Originally Posted by
mataharihiker
I don't think the NA IS more expensive....I had the set-up listed below:
---------------------------------------------price---------weight
Hennessy ULTRALITE BACKPACKER A-SYM----$179.95-------1lb 15oz
----------undercover & pad-----------------129.95-----------13oz
----------------------overcover--------------34.95------------6oz(?)
ordered Snakeskins so I could use covers------19.95------------4oz(?)
------------------------------------total---$364.80-------3lbs 6oz (est)
I don't see the NA as either more expensive or heavier than a set-up that offers comparable attributes.
It is, for me, more practical...I like sticking stuff in the many, available pockets rather than leaving them on the ground, in my pack, in a plastic garbage bag...the Hennessy pad was not enough to keep me warm below freezing so I always carried my own pad...I found the undercover sagged as it was all one unit where the NA's pockets distribute weight more evenly...
I chose gear that works for me...it's nice if it's American made but not imperative for me...
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