What's the quietest pack out there?All my packs are to noisey.Materail to lound, especially when going thru oakbrush,zippers sound like a 747 landing,and willnot tolerate velcro.HELP.
Badlands
Bison Gear
There are several manufacturers that make them out of wool. Wool is quiet.
I have a Badlands with saddle cloth (I think) and it's quiet untill it gets really cold and then not so much. :(
I'm going to try a KOM next season.
Trap
I just got a BadLands for Xmas, so we'll see how quiet it is.
I've been using a Cabela's own-brand ( THIS model (http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/links/link.jsp?id=0034320517030a&type=product&cmCat=SEARCHFEAT_all&returnPage=search-results1.jsp&Ntk=Products&QueryText=fanny+pack&sort=all&Go.y=9&_D%3AhasJS=+&N=0&Nty=1&hasJS=true&Go.x=13&_DARGS=%2Fcabelas%2Fen%2Fcommon%2Fsearch%2Fsearch-box.jsp.form23&_dyncharset=ISO-8859-1) ) for the past 3 years & I can't imagine anything being better suited! There's bigger out there, but that just means I'll haul more junk that I don't need! It's very, very quiet. No crackling or rustling from the lining & the outer CT450 plus fabric is really quiet. For less than $80, you could do a lot, lot worse!
All the Bison Gear packs and the KOM lumbar pack being all wool are very quiet no mater what temperature...Doc
Got Badlands now and for me it's too loud when branches slap against it and the zippers are very loud.
I like King of the Mountain is silent and roomier than a average back pack,it does nt interfere with your drawing
Agree with Cacciatore.....I have used a KOM for many years, quiet, roomy and quality stuff.
Are you looking for an internal frame pack? Eberlestock and Badlands are two very good ones. Not as quiet as wool of course, but very good for internal frame packs that carry a load of meat very well.
For absolute quiet, nothing beats wool.
Another vote for the wool bison gear packs. Dead quiet.
I agree with Overbo--too loud. After this last season I changed my whole philosophy on packs. A few years ago I switched from the big Kifaru to the Eberle 105 because it was more quiet. But I was still having noise problems. This year I even dropped down to a smaller Cabela's day pack that did improve the limb-slap problem because of its lower profile but I found another problem--the shoulder straps, on packs in general, are made of synthetic material that causes enough noise when arms are raised, to alert game.
I verified this over and over this year with, especially, deer, but I had an elk at 15 yds that alerted when I simply brought my bow up. He got away and it made me look hard at this friction noise caused by shoulder straps.
Also, on most packs that have quiet-cloth material, there are other straps, cordura, etc., on the pack itself that make noise when contacted.
So I switched to a shoulder-type bag. I found the biggest one I could find that was not synthetic. I loaded it with essential gear and carried it around for awhile and found it was comfortable, much quicker to put on/off, and much more quiet. The bag itself rides lower and flatter against my body so will be better when ducking brush. I am adding belt loops on the bag so a waist belt can be used to better hold the bag against me.
With the other packs that I used I had the added advantage of being able to haul meat out, using the pack, on that first trip back to camp after a kill, and that is nice. But after this season and other, past frustrated experiences, I realized that my first priority is now to just get an animal down.
I agree about the noise,especially if you are talking about having the pack on while stalking or being in trad shooting distance of game.If you want quiet,you need wool or fleece-period.I use Rancho Safari in fleece.Bison Gear would be good also.
Another vote for Bison Gear wool.
Bison also has nonwool-which seem lighter to me-but Bison is one sturdy pack with a warranty worth the weight.