User Review: Osprey Exposure 66

Osprey Exposure 66
Above: The current Exposure 66, which may differ slightly from the version reviewed.

Reviewed April 26, 2007 by Greg Austin

Rating:
Size: 4200 ci
Max. Load Carried: 55#
Height of Owner: 6'0"
Price Paid: $219

I must admit that I'm on a life-time search for the Holy Grail of Packs. The perfect pack weighs less than air, carries a month's worth of gear and hefts like an empty stuffsack. The Osprey Exposure 66 isn't that pack. That said, it IS a comfortable, light-weight no-nonsense piece of gear. I've put this pack through the paces, carrying upwards of 60# on steep trails, through boulder fields and brushy draws in winter snow, spring wind and rain and hot, sunny days. I've tried to find a legitimate complaint without success. When I find the Holy Grail of Packs, I'll give it five stars; until then, the Exposure does just fine.