Bill, I'd never actually laid hands on the REI Magma, so stopped into REI this morning and handled one... impressive to say the least! I'd put it ahead of Marmot's lineup of upper end bags like the Helium... loftier, better finished IMO. It's a lot of bag for its retail price, let alone the sale price, and yours is even better.


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