If you're gonna make the investment in packs you should do it right by getting the best you can for the types of uses you require. Problem with a one pack setup is its never gonna do one thing great, but will do multiple kinds of outings/trips just ok. In a perfect world you'd have 3 packs! Your day pack or 24 hour bag, a 3 day pack or 72 hour bag, and your extended trip pack or long range pack.
What are your thoughts and philosophies on this? Thanks for your input! Looking at the Osprey Kestrel 58 or possibly the Kestrel 48 + a larger pack. Axe and Saw can go on the outside of my pack so the inside would be dedicated to sleeping bag, wool blanket (could go on outside), tarp, clothes (extra socks, long underwear, gloves and hat), rope, food, raingear, pathfinder 64oz bush pot and 7" msr alpine pan (both steel), a small medkit and assorted smaller tools. I typically sleep in a leanto or tarp shelter with spruce boughs under me for insulation and a cheapo foam pad. Climate is eastern canada, average annual temp is 7C / 45F but in the summer it goes up to 27C / 80F and sometimes goes down as low as -29C / -20F in the winter. My trips will mostly be 1-3 nights but would like the ability to do up to a week (even if it means skipping luxuries). Trying to figure out if it makes more sense for me to buy one backpack in the 58L range for 3 season and strap additional gear on the outside in winter, or buy a 3 season backpack and a dedicated winter backpack.
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