What is your favorite pack and why?

**SARKY** · 09-07-2009, 04:46 PM

Presently, my favorite pack is a Kifaru, Navigator. I have never owned a more comfortable pack. It is also tough as nails!. The other thing i really like about it is from the get go it was meant to be modular. wether it be the Molle webbing all over this pack or the Kifaru, "Dock & Lock" system. My preferance is for a panel load pack, because of the ease of acess to the interior of the pack. I don't have to dig everything out to get to something at the bottom of my pack.
My original kit started life in a GI butt pack, I out grew that. I then moved up to a medium ALICE pack sans frame, later added the frame. i then got my hands on a large ALICE pack and did a serious mod to it, by turning it into a tall narrow pack with internal stays. (wide packs get hung up in the pine thickets of Maine). Next it was a CamelBak, MotherLode. I really liked this pack but it wasn't up to heavy loads. and lastly the Kifaru.

**Pal334** · 09-07-2009, 07:15 PM

Mine is a medium ALICE pack with frame. Just what I got used to over the years. It does all I want it to and it was a gift from Uncle Sam

**TomChemEngineer** · 09-07-2009, 07:49 PM

Yep, I love my ALICE pack, medium. Outside pockets and a gazillion ALICE attachments that can be placed all over the pack until you can't lift it, if you want. Lots of places to hang sleeping bags and tents and pads on the top and bottom, and the pack itself can be removed to use the frame as a pack-out frame. The lower belt is OK, but as I get older I might look around for a belt that better pads the hips from carrying the weight. Mine is 35 years old and has faded out, has had a couple of rips sewn up, but it is like an old friend at this point. I just recently renewed my relationship with my ALICE pack, and I find she has not changed in all these years even though I pack slightly different things therse days.

**Sarge47** · 09-07-2009, 10:35 PM

I used to have an Alice Pack...but she took it back! Then there was Molly....

**Sarge47** · 09-07-2009, 10:52 PM

I have many packs, my favorite being what ever the task is that I need a certain pack for. Right now, looking at this one:

http://www.llbean.com/webapp/wcs/sto...rom=SR&feat=sr

**Sarge47** · 09-07-2009, 11:00 PM

Originally Posted by SARKY

Presently, my favorite pack is a Kifaru, Navigator

Look at the price on that puppy! https://www.kifaru.net/navigator.html
For that much green it should carry YOU!

**crashdive123** · 09-07-2009, 11:18 PM

I've got an ALICE with a bunch of attachments and like it. I've got a MOLLE that I really like as well. My just going backpacking pack that I like is my Kelty Redcloud - very light, very comfortable. Then there are another dozen or so laying around that just won't leave. Guess I'll keep em.

**Rick** · 09-07-2009, 11:20 PM

I have a modified, large Alice pack with frame and shelf. I upgraded the shoulder straps and belt to the Molle straps. Much wider and a lot more padding.

I also have a North Face day pack.

**SARKY** · 09-07-2009, 11:59 PM

Sarge, until you've put one on your back with enough stuff in it to make your legs buckle and the darn thing still feels good ..... don't knock it! Besides their guarantee covers what most other companies would consider abuse of the product.

**catfish10101** · 09-08-2009, 01:02 AM

20 bottle pack of Budweiser .

**sh4d0wm4573ri7** · 09-08-2009, 01:15 AM

Love my snugpack 70 litre rocket and its lil bro the sleeka 35 also have a internal frame kelty I have had for years I really like the newer snugpack though its frameless and carries alot comfortably .Guests can not see images in the messages. Please register in the forum.

**SARKY** · 09-08-2009, 09:51 AM

Is it totally frameless or does it have some sort of internal frame?

**Sarge47** · 09-08-2009, 12:41 PM

Originally Posted by SARKY

Sarge, until you've put one on your back with enough stuff in it to make your legs buckle and the darn thing still feels good ..... don't knock it! Besides their guarantee covers what most other companies would consider abuse of the product.

I'm sure it's a great pack...just like a Lexus is a fine car. But I'd NEVER spend $550 Bucks on a pack! I don't care HOW good it is! At the end of the day it's only gonna carry about $200 worth of gear!

**pocomoonskyeyes** · 09-08-2009, 01:25 PM

Originally Posted by SARKY

Sarge, until you've put one on your back with enough stuff in it to make your legs buckle and the darn thing still feels good ..... don't knock it! Besides their guarantee covers what most other companies would consider abuse of the product.

For that much money it should have a LIFETIME replacement guarantee even in the case you douse it in gas and set it on fire!! You can buy any 2 packs for that much money.

**tacmedic** · 09-08-2009, 06:12 PM

Depends on what I am doing. For just a daypack or airplane carry on I have a Blackhawk Tsunami pack that I have used for years and it has gone all over the world with me. For a weekend or light week I use a Gregory Z55 pack, it is very comfortable and the back ventilation system actually seems to keep my back from sweating even when I carry the pack all day. For longer/expedition style stuff I have a Jansport Whittaker pack that I use. My BOB is a Blackhawk X-1 Raptor.

**Sourdough** · 09-08-2009, 06:18 PM

Barney's Sport's Custom Pack & Frame.

**Rick** · 09-08-2009, 07:14 PM

Too bad they don't have a web site, huh?

**Sourdough** · 09-08-2009, 07:32 PM

Originally Posted by Rick

Too bad they don't have a web site, huh?

Not many buyers on this forum for a $550.00 to $850.00 custom Pack. Only professionals and super hard'core Sheep & Moose hunters buy that equipment. But if you need to honk 175 Pounds over 16 miles of wilderness, then that pack is dirt cheap. My neighbor and his wife just got back from breaking in her new Barney's pack on a 60 Mile, 10 day sheep hunt, they packed out two Dall Sheep in relays.

**WillDeerborn** · 09-08-2009, 09:08 PM

Former ARMY man here...I gotta go with the ALICE...Full Frame...Probably the best pack I ever used...The damn thing was more comfy than my school bags growin' up. I would have an LBV and pistol belt with it though...Those're a must in my eyes.

**Sarge47** · 09-08-2009, 11:09 PM

I have a large ALICE with frame that cost me 60 bucks. I also have a Jansport "Rockies 100" that cost me the most: $150! I have an old Jansport day-pack that I found & use a lot. Also a day-pack I got from a certain cigarette promotion. However, right now I'm using some type of military thingie I bought at a yard sale for a buck; I'll post a pic later & see if anybody can identify it. Watch for my new thread to come soon: "Yard-Sale Survival!" OOOHHH the Discovery channel should hire me!