- Insulation: 100% Polyester
- Main fabric: 100% Nylon
Description
A multi-purpose poncho, like a multitool, designed for field use. Climashield® Apex™ insulation keeps you warm even when wet.
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Unlike down, synthetic fiber insulation keeps you warm even when wet and does not clump. The poncho can be machine-washed. The insulation is lightweight, efficient, breathable, and compressible.
In the Swagman Roll, we use Climashield® Apex™ insulation with a weight of 67 g/m², just like in the winter Wolfhound jacket. Combined with the classic U.S. Model Poncho, it creates an effective setup for rain and cold.
The Swagman replaces five items: a poncho liner, a lightweight sleeping bag, a sleeping bag insert, a travel blanket, and an underquilt for a hammock. That means less gear, more space in your pack, without sacrificing comfort.
MultiCam® camouflage enables effective concealment in various environments.
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The poncho is made from original MultiCam® fabric by Crye Precision™ (Crye Precision LLC). The pattern does not imitate a single environment; thanks to smooth tonal transitions and multi-scale geometry, it effectively blurs the silhouette, making identification more difficult at different distances and in changing light conditions.
Its versatility has made the pattern a standard used by special forces units around the world.
You can easily adjust the poncho to your body shape and take it with you on any trip.
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Features:
- Multifunctional: acts as a poncho liner, emergency sleeping bag, blanket, hammock underquilt or insulation, and travel cover
- Made with Climashield® Apex™ insulation (≈ 67 g/m²) for thermal retention even when wet
- Rip-stop / durable nylon shell construction for rugged use
- Elastic bands / toggles and attachment points for integration with USGI ponchos or to secure under a hammock
- Adjustable hood and front buckles or straps to cinch closer to the body (convertible to jacket-like fit)
- Self-packing with an integral transport pocket and compacts into a small footprint for easy carry
- Lightweight and non-soaking, designed for easy transport and packability
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Specs:
Weight - 786g | 1.7lbs
Dimensions:
- Opened - 79 in x 57 in | 200 cm x 145 cm
- Rolled - 11 in x 7.5 in x 7.5 in | 28 cm x 19 cm x 19 cm
Materials:
What's included:
- One Helikon Tex - Swagman Roll Poncho
History of the Swagman Roll:
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In the past, trappers, trekkers and even soldiers did not carry sleeping bags. They carried blanket rolls. Up until very recently, wool was the best blanket material. Then, still several decades ago, Nylon fabrics came into being. During the Vietnam War, there appeared a new blanket & the Poncho Liner. Ultra lightweight blanket doubling as warming liner for rain-protection poncho. In Australian slang 'swagman' means a travelling workman. Something like American cowboy or a trapper, occasionally on a lookout for a work on the Frontier. The difference was, the Australian swagman was traveling on foot, and carried all his belongings in a bed roll. With our Swagman Roll® we salute these intrepid men, trembling on chilly mornings in their moist blankets & but with our Swagman Roll® you'll never have to emulate that particular part of their lifestyle. It is made of thin Nylon fabric, filled with one of the best insulating materials mankind ever dreamed of & the Climashield® Apex. Swagman Roll® is not your ordinary blanket. It is more of a multifunction tool, applicable wherever a warm cover is required. You can use it a poncho liner, emergency sleeping bag, enhance your regular sleeping bag with it, wrap in it as if it was a blanket, line your hammock with it & or just wear as a stand-alone long, warm coat.
