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Durable Guides: Gunmetal stainless steel guides (10 on casting models, 9 on spinning models)

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But the carbon-fiber internal frame flexes more smoothly with each step than aluminum-framed packs such as the Osprey Eja/Exos and Gregory Focal/Facet, and it holds support and shape as well as heavier models

Modular systems/specialty boxes come down to different tackle trays and specialty boxes

The shoulder straps are only lightly padded, and the hipbelt is a thin and basic webbing design that wont feel comfortable under the weight of a full load