Aluminum Stay Kits

Aluminum Stay Kits With any Kifaru Pack 8211 Retrofit any Kifaru pack you already own 8211 Construction 6061 Aluminum 8211 Tactical fits Scout on up 8211 Hunting fits SpikeCamp on up Designer 8217 s Notes 8220 Flexible pack stays simply are not suitable in a real backpack. With any load at all they collapse downwardly, wrecking the contour of the pack and inevitably placing it s weight onto your shoulders instead of your hip girdle where it belongs. The over-arching idea is to transfer the pack 8217 s weight to your hip girdle, which is far better able to handle weight than your shoulders 8211 allowing you to travel farther, faster, and be less tired along the way and especially at your destination. The 8220 lift 8221 comes from a mechanism attached along the length of our rigid pack stays these stays also support the whole pack and give it the correct contour so that our anatomical lumber pad and waistbelt cushions its ride on your hip girdle AND serve as the anchor points for this shoulder strap lifting system. The system connects from the stays to the top fronts of the shoulder straps, and when engaged, literally raise the straps off your shoulders so that no weight is bearing downward onto them. For this to work the stays must be higher than your shoulders. The height must be tall enough to allow for an angle between the tops of the shoulders and the location of the lifting mechanism on the stay. This angle is important. If there is no angle, the lifter strap functions more as a 8220 snugger 8221 strap. Much taller and the lift angle makes the pack less secure. Our system is unique 8211 it is the only system that allows for infinite up-down adjustment so that you get precisely the right lift angle that suits you. All of this must account for your anatomy, especially your height and to some extent your torso length within your height profile since the pack rides on your upper body. Shorter people need shorter pack stays to achieve a correct lift angle taller peo...