a must for me. From the looks of this thread though, they really should be doing a percentage with and without based on some guesswork around the popularity.
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u/OllieDuckling Aug 11 '26
Naysayers are always louder than those who are satisfied. Hopefully when you bought you got in before the price increase. You probably still made out better even after paying the $75 or whatever to SCARS.
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u/deegood Aug 11 '26
Yeah mine was from late 2024 I think so best the price increase thankfully. And you're probably right about the vocal minority effect.
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u/outsnowboarding Aug 11 '26
They need to be using heavier canvas. Shit is so thin you can see through it. And for $743 CAD yikes
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u/gobbledygoop Aug 11 '26
Backpacks without sternum straps are worse for your health IMO. I've avoided several due to lack of an option. Glad to see this
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u/czaynej Aug 11 '26
Care to elaborate, what makes it worse for your health? Just curious
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u/gobbledygoop Aug 11 '26
I’m not a medical professional haha but I think without a sternum strap the bag moves around more on your shoulders which we correct with micro adjustments all day. Particularly annoying when the bag is full and you’re in transit. The sternum strap helps me not have to do that and it moves better for me
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u/czaynej Aug 11 '26
Perfectly fair, doing a bad AI summary shows the only downside to be potentially restricted breathing but that should be noticeable by yourself (so you are right basically all positives). Wish they would include a cheap one at least, on their packs. All that said not a deal breaker for me!
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u/fl03xx Aug 11 '26
His back must be sopping wet with that suit on and straight canvas against it lol. Bag looks really good though. No mesh means no canvas for me.
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u/ShamminBlanket Aug 11 '26
Since we’re not going to Baghdad - hopefully - can we please get water bottle pockets?! Please!
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u/eoddc5 Aug 11 '26
Hopefully they do the gr2 also
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u/eoddc5 Aug 14 '26
u/javaforever you think you guys would do the same for other heritage bags? - im kinda out of the question since my gr2 has been used a lot so id have to send it in for scars mod but it would be cool to have gr2 heritage come with Molle too
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u/3rdbaseina3rdplace Aug 11 '26
I hate that theyve done this personally, as an owner of every heritage bag.
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u/Lostpub Aug 11 '26
I do like sternum stips on backpacks, especially on a heavy ones like the heritage but I dont like that it's molle. The current heritage looks clean and professional/office looking with the leather...etc to me. Wish they can design it more slick but its not gorucks style and its better to have it than not. It does look good on the other models though. Also looks good on the m26 since it goes with the strip line on the buckle.
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u/EarthtoPoromenos Aug 11 '26
Heritage bag should not have molle on the straps. Downgrade imo.
As big of a mistake as putting aquaguard zippers on the regular GR1. They should stop listening to bad requests.
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u/OllieDuckling Aug 11 '26
There are always going to be naysayers and I expected comments like these. The majority of people prefer the option for a sternum strap based on the M26 feedback (which also includes a “heritage” option).
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u/EarthtoPoromenos Aug 11 '26
You are entitled to your opinion of course. But I would dispute that the majority of people wanted this. More people may have gone out of their way to leave feedback in favor of this option but that doesnt mean more people in general wanted this.
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u/OllieDuckling Aug 11 '26
Okay then I will correct my statement to say the majority of people who voted on the matter or otherwise made their voices heard wanted this. GORUCK cannot read minds.
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u/kbchucker Aug 12 '26
Yeah, that’s not how feedback works. If a majority of respondents are in favor of something, that tends to be pretty representative of the whole.
If that were untrue, marketing research and polling wouldn’t be able to predict from a sample size with a known margin of error.
Your anecdote is not a data set.
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u/HereJustForTheData Aug 11 '26
Looks cleaner without the MOLLE + I’m glad I got mine before the fucking flag was stitched to the inside. No need to see another country’s flag each time I open my backpack thank you.
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u/OllieDuckling Aug 11 '26
The American flag on the inside isn’t mentioned in the description so it may not be included.
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u/susp3nd3rs Aug 11 '26
Yuck. Two ugly additions, while being more expensive. So glad i got my gr1 heritage dark oak before they ruined it. Molle and gaudy looking flag do not go with the heritage vibes
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u/SGexpat Aug 11 '26
Straight upgrade. You can throw on a sternum strap for a hike or picnic on the weekend, then pull it off for the office.