Thread: Looking for a new pack

Foray

this is mine, i rate it, i wouldnt go away from canvas

i got mine off the 2nds shelf for under half price 3 or 4 years ago

Originally Posted by Smiddy

Foray

this is mine, i rate it, i wouldnt go away from canvas

i got mine off the 2nds shelf for under half price 3 or 4 years ago

A mate has one of them and they are very nice and quite tempted to get one I just wonder about the weight of it, I suppose I could take the benefits of a more modern harness system and try save some grams somewhere else

Originally Posted by Ryan_Songhurst

A mate has one of them and they are very nice and quite tempted to get one I just wonder about the weight of it, I suppose I could take the benefits of a more modern harness system and try save some grams somewhere else

I actually thought they were light weight lol,
Last thing you want to do is go super light and have it fuck out like a lot of super lite stuff does these days, South Island alpine is hard on gear

Originally Posted by Smiddy

I actually thought they were light weight lol,
Last thing you want to do is go super light and have it fuck out like a lot of super lite stuff does these days, South Island alpine is hard on gear

Thats the thing that worries me about the lighter nylon type material, it seems like the kind of stuff that will continue to rip pretty rapidly if you manage to poke a hole in it, my old Fairydown has had everykind of abuse thrown at it, its even fallen off the back of my truck and bounced/skidded along the road as I drove through Franz Josef township, and its still strong as ever and has never ripped or anything so I really want that kind of durability, a nicer more modern harness system, and save a few grams. All thse suggestions are good food for thought...

Most modern ripstop style fabrics are pretty strong to near impossible to tear, but are a bit more prone to abrasion or puncture. There is a trade of but I don't think its as big as many people make it out to be. The expeds have a dyneema weave ripstop. That stuff is ridiculously strong, have a read up on it.

Originally Posted by Smiddy

Foray

this is mine, i rate it, i wouldnt go away from canvas

i got mine off the 2nds shelf for under half price 3 or 4 years ago

Same. Must of had a run of seconds around that time. I can't pick what it was though as mine is fine. I think it had a loop missed on the waist belt or something I would never use.

Originally Posted by kiwijames

Same. Must of had a run of seconds around that time. I can't pick what it was though as mine is fine. I think it had a loop missed on the waist belt or something I would never use.

Yea mine was missing a strap and had bird shit on it haha