User Review: Osprey Atmos 50

Osprey Atmos 50
Above: The current Atmos 50, which may differ slightly from the version reviewed.

Reviewed May 18, 2007 by jeffyisfive

Rating:
Height of Owner: 6'1"

This pack felt sooooo good in the store, where I walked around with it fully loaded for 10 minutes. It's incredibly light, cool on the back, and holds a lot of stuff.

However, in contrast to some of the other reviewers, I'm not fond of its frame system. It gives the Atmos a tremendous arch that makes me want to lean far forward to keep it properly seated against my back. Perhaps it's just not quite the right shape for my body (it's my first full-size backpack). Perhaps I'm not loading it properly. Perhaps there's a trick to getting it closer to my back. If there is, it certainly would be nice to have some instructions to that effect with the pack or on their web page.

I'll be keeping it for the time being, but in the future will pay closer attention to the natural arch of the pack versus the natural arch of my back.