grasshopper
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Looking for new pack.Will use in good weather for fast hike / full out running.
Needs to be more than hydration pack or fanny pack as I will use on long runs in remote areas where I need more than water.
I have a mountainsmith ghost pack that was first generation ( before waterproof zips ) that is 5 years old and loved to near death ( has seen extreem use)
I bought an osprey stratos pack this spring that has the open mesh back,seemed great in store and on some 2 hr 10 mile runs but when put to real test in ADK,s on some 12 hr 25 mile runs I found out that there is no padding on hip belt and where the pack hits on lower back.It ate up my lower back,rubbing off a mole that had never bothered me with any other pack.That was it, it is now relegated to sunday afternoon picnic use or sell on ebay.
So whats out there? 2 lbs,good hip belt,can cinch down tight and does'nt bounce around when running down hill at full speed leaping over rocks.
mastergrasshopper
Needs to be more than hydration pack or fanny pack as I will use on long runs in remote areas where I need more than water.
I have a mountainsmith ghost pack that was first generation ( before waterproof zips ) that is 5 years old and loved to near death ( has seen extreem use)
I bought an osprey stratos pack this spring that has the open mesh back,seemed great in store and on some 2 hr 10 mile runs but when put to real test in ADK,s on some 12 hr 25 mile runs I found out that there is no padding on hip belt and where the pack hits on lower back.It ate up my lower back,rubbing off a mole that had never bothered me with any other pack.That was it, it is now relegated to sunday afternoon picnic use or sell on ebay.
So whats out there? 2 lbs,good hip belt,can cinch down tight and does'nt bounce around when running down hill at full speed leaping over rocks.
mastergrasshopper