Brentc
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Exo K2 3500 for the past 3 years, but moving to the Kuiu 4200 this year.
Exo to Kuiu? I'm curious. Why?
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Exo K2 3500 for the past 3 years, but moving to the Kuiu 4200 this year.
I agree. When you really need a pack for hard use, you have to evaluate the trade-offs. I came to the same conclusion with the Kuiu. It was light for sure, but it couldn't handle the heavy stuff and the meat hauling setup is essentially worthless. It was fine as a 40lb max day pack, but that's not what I bought a 7200 cu/in pack for.The metcalf is rock solid, comfortable and the load shelf is very easy to deploy. I'm certain the pack can carry much more than I can. The only thing I don't like is the lack of pockets to organize stuff and it's not the lightest pack out there.
I just added an F1 (tall) frame and Vapor 7500 bag to the stable. This system is so easy to mod. You can add the vertical rifle scabbard, hydration, etc. I haven't got it from Fedex yet.I have a 110L Eberlestock dry duffle bag onto an Eberlestock F1 J frame. Not the easiest to retrieve things from as it's just a big duffle bag with top opening only, but I pack the rest of the stuff I need in 20L or 10L dry bags so I can get the stuff i need quickly without rummaging thru that cavernous duffle bag just to retrieve say.....rain gear in a hurry. What I really like about the f1 is it has many options to add other packs to the frame as it has zippers on each side and Eberlestock makes a lot of different sizes and configures of packs that will go on the frame so I don't have to use only a huge duffle bag but for Alaska, i am using the dry duffle bag.
Love mine too - tough to beatMystery Ranch Metcalf. Luv it!
Are the bags on mystery ranch packs interchangeable?