As discussed in my [thread=125755]Review[/thread] of the Osprey Tempest 30 backpack, one of my main issues with it was the position of the ladderlok on the shoulder straps, and how it rubbed against my arms when walking.
Well, I bought a couple of ITW nexus ladderloks this week, and along with some dyneema cord, have modified the pack to fix this short fall in the original design.
The basic principle is to move the position of the ladderlok down the body a bit, so that it no longer hits the inside of the arm. I wanted to do this without undoing any stitching, or major modification of the existing pack.
So the simple solution was to cut off the two plastic parts that were there, then, use dyneema cord to position a new ladderlok further down. A picture here will save me thousands of words, so:
As you an see, this moves the ladder lok much lower down out the way. I've not finalised the length of the dyneema hence why it's over long, and I've not worked out the best knot to use but it's certainly made an instant improvement in the comfort of the pack.
In terms of the ladderlok that was used, the actuall thickness of the two is not that different:
But the route it overall bulk once the webbing is threaded on, coupled with the lower position makes the whol setup work better.
If Osprey wanted to make this improvement in their packs out the fatory, they could simple extend the webbing on the padded section of the strap down by 80-100mm, then attach the existing ladderlok.
If anyone has any suggestions of a better way of running the dyneema cord for this setup I am open to ideas, this is just my first attempt, so I'm sure it can be improved upon.
Julia
Well, I bought a couple of ITW nexus ladderloks this week, and along with some dyneema cord, have modified the pack to fix this short fall in the original design.
The basic principle is to move the position of the ladderlok down the body a bit, so that it no longer hits the inside of the arm. I wanted to do this without undoing any stitching, or major modification of the existing pack.
So the simple solution was to cut off the two plastic parts that were there, then, use dyneema cord to position a new ladderlok further down. A picture here will save me thousands of words, so:
As you an see, this moves the ladder lok much lower down out the way. I've not finalised the length of the dyneema hence why it's over long, and I've not worked out the best knot to use but it's certainly made an instant improvement in the comfort of the pack.
In terms of the ladderlok that was used, the actuall thickness of the two is not that different:
But the route it overall bulk once the webbing is threaded on, coupled with the lower position makes the whol setup work better.
If Osprey wanted to make this improvement in their packs out the fatory, they could simple extend the webbing on the padded section of the strap down by 80-100mm, then attach the existing ladderlok.
If anyone has any suggestions of a better way of running the dyneema cord for this setup I am open to ideas, this is just my first attempt, so I'm sure it can be improved upon.
Julia
