wildyorkie
08-02-2006, 00:56
I am looking at getting an old Dana Design K-2 Loadmaster external frame
backpack, such as the Longbed or Terraframe. I have heard that the later
models had some improvements in the shoulder straps, hipbelts, the fabric,
the crosslinks and the lumbar pad. These improvements probably were made around 1999 or 2000. Can some Dana external frame users please give me some tips on what to look for?
Questions:
1) Did later model TerraFrames integrate the lumbar pad and its mounting
sleeve with the packbag itself?
2) The crosslinks changed from fiberglass to carbon fiber
http://tinyurl.com/mynwv (http://tinyurl.com/mynwv). Was this to mainly save weight, or to provide a
more flexible or a stronger frame? Anyone try both? And how can you tell
whether the crosslinks are one or the other by looking at them?
3) Is this the most comfortable shoulder harnesses http://tinyurl.com/lh6yx (http://tinyurl.com/lh6yx)
and hipelt http://tinyurl.com/rne67 (http://tinyurl.com/rne67)
Thank you. - David
backpack, such as the Longbed or Terraframe. I have heard that the later
models had some improvements in the shoulder straps, hipbelts, the fabric,
the crosslinks and the lumbar pad. These improvements probably were made around 1999 or 2000. Can some Dana external frame users please give me some tips on what to look for?
Questions:
1) Did later model TerraFrames integrate the lumbar pad and its mounting
sleeve with the packbag itself?
2) The crosslinks changed from fiberglass to carbon fiber
http://tinyurl.com/mynwv (http://tinyurl.com/mynwv). Was this to mainly save weight, or to provide a
more flexible or a stronger frame? Anyone try both? And how can you tell
whether the crosslinks are one or the other by looking at them?
3) Is this the most comfortable shoulder harnesses http://tinyurl.com/lh6yx (http://tinyurl.com/lh6yx)
and hipelt http://tinyurl.com/rne67 (http://tinyurl.com/rne67)
Thank you. - David