osprey pack owners need help

Be happy to tonight when I get in if someone doesn't be me to it. PM sent.

jimmby

Try searching on "stow on the go" instead. The second link is a PDF on the Talon series with some good close ups.

I had a couple Osprey packs and never used the feature, finding it clumsy and extra "gimmick" weight and complexity. When hiking, my poles are always extended and I just lay them down or lean them on the high side of the trail, a rock, log or tree and I stash thrm in the tool loops in the rare event that I'm walking without them.

http://www.outdoorsmagic.com/gear-news/osprey-reinvents-trekking-pole-stowage/5092.html

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=osprey%20stow%20on%20the%20go&source=web&cd=10&ved=0CDsQFjAJ&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ospreypacks.com%2Fuser_manuals%2FS14_OM_Talon-Tempest_PROD.pdf&ei=Fd3HVMXNKJbdoASy3YDoAg&usg=AFQjCNE9UlECg_s1jTjk4Ddac_1Ks3gaZw&sig2=fH8fH0JDo3Km52FXbp_myg&bvm=bv.84607526,d.cGU

Thanks Dale for the links. So you thought it was clumsy. Any thoughts on a better design. I like using poles but I find times when I'm off trail and my pack doesn't have tool loops. So pack comes off then i have to strap them down. Thought this would be easier and more efficient.

Any thought from people who use them.

Also someone sent me some photos.

Thanks again.

"I had a couple Osprey packs and never used the feature, finding it clumsy and extra "gimmick" weight and complexity."

Agreed. I cut mine off to save weight.
Also cut off the front pocket.

Billy

I got the idea from somebody here to put your trekking poles through your shoulder straps, then clip your sternum strap through the trekking pole loops. I don't recall who posted it, but it's a great solution that doesn't involve adding anything to your pack – as long as you use straps on your poles.

Sternum strap method. Hey great idea, just tried it out. Easier for me to stow than the osprey system. Only issue could be rubbing on my side under the shoulder strap but for me it wont be a problem as I only tuck them away for short periods like climbing up steep section of trail where I'm using my hands a lot or hiking roads in and out from trail heads. Thanks for the tip.

jimmyb

I like the stow and go on my Exos. I use them every trip. No issues here.

Obviously, ANYTHING you hang from you pack could be clumsy, especially a 4'pole.

The only downfall I would admit to is that when you sit, you have to navigate your poles so they don't stab into the ground and pitch you like a tent.

I DIY'd a similar solution for my pack. It's pretty simple, just a piece of shock cord strung between the edge of the hip belt and the ice axe loop, then a loop of shock cord tied around the shoulder strap loop with a cordlock on it.

I use it all the time. When I'm hiking with two poles, I'll stash one in order to drink or eat, or stash both when I need to do some rock scrambling.