"A Big Pack with good suspension. Even without fiberglass wands on side, a competant external frame. With side wands, rivals my Gregory Shasta. Carried 70 pounds in test, and worked ok.
Bad News: Construction not up to other top-of-line packs. Few Bar-tacks seen. Some questionable construction shortcuts (only single layer bottom for example.) But definatelya contender. I prefer this pack to my internal, possibly because that is what I first trained on."