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I like all the concepts and options this pack has to offer. Although it has come apart on me like others have said in their reviews, I gave it four stars. It would earn that fifth star in the material was a little tougher.

This pack gets a ton of 4-5 star reviews but my own experience with it was only so so. It has a number of design issues that make it clumsy to use. First, the side compression straps that help the rear-most pocket sit straight go right across the side pockets. If you have a water bottle in the mesh pocket (which seems to be its intended purpose...) it's pretty easy to get out but almost impossible to get back in the same way. The waist belt on the pack also sits oddly for me. It's as if the belt straps are "canted" or angled inward in some way. No matter what I do to adjust it, it always seems to rub me on the top or the bottom.

Finally, the belt design is odd to begin with. The side pouches aren't subdivided, so if you use them for what I do (pocketknife/multi-tool, chapstick, windicator, etc) it all gets jumbled in there and it's hard to get stuff out without dumping things on the ground. And their placement is awkward as well. They're too far back to reach with good view of what's inside and yet not quite far back enough to fit an accessory pouch in front of it. And yet they DO seem to be far enough back to get in the way of a shoulder-carried firearm such as a shotgun! Honestly, I wish they had just stuck a molle panel on each side and focused on the pack itself. No joke, I have seriously considered ripping the stitches on the side pouches so I can sew one on!

The redeeming feature is that this is a very versatile pack for half the price of other less functional competitors. I do hope the Alps team listens to feedback because this thing could be amazing with some tweaks!

This is a very well thought out design. No other hunting pack can compete. The fold away backpack was a big surprise to me. Didn't understand from display pictures that a hunting pack was folded up inside. I tried out pack with all scenarios in mind for hunting season. Yes I was fully dressed in my house head to feet with my crossbow attached. I bought front pocket attachments that were suggested very well thought out accessory to be considered. Front attachment accessory comes with decent size game bag large enough to get 2-3 rabbit's or 2 pheasants. Plenty of adjustable straps. I folded away hunting pack and tried my big game packs for carrying meat with waist adjustments done. Perfect amount of room to have outer frame or interior frame big game pack on. You're still good with front accessory attachment even with extra game pack on. Adding straps to my game packs for securing my crossbow & compound bow. Crossbow or rifle can be be still secure if you have big packs with straps.