How long of a hike have you used the Revelation or Whisper for?

Last summer I used the Whisper pretty much exclusively (I also have the Jam), and mostly went on two and three day trips. The total pack weight for a three days was right around 12 lbs., and that included a liter of water, camera, monocular, small book and other sundries that your average SUL hiker wouldn't be caught dead with. I was generally pleased with the performance, but be forewarned: it is DELICATE! While jamming a windshirt into the front pocket a fingernail sliced right through the fabric! This was easily repaired with Silnett. Now I'm extra careful to avoid branches while walking and never prop it up against a tree to guard against abrasions, just lay it down flat on some soft ground. As for total carring capacity, I'd peg it at about 20 lbs…maybe. Adding the optional waist belt would be highly advised if you're going to be carring that much. But to answer your question about maximum trip length, given about two lbs. of food/day, I'd guess about a week before resupply. For a 4 oz backpack, that's pretty durn good.

Happy Trails!

I have used the whisper up to 3 days with my light load which pretty much filled the pack. I think I might have been able to get one more day of food into the pack if I made more of a use of the outside pocket… but have not really been motivated to do that. Pretty much every 4+ day trip I have been on in the last few years required a bear can which I am not interested in carrying in the G6.

–mark

I did 35 miles over the course of 2.5 days/2 nights in Yellowstone in my Revelation. My load was sub-4, 8 pounds total with beginning food and water, so I had plenty of space. I could have fit an extra 1.5 days of food, for sure.

I have the jam2 (alpine and climbing use) and the whisper with belt ..

The whisper is ok for 3/4 days trips (pack base weight about 3kg/5lbs) for longer walks I prefer my mariposa because its more confortable with more heavy loads (food and water mainly)

Ryan… Interesting question for me since I have a Revelation ordered. My plan is to re-do much of the Long Trail early this year in preparation for a Colorado Trail thru. Instead of doing an LT thru again, I'm going to section much of it in 3 to 4 day segments. I'm going to be Sub 4 early in the season, then Sub 3 by late May. I'm shooting for a Sub 5, plus six days supplies using a Super Prophet on the CT in July.