POE/WXTex Clones @ Cabela’s

Potentially, POE makes them for Simms who then sticks their name on them.

Figure a couple of pounds for the hunter’s lumbar pack.

Heavy, robust fabric (often waterproof, but NOT the seams and zippers, though some cover the zippers with a flap of waterproof material), very robust, and a lot of padding in the wide hip-belt (making the use of the removable shoulder-straps optional in many cases) accounts for the weight despite the relatively low volume.

NOT an UL solution by any means (i should have made these facts clearer in my prev. post under “Disadvantages”), but a low volume sol’n that keeps my back cool in 90+ deg summer days. Obviously, not a recommended sol’n for everyone.

Here’s a link to other hunter’s packs on the Cabela’s website

Here’s a link to the first of three pages on the BassProShops website

I bet the DIY’ers amongst us could work some real magic, recreating some of these designs (with vast improvements) in UL fabrics.

POE does make the SIMMS products. SIMMS is a fly fishing company located in Bozeman, MT that wanted welded fishing produts. The items you are seeing at Cabela's are similar to POE products because they rely on the same molds in order to create them. In the case of the SIMMS stuff sack vs the POE Pneumo they are pretty much the same. SIMMS distribution is outside of POE's normal distribution so it allows us to sell fly fishing products without having to create and then run our own rep force, trade shows etc.