I'm going to spring for a new pack. One of the new One Planet lightweight ones. I'm coming from the venerable Wilderness Equipment Breakout, which I love for its comfort, toughness, and its seemingly endless volume. My gear has shifted a lot over the years, and now my tents weigh about 700-1000g, quilt is maybe 800g, mats around 350-500g. These days I take home dehydrated meals and eat them out of the bag they're in.
I want to be able to do multi-day walks with this pack, in Tassie. Originally I was thinking I'll just get the Canopy at 50L. Then I saw the Extrovert at 55L weighs less with a bit less tough canvas on the front. When I tried it on today it felt great but you know, it seemed a bit small (but isn't that what I'm after?). The Tussock at 60L is 200g heavier. Would I wish that I had that sort of capacity later on?
I'm sure heaps of you have been through this. How did you decide what to do? I know it's a silly problem to have. And yeah I did do a quick search on the forum but most of the threads were old and didn't seem to ideally suit this context, and I'm not aiming for super ultralight so it didn't really suit those threads either.
Thanks