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@Coo Sounds like the advice from @tahirih about Outdoor Warehouse might be spot on if you can get to one. (Or weren’t already planning that.)
One more thought to add to everyone’s great advice, this from another first timer... I was lucky to do a fitting (at REI) with many packs. When we loaded...
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