Backpack Fit, What Do You Prefer?

[WV Mountaineer]

Sounds like your torso length is adjusted just a hair too long. Packing meat last year I finally just stopped and shortened my torso length about 1/2''. waist belt stayed in place and pack rode like a dream after that. I find I really need to pay attention to what my pack is doing to get it adjusted perfect. I subconciously hunch my shoulders and lean forward and wonder why my belt eventually slides down for months training before I try adjusting things. After I adjust and it works /fits amazing I wonder why it took so long.

I’ve done it a bunch too.

 

[bozeman]

Slightly higher is how I wear my pack as well. Too low just puts more weight on your shoulders and your hips do not carry as much of the load. Slightly higher puts the weight distribution more on my hips and lessens the wear/tear on my shoulders while also allowing for fuller range of motion in my upper body for drawing a bow.

 

[Marble]

I use a Kifaru 26" frame. 6'1" 220. Thin muscular build.

Start at belt, cinch down, adjust shoulders until they fully wrap shoulders, there should be a gap between the shoulder blades and pack, tighten load lifters until pack touches back, tighten chest straps to keep them from moving.

People's belly buttons are not all in the same place. A better reference is the illiac crest.

The iliac crest is the curved part at the top of the hip. It forms the wing-like part of the pelvis on which a person will sometimes rest their hands.

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[hunturner]

I am one who defiantly still struggles with this to this day, I am 6 foot 145 so I have a short torso and long legs even if I feel the pack is riding well half way through my hikes my shoulders start killing me I have attempted to shorten the torso, I am former military and had the same issue with my ruck sack just keep working tell you find the right fit I guess

 

[High Climber]

No matter how tight I cinch my waist belt when I’m loaded down it ends up slipping down and adding weight to my shoulders, pretty sure I have the Kifaru hunter frame 26”I’m 6’3 275 so I’m sure having a bit of a belly out front doesn’t help the pack stay put. Don’t have much of a problem up to 30-35 pounds

 

[Marble]

No matter how tight I cinch my waist belt when I’m loaded down it ends up slipping down and adding weight to my shoulders, pretty sure I have the Kifaru hunter frame 26”I’m 6’3 275 so I’m sure having a bit of a belly out front doesn’t help the pack stay put. Don’t have much of a problem up to 30-35 pounds

There is certainly a solution for you. I do not have it, unfortunately. Without being in person and helping make sure things are as they should be, it's tough to give you a suggestion on what to do.

If I were somewhere near a headquarters for one of the big backpack manufacturers, I would go there and have them help me out.

Sometimes, it's just learning how to make the pack fit you properly through proper adjustment. Other times, it's a different belt or pack.

Best of luck!

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[tracker12]

I firmly believe that most of us do not know how to properly adjust our packs to maximize its efficiency. At least I struggle. I had an EXO MNT K3 and loved the build quality of the pack but no matter what I did I could not eliminate hip pain. I ended up going back to my KUIU.