![]() ![]() If you haven't used a sling yet, I would suggest finding something in the 30 to $40 range and test driving it for a couple months. But it would do no better being shoved into a backpack than the air sling I don't think. The water field sling would definitely be at the top of my list. I've looked at all of the slings on the market, for what feels like 100 hours. ![]() You don't need the sling to be as tough as a hard use backpack, especially not a tech wear oriented sling. After using it for a while, I've come to the realization that you really don't need a sling to be built out of 1000D coradura. I will say that there is nothing exceptionally wrong with the day sling. Unless the pack you listed has some sort of support system, IMO this one is much better. Tie downs on the front, snack pockets on the hip belt, pockets big enough to fit large smart water bottles on the sides. ![]() They are great and cheap for what they are, but their use is very narrow. Don't expect to do any sort of through hike, winter hiking, or long term hiking in the pack. Overall, cheap packs like that make great weekend packs to hike out to a site (wouldn't recommend more than a couple miles) for the night and come back or great slightly oversized day packs. The hip belt doesn't do much besides keep the pack from flopping and store snacks. The pack isn't very adjustable so it doesn't fit great that great and strains portions of your back if your load isn't packed well. If you overload the pack (even to the range of like 20 lbs) it becomes completely uncomfortable due to low padding in the straps and no support system. I live in Florida so my kit stays VERY light throughout the entire year. Works great, however it has some SEVERE limits. I'm sure that there are better bags out there but usually they are triple the price.
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