What do you recommend then?Load shelves suck balls. Buy a big enough bag to fit everything in.
Thanks to those like AgSilver who have offered me to look at their packs, particularly for the ones you can't easily see at the store (i've had a few private offers as well) Really appreciated. When I get to the stage where I need to try some things out before I make a final decision, I will see if I can take some of those offers up.
Any other people feel load shelves don't really live up to the advertisements.
I roll with an eberlestock j107 dragonfly.... couldnt be happier
"Golf, what a waste of a perfectly good rifle range"
I'm the one sitting in the cut block glassing all the animals you spooked and didnt see because you dont get out of your truck
13yrs and counting in Canadian Oil & Gas...
7mm PRC soon to be the most popular cartridge in North America
A conservationist is an environmentalist with a gun.
Doesn't matter the brand just don't go into a 10 day hunt with a 5000 ci pack and depend on a load shelf to get you out with an animal. I'm partial to kifaru but the stone glaciers look nice with a big bag.
I've had a J107 and sheep hunted with it and it was bar non the worst experience I've had with a pack, a 10 lb ox would be a be a better option than the eberlestock.
I really liked my MR packs, used the NICE frame with Crew Cab for about five years as a daypack. Heavy, but comfortable and very durable. Didn't use the new guidelight frame MR stuff much, but did put some KM on the trail with the new Metcalf, it was good in all regards. I just prefer the Exo, nice thick lumbar pad, great waistbelt pockets which are easier to open one handed than my old MR NICE (new MR no waist pockets, boooooo), really like the stretchy stuff pockets on outside. New 2200 will be a great daypack that can haul meat, it has some real nice organization going on
"If you ever go into the bush, there are grizzly bears lurking behind just about every bush, waiting to pounce, so you need a powerful gun, with huge bullets" - Gatehouse ~ 2004