Share Your “Gear of the Year” Winners For 2025!

[Bado20]

For me:
New: 6CM, Suppressed 18” Tikka, Peak 44 Bastion stock, SWFA 3-15 gen 2 scope. Such a joy to carry and use. I have a custom 7PRC and chose to carry and use this rifle as soon as it was finished.

Not changing:
- Exo K4 system was something I tested and used in 2024: replacing SGs I used for 9 years. No need to change.

- late season puffy: Sitka hyperdown jacket. Remains extremely warm, good hood, gives me more glassing time, dries stuff I wear well, actually packs down.

As a guy who is in the SG camp but is Exo curious, what do you prefer about the K4 vs the X-Curve system?

 

[MT_Wyatt]

As a guy who is in the SG camp but is Exo curious, what do you prefer about the K4 vs the X-Curve system?

Build quality, stay heights to fit my torso, the lumbar/harness padding, fit, waist belt, and how it carries weight for me. The only thing I didn’t initially like with exo was the weight and bags seemed a little “busy” - that’s totally changed as I have used the system more and more. Just look at the website and how detailed they explain every little decision and approach to the packs - there’s a video for everything. It’s all just done so well.

One other thing I prefer: supporting Exo vs what was a grassroots brand, now being ruined by multiple company sales/hand changes. I had an SG pack when they still sold them through Schnees. With their main people gone, so am I.