Thread: Packs for heavy loads

Originally Posted by 7mmsaum

Cinch up the hip strap so the weight is mostly on your hips, and not your shoulders

Originally Posted by Happy Jack

Some of us don't have protruding hips, pack fit for me has always been a problem.

Originally Posted by Parky

I agree, after a lot of weighted pack walking with the huntaway at 28-30kg the difference in a larger pack for carrying weight is night and day. I have a macpac 80l and was way nicer. Huntaway awesome for overnight trips and tighter scrub walking and can handle carrying the load that other packs in my experience can’t handle, but comfort wise once u really load them up they cut in on ya.
Still really enjoy my huntaway due to how it pulls down to day pack as well but I don’t rekon it fits his brief here.

Originally Posted by H.M

Used a huntaway for a few years loved it, until i got a good load in it and hurt the shoulders was hard to transfer the weight to hips.
Now have a stone galcier, game changer didn't know a pack could be so comfy. Use for day pack and multiday packs down tiny. Load shelf is great, takes wee bit of practice to get it right but its pretty fast once ya got it sorted. Landed in NZ from 1 shot gear in the states for $1150 i waited for a %20 sale. Still few hundy cheaper than buying here. Its the sky 5900

A small consolation it's not just me. I guess the Huntaway onesizefitsall doesn't fit all, especially when loaded up.

Sounds like you have to spend a fair bit of coin to get a well fitting pack for heavy weight.