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I have the updated model with daisy chains, top compression and not!molle on the belt and there are definitely some shortcomings.
It's really heavy for a 50L before you even put anything in it. The yoke is just a big square of foam with no airflow so your upper back will soak through when you sweat. The top compression straps attaching to the frame at the very top means that you can't sling a rifle over the frame properly when those straps are in use, you can fix that by putting female buckles on the loops by the hydration tube slot where they expect you to mount the MR hunting daypack but it was really cheap of them to not include those female buckles with the pack.
The overload gimmick is a godsend for hauling wood and the belt is super ergonomic but I can't help but feel like this thing was a masterpiece at some point before the corpos started removing useful stuff to be sold separately.
I'd be less bothered by it if I was buying into a wider MR ecosystem but the frames are proprietary between the 50, 65 and 80 and I doubt they'd even sell the packs separately if they weren't.
