I'm not sure if I see an advantage on lumbar pivot, especially on uneven ground, wouldn't the low side pivot put the weight on your shoulders, while high side would move it to high unless there was some sort equalizing at the shoulders.
Why is the lumbar pad better than the wrap around belt ? I have a couple older externals and find the wrap around belt to be fine.
Seems to me the lumbar puts some angle on the belt (which is good) but that is something that could be done on a wrap around as well if you wanted the padding added.
What you want to do is most efficiently transfer load to your hips in a comfortable way that keeps the load solid. It could be wands, connectors or whatever, but for load hauling it needs to be something.
Personally, it seems to me the hip belt is way overbuilt on a lot of load haulers to where they do not hug the hips well enough to support the load
Kevin
Last edited by Kevin_T; 01/26/11.
