![]() ![]() ![]() There are no external pockets that would normally hold items you’d want to access during the day or keep outside the main compartment, such as water treatment or a wet jacket or rainfly. It lacks a feature I like, a side zipper to provide additional access to the middle of the main compartment. One compromise with this pack: It offers limited organizational convenience. The zipper on the main compartment tends to snag on the rain flap, but it’s easy to unsnag. In lieu of a traditional lid and a main compartment with a drawcord closure, this top-loader’s U-shaped top zipper gives one-step access to the main compartment, with a wide mouth that facilitates easy loading and unloading and swallows a bear canister no problem. With a fixed (non-adjustable) suspension, the pack comes in two sizes the S/M fit my 18-inch torso well, as did the S/M hipbelt on my 30-inch waist. Sierra Designs Flex Capacitor 40-60 suspension.Ī thick and firm lumbar pad and two upper-back pads help soften the load while allowing good air circulation across my back. Please follow my adventures on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Youtube. Click here to learn how I can help you plan your next trip. Join The Big Outside to get full access to all of my blog’s stories. Click here to sign up for my FREE email newsletter. Hi, I’m Michael Lanza, creator of The Big Outside, which has made several top outdoors blog lists. Still, while I found the hipbelt comfortable with the loads I described, it does not quite achieve the comfort of some of the best backpacking packs I’ve used (most of which are also heavier). That’s good for a pack barely north of two-and-a-half pounds, making it a legitimate ultralight pack. I think many backpackers would find it comfortable with 35 to 40 pounds. With a lightweight, Y-shaped internal stay, a moderate amount of EVA foam padding in the shoulder straps and hipbelt (which comes in four sizes), as well as some rigidity in the pre-curved hipbelt, the Flex Capacitor was comfortable carrying about 35 pounds of climbing gear for three to four miles a day, and over 30 pounds (mostly clothing and personal items for two people) on the Tour du Mont Blanc. Horizontal compression straps reach around the pack body, helping to both shrink the pack down and attach an ice axe or trekking poles (the latter using either side pocket, too). Plus, its capacity expands by more than 40 percent, far more than packs with a floating lid can usually expand upward. By expanding its girth, the Flex Capacitor remains comfortable even at maximum capacity. But that makes the load top-heavy and significantly less comfortable to carry. Most packs that have a design which allows exceeding their normal capacity do so through a so-called “floating,” or extendable lid, which essentially lets you overload the pack by expanding it upward. The pack’s unique feature is a gusset system that expands and contracts the capacity in a range from 40 to 60 liters-or more precisely, 2,400 to 3,400 c.i. Sierra Designs Flex Capacitor 40-60 front. ![]()
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