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High Peak Pocatello 70 Liter Internal Frame Backpack
Product Description The Pocatello 70 by High Peak / Simex sport is a full-sized high quality pack designed for serious trekkers. Perfect for scouts or experienced hikers, it is a professional grade full size expedition pack. It includes key features, such as UTX Duraflex shatterproof buckles, removable hip belt and the popular VARIO system for torso length adjustment and an integrated WATERPROOF rain fly. This LIFETIME warrantied pack boasts a fully adjustable suspension system for the ultimate in comfort whether you are on a day hike or extreme excursion. Main Features: SIZE: 5000 ci, 33" x 18" x 15", 31" - 52" waist, 17" - 20" torso, 16" - 36" shoulder straps. MATERIALS: 600D x 600D high density nylon, 1000D kodra, high density foam back and shoulders. FEATURES: 2 toplid pockets, 2 drink pockets, 2 bellowing pockets, lash points, compression straps, aluminum stays, breathable mesh on contoured back padding. Reader Reviews I'm one who think that good things shouldn't cost an arm and a leg. This pack has some very nice features that the $200.00+ packs have. Bellows pockets. Plenty of room for the sleeping bag, bunches of space, easy zippers, a rain cover and is fully adjustable in all the right places. Cons: It's a bit heavy at 5.5lbs ..but I've seen quite a few of the more expensive packs at the same weight. Also the bottle pockets aren't easy to reach with the pack on and loaded ...can be done but not easy. I've paid more and had fewer features than this pack. Not a bad buy at all ...now I'm off to the Cascades for a good season of testing! Fall Update: After a summer backpacking around the Washington Wilderness areas, I would still have to say that this pack was a good buy. Plenty of room and easy to get to everything. So much room! Although a summer of backpacking sure helped point out the bad parts, two of them mainly: The back is heavy and it doesn't completely sit on your back well. The contour allows air to the back which is nice but it is as if the lumbar support is off a bit ..a little to low mainly. At the same time, the pros outweighed the cons enough so that I didn't go back to my old pack which is *much* lighter with better padding and I used this pack through the whole 2006 season. Comment (1) | Permalink | (Report this)
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