Frame Pack Recommendations; KUIU, Kifaru, EXO, Stone Glacier, etc

[isleofGough]

I've purchased equipment from Mystery Ranch, Stone Glacier, Seek Outside, Kifaru, and Exo Mtn Gear and dealt with all their customer support departments. Even though for my personal use, I went with a Hellbender on Ark frame, Exo Mtn Gear stands well above all the others for quality and promptness of support, shipping times, and attention to detail.

 

[mgstucson]

I am referring to their actual load sling that they sell. Yes, if you just use the bottom 2 pack to frame straps you can load meat that way but I prefer to use an actual shelf to better support the meat and to use this system you have to remove the pack and leave it off for hauling, which I don’t like.

I also don't like the fact that you can't use the KUIU load sling and the KUIU pack at the same time with the KUIU frame, for the same reasons you mentioned. All the connection points of the load sling require you to use the pack connection points. If you use a KIFARU frame, you can use the KUIU pack and the KUIU load sling at the same time because there are extra connection points on the frame not used for the pack, or you can use the KIFARU Cargo Panel (even better) and the KUIU pack at the same time, You can also do the same thing with the K4 frame and KUIU packs and load slings, but there are more strap connection points on the KIFARU frame. BTW it is possible to add straps to the KUIU frame and use the KUIU Load Sling and KUIU pack at the same time (sort of), KUIU just doesn't design it to be used that way. I still prefer using KUIU packs on KIFARU or K4 frames.