Question

[shoebox185]

Good Morning All
I recently purchased 2 Camp Trail Adjustable 2 backpacks at a garage sale. They have never been used. They have 72.99$ store price stickers on them I got them for 20$ (both). Anyways I thought I could give them a try, if I didnt like them I could sell or donate them to the Boy Scouts.
The question I have is this. I loaded one up with 39 lbs of gear and set out for 6 mile test run. I noticed very soon in the hike that the hip belt could not handle the load, it kept  slidding down my waist. I spent 1.5 miles trying to tighten the belt but I knew It was tight enough. So at 1.5 miles I dumped 5lbs of water to see if that would help. It seemed to help but not much. Any suggestions???
Bill

[schnikel]

Hey shoebox,
  The only thing I can think of is to make sure the belt clips are correctly laced into the waist belt properly.  If they are, the next thing I would try would be to go to your local outfitter store.  They should sell replacement clips they you could put in yourself.  This might solve the problem, you would have to make sure that the  clips you buy would fit the belt of the packs of course.  I had to do this once when one of the "teeth" on my waist belt clip broke on a trip.  The rest of the trip was kinda hard but it was nice when I found the replacement for 5 bucks at the store!  Hope this helps.
                    Schnikel

[doc]

You're still lucky paying $20 for both packs. I never find anything like that at garage sales. If so, I would end up with a whole room full of gear and pick and choose what I would use for each trip. I don't need that. I am sort of a gear head though. I just like to look at things and try them out. It's like new toys for grown-ups. Who doesn't like getting new toys?

doc

[shoebox185]

Ya
I guess Im am going to keep them and try an overnighter with one and  shoot for only 20 lbs.
should not be a problem
shoebox

[Nigal]

I find with packs in this range the material simply isn't strong enough for those weights.  This leads to over tightening and hip fatigue as well as decreased circulation in the lower body. 

[shoebox185]

exactly my problem. I have a good pack but I wanted this deal to work out. Oh well there paid for and avalable for whatever I need them for.