Osprey Atmos AG 65 vs Osprey Eja 58 Pack - Women's

We spend so much of our lives going from A to B. Why not be efficient, organized, and comfortable with a well designed backpack along the way.

There was more than enough space for all of my equipment, and the pack cinched down tightly to keep my pack snugly in place, well balanced, and comfortable. The only thing I wished was different, is that I would have liked to see more adjustability in the chest and shoulder straps. Even when adjusted correctly, the chest strap still sat a little higher on my chest than I would have liked. But overall, I this was a lightweight, spacious, and comfortable pack

You'll be more comfortable and all your stuff will remain dry. The plus side is that this was a very comfortable pack to wear when dry and my shoulders never became too sore over the course of the day. It was easy to control comfort by alternately tightening and loosening the waist belt so that the hips take more or less of the load.

The lightweight aluminum frame mixed with the tensioned mesh back panel contours to your body, and it sits on that natural shelf of your lumbar and hi...

My dad went the opposite direction - he started out with an "ultralight" pack (Osprey Exos 38 IIRC) and eventually went with an Atmos 65. He just carried too much stuff for an ultralight pack. He didn't care much for high daily mileage, the walking part of backpacking is a necessary evil in his mind to get to the backcountry camps for fishing and generally relaxing. Trying to stuff all of his junk into a smaller pack with limited support wasn't much fun, so he got a bigger pack and he enjoys backpacking much more

The brain I took off and chunked in the closet...it is too big and heavy for real use IMHO

Now if you were going to be doing that, you would definitely have to be very careful with how you pack it, how much gear you take, how much food you p...

I don't want to be on a 5 day trip with a pack that causes issues. I was sad to have to return it. I will add that I had a similar issue with the Arial 65 but the REI sales associate was able to swap the straps from a different sized pack. This pack didn't seem to have that option

They're really thick, really chunky, and they're all this mess material which is obviously going to allow some airflow. and you're not going to get sw...

This pack is super light! They partially achieved this by getting rid of some of the convenience storage spaces, which is fine with me; HOWEVER, the straps are pretty thin, and dig into the front of your shoulders, even if you get all the weight onto your hips - and the little bit of padding on the straps is at the top of the straps, so if you're properly adjusted, the best of the padding is in the wrong place. Whoever designed it seemed to believe that a woman is going to carry the weight of all her equipment on her shoulders? Tempted to return it..