Gritty Podcast Kifaru vs Stone Glacier

[805Bowhunter]

I dont really listen to Gritty much anymore but gave this one a listen. It was pretty incredible. Ive used both packs and they are both outstanding. Gritty, aside from saying Kifaru packs were "well built and would last a long time", swerved waaaay out of his lane to bash Kifaru. He said over and over that SG and Kifaru were not even close to being in the same ballpark. He talked about how Kifaru was so uncomfortable and painful that they were not even wearable. He said he couldnt put a Kifaru pack on without it causing severe pain, coming off his hips, riding down his back an pulling his pants down. He said his SG thrived when between 120-150lbs and packing out 12-15 miles.

Not sure what the point of the podcast really was other than to trash Kifaru. Certainly doesnt help his image anymore.

Anyone else listen to this and have the same response?

 

[jaypope]

Totally agree. Snyder helped Gritty become somebody in the hunting industry. He’s messin with the wrong dude.

 

[Jskaanland]

I'm just going to say before we go down the rabbit hole on this one, keep this thread on point and avoid just calling names.

 

[rekkr870]

So what was the issue? A certain pack not working as well as another one?

Happens all of the time.

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[GHOSTofWENDELL]

He is deleting a good amount of comments on youtube for the video as well. Someone brought up a comment about him/mountain ops asking for monetary compensation from kifaru in an email and that caused them to part ways. Don't know if it's true, but it's deleted now.

 

[realunlucky]

Tagging in on this one too!

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[Slymongoose]

With Aaron and Brian’s history, I struggle to understand why Brian even did this comparison. Nothing good was going to come of it, for either company. This is unneeded negative publicity for both companies. Brian is bringing his own brand/name down with this kind of content.

 

[BuckSnort]

He loved Kifaru packs when they were free to him and got to go on hunts that Kifaru paid for.. He got greedy and wanted to be paid for endorsing Kifaru packs, when that didn't happen he jumped on the first coattails that came in front of him.. Just a typical Brand whore..

 

[zacattack]

I dont really listen to Gritty much anymore but gave this one a listen. It was pretty incredible. Ive used both packs and they are both outstanding. Gritty, aside from saying Kifaru packs were "well built and would last a long time", swerved waaaay out of his lane to bash Kifaru. He said over and over that SG and Kifaru were not even close to being in the same ballpark. He talked about how Kifaru was so uncomfortable and painful that they were not even wearable. He said he couldnt put a Kifaru pack on without it causing severe pain, coming off his hips, riding down his back an pulling his pants down. He said his SG thrived when between 120-150lbs and packing out 12-15 miles.

Not sure what the point of the podcast really was other than to trash Kifaru. Certainly doesnt help his image anymore.

Anyone else listen to this and have the same response?

yeah he pretty much just shit on Kifaru for over an hour. Was not really that informative at all. He even bashed their website.

 

[Deadfall]

Yeah I listened to it......got a feeling kifaru be all right....the rest, well that seems to be fairly typical stuff...

 

[street]

I watched some of it. Then I realized it was just super weird. I was curious if it was going to be informative. It wasn't.

 

[BeastOfTheTrees]

Maybe that just really is his opinion? I mean I was really confused when him and Snyder parted ways. I’m finally glad to hear something on that. I loved the podcasts when it was both of them. Aron took Brian under his wing and turned him into an adept it seemed. Their podcasts together all almost 300 of them kept me sane on guard duty for a long time.

 

[805Bowhunter]

I forgot how he bashed the kifaru website, and then his buddy went to the stone glacier site only to have it be the exact same. I can’t figure out why gritty does this. Dude cannot get out of his own way.

 

[jppedersen48]

In other words, the goal of the podcast was to bash Kifaru. Just disappointing at this point and unnecessary. Both are quality companies for their own reasons and everyone will have their preferences but come on man, get over yourself.

 

[GHOSTofWENDELL]

I forgot how he bashed the kifaru website, and then his buddy went to the stone glacier site only to have it be the exact same. I can’t figure out why gritty does this. Dude cannot get out of his own way.

This was kind of the last straw for me listening to his content. When they tried twisting the prices on stone glaciers website making it seem like you could get a full system from them for under 400 when it was clearly only a bag. Then acting as if you can't get a kifaru setup for less than 800. Just sleezy in general.

 

[ORHunter]

I typically only listen to hunting podcasts so I missed this one

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[805Bowhunter]

Gritty has turned into a full snake oil salesman. The whole thing was riddled with odd pulls and stretches of the truth. Who does he think buys his bs? I have no skin in the game as they both make a great product but c’mon.

 

[805Bowhunter]

I did like gritty saying that he was consistently packing 150lbs doing 15 mi packouts throughout season. Oh ok bud

 

[BuckSnort]

I did like gritty saying that he was consistently packing 150lbs doing 15 mi packouts throughout season. Oh ok bud

The only thing he's packed that weighed 150 lbs is his ego....

 

[n816kc]

Like many, I used to tolerate his bs to get to the parts where Aron talked. Tried to listen a couple of times since he crapped his own bed, never made it thru another episode. Good riddance.