Teen pack

All three can carry a solo canister.  All three will  be lighter than the Osprey? The Prophet and the Ohm are closer in size to the Osprey. From your description, the volume of your son’s current gear will fit in both of the smaller packs. So to me the main issue is frameless vs. an internal frame. He knows what a framed pack feels like. Is there any way to put a loaded frameless pack on his back to test, or is this a surprise?

For a boy his age I think the Kumo and the Mariposa are just a bit too flimsy fabric wise. Üla packs have held up to rough treatment a little better from my experience.

I bought my son an OHM 2.0 (an OHM, but with the slightly beefier Circuit hip belt and suspension) and he loves his. While he has not carried a bear canister, we have tried a BV450 and a BV500 with his gear and it fits… obviously a little tighter with the BV500. Anyway, he is 14 yo, 5’10” & ~135 lbs. He has a SMD Lunar Solo and a ZLite (although, he has taken to my SynMat UL7 on the last couple of hikes and will carry one of my quilts, or in colder weather my Marmot Helium. Anyway, he enjoys it and it fits him well. We got him a medium torso and a small hip belt.

My son has not done near as much hiking as your son has, but with the gear he carries, I think this really is a perfect pack for him. It fits everything he will carry, which is all his own gear, it fits him well and he says it is comfortable, it’s made with tough materials, although, he isn’t super tough on the gear… but he is a kid still, and he didn’t pay for it… And he picked out the orange… wouldn’t have been my pick, but it makes it easy to spot him on the trail! :)

Thanks for the responses. The Ohm 2.0 is very tempting. I’d love to get him into a lighter pack…

I’ve been thinking about the Sierra all weekend and realized that he is strong enough that he should probably carry a shared shelter this year (I carried it last time). The extra capacity of the Circuit might serve ME well on that trip. :)

The Ohm 2.0 fits all his gear including a loaded BV500 comfortably. He’s very happy with the pack. I suspect he will be even happier with a BV450 if we are able to do our planned North Lake South Lake trip this summer.

Thanks for the advice y’all offered on this pack purchase.

Ohm is a great pack. (OK, it’s the *only* lightweight pack i know)

I’m thinking of letting my 9 year old use my size small on our trips together this summer.

(yes, cause I’d rather replace my circa 2000 Dana with a much lighter large volume pack, than buy him something he’ll outgrow in no time)