I really had it in my mind that I was going for a SG pack. I will be a in Bozeman in a few weeks so I was planning to visit them and check things out. Figured while I am there, I would also visit MR. So, like all other obsessed want to be hunters, I started to comb through the threads reading about MR packs.
I understand that it really comes down to fit. I suspect though, with padding placement in the lumbar and proper adjustment both of these can be made to work. So the next thing that seems to always pop up is weight. It appears that MR on average is about a pound and a half heavier than SG. Some of that weight I'm sure is in the frame, although that gap seems to have closed a bit with their latest iteration. But how much of the difference do you feel has to do with the simplicity of the SG pack? Zippers will add weight and I think MR will have more of them in their bags. But I wonder once you have added the various attached mini bags that go inside the SG pack, the weights maybe are not too far apart.
After reading about the Metcalf and Beartooth, I am liking MR more and more. Definitely look like bomb proof bags as well, and I plan to own whatever pack I buy for a long time.
I understand that it really comes down to fit. I suspect though, with padding placement in the lumbar and proper adjustment both of these can be made to work. So the next thing that seems to always pop up is weight. It appears that MR on average is about a pound and a half heavier than SG. Some of that weight I'm sure is in the frame, although that gap seems to have closed a bit with their latest iteration. But how much of the difference do you feel has to do with the simplicity of the SG pack? Zippers will add weight and I think MR will have more of them in their bags. But I wonder once you have added the various attached mini bags that go inside the SG pack, the weights maybe are not too far apart.
After reading about the Metcalf and Beartooth, I am liking MR more and more. Definitely look like bomb proof bags as well, and I plan to own whatever pack I buy for a long time.