Before I negotiated prices of components it was $384! Quality doesn't come cheap and this pack has more capability than any other on the market.Holy cow, CC, Kinda above my pay grade. I see why you said "pack pack pack".
Even my actress was impressed! She's an avid outdoor girl and hikes the mountains alot. She wants one! She now wants an H, too! LOL
You'll have to wait for the video because that's as good as the pictures will get. You're right about too many features making for an unusable product. In this case, however, that's just not the case. Everything is designed so the simplest of minds can make it work, and it's so flexible that it will work for anyone's needs.
Don't mean to question your expertise in designing bags, but it looks like you have the 3 batteries on the bottom of the pack, and even to the outside, may I ask why this was thought to be the best place. The most logical place and most ergonomically would be on the top of the pack.
When setting the pack down, it provides a low center of gravity and makes the pack very stable. The aircraft is positioned toward the bottom of the pack and the batteries, in their protective pack, provide an additional level of protection for the aircraft. Having them on the outside provides more room on the inside and makes the batteries easy to get to.
Ok thanks for that, I have a great fascination with the science of outdoor bag design, in my opinion (and that of all mountaineering pack designers) having a low centre of gravity is exactly the opposite of what makes a pack comfortable to carry for any extended period of time. Maybe to sling to over your shoulder and walk with it for 5 minutes the is ok, but when you want to take it for much more time than that, what is comfortable is to have a comfortable waist band so that as much weight of the pack sits on your hips and does not hang off your shoulders. - This principle is simple and easily executed, first, pack the bag top heavy, sit it on you with all straps loose, tighten the waste strap so that the strap sits above your waist and down onto your hips, tighten it so that no matter how had you push or pull on it, it can't slip over your hip bones. Then tighten in the shoulder straps just enough so that the top heavy pack is now balanced. - A lot of people make the false assumption that these shoulder straps are for holding the weight of a bag, whereas they are for balancing the load. - If you ever design a V2 of the bag let me know and I'd be happy to give you some input.
Thanks for your input, mweir. This is a tactical pack that is worn around the world, and has been adapted for this use. I've used it, myself, while hiking and hunting for days in the mountains. If it wasn't comfortable, I wouldn't use it. At the age of 55, I need all the comfort I can get. LOL This does have a comfortable waist band.
Sounds to me as if you should have presented a pack to the world. I appreciate the input, but having been in the military and used a wide variety of packs, having lived in the mountains hiking and hunting for more than a decade, and having adapted a pack that is already used world-wide I think what I have put together is very usable, user-friendly, comfortable, affordable, and long-lasting. I look forward to seeing your pack on the market.
I simply queried your logic for putting batteries hanging off the bottom of the pack, the reason you gave goes against all principles of good pack design. Whether or not it's in use worldwide does not mean it is a good solution.
School bag / napsac? LOL OK. You're welcome to think anything you like. I sell tactical bags to military/police, etc through my other business, Liberty Gear Store. I'll have to share that with some of my customers, there. They'll get a big kick out of it! LOL
Share away ) if any of them are serious climbers or mountaineers or if they really understand good ergonomics and functionally of pack design they will know exactly what I mean.
