sdsliberty
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- Oct 16, 2014
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I'm transitioning from a very well used and abused Mystery Ranch 6500 on a nice frame and looking to upgrade to a Kifaru or SG pack system. Are the current versions of either of their frames (Duplex Lite/XCurve) considered superior to the other?
It seems the Kifaru's get a whole lot of love on this forum, but many other forums are pretty split or even favor SG. The general advice over the past few years has seemed to be Kifaru has more organization and SG is lighter and simpler. I also see a lot of people that favor the new Duplex Lite belt system over the SGs, is it that much better?. I see a lot of comparisons between last generation Kifaru and last generation SG, but not a whole lot comparing the two most current versions.
I also live in the Midwest, so not a lot of opportunities to try on in person. Will be 5 day back country camping, looking on the bag side of things at something around the 5500+ mark (Mountain Warrior/Sky 5900 or the next size bigger)
Any anecdotal evidence would greatly help!
It seems the Kifaru's get a whole lot of love on this forum, but many other forums are pretty split or even favor SG. The general advice over the past few years has seemed to be Kifaru has more organization and SG is lighter and simpler. I also see a lot of people that favor the new Duplex Lite belt system over the SGs, is it that much better?. I see a lot of comparisons between last generation Kifaru and last generation SG, but not a whole lot comparing the two most current versions.
I also live in the Midwest, so not a lot of opportunities to try on in person. Will be 5 day back country camping, looking on the bag side of things at something around the 5500+ mark (Mountain Warrior/Sky 5900 or the next size bigger)
Any anecdotal evidence would greatly help!