Mountain Hardwear  AMG 105 Pack

I love the features of this pack. There’s nothing else that compares on the market… but the dang hipbelt! I have a 30in waist and it just doesn’t cinch down far enough. And I’m not necessarily the smallest guy. I am 5’ 11” and lift weights so I have a skinny waist but muscular frame. I have an expedition up Denali planned in the spring and I wish I could have brought this one. They should really make and sell a smaller hipbelt.

Overall love the pack. Zero side zippers feels like a design miss.

I bought this pack and used it in a 6 day mountaineering course. The inside of the shoulder strap broke in 2. The only thing holding the strap was the outside covering. It was awful. The company was very fast at issuing a refund when I sent back product and they couldn't repair it. It's spacious but the S/M size frame is big and the waist belt does not tie enough for a 30 waist inch female.

I was very excited for this pack as it seemed to hit every checkbox and was highly recommended. However it clearly was made with cheap suboptimal materials making it unreliable. Failures include: - Metal G clip that holds the spine strap broke first time I used it - The material for the inside sleeve of the pack ripped first time use. These rips continued until the entire sleeve ripped out - The padding in both of the shoulder straps ripped leaving a gap in the padding. This is supposed to be an expedition pack. As such, failures like this could have potentially catastrophic consequences. As such, I must strongly discourage anyone from purchasing it until MH stops using cheap material.

I bought this pack a while ago for a 2021 expedition of Denali. I would say this pack is perfect in every way except one, which made me want to throw the thing off the mountain. The S/M waist is NOT small enough for us skinny climbers. My pants size is around 31 inches...maybe down to 30 with weight loss leading up to Denali. Every time I wore this back I had it cinched 100% as far as it would go, but it would slide down and never support. While on Denali I even put my thickest carbineers in both the left and right webbing to give me a few more millimeters of cinching, but still wasn't enough. I spent my entire expedition with the majority of the weight on my shoulders due to this pack. It was absolutely miserable, and really wore me down. Until Mountain Hardwear allows for variable waist band sizes, and designs their "small" to actually be small, I recommend all you skinnier people look for a different bag! Mountain Hardwear: if you fix the waist sizing, this is easily a 5 star bag.

10 days of combined use and a bunch of small holes are starting to form. Can’t hold up to bushes and ground. Sucks; wanted it to work out well. Go for mystery ranch/osprey. Carry’s heavy load well; only reason it got 2 stars other than 1

Holes...the pack; just after 10 days is covered in tiny holes. No match for the lightest of bushes. Handles heavy load well; only reason to get any stars at all

Used for a week in NY Adirondacks with a week of sub zero temps there was a lot of gear. Handles heavy loads well, I had 58lbs and it felt really good. My only complaint is no hip belt pocket or shoulder strap pocket. Keeping things handy when bushwhacking is a must and when you get this thing strapped on it seems to cover your chest and waist pockets perfectly on your shell, good thing mountain hardware put a thigh pocket in their stretch ozonic pant! I made due but will be adding on some sort of pocket to help with quick need items in cold weather.

I am 60 years old, 5 foot 5inches 145lbs. A big pack hurts. My AMG fully loaded with a 4 season tent, shovel, insulated sleeping pad, -20 or -40F sleeping bag, stove, change of clothing, water, etc comes out to a third of my bodyweight. Winter backpacking in Alaska is heavy duty, I carry a lot of equipment and I am on the small side. The hip belt and padded shoulderstraps are what makes this bag great. Its also abrasion resistant to my crampons and axe. If you are an arctic adventurer you NEED this bag and it delivers. I have had mine for at least a year and its well broken in from the previous adventures. I recently got the 75 literfor daytrips on snowshoes. These bags are loaded with performance features made for Winter gear.

Plenty of space in this one, smart storage options, and a few little pockets in the lid. Can easily fit a very haphazardly stuffed Phantom bag without compressing it and still have room at the top for a belay top and bottom. Definitely built for snowy mountains, not the AT. Water resistant, with a thin skin, it's stood up to travel and mountains, but this would get little cuts from sharp branches in a thick forest. Also, the suspension keeps heat in, so you'd be sweating like crazy over 20C. **IMPORTANT** I'm 5'10" with a 34" waist. I purchased the M/L, and it just barely fits with everything adjusted down in size. If you were 6'2" and ʀOUNᴅ you could easily fit this. Get this bag for Rainier, but leave it at home for the PCT.