[Bravo One-Six]

The most valuable thing you can do; the most important lesson that I CAN NOT understate is... You must understand your needs.

If your criteria is "a three day pack", you need to do more. Ray pointed out that his choice of the MR 3DAP comes at "the end of a long line of packs". My choice of the HG3D comes after a similar search with 4 or 5 rejects.

Why? Because each pack taught us more about what we were really looking for.

This article isn't about what pack to buy, or how to live in the field. It's designed to get you to really think about your choices, and to consider things that I and others had to learn through hundreds of dollars, and dozens of events. Buy once, buy right is an adage that only works if you really know what's RIGHT for YOU.

It's not telling you to sleep under a tarp. It's telling you that if you NEED a fast, effective way to protect yourself from weather, AND YOU NEED a low visibility solution, AND YOU NEED a way to respond quickly to a threat, AND YOU NEED a low weight/low volume shelter.. That a tarp may be a better choice than a tent.

That's a list of NEEDS, not a packing list. It's a list that guides you to a choice, not a list of choices.

If you don't need those things, then there are better solutions that meet the needs you do have.

Before you even consider buying a 3 day pack, or any gear in the article or comments... Seriously sit down and put some thought into it. Not into "is this a good pack", but into things like...
- "how do I want to perform?"
- "What will make me the most effective?"
- "What am I going to encounter?
- "What environment am I in?"
- "What are the expectations of me?"
... then find something that can check all the boxes on your list.

I can not emphasize that enough. Unless you just want to spend a ton of money and learn it all yourself. That works too.


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