I’d be interested in a complimentary pack for my wife who is currently planning her first archery elk hunt and would give a review from a women’s perspective. Thanks.
Ok guys, I'm the one that received the first pack. I did reach out to AKEK after the first thread got nuked to say I thought they deserved a fair and honest review. Good OR bad.
I did tell them that I would not, post anything until I was done checking it out and I would tell them first. Now, I have zero or baseline experince with EXO, SG, Kifaru , etc... what I will do is give a review on how the pack works for me.
Still recovering from some COVID related stuff so I haven't had the chance to try it loaded it out. Just overall playing with it, the seams are tight and assembly seems pretty good. Zipper pulls are solid. I did mess around packing it with a 3 day load out, which seems max for a 3200 CI pack. It ate up the load nicely. And my gear is not would I would consider minimalist or that compact. That's where I am currently at with my review. I'm hoping in the next few weeks I can get out in the woods, pull some treee stands, carry a 50lb bag of corn for the trail cams....pretty much try to beat the hell out of it. My son and I ususally take a couple of 3 day turkey hunts, backpack in on state forest, but that's not till the end of April.
Anyhow, when I'm done, I'll give an honest review. Pro's, Con's, all of it.