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Gents:

Am nosing around for an upgrade--my pack is pretty dated and more pack than I need now. Don't recall specifically what is was rated. It will easily hold 100# of boned meat, maybe a bit more. Would like a lighter/smaller pack with say around 70-80# of boned meat capacity.

I don't know what that works out to roughly--say 2500-2700 cubes or 35 litres roughly?

Any suggestions appreciated.

Seek Outside 4800 Uniweep

I’d go with the Seek Outside Peregrine, it is a few ounces heavier than the Unaweep but it is on the Revolution frame so you can carry a load between the pack bag and the frame.

I have a 1st generation Peregrine and think quite highly of it. Seek Outside in whatever arrangement blows your hair back.

Appreciate the info, Gents--will check out

I've been using and buying backpack for sixty years. I've given away or discarded more packs than most people ever own. This is my current go to pack.

Kuiu Ultra 5500 Backpack

Man I'm totally digging the newest offerings from Seek Outside.

Appreciate it, KC

What would your second or third, if you don't mind?

https://seekoutside.com/lanner-5400/

It has a Load shelf. They call it the Breakaway carry. This will be perfect for my needs. Great Ownership.

Thanks Shag.

Quite a piece of gear...and price. That looks to be more bag than i would like to use. If the calc is close on the online converters, that baby will hold well over 100#

I've been very happy with my stone glacier pack. It's the X-curve frame with 5900 sky talus bag, although bigger than you had asked , there are other great bag options from them as well.Otherwise I'd look at the new mystery ranch sawooth 45.

Is this for day hunts w/ the capability to haul if successful? I'm guessing so as 35 liters is cutting it pretty close for overnighters in the fall. If that is the case, check out Mystery Ranch's Pop Up series (18 and 28 liters)- the frame folds up out of the way when hunting and then can be easily deployed if you harvest something. You just throw in a suitable size game bag and when needed, put it in between the frame and pack. It's suitable for 75-ish lb loads, if you routinely need more than a heavier frame pack would be more suitable.

I have a Stone Glacier Krux and bag that I use for multi-day trips, the Pop Up has become my go to setup for day hunts.

Right--daypack with the ability to pack a load out, looking at the 80# mark.

Possible overnight, bivy type thing, but not a pack to support multi-day. Both the 28 and the Sawtooth look interesting.

I think Seek Outside makes fine packs, but I'm still amazed they took the giant leap backwards going from a forward pull hipbelt to a side pull belt. In the fall of 2017 I was pretty disappointed after ordering one to have it arrive with side pull straps even though the website showed forward pull.

SO still haven't fully updated their website to reflect the change, even though they abandoned the forward pull belt 2 years ago.

Below is a current suspension image from their own site with the "old" model Revolution Suspension where even SO calls the forward pull belt a "mechanical advantage." They're right. IT IS a mechanical advantage, which is why almost every pack maker over the last twenty years has gone to a forward pull belt. It's just so much easier physically, mechanically, to get better tuning and more tension pulling forward, especailly with a heavy load. And for anyone with any sort of rotator/shoulder issue, it's fairly critical, because it IS easier. Even the somewhat stubborn Mystery Ranch has finally made the switch to side pull. Anyone one that has used both systems has experienced the difference...



https://seekoutside.com/revolution-suspension/
https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-870...79835.1451661938.png?c=2&imbypass=on

I don't know, I've got packs with both kinds of pull. I like forward pull better but it's never been an issue to get the belt cinched down with side pull.

I have been using the Mystery Ranch Marshall the past few years. Awesome pack but a ton of bag unless you’re spiking out a bunch. I got a Mystery Ranch Pintler I’ll be using this year for day trips and such. Same Guide Light frame in both of them. Very happy with the MR packs. They were a Godsend in the service and the same utility in my hunting. Tough as nails and carry weight like crazy.

But there is always "good enough" design, and "excellent" design... a forward pull is plainly a better design, and it's silly to go backwards from it.

And it's far and away easier with a forward pull if you have shoulder issues.

I still occasionally use a side pull from the packs in my "collection" and am always amazed how much easier a forward pull is to use, especially with an 80lb load.

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If you decide on a MR Pop UP 28, I wouldn't wait too long to place an order. Most all the vendors are selling out and I'm reading that it will be 1-4 months till they're available again. Even MR has none. I was waiting a bit to see if I could catch a sale, but ordered the last one available at Optics Planet in my size and color last night. They seem to be the hot piece of gear since they debuted about 2 years ago.

A helpful feature contributing to comfort and load carrying is a hipbelt device that has a small amount of pivot to accommodate hip movement.