I thought the under/over weave method of attaching stuff would be very secure, I'm still open to first hand experience saying they're wobbly though. On the flip side, I was only going to attach a first aid kit on the back, an axe on the side and a water bottle where the hip belt joins the main pack.
Most of the commercial packs seem to be very tall, like alpine packs, great for alpine but I remember having a very nice lowe alpine pack that was tall and I was always hitting branches I was ducking under and falling over... it's fun at first but the fun ends soon after. Another trait of commercial packs is they are either ultra light, ultra expensive and I would feel bad about chucking it around.
If the MOLLE is indeed a bad option, i'll just stick with the 45 I guess but I need empirical evidence to support it.
Most of the commercial packs seem to be very tall, like alpine packs, great for alpine but I remember having a very nice lowe alpine pack that was tall and I was always hitting branches I was ducking under and falling over... it's fun at first but the fun ends soon after. Another trait of commercial packs is they are either ultra light, ultra expensive and I would feel bad about chucking it around.
If the MOLLE is indeed a bad option, i'll just stick with the 45 I guess but I need empirical evidence to support it.