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GrahamJ
climber
In the rain
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Cilo's 30L worksack may be lighter, but it's also smaller (30L pack vs ~50L) and won't last nearly as long. My 60L worksack lasted all of a 6 months, the replacement 45L worksack lasted ~ a year before it started to crack up, finally died a year after that. My chernobyl (which was actually lighter than my 45L worksack) is now 4 years old and gets more use than my worksacks ever did and still looks brand new. Don't f*#k around, buy the best.
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E Robinson
climber
Salinas, CA
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I love my Ozone...it's as close to perfection as it gets.
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Delhi Dog
climber
Good Question...
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I still have my Chernobyl from the late eighties/early nineties...one of the few packs I brought to India and keep here. I use it for everything. Second best pack I ever had.
My favorite got ripped off in Yosemite years ago. I think it was an old Ballistic cloth Gramicci. I know I had a Gramicci haul bag from BITD that was ballistics...
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Spiny Norman
Social climber
Boring, Oregon
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The Cilogear stuff is very versatile, and carries really, really well… but it's not particularly well-constructed — at least, for the money — and my 30L Work Sack weighs more than spec. Not vastly more, but let's just say it's nicer to be surprised when a piece of gear weighs less than spec. And that it does not often happen.
D. Burns's experience is the same:
http://coldthistle.blogspot.com/2012/04/climbing-packs-part-2.html
The short version: don't believe posted specs unless you've measured yourself, using a known-accurate instrument.
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Ezra Ellis
Trad climber
North wet, and Da souf
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Bump for the real deal!!
For nut again
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LuckyPink
climber
the last bivy
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Randy customer me one just for the asking. Perfect pack. Lasting quality.
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ms55401
Trad climber
minneapolis, mn
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If I may quote myself from almost four years ago:
Dec 16, 2012 - 10:23pm PT
highly recommended. great packs made in a great shop by a great climber. CCW packs are arguably the realest of the real-deal. You cannot possibly go wrong.
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aliebling
climber
San Francisco, CA
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Agreed. The best alpine pack you're likely to find for the money - certainly the best alpine pack made by a fellow climber here in the U.S. My Chernobyl has been hauled up el cap, gone climbing and skiing in the alps, fallen down ice slopes, overloaded and abused and still looks like new. Again, fabulous and built by an actual climber, not a factory in China.
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ron gomez
Trad climber
fallbrook,ca
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"Brings to mind insane and pathetic homeless people". WOW! Most are not that and probably came from sane and healthy backgrounds.
If yer alpine climbing with less than 20 lbs packs yer doing pretty good!
Love my ColdCold World, never wished I had another pack in the backcountry and it would be my choice if I went homeless!
Peace
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