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<blockquote data-quote="brcfo_outdoors" data-source="post: 1974576" data-attributes="member: 113623"><p>I have owned several Hill People Gear backpacks and now own exactly zero. I like their philosophy, company, ethos, and everything but cannot get on board with their backpacks. The last one I purchased was a Qui-Ya I believe, where you bend the stays to fit your back and it didn't go well. I have never been more miserable on a backpacking trip than after one day of trying to use that pack. I am sure if I was in a fitting room with a representative from their company and they were bending the stays to fit my back it may have been better, but that was not the results I had. They have a youtube video which I followed to the best of my ability but still got poor results. Sold it immediately afterwards and haven't really looked back. I have had a Tarahumara and Umlindi which were more or less fine but operated them with significantly less weight. My other gripe about HPG stuff is that it is made with really heavy Cordura which is abrasive on just about everything, and I feel like they have an excessive number of straps. Lastly, all their stuff is made by First Spear which is a company I feel is kind of proud of their stuff to a fault and price it accordingly.</p><p></p><p>Now if you want to set up a belt platform for coyotes or upland game, its hard to beat HPG's recon belt. I have one and love it, and have never found a similar product that performs better in that particular application. </p><p></p><p>If I want a backpack though, I am all Kuiu.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="brcfo_outdoors, post: 1974576, member: 113623"] I have owned several Hill People Gear backpacks and now own exactly zero. I like their philosophy, company, ethos, and everything but cannot get on board with their backpacks. The last one I purchased was a Qui-Ya I believe, where you bend the stays to fit your back and it didn't go well. I have never been more miserable on a backpacking trip than after one day of trying to use that pack. I am sure if I was in a fitting room with a representative from their company and they were bending the stays to fit my back it may have been better, but that was not the results I had. They have a youtube video which I followed to the best of my ability but still got poor results. Sold it immediately afterwards and haven't really looked back. I have had a Tarahumara and Umlindi which were more or less fine but operated them with significantly less weight. My other gripe about HPG stuff is that it is made with really heavy Cordura which is abrasive on just about everything, and I feel like they have an excessive number of straps. Lastly, all their stuff is made by First Spear which is a company I feel is kind of proud of their stuff to a fault and price it accordingly. Now if you want to set up a belt platform for coyotes or upland game, its hard to beat HPG's recon belt. I have one and love it, and have never found a similar product that performs better in that particular application. If I want a backpack though, I am all Kuiu. [/QUOTE]
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