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I have an Amos 50 that I love because it fits me well and the bottle holders have 2 openings 1 at 45 degrees which allow me to drink without taking the pack off. the rest of it is just the usual Osprey genius. yes 50 is a little big but I don't use the top bag as a top bag instead I use it as...
I had an issue with the one with my sleeping bag in, I think it was when I put the pack down on the wet ground, my sleeping bag was in the bottom section maybe its like a tent when something has weight on it the water seeps past?
I just walked in my new boots for a couple of months and sorted my socks eventually a lightweight pair of merino wool Brigadale socks were the best for me. I walked SJPP t0 Finnisterre and not a single blister. Nobody else I meet hadn't had a blister of some kind. I didn't use tape or talc etc...
A few things that worked for me and a few that didn't.
Good things.
1. A small led red bike light with a rubber strap mount which I could fix to the bunk bed for early morning packing and for clipping on to a pole for walking by the side of the road in the dark. £2 ebay from China
2. Osprey...
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