{"id":647,"date":"2012-03-01T12:05:15","date_gmt":"2012-03-01T17:05:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/?p=647"},"modified":"2012-03-01T12:05:15","modified_gmt":"2012-03-01T17:05:15","slug":"hazard4-launch-pad-carrier-for-ipad-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/?p=647","title":{"rendered":"Hazard4 Launch-Pad Carrier for IPad Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- @font-face {   font-family: \"Times New Roman\"; }@font-face {   font-family: \"Arial Unicode MS\"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: \"Times New Roman\"; }table.MsoNormalTable { font-size: 10pt; font-family: \"Times New Roman\"; }p.Body1, li.Body1, div.Body1 { margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Helvetica; color: black; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; } --><a href=\"http:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/IMG_3007.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-648\" title=\"IMG_3007\" src=\"http:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/IMG_3007.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1300\" height=\"1017\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/IMG_3007.jpg 1300w, https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/IMG_3007-300x234.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/IMG_3007-1024x801.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1300px) 100vw, 1300px\" \/><\/a>I think it may appear that I have a nylon fetish.\u00a0 No, not that one.\u00a0 I&#8217;m talking about ballistic nylon, found in gear bags, backpacks, equipment pouches, accessory holders, and gun holsters.\u00a0 Last year, I cracked open my black nylon tri-fold badge wallet and bought an IPad2, which now needed something nylon-y to put it in.<\/p>\n<p>I have so many black nylon pouches in my black nylon gear bag that I can&#8217;t find anything in the dark.\u00a0 Thusly I thought I should get an IPad carrier of a different color.\u00a0 I picked out a coyote tan Launch-Pad case from Hazard4.<\/p>\n<p>Hazard4 is an offspring of Civilian Lab, LLC, that designs outdoor adventure, extreme sport, and travel gear.\u00a0 Hazard4 stands for surviving the top disaster threat level, standard hazard classification four, be it natural or man-made.<\/p>\n<p>The Launch-Pad is a nylon slip carrier that fits an IPad or IPad2, even one in a thin case.\u00a0 Ruggedly sewn, the flapped pouch has two large hook and loop pads and a removable<!--more--> shock cord closure to keep the electronic device secured.<a href=\"http:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/IMG_3005.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-649\" title=\"IMG_3005\" src=\"http:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/IMG_3005.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1300\" height=\"1032\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/IMG_3005.jpg 1300w, https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/IMG_3005-300x238.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/IMG_3005-1024x812.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1300px) 100vw, 1300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/IMG_3002.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-650\" title=\"IMG_3002\" src=\"http:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/IMG_3002.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1300\" height=\"975\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/IMG_3002.jpg 1300w, https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/IMG_3002-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/IMG_3002-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1300px) 100vw, 1300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Its front has some embroidered lettering, two small grommeted air vents, and a rubberized Hazard4 logo.\u00a0 On the reverse side are four lines of MOLLE webbing for mounting additional pouches to store accessories.\u00a0 There are also two strips of hook and loop to add Hazard4 &#8216;s or your own patches.\u00a0 On the bottom left corner is a triangular-shaped steel ring for a lanyard, carabiner, or other fastener.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, and the interior.\u00a0 It is supposed to simulate the gray quilted padding in a military cargo aircraft.\u00a0 It makes the Launch-Pad uber cool.\u00a0 The inside is very soft and protects my tablet from hard landings.<\/p>\n<p>MSRP for the Hazard4 Launch-Pad is $39.35 for Black or Coyote, $42.00 for ATACS, and $43.00 for Multicam.<a href=\"http:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/IMG_3001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-651\" title=\"IMG_3001\" src=\"http:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/IMG_3001.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1300\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/IMG_3001.jpg 1300w, https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/IMG_3001-300x246.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/IMG_3001-1024x840.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1300px) 100vw, 1300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I take the IPad to work in what my wife calls the &#8220;bag of death.&#8221; (I call it the bag of life.)\u00a0 My tablet needs a carrier to keep it from getting dinged up in the commute.\u00a0 I trust the Launch-Pad to make this happen.\u00a0 It is solidly made and fulfills its purpose with its own sense of &#8220;mil-spec&#8221; style.<\/p>\n<p>Randall<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I think it may appear that I have a nylon fetish.\u00a0 No, not that one.\u00a0 I&#8217;m talking about ballistic nylon, found in gear bags, backpacks, equipment pouches, accessory holders, and gun holsters.\u00a0 Last year, I cracked open my black nylon tri-fold badge wallet and bought an IPad2, which now needed something nylon-y to put it in. I have so many black nylon pouches in my black nylon gear bag that I can&#8217;t find anything in the dark.\u00a0 Thusly I thought I should get an IPad carrier of a different color.\u00a0 I picked out a coyote tan Launch-Pad case from Hazard4. Hazard4 is an offspring of Civilian Lab, LLC, that designs &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/?p=647\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8,105],"tags":[104,98,100,101,99,102,103],"class_list":["post-647","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-misc","category-tactical-bags","tag-gear-bag","tag-hazard4","tag-ipad","tag-ipad2","tag-launch-pad","tag-tablet","tag-tactical-nylon"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p28xkp-ar","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=647"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":656,"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647\/revisions\/656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}