The Exos Has Landed...

A quick visual taster for you of something that landed at OUTDOORSmagic Mansions yesterday. It's a walking, talking, real life 2009 Osprey Exos 46 pack and it's a bit of a marvel of minimalist manufacture...


We'll have some very interesting news about the pack - due out early next year - very soon, but for now what we can tell you is that it tips our digital balance at a very real 1000 grammes on the nail, which may not sound much, but this is a pack with an aluminium frame to take decent weight loads, rather than one without a back system.


The other thing you notice straight away is how Osprey has miniaturised so many areas of the pack. Anything which can be small and light is, you've guessed it, small and light. That means narrow compression straps, tiny buckles, pared down ice-axe loops and minimalist hip-belt.


The combination of lots of small weight savings is part of what makes the pack light, but still supportive. A propos of which, how does it carry? You'll have to wait and see, but watch this space...


More about Osprey Packs at www.ospreypacks.com