Mountain Warrior Vs. The Reckoning

[dotman]

There are both pros and cons each way, for me the pros of having it in my bag outweigh not but each of our pros and cons will differ. I never take my bladder out of my bag except for when I'm disinfecting it in the off season.

It takes up minimal space in any bag over 3000ci. I prefer to fill my bladder while it's in the pack and not mess around with removing it and I like it to hang so that the weight is placed higher on my frame and not sagging into a pocket.

 

[chasewild]

You just changed my thoughts Tim -- the bladder has to "hang" rather than "sit." Getting rid of the internal pocket idea and going with a sling of sorts.

 

[Stickinit]

I was skeptical of the bladder between the fame and bag at first, but after a couple of hunts it actually works really well.

 

[marktole]

Anyone ever use the mountain warrior to pack meat or a dry bag between the bag and frame even though it doesn't have a meat shelf? Maybe you could rig a grab it to hold the bottom of the game/dry bag and then the compression straps of the MW bag to frame to keep the load in place against the frame?

 

[Kotaman]

I currently own the Mountain Warrior, Reckoning, AMR and Argali. (In the larger Kifaru packs, along with a bunch of smaller Kifaru packs.). There are things I love about each bag. The MW would be my favorite if it were a bit bigger. I LOVE the simplicity and the weight of the Argali. The AMR is a BEAST of a pack that goes nicely in to day pack mode and the Reckoning has a lot of the great features of all of these packs, but I'm not much of a "strap" guy. (Jury is still out for me on the Reckoning). You really cannot go wrong with any of these 4. It's all about the features that are important to you.