CaneBrake
Well-Known Member
Hope everyone had a great time during the holidays!
I decided to do my yearly gear cleaning and servicing this week. Tidying up loose threads, cleaning out leaves, etc. Sadly, it appears my pack is finally ready to retire after this hunting season. It's been to the sandbox a couple times, been jettisoned off a cliff face while rappelling when things got sideways (literally), has 100s of hard miles on it, and it was my home for a good duration of time. It's a USMC FILBE pack on a Mystery Ranch NICE frame. I've repaired the frame multiple times but the sewing just keeps failing in different places, the padding is completely gone in the shoulder pads from time and weight, and I think it's just time to hang it up. The bag, however, is still in great shape.
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So I'm in the market for a new ruck and looking for recommendations. Preferably something that is MOLLE as all my equipment is based on that and I like being able to change the pack setup for the situation. Something also around the same capacity, around 5000 cu in +/- . I liked the NICE frame but once loaded over 90lbs it started to get a too flexible and wobbly. Mystery Ranch's new military offerings are pretty steep in price and don't necessarily inspire confidence based on user reviews. Thanks!
I decided to do my yearly gear cleaning and servicing this week. Tidying up loose threads, cleaning out leaves, etc. Sadly, it appears my pack is finally ready to retire after this hunting season. It's been to the sandbox a couple times, been jettisoned off a cliff face while rappelling when things got sideways (literally), has 100s of hard miles on it, and it was my home for a good duration of time. It's a USMC FILBE pack on a Mystery Ranch NICE frame. I've repaired the frame multiple times but the sewing just keeps failing in different places, the padding is completely gone in the shoulder pads from time and weight, and I think it's just time to hang it up. The bag, however, is still in great shape.
View attachment IMG_9385.jpeg
So I'm in the market for a new ruck and looking for recommendations. Preferably something that is MOLLE as all my equipment is based on that and I like being able to change the pack setup for the situation. Something also around the same capacity, around 5000 cu in +/- . I liked the NICE frame but once loaded over 90lbs it started to get a too flexible and wobbly. Mystery Ranch's new military offerings are pretty steep in price and don't necessarily inspire confidence based on user reviews. Thanks!
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