User Review: Gregory Z 55

Gregory Z 55
Above: The current Z 55, which may differ slightly from the version reviewed.

Reviewed May 19, 2007 by Dirty

Rating:
Design: internal
Size: med (I'm 6', 190lbs) 3350cubes
Number of Pockets: 3
Max. Load Carried: 27
Height of Owner: 6 foots (really 5' 11" and a toe)
Price Paid: $180

I poked around with different packs in this class for about a year before I settled on the Z55. I don't know why I was fighting the urge to get it by I just wasted my time. In prep for trip I had my Dru (not petite- I swear it seems that even Gregory doesn't remember the men's Dru from about 1993) anyway, I had the Dru packed- ready to camp in the snow (winter gear) when the Z came in the mail. I put ALL of the stuff in the Z with room to spare. I weighed it and went from 33lbs. dry to 27! -5lbs just by switching packs. Comfortable, and that Gregory suspension that makes them so good. Gregory is bomber and I know that it won't tear unless I fall down a cliff (or a cliff falls down on me).