Timeline for Back curvature and pack selection
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| Jul 20, 2021 at 14:17 | answer | added | Chris H | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jul 20, 2021 at 6:43 | comment | added | Chris H | @BenCrowell the models demonstrate the class of backpack in question - not the ultralight sacks of your comment but far more rigid and sculpted. It's not a question of "which should I buy?" but of "what's the significance of the different back curvature?" | |
| Jul 19, 2021 at 20:02 | comment | added | gregmacfarlane | I think I was pretty specific about not caring about recommendations, and provided models only in response to the close vote from @ChrisH | |
| Jul 19, 2021 at 19:16 | comment | added | user2169 | This is turning into even more of a comparison shopping question. From our help pages, outdoors.stackexchange.com/help/on-topic : "Recommendations for what item to purchase are off-topic." | |
| Jul 19, 2021 at 16:37 | history | edited | gregmacfarlane | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jul 19, 2021 at 14:03 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Jul 19, 2021 at 13:45 | comment | added | Chris H | I think, in the absence of an edit to add model names, this is unanswerable. Alternatively we could guess about frame type (assuming there's a frame at all). Voting to close, slightly reluctantly as the question could be an interesting one, and very willing to retract if details materialise | |
| Jul 19, 2021 at 9:10 | answer | added | Manziel | timeline score: 4 | |
| Jul 18, 2021 at 14:26 | comment | added | Chris H | The last framed pack I bought was a child carrier, and of several differences between brands, that wasn't the biggest issue (but I'm too tall for some packs). My hiking packs are older, with formable internal frames/panels. My suspicion is that it's not generally an issue, but some packs don't work well for some people. A particularly curved, particularly rigid, frame with a very straight spine wouldn't be a good combination | |
| Jul 18, 2021 at 11:59 | comment | added | WedaPashi♦ | I agree with @BenCrowell here. I have never paid a lot of attention to shape of my back while selecting a backpack. Rather, had more emphasize on requirements and frame-design of backpack. I'd suggest considering the backpack with proper Lumbar pad/cusgion which supports the spine. | |
| Jul 18, 2021 at 1:46 | comment | added | user2169 | My question is mostly does back curvature matter at all? There are many different types of packs. There are day packs and large overnight backpacking packs. There are rigid frame packs and ultralight nylon sacks. There are packs with elaborate (and heavy) suspension systems to transfer weight to your hips, and others that don't have such a system. It's conceivable that back curvature does matter for some of these, but you haven't told us anything about what type of pack you're talking about, just the brand names. | |
| Jul 18, 2021 at 1:37 | history | edited | csk | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jul 17, 2021 at 22:45 | comment | added | gregmacfarlane | My question is mostly does back curvature matter at all? I saw someone treat it as the primary consideration at one point, but I haven't seen it mentioned at all in my research. | |
| Jul 17, 2021 at 22:44 | history | edited | gregmacfarlane | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jul 17, 2021 at 22:41 | comment | added | user2169 | I'm sure the three brands each have lots of different models, most likely some with more rigid shapes and others with less rigid ones. We could get into what size and type of pack you're shopping for and what models, but that type of shopping advice is not well suited to the SE format, because its usefulness is so ephemeral. | |
| Jul 17, 2021 at 20:21 | history | asked | gregmacfarlane | CC BY-SA 4.0 |