My carinthia defence 4 arrived today , so i unpacked it and lay it beside my nanok osprey , on comparison the carinthia is head and shoulders above the osprey , the material feels better the cut of the bag is better and the centre zip runs like a dream compared to the osprey and no more catching of the fabric on my skin , even the stuff sack is far superior , it has 7 compression straps!!!!!!!!!
Ill admit that i had not heard a lot about Carinthia products before now , but i am glad that i have , as it ticks all the box's . next purchase will be the Tropen 200 to go into my defence 4 , i did however place my osprey into my defence 4 to see if it would fit my 6 3" frame inside , which worked easily , however i did nearly have a panic attack as i zipped up 2 winter sleeping bags whilst inside my house with the heating on .
Now what to do with all the surplus bags i have that never quite cut it? fleabay ahoy.