wind gypsy
"DADDY"
- Joined
- Dec 30, 2014
- Messages
- 11,858
I've got a SO Revo Frame and a 2016 Exo K2, have had the Kifaru Gen 2 duplex.
My experience closely mimics Idaho Stalkers. With a full house load in my SO I have a hard time keeping the hip belt up on my hips. I have swung into the shop at SO and they were great about getting my fit tuned up but regardless, the weight does not stay up as well as my Exo pack does. I'm tempted to have the SO lumbar pad wrapped in grippy material that is similar to what Exo/Kifaru use on their lumbar pads to see if that helps. I also don't like the gate keepers as much as the load compression buckles on the exo. I snapped 2 gate keepers while cranking down elk meat to the frame this year.
The SO frame is very comfortable and I've found it to keep loads very stable on your back. The load doesn't barrel side to side like I had with exo/kifaru. It doesn't have quite freedom of motion feeling like exo but doesn't have the board on your back feeling like Kifaru either.
My experience closely mimics Idaho Stalkers. With a full house load in my SO I have a hard time keeping the hip belt up on my hips. I have swung into the shop at SO and they were great about getting my fit tuned up but regardless, the weight does not stay up as well as my Exo pack does. I'm tempted to have the SO lumbar pad wrapped in grippy material that is similar to what Exo/Kifaru use on their lumbar pads to see if that helps. I also don't like the gate keepers as much as the load compression buckles on the exo. I snapped 2 gate keepers while cranking down elk meat to the frame this year.
The SO frame is very comfortable and I've found it to keep loads very stable on your back. The load doesn't barrel side to side like I had with exo/kifaru. It doesn't have quite freedom of motion feeling like exo but doesn't have the board on your back feeling like Kifaru either.