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Posted: 4/2/2006 9:52:00 AM EDT
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Whats your goal for this pack? Replace the Alice, 3 day pack, something else? How much weight are you looking to carry? I originally bought my zulu to replace my Alice ruck. It was close but not quite there so I sold it. THe suspension system is good but not ideal for me and 60-80 pounds comfortably. The MMR or the new ZXR are more in line what I need due to the heftier suspension system so I ordered one and sold the standard zulu to a deploying Marine.
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Posted: 4/2/2006 11:21:00 AM EDT
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Lightfighter has some RAIDs back in stock! It's similar to an Eagle AIII with a ton more PALS so you can strap whatever you want for pouches on the outside. I love mine.
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Posted: 4/2/2006 11:26:52 AM EDT
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you cant put any decent weight in a RAID without it being uncomfortable. Decent weight being 20 pounds or more
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Posted: 4/2/2006 12:22:47 PM EDT
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I love mine here.... It's a great pack....
The expansion on top was perfect when i loaded up for a week on vacation... a good size load... Also used it with the shoulder straps only, w/o the waistbelt... i had 2 other family luggage bags hanging off of mine... who knows what the weight was... kinda felt like the abomanable snowman, but it was Comfortable as hell.... Yah it is a little $, so make sure you know the sizes of what you want, and what you want it for.... otherwise it IS WORTH IT!!!...  |
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Posted: 4/2/2006 12:48:25 PM EDT
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I use mine to carry multiple textbooks/laptop all the time. I have the AIII frame sheet in mine and it's not bad at all to carry larger amounts of weight. I don't have a waist belt yet, but I assume it will only get better (from my experience with other packs). I may have made a wrong recommendation for edblevi, but he didn't say exactly what he was after. |
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Posted: 4/2/2006 12:59:58 PM EDT
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My goals are camping, hiking, survival tactics, maybe some mountain climbing in there if I get really spry. Looked at several decent packs at the local outdoor specialty shop, only they aren't really designed with webbing and/or adding gear in mind.
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Posted: 4/2/2006 1:12:27 PM EDT
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THe RAID appeared to be good in training but when it came time to use it with a real mission loadout, I Was disappointed. |
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Posted: 4/2/2006 6:58:39 PM EDT
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if you are going to do any climbing, you do not want anything strapped to your pack. keep it narrow and tight. if you can get ahold of a lowe alpine military pack, thats what id get.
www.lowealpine.com/Products/SearchMenu.asp?ProductTypeID=22 |
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