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<blockquote data-quote="Pdvdh" data-source="post: 2489799" data-attributes="member: 4191"><p>I and my son both have quality packs and harnesses. Has never been our experience carrying 75% of pack weight on hips and 25% on shoulders, when our packs weigh 125lbs.</p><p></p><p>It's the reverse: ~75% (~94lbs) on shoulders.</p><p>~25% (31lbs) on hip belt.</p><p></p><p>I can't imagine any pack hip belt gonna carry 94lbs of weight. No belt could be tight enough to carry 94lbs on my hips. They slide off my hips, and the weight is transferred to my shoulder straps. When I've tried to tighten my Barney's Sport Chalet hip belt to carry additional weight on my hips, it has to be so tight that it cuts off blood supply to my legs.</p><p></p><p>I'd have to have female hips to keep 94lbs of weight on my hips.</p><p></p><p>That's been my experience over more than 4 decades of packing out Alaskan game.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pdvdh, post: 2489799, member: 4191"] I and my son both have quality packs and harnesses. Has never been our experience carrying 75% of pack weight on hips and 25% on shoulders, when our packs weigh 125lbs. It's the reverse: ~75% (~94lbs) on shoulders. ~25% (31lbs) on hip belt. I can't imagine any pack hip belt gonna carry 94lbs of weight. No belt could be tight enough to carry 94lbs on my hips. They slide off my hips, and the weight is transferred to my shoulder straps. When I've tried to tighten my Barney's Sport Chalet hip belt to carry additional weight on my hips, it has to be so tight that it cuts off blood supply to my legs. I'd have to have female hips to keep 94lbs of weight on my hips. That's been my experience over more than 4 decades of packing out Alaskan game. [/QUOTE]
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