Discussion: Osprey

I was part of the Osprey Hydraulic CDN test team last year and found two big issues with their hydration packs:

- the Osprey Nalgene bladder broke twice, both during races both time at the bottom of the bladder - not good!
- the Raptor uses a magnet to hold the bite valve on the pack, however, this magnet will mess with your compass as I also found out during a race!

Osprey makes great packs, I used the Talon in Patagonia which was awesome, but I think their hydraulic line is still in needs of improvement!

We have Hornet32s now in use. They are awesome, light and quite narrow but still take lots of load. It's also ok when you are running with empty bag, not like Talon33 which I had in ARWC2010. Bladders are not included but I use Source bladders.

Here is the link for more details.
http://www.ospreypacks.com/Packs/HornetSeriesActiv...

That is good to hear they are light too... the Raptors were pretty heavy...

At least we are trying to go as light as possible at APEX. ;o)

Any pack is light after WPER...

That is so true - I was laughing loud about your comment earlier about first aid kit. List was endless...