Seek Outside Packs

[C Bow]

Anyone use Seek Outside Packs

 

[douglasfir]

Yeah lol. Lots of people. They're great. They are certainly in the top tier. You see less about them these days after their owner got called out for posting liberal stuff on social media. But no one else makes a pack like theirs.

 

[LCguy]

I have both a Seek Outside tent and backpack and they are both extremely well made and comfortable. Highly recommend anything made by them. Top quality stuff. I have a Goshawk with a Merlin and I use it for both hunting and backpacking.

 

[rcb2000]

I like mine, it’s a Lanner 5400 in Ultra.
The frame is comfortable, I like the pack layout.

That said I am definitely going to try an Exo K4 next, I tried someone else’s on, and I liked the belt a lot more.

 

[Banana_Horn]

I’ve got one, super nice pack. Mine is the Goshawk 4800 2.0. Really like it for hunting in the wet and with/out of a packraft. I love the stretch side pockets and the talon for gear access. The waterproof Ultra fabrics are sweet as well.

Carried some really heavy loads with it this year so far. Carried better than my stone glacier with 100 pounds. I was impressed.

Do wish the hip belt was a little more padded and lumbar pad was more supportive. The K4 does win in that category which is huge. I wish, so badly, that Seek Outside would offer a beefier hip belt with more padding and a better lumbar pad. I’d buy that in a heartbeat @RyanSeek43

 

[JohnB]

I've got a Goshawk 1.0 and have been super happy with it. I think it was a demo with a lighter Xpac(X21?) fabric and I've put a few holes in that but they've all been small and I knew that was likely to happen with the thinner fabric. The frame has carried well enough for me with multiple 100 lb pack outs. I'm keen to try some other packs but much prefer the simplicity of one big pocket vs some of my buddies Mystery Ranch packs.

 

[douglasfir]

I had a hipbelt from an early model Unaweep that I bought probably 10 years ago and foolishly sold when I needed the cash. I can't put my finger on how it was different, but it was more comfortable than more current designs I've used. I believe that SO used to use dual density foam and no longer does (I could be wrong on that). While I'm sure they had good reasons for that, I remember the hipbelt on my older pack carrying better than the newer ones.

Having said that, I still think the Seek Outside design is an all time classic in spite of smaller details that I don't prefer.

 

[Catskill.Joe]

I have the Goshawk 4800 2.0 and an old Fortress pack too. Both are very light, waterproof with the right fabric, and extremely versatile. Highly recommend.