Re: [pct-l] stoves and Golite pack

["Brett Tucker" <blisterfree@hotmail.com>]

<vivek1111@hotmail.com> wrote:

Has anyone tried the Golite Pack.  What did you think of it.
I liked how light it was, but it took some doing to get my all my stuff in 
it.
I guess I have to learn how to pack lighter.  On the down side, the mesh 
pockets
fell apart (got holes in them) on the first day with some easy boulder
scrambling.  I have send it back to Golite and hopefully they can think of
something.
Otherwise the pack and other GO-lite clothes are indeed very light and 
seemed to
be very well put together.

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I used a prototype of the current GoLite pack last summer on the PCT. This 
pack was only minutely heavier (15 or 16 ozs), partly because it lacked ice 
axe attachment points and partly because it was slightly smaller (very 
slightly). I believe construction standards were more than adequate then, 
and should be all the better now. But still, they are a fledgling outfit, 
and could be running into a few production flaws as they rush to fulfill 
orders. How did you manage to get holes in the mesh pockets? No doubt this 
pack does require one to pack on the light side, and the less bulky side. 
Not doing so defeats the whole purpose of using such a pack. The heavier the 
load, the less comfortable a bare-bones pack is to wear. The bulkier the 
load, the more stress comes to bear upon the materials, which although 
robust, could conceivably rip at weak points (mesh), for instance when the 
mesh pockets are given the squeeze play from an overloaded main compartment. 
My first impression of the primary mesh cargo area on the back of the pack 
was that it wasn't capacious enough. But come to find out, the pockets were 
designed to offer as much storage area as possible without throwing the 
pack's center of gravity out of whack. Everything seems on the level to me. 
My only hope is that as time goes on, these items become a bit more 
value-oriented. I believe such would be more in keeping with the spirit from 
which this commercial gear blossomed.

- Blisterfree




>From: PCT-L Guest Post <milt@backcountry.net>
>Reply-To: vivek1111@hotmail.com
>To: unclemilt@backcountry.net
>Subject: [pct-l] stoves and Golite pack
>Date: Wed, 8 Dec 1999 18:36:29 -0600 (CST)
>
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>I'm new to this group and like the discussion on stoves and equipment so 
>far- here is my two bits worth.
>
>I purchases the snow peak stove.  It works very well and very easy to light 
>and operate.  Much easier than my older coleman feather 400.  I don't think 
>it is especially detremental to the environment since I don't waste fuel 
>during the lighting process or spilling fuel.  I like the convenience after 
>a hard day.
>And as for mailing them- it is legal and ok with the US postal service as 
>long as you cushion the canister and mark as land/surface shipping only (ie 
>not air shipment).
>
>Has anyone tried the Golite Pack.  What did you think of it.
>I liked how light it was, but it took some doing to get my all my stuff in 
>it.  I guess I have to learn how to pack lighter.  On the down side, the 
>mesh pockets fell apart (got holes in them) on the first day with some easy 
>boulder scrambling.  I have send it back to Golite and hopefully they can 
>think of something.
>Otherwise the pack and other GO-lite clothes are indeed very light and 
>seemed to be very well put together.
>
>
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