Osprey Atmos AG 50 w/RC Abyss Grey MD

How many Osprey packs would you need to become a fan club ? Since Berghaus stopped their Freeflow 50 litre I bought into Osprey. Have Daylite, the plus, the Holdall 30 litre; Sojourn 80, Farpoint 80, Farpoing 65 and 36 wheels and bought the Farpoint treckking 55 the week before I bought this Atmos 50. So why am I returning this Atmos ?It is only because Osprey, Lowepro and their ilk won't produce a 100 litre pack or greater that I had to resort to needing two packs for work assignments plus one cabin luggage to hold office equipment. For the purpose of walking for pleasure I really wanted a 50 litre pack, big enough for one or two day walks, plus full-frame DSLR with 28-300mm zoom lens inside. Already have the Exos 38 for walks in the summer. Really needed a 50 litre for winter. Tried the Stratos 50 but its ventilation holes on the back system were basically blocked (for 75% of them). The Rook 50 does not have a front pocket.Atmos 50 Features I like :-Ventilated harness. In my opinion this ranks second after the Exos for ventilation but ranks top for load stability and comfort. Osprey calls it Anti-Gravity and I have to agree they have the ergonomics of this part of the pack completely right. Full marks here.Top and bottom sections with their own access.Dump pockets both sides for hot water flasks..Twin ice axe loops.Top pocket.Another top pocket which Osprey stows th rain cover (but I remove the cover to stow elsewhere.Front section for wet cagoule or wet rope.Features I don't like or missing :-No loops for optional harness for safety helmet in outside the front sectionTwo front pockets removed as copared to Atmos 65. (On the 65 there are pockets either side behind the front elastic net section.No anchor loops on the lid (for purpose of securing crampons).Don't like the removable top lid because firstly, the extra straps flap in the winds and the extra expense in manufacturing the sack. I would rather the expense go into replacing the missing two pockets mentioned above. In fact there are so many straps the excess of which are uncontrolled after you compress them all that they become a problem. On one windy walk one of the straps hit my eye. So after the incident, had to fashion sticky electricians tape or other forms of holding down the excess straps to prevent them flapping in the wind.Osprey should look at Deuter or other manufacturers. Please put in anchor points for a safety helmet harness. I bought a Deuter harness option to fit the Farpoint 36 and 65 Wheels so Osprey can do it when they want to (just not on the Atmos.) You would have thought an Atmos user would far more likely to be using a helmet than a Farpoint user. My full face screened construction hard hat is £120 so would want to swing and bash about against hard surfaces hence the hardess for the Farpoints when on assignments.OK, not great deal, I can puit with those disadvantages..... but the following is the deal breaker. When worn normally, the hip pockets are in my way. They do nothing except chaff my lower arms, yes, even when empty. They bulge out to the side too much. This is a bad design. If I wanted, I would just buy a molle pouch to fit at the front; at the buckle, any such pouches would be out of the way of the arms. Generally I like the sack and even thought to cut off the hip pockets but they are integral to the fabric other features are attached to, as well as even after removal the padding would still be too thick. Very disappointed.Since noticing this bad design feature, I loaded and tried on the Farpoint 55 Trekking. This pack is ok because the ventilate back system is different to AntiGravity and that the hip padding is less. If the pockets are kept empty they would not chaf at every arm swing.

I bought this bag over a month ago to travel around South Africa, needles to say with the current virus situation my trip was cut short. However for the four days I travelled with this bag I absolutely loved it, very comfortable, so light you barely no its there and the capacity was more than enough needed for what would had been a 3 week trip

Fantastic backpack, worth the money. Makes trekking much more pleasurable.

First pack I have ever owned so hard to compare to others. But took it on a 20km mountain hike for my first one. And it was so comfortable. Super happy with the purchase and size. Lots of storage. I bought the osprey 3L water sack as well. Love them both. Would highly recommend.

Osprey atmos la rolls des sacs à dos. Parfait pour la rando longue.