Meridian90
Lil-Rokslider
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- Oct 11, 2019
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Let me preface this by saying I've never purchased a technical pack in the past. I've always run whatever hunting backpack I could afford or received as gifts. With some financial stability and means I plan to start heading out west so decided to start getting comfortable hauling a load so I started looking for deals on packs.
I was able to pickup an Exo K2 5500 frame and pack for an incredibly good deal, after planning to get a SG X-Curve.
After paying for the pack (it's in transit now) I started reading some of the comparisons between the K2 and K3 frames. Everyone owning a K3 frame seemed to indicate that it was a gigantic upgrade over the K2 and that they always had issues x, y, z with the K2 and that was fixed with the K3. The main issue people mentioned is that the hip belt slide around a lot.
So here's my questions.
1. Does the K2 have a lot of issues that I should be concerned about --- and if so why did so many swear by them before?
2. Is the K3 so much better than the K2 that I will likely be disappointed in the K2?
Just hoping I didn't make a big mistake here...
I was able to pickup an Exo K2 5500 frame and pack for an incredibly good deal, after planning to get a SG X-Curve.
After paying for the pack (it's in transit now) I started reading some of the comparisons between the K2 and K3 frames. Everyone owning a K3 frame seemed to indicate that it was a gigantic upgrade over the K2 and that they always had issues x, y, z with the K2 and that was fixed with the K3. The main issue people mentioned is that the hip belt slide around a lot.
So here's my questions.
1. Does the K2 have a lot of issues that I should be concerned about --- and if so why did so many swear by them before?
2. Is the K3 so much better than the K2 that I will likely be disappointed in the K2?
Just hoping I didn't make a big mistake here...