Hi Everyone,
Sorry I have not responded sooner- been in the shop working on a tent.
@Casey- It is a Bearikade Expedition. If I was to make something like this for sale, it would probably be in the $225/250 range. But I would want to get a couple of orders together to make it worth the effort. Please send me an email if you, or anybody else is interested.
@Harold- It carries fairly well empty, but then again, my total load with out food was light- in the 8 pound range. I never felt the need to shift much weight into the can, but I suppose I could have carried my cook kit in there if needed.
If a cottage guy is looking at the design to use it for their own, Id hope that they would contact me about it first. my email is R2packs@gmail.com
@Clayton, The pack does have an adjustable torso. I was testing out the idea of a lightweight way to accomplish a couple inches of adjustability. This works fairly well.
@Ken, The bottom of the pack is just the corrugated frame sheet with two layers of XPac, so I dont know if I would say padded, so much at protected.
@Gregory, I didnt have any issues with the pack carrying awkwardly. I think this is mostly due to the full length plastic framesheet. It transfers weight really well.
@Konrad, the framesheet actually does continue down, behind the lumbar pad, and under the canister
@Hobbes, It would be a major hassle (in my opinion at least) to wrestle the pad into this sleeve every morning. Sure it could be done, but the 7 ounce frame sheet is really nice when the whole pack is loaded up with food and water. At night, I use the pack under my legs as insulation (the bottom curls up past my feet).
Also, I really like having the can on the outside, as I can easily access my food during the day without unpacking anything.
Everybody else, thanks for the comments!
Here are a few pictures of the framesheet:
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