GojiraSteve

if you can live with a bit of bulk the Alpz Commander frame is a good deal. I bought the full setup with the (80l?) bolt on pack included, but 90% of the time I leave the big bag at home and just strap a small 35l pack to the frame for stuff that needs to be bagged, and anything else (tent, bedroll etc) just gets strapped directly to the frame. Once you get to basecamp off/out comes all the unnecessary gear and your left with just the (now)daypack and meat carrying system ready to go. Full disclosure, the width/height of it can be pretty cumbersome in real thick stuff (bearing in mind the top rail is detatchable, which helps slim it down some and it doesnt seem to flex at all with it off), but you can load the thing up with more dead stuff than any human could carry and the whole load stays stable. Way better than having multiple meat bags or haunches or whatever swinging every which way while you're hiking out. has a a rifle holder too.

Thats about on par with my experience. A month or two less, but about twice as many snaps. Battery WELL over half full. I have had it where I burned a full set of 8 batterys in a month though. Set it up on a real spindly tree and the camera went off every time the wind blew. 2000 some odd pics of nothing... Presumably the motion sensor kept firing (using power) even after the memory card was full I think mine were 2 for $150something (on fleabay).

I might be wrong on this, but I think they are actually 35L rather than 25.

I certainly wouldn't laugh mate, I've been running one for the last 3 years and its still going strong in every way. Zips and seams are all good, liner material on the internal pockets hasn't blown out, exterior webbing pockets still intact. Perhaps the biggest eye opener is that the water bladder/valve hasn't developed leaks or splits in spite of the fact that I freeze it 3/4 full so for day one of a hunt i have cold water and the ability to keep small or high risk meat (fish, whole rabbits, deer hearts/livers) cool during the pack out. Also the zips are tight enough that they dont slip open when I have meat bags cabletied to the molle loops on the front panel. I can't say enough good things about it. for $30 it a hell of a pack. Only negative would be that the stiff semi waterproof (actually very waterproof) material its made of can be a bit loud when zipping/unzipping or scraping through thick scrub.