You can ALWAYS make a big pack small with compression straps but you cannot make a small pack big. Don't screw around with small packs on a serious frame. Get a big bag if you think you'll ever need one.

Over the past 4 decades having carried packs from old Kelty exterior aluminum frame packs to Gregory internal frame packs to the original Dana Design packs to Kifaru packs to the new Mystery Ranch packs they all have features that should be individually evaluated by the end consumer. But for my money I like the way Mystery Ranch packs carry better than any others.

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