HMG 4400 shoulder strap width

Eric – it’s 2.25″W and nearly identical to the ULA’s shoulder straps (and I mean almost exactly).

thank nick, much appreciated

i may be able to work with that as its framed and enough should be on the waist

ideally i would have liked ~2.5″ (same as my dead bird alpha FL)

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I am not trying to  you discourage you from going with a Porter, but if you haven’t looked already, I might look at a Unaweep or Divide from Seek Outside.   My wife had an HMG (3400) and the shoulder straps were pretty wimpy IMO.  The harness on the S.O. is very cushy.  I cut the load shelf and some of the straps off my Unaweep and it is a very streamlined pack (only with water bottle pockets).

Either way good luck, either of those are packs for serious adventures.

Thanks bradford

i looked at the unaweep/divide … The problem is that i think the frame might get in the way for scrambling/easy climbing … And it weights ~300-400g more

im not so much looking for lead carrying as an alpine/mountaineering higher capacity pack

did your wife find any issues with the straps when carrying weight with the hmg?

Much appreciated

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Eric, Zpacks sells a pair of add-on shoulder strap pads, which beef up the padding considerably. I found that they work very well for my HMG 3400 Southwest to make it comfy.

thanks gary

that should push the width out for the straps a bit … and add some padding as well

hmmmmm

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Yeah, Eric, they add 1/2-3/4″ of functional width to the stock straps, and they also add some needed (IMO) additional cushion. The pair weighs just slightly less than an ounce, not bad considering the comfort they provide. Now, if HMG would just do something about their too-small stock hip belt pockets.