REI Co-op Flash 55 Pack - Men's vs Osprey Exos 48

Low on the back pad is some foam padding that for what ever reason kept digging into my back on the hike. I kept talking off the pack and readjusting the load but couldn’t get it to stop. Some other concerns were some of the materials seemed a bit cheap like the mesh on the exterior pouch on the back. Not the worst for the money and REI stands behind their products

Both my boys complained about it rubbing them. Over the course of several days in the back country with heavy packs this left bruises. My review is based on my experience with these packs. I would not buy them again if I were going to do a similar trip

Some tips: go for a pack with well cushioned shoulder straps and hip straps. Make sure it has weight loaders to adjust your load.

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Straps work the best and it's definitely not as padded as my osprey atmos, but on a recent 40 mile trip up at standing indian, i found it to be really...

Back pain sufferer here - I use a frame (Osprey Exos) and a comfy sleeping pad (Xtherm). It’s worth the extra ounces to keep my back healthy.

Use a bic lighter instead of the fire starter, invest in a quality sleeping pad with like a Nemo alpine (can use in winter) it’s way more comfortable than what you selected. Go with the Tungsten 2p tent, it’s a quality tent that will last. You don’t have to be ultralight but you should seriously take into consideration the weight of the items and more importantly the size of the items in making your decision on what to buy. You won’t need that whole cook set, it’s going to take up a lot of space

The size of the pack required is dependent on each individual's torso length. I'll leave a link in the description below to Osprey's guide and how to ...

Oh, that's shaky video holy cats um, so this little carabiner i put on now. This is supposed to work where you take this loop it through like this, an...

Of course, you've got quite a bit of weight. You've got straps passing through plastic buckles so they can kind of creak and squeak as you move. And t...

That leaves this large 57 liter pack weighing in at 2, pounds 4 ounces. Well, that's not the absolute lightest pack on the market. I feel like it's a ...

In the new version, pockets on the belt were removed, pockets on the shoulders were removed, side and front pockets became less elastic and less capacious, the aluminum frame with reliable fasteners was replaced with a 4 mm wire frame with unreliable and low-quality plastic fasteners (one of them broke in the first campaign, and now either throw away the backpack, or do not know how to repair it), the new version has become higher and higher, the old one was lower and wider.