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Thanks everyone for your 'mixed bag' of comments. Seems more of a preference thing as everyone has either one or the other as their favorite type of backpack. Not having experienced trekking with either I hope I fall in love with my Osprey 36L top loader.
Has anyone experience with front loading backpacks. I bought an Osprey top loading backpack to walk the camino in May but after seeing the Osprey front loading ones wish I had bought one of these instead. So much easier to access and pack contents and look more secure.
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