Namtrag
07-28-2016, 08:53
My Ohm weighs 35.5 oz (medium torso with a large hipbelt). I have an extra 2" in the shoulder straps, so that may be part of the reason it is a 4 oz over the spec weight, plus my pack is all robic, whereas the older ones I think had silnylon down the sides and on the bottom to save weight. I am going to remove the water bladder holder, and maybe shorten some of the straps to cut a couple of oz, if I ever get around to it! lol
I just took the pack out last weekend for a shakedown over-nighter, and it was very comfortable, and it is much bigger than I was expecting. I had so much extra room in the main compartment, I don't think I will have any trouble using it for a 6 day, 5 night trip later this summer. In the main body, I had my top and under quilts, a clothes bag, an Ursack with a few meals and snacks, a toiletry bag, an everything else bag, my hammock, and two coozies for cooking food in, and it was way underfilled.
The stretchy mesh pocket has returned, and it holds a lot of stuff. I had a frog togs jacket, a rain kilt, a pack cover, a sawyer squeeze filter with 2 dirty bags, and a pint of whisky in it, and I could have stuffed more into it.
Since I use the water bottle holders on the front of the shoulder straps, I was able to use the huge side pockets for gear, so I put my cook kit in one side pocket, and my tarp, stakes and straps in the other. I did notice that the side pockets on mine use cinch cord, whereas my wife's Ohm just has stretchy elastic cords built in. I had no worries about anything falling out. In fact, I tripped and fell forward flat on my stomach and chest, and the only thing that flew out of the pack was the bottle of whisky! The stuff in the side pockets stayed put.
The hipbelt pockets are huge, and I had barely anything in them, just a couple of snacks in one, and my iphone and a bandana in the other, and they would have held a lot more.
I was also able to compress the load inside the pack fairly well by cinching the criss-cross cords that are on either side.
The lack of ventilation didn't bother me, as I sweat uncontrollably with or without ventilation.
This pack is definitely a keeper. I had 24 lbs in it with food and water, and it rode like a dream at that weight.
This is not me with the load I took over the weekend, it's a pic from the day I got the pack and just threw stuff in it, so it's not compressed down at all. But you can see how the pack is all orange Robic now without the black silnylon panels. I also put a pic from the ULA website, and you can see mine is much more orange!
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I just took the pack out last weekend for a shakedown over-nighter, and it was very comfortable, and it is much bigger than I was expecting. I had so much extra room in the main compartment, I don't think I will have any trouble using it for a 6 day, 5 night trip later this summer. In the main body, I had my top and under quilts, a clothes bag, an Ursack with a few meals and snacks, a toiletry bag, an everything else bag, my hammock, and two coozies for cooking food in, and it was way underfilled.
The stretchy mesh pocket has returned, and it holds a lot of stuff. I had a frog togs jacket, a rain kilt, a pack cover, a sawyer squeeze filter with 2 dirty bags, and a pint of whisky in it, and I could have stuffed more into it.
Since I use the water bottle holders on the front of the shoulder straps, I was able to use the huge side pockets for gear, so I put my cook kit in one side pocket, and my tarp, stakes and straps in the other. I did notice that the side pockets on mine use cinch cord, whereas my wife's Ohm just has stretchy elastic cords built in. I had no worries about anything falling out. In fact, I tripped and fell forward flat on my stomach and chest, and the only thing that flew out of the pack was the bottle of whisky! The stuff in the side pockets stayed put.
The hipbelt pockets are huge, and I had barely anything in them, just a couple of snacks in one, and my iphone and a bandana in the other, and they would have held a lot more.
I was also able to compress the load inside the pack fairly well by cinching the criss-cross cords that are on either side.
The lack of ventilation didn't bother me, as I sweat uncontrollably with or without ventilation.
This pack is definitely a keeper. I had 24 lbs in it with food and water, and it rode like a dream at that weight.
This is not me with the load I took over the weekend, it's a pic from the day I got the pack and just threw stuff in it, so it's not compressed down at all. But you can see how the pack is all orange Robic now without the black silnylon panels. I also put a pic from the ULA website, and you can see mine is much more orange!
3558335584