Our crew recently got into the Klim Atlas 26 and Klim Aspect 16. The packs don't not use a air canister, big reason for getting them. Shovels are not on the outside. I believe Dave Norona has a review posted somewhere on the site.
I was looking at the 26. Like anything Klim, hard to come by after January. Looks like a nice pack with alot of thought put into storage
Is there a concern about the air being very humid when you refill and causing a problem with something freezing when you deploy?
I did some digging on this. It is a concern. Most places say if you are going to pump it up yourself, use a desiccant dryer inline otherwise you run risk of freeze up. They also said it takes 20-30 mins to pump??? Wonder if that is true??
I'm pretty happy with mine. Took me a bit to figure out the shoulder straps. Been good since
In theory, yes. I've never heard of or had any real-world problems though. As stated above, an inline desiccant is used, also I make sure to pump it up in the same room as my wood stove, it's about 20% humidity most of time. I paid $60 or so for the pump, and it works great for recharging the high pressure side of your shocks with a needle fill adapter.
