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The ideal hiking pack 10-Jul-2006 At 8:55:07 AM climbau

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Cordura seems to be a bit more hardier when it comes to certain types of abrasion.
If you pack something hard (i.e a gas canister) to the outside of your pack and then come a gutsa whilst walking and the pack hits a rock at the point where the gas canister sits, then canvas is more likely to cut through than cordura. However Canvas is much more weather proof. I have also heard that canvas will withstand general rubbing/abrasion better than cordura.
To prevent above mentioned cutting scenarios, just make sure you pack those hard solid items to the inside, or wrap them in softer articles.

LBJ wrote stuff re one planet:
I reckon their harnesses need more work, thay absorb heaps of water, snow sticks like shit to a blanket, and the foams are too soft (heaps comfy, but deform under heavy loads). The sacks are quite good, and it is nice to be made in Australia. And if you want to stay "made in Australia" then Sea to Summit is where my mone would go.
But, as always.....Horses for Courses.