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WKR
The marsupial gear belt has been the only one that hasn’t caused rubbing for me.
I’ve used suspended as well without issue, both first life and sitka.I use the Marsupial belt as well without issue. I may try suspenders just out of curiousity but when I put on my First Lite suspenders it just looks like it would rub wrong. I guess I need to try it to see but I never se to get around to it since the Marsupial works for me.
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I'm having a similar problem, wearing a belt becomes irritating/painful on the top/front of my hip bone, no belt and annoyingly my pants slip down but 100% more comfortable. Thinking of suspenders but the clips/hooks would be in a pretty similar position and cause rubbing/pressure. Has anyone tried suspenders?
One interesting change with the k4 is the classic comfort I have always liked with exo in hunting mode, but tighten everything up and it turns into a very stable solid feel and gets that rigid feeling, stuck in place, like part of your back. It locks in a load as well as any pack I have ever worn… it’s quite impressive… literally best of both worlds.
Anyone have difficulty putting a near empty nalgene in the holster when wearing the pack? Seems a little tight and was seeing if there is more of a "break in" period for them. Every time I try to push it in it tends to slip at the opening when less than half full. Not sure if there is a good trick to make it go in easier. If the bottle is full it is much easier to slide in. Thanks.
The original prana stretch Zion pants with the built in belt are the best solution I've found. They're supposedly bringing them back. No belt or suspender is comfortable for me. A thin piece of string or Paracord is the only other thing that's worked for me.
Ha! I thought I was weird for finding wrangler pants at Walmart that I preferred over my hiking pants.
I wonder if we are talking about the same style? I bought a few pairs last year and wear them for everything.
For an off-the-shelf option, the Arcade belt is what I'd recommend as well.i've used the arcade mignight hiker belt the last 6 years with my packs, it's never given me an issue even with heavy loads. Very low profile, flexible, and soft.
I did build and test a belt last year that was just very thin 3/4" webbing with a ladder lock sewn to one end. It worked pretty well.