My advice is that a big bag can always be used for the stuff a smaller bag can be used for, but the inverse isn’t true. Get the idea of a “daypack” out of your head and buy him a pack that will work for overnighters and backpack hunts from a reputable company (stone glacier, kifaru, exo). Get him a 3-4k cubic inch pack from one of those companies and he can always tighten down the straps and tidy up the bag for day rips.
Buy him a SG Solo 3600, Kifaru 357 Mag, or an Exo K4 3600. He can do weekend trips and (if he packs well) could get as many as 4 ish days out of those bags, but they’ll also pack down and work for day trips. You’ll never regret having a little bit bigger pack, but you’ll eventually regret a little bit smaller pack.
EDIT: whatever size pack you’re thinking, add 1k-1500 cubic inches, then buy that pack.
Buy him a SG Solo 3600, Kifaru 357 Mag, or an Exo K4 3600. He can do weekend trips and (if he packs well) could get as many as 4 ish days out of those bags, but they’ll also pack down and work for day trips. You’ll never regret having a little bit bigger pack, but you’ll eventually regret a little bit smaller pack.
EDIT: whatever size pack you’re thinking, add 1k-1500 cubic inches, then buy that pack.
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