So I'm ready to take the plunge and buy a fancy new backpack. I will use the pack for hunting in MT mostly. Most of the time day hunts with some week long trips in the mix as well. Mostly elk hunting, walking 15 miles a day on public land. I also would like the pack to be for summer camping trips - carrying pretty much everything but the kitchen sink. The last weekend trip I did into a lake fishing my pack weighed 70+ pounds with camping gear, float tube, etc. I looked like Clark Griswold with the the crap I had tied to the outside of the pack.
I think I'm best off just getting two bags. Thinking around a 3000 and a 7000. I definitely want a frame with meat shelf and excellent meat hauling capabilities.
I'm building a house right now, so I don't have as much time and energy to put into this as I typically would (aka obsess over it). There are a lot of great manufactures out there. Which would you recommend and which bags? What is the two sentence description for the kind of packs some of the major companies make?
This is what I've gathered from the looking I've done thus far.
Stone Glacier - makes very lightweight packs that can haul a lot of weight. Higher priced. Not a ton of pockets and organization.
Mystery Ranch - seems to be heavier than SG.
Exo - They don't make a bag above 5500 ci to my knowledge, so they are off the list due to not being big enough.
Kifaru - Lots of people like them. Their website is confusing to me. What is the main difference from say a stone glacier pack?
Thanks!
I think I'm best off just getting two bags. Thinking around a 3000 and a 7000. I definitely want a frame with meat shelf and excellent meat hauling capabilities.
I'm building a house right now, so I don't have as much time and energy to put into this as I typically would (aka obsess over it). There are a lot of great manufactures out there. Which would you recommend and which bags? What is the two sentence description for the kind of packs some of the major companies make?
This is what I've gathered from the looking I've done thus far.
Stone Glacier - makes very lightweight packs that can haul a lot of weight. Higher priced. Not a ton of pockets and organization.
Mystery Ranch - seems to be heavier than SG.
Exo - They don't make a bag above 5500 ci to my knowledge, so they are off the list due to not being big enough.
Kifaru - Lots of people like them. Their website is confusing to me. What is the main difference from say a stone glacier pack?
Thanks!