Osprey Crescent Series backpack

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  • starbaby
    Member
    • Jun 2004
    • 126
    #1

    Osprey Crescent Series backpack

    I was at REI Co-Op in Atlanta Ga last week and tried on one of those Osprey Crescent series backpacks.

    See here: http://www.ospreypacks.com/3D_cresce...cent_intro.htm

    And, at least, in the store, it seemed like a great fit with my back. Does anyone out there have one of these and could you give me a reading on how you like it.

    SB
    If you can dream -- and not make dreams your master,
    If you can think--and not make thoughts your aim,
    If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
    And treat those two impostors just the same...

    Rudyard Kipling
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    • Kevin
      **BANNED**
      • Nov 2003
      • 5857
      #2
      I'm afraid to ask - how much $$$? Couldn't easily find the retail price on the web site, a good indication they cost a lot.

      Am I seeing things right - is the top actually designed to go against your head?

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        • redhawk
          Senior Resident Curmudgeon
          • Jan 2004
          • 10929
          #3
          I don't have one. I think that 7 pound 6 oz for 4700 ci is a lot of wasted weight.
          (Looking at the 70 series)

          Actually all of them run heavy for the capacity they carry compared to other bags.

          Pricey too!

          The 85 lists for $379.00
          The 70 for $349.00
          The 110 for $399.00

          You can get a comparable pack from EMS about $200.00 cheaper and a little lighter
          "If future generations are to remember us with gratitude rather than contempt, we must leave them more than the miracles of technology. We must leave them a glimpse of the world as it was in the beginning, not just after we got through with it." Lyndon B. Johnson

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            • Kevin
              **BANNED**
              • Nov 2003
              • 5857
              #4
              Hmmm...

              I recently got a Gregory pack, great fit and very light weight (4,000ci around 3-4 pounds). If you haven't, maybe try them on (EMS carries them).

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                • kwc
                  loser
                  • Apr 2004
                  • 1300
                  #5
                  when i tried the EMS packs and then the Gregory, I liked the Gregory much better. just seemed to fit more comfortably. i'm not knocking EMS packs, 'cause my older EMS 2800TL has served me well over the past several years. but when i went to get a larger pack and did the comparisons, i went with the Gregory.

                  i think that many who hike the AT like Osprey packs but certainly not monsters that weigh in at over 7 pounds.
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                    • Kevin
                      **BANNED**
                      • Nov 2003
                      • 5857
                      #6
                      KWC, I think we also forgot to mention that the Gregory packs are half the price of the Osprey...

                      Starbaby, I guess no one's answered your question but maybe the discussion could be useful to you anyways...

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                        • kwc
                          loser
                          • Apr 2004
                          • 1300
                          #7
                          you're right Kevin! and EMS often has them on sale ... mine was $40 off the regular retail when I bought it last fall.
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                            • starbaby
                              Member
                              • Jun 2004
                              • 126
                              #8
                              Originally posted by Kevin
                              KWC, I think we also forgot to mention that the Gregory packs are half the price of the Osprey...

                              Starbaby, I guess no one's answered your question but maybe the discussion could be useful to you anyways...
                              Yes, these are answers indeed! Comfort and fit is very important to me, but if it twice the price (and weight!) than other possibilities, then I guess it's a no go. Out of curiosity, what model Gregory pack do yuo have Kevin?

                              SB
                              If you can dream -- and not make dreams your master,
                              If you can think--and not make thoughts your aim,
                              If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
                              And treat those two impostors just the same...

                              Rudyard Kipling

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