Description
The all-season Avail 2200 is built to carry any essential gear for day hunts, scouting or skiing at just 3 lb. The Avail 2200 is designed to be used either stand-alone with it’s own Avail suspension and internal frame. The Avail 2200 is equally at home with a load of hunting gear or technical climbing/ski gear. A full feature pack with 5 pockets, internal organization for spotting scope/probes/snow shovel, a side pocket for feet of a tripod, external compression panel for quick storage of layers, A-frame or cross carry for skis, ice tool attachment and additional attachment points for Swing Out or Camp pocket accessories. Whether hunting, skiing, climbing or everyday carry around town, the Avail 2200 is a high-performance utility pack with endless capabilities.
2,200 cu. in. main bag
External compression panel
Hydration compatible
Heavy duty YKK #10 zipper
Cordura 500 and Xpac fabric
Heavy-duty, 1″ duraflex military approved buckles and webbing
Made in the USA
Fit
When fitting a Stone Glacier Pack, there are three things look for in a perfect fit. (A) First, always want the belt centered on the tip of your hip bone. Belt positioning can be altered by adjusting the attachment height of the shoulder straps. (B) Next, want to make sure the shoulder straps make solid contact with the backside of the shoulders. (C) If a gap is present between the shoulder strap and shoulder, it often can be eliminated by loosening the load lifters. Lastly, want to aim for the color transition on the shoulder straps (D) to land on or close to, your collarbone. Placement can be altered with a combination of adjusting the attachment height of the shoulder straps on the frame sheet and loosening of load lifters.
Specifications
Weight: 3 lb
Height: 20.5″
Width: 12″
Depth: 8″
Guarantee: 30 Days Money Back Guarantee
Warranty: Lifetime Warranty
Pack Technology And Design
Load-Shelf
A Load-Shelf is integrated into all of the frames, allowing the user to expand the bag off the frame to pack gear or meat in between the bag and the frame. This eliminates the need to put meat inside the bag and keeps the heaviest of loads more stable and closer to your back for increased comfort.
Interchangeable Bags and Frames
All past and current Stone Glacier bags and frames are interchangeable. This allows you to swap bags on and off your frame for different hunts you may have without requiring the purchase of a whole new bag and frame system. Many Stone Glacier customers own one frame with a smaller day bag and a larger expedition-sized bag to have a system for day hunts and backpack hunts. When viewing the packs on the website, you will notice a “bag only” purchase option if this is something you are considering.
Materials
The overall goal was to build a durable load carrying pack, an ultralight pack without using ultralight materials. Stone Glacier packs are constructed of 500 denier Cordura fabric, X-Pac textiles and heavy duty webbing and buckles. X-Pac is a waterproof, USA manufactured fabric technology that has a tear strength double the military requirements for Cordura 500d and is used in the high stress, high wear areas. Cordura 500d is utilized for the main bag due to it’s balance of strength, flexibility and noise reduction. All thread is heavy-duty, military-grade and UV-resistant. Buckles are duraflex Berry Compliant heavy-duty military hardware. In every aspect, the most durable, technical, heavy duty materials were selected.
Load-Rating
Spent over 3 Years of design and field testing with loads from 70 to 150 lb without any structural issues to accomplish the goal. Here’s how tried to break the frame. Starting with 1″ steel plates 13″ by 25″, worked the way up to four plates in the pack. Each plate weighed about 85 lb, 40 lb per square foot. When it was time to add the third and fourth plate, welded the plates together, lifted them with a crane, wrapped the Solo 3300 around the plates and set it back down on the edge of the welding bench where could get it on back. The final load weight was 340 lb with no damage, failure or signs of stress. While the goal of testing to failure was not accomplished, the load test did prove the 150 lb plus load rating structurally conservative.
Frame Suspension
Hydrophobic foam, X-Pac fabric, Cordura 500d fabric and industrial hook and loop combine to provide a suspension with infinite adjustment and comfort. Using hook and loop for the shoulder harness attachment allows the user to not only dial in the exact height of the harness but change the angle each shoulder strap leaves the frame. The ultimate in adjustability and strength. The unique “X”, carbon composite, four stay design transfers load evenly to the hip belt while offering optimum load lifter angles. The load is supported by 12 connection points to the frame via 1″ webbing. The frame systems have revolutionized the standard of pack frame comfort and fitting ability.
Hydration
All Stone Glacier packs have two 3/4″ tri-slides to hang the Hydro Sleeve on the inside back panel. The Hydro Sleeve can hold up to a 3L water bladder. Once the Hydro Sleeve is installed, simply insert your water bladder into the Hydro sleeve and run the hose out the top. Hydration hoses can then be run through the hydration port found at the top of all Stone Glacier bags and routed down either the left or right shoulder strap.
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