Mystery Ranch Pintler Pack Review Is It My New Favorite
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- Опубликовано: 11 янв 2020
- Mystery Ranch Pintler Pack Review! Is it my new favorite? Watch the video and find out what I think about this pack compared to my other packs I own and what role it fits in my pack rotation.
I bought this pack from gohunt.com and I highly recommend them. AS I have mentioned many times before I do not take sponsors and I paid 100% for this pack out of my own pocket. This review is 100% unbiased. Gohunt.com is also a wonderful place to buy from. Im very impressed with the fast shipping, great customer service and fantastic prices and sales!
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Dude. You’re literally the only guy that will review these top end packs for tree stand hunting. Thank you so much. I’ve watched a couple of your videos in the past. Every time I need information on high end backpacks for tree stand hunting, I always find myself watching your stuff. Thanks man. 🙏🏻
Thanks! Glad I was able to help!
Thanks for your channel, I really enjoy it and gain a lot of insight from it. I really trust your reviews. After a couple years thinking about investing in a better public land set up for WI, I’ve modified my setup based on yours. I think it’s the best, versus a straight saddle or hang hunt set up. I used to hunt private land almost exclusively but now that my kids have grown, there’s no room for all of us at the traditional deer camp. I have a mystery ranch pack that I use for elk hunting and love it and look forward to using it for deer hunting. Obviously, I’m going to have to wash it good after having spilled gallons of sweat into it. Even with a bad back and last years injured shoulder, the mystery ranch pack enabled me to pack significantly more weight than other packs I own, like my Eberstock X2. Other popular RUclipsrs promoting saddle set ups also promote the the X2. I’m saving that pack for the kids.
Glad you are enjoying the pack and the stand set up!
I wash mine in a 5 gallon bucket with some scent free soap. Then rinse with a hose. Quick and easy. Hope that back and shoulder heal up good for you!
Just ordered this bag because of your review.. 👍
You will love it. I do.
That pack looks amazing!! I need to look into the mystery ranch packs for 2020!
Its my new favorite pack. I love it. Have not packed out a 100 pound load with it yet. so time will tell how that does. But I have very high expectations.
Great Video, Love my Pop Up 38
Mystery ranch makes some amazing packs! This one has been abused more than any other pack i own this season. rolling of a 20 foot bank, fell from a tree once as i didnt clip it on to my stand right, and I have fallen on it about 8 times with my stand and sticks attached to it. super tough pack!
Great review!!! Finally a review that doesn't spend most of the time talking about frame adjustments. THANKYOU!!
Glad you liked it!!
Finally found a great deal on the Pintler and frame and ordered it today. Been suing the kuiu 2300 just for packing in the lone wolf. Excited to try the Pintler and pack frame for hauling our meat
You are gonna be very happy with the pintler. I basically run the same combo. The venture 2300 for my hunts at home where I don't need to bone them in the field. And the pintler for my out of state hunts where I'm always packing meat long distances.
Nice review. Just bought one. Subscribed.
You are gonna love this pack!
Great video. Great information. Thanks
Thanks. Glad you enjoyed it
Thanks, great video.
Glad you enjoyed it
Nice looking pack!! Long Range Archery of Holland Michigan is a Dealer for Mystery Ranch for people that want to get their hands on them
Good to know that they carry them! Appreciate the info! Next time im in that area will have to stop by there!
Got my Bozeman Terraplane but have been looking at the new pack frames. Was wondering if the adjustments and quality was still there. The old Terraplane is a beast and has done some serious multi day winter mountain trips. Load it up and it carries it comfortably.
I dont know mich about the old ones. But this frame has been very soild and well made. I have only carried 80# sand bags so far but it carries very well.
Really great in depth review! I've had an MR Pop Up 28 going on 4 years, and a Sawtooth 45 for 2 years. Couldn't be happier with either pack for their intended purposes. I know it's a bit of overlap, but I just ordered a Pintler (bag only) from BlackOvis at a great Memorial Day sale price. Interested to find out whether I like the Pintler's Yzip/Trizip or the Sawtooth's 270* Uzip better.The organization on both look pretty similar, though the Pintler looks to have some little details that the Sawtooth doesn't. The Guide Light MT frame is a pleasure to wear and is a tank for hauling loads.
Awesome! I've hear good things about the mtn frame. Glad you like it. Will probably be my next frame!
Since you have both the pintler and sawtooth now, which do you prefer?
@@likeadog7752 I definitely prefer the Sawtooth
Best day pack going
Glad you like it. I'm loving mine
Yet another fantastic video. Thanks Jason for putting together such quality reviews and guides. May you never quit!
On another note- do you saddle hunt at all? Is that a topic you think you will bring to the channel?
Thank you! I'm not not do I think i ever will be a saddle hunter. But john is and i plan to have him on the channel a few times this spring covering many aspects of saddle hunting. I did a review of his saddle and felt ok doing that as i was just pointing out all the stuff he told me about. But i dont jave enough experience saddle hunting to feel comfortable talking about. John on the other hand has 25 years in a saddle and make them. So we will be doing videos that I can put on my channel for you guys and he can put on his tactisaddle.com website to help his clients learn more.
I have been following your pack vids for a few years. 90% of my hunts, I can always get deer out. I'm starting to hunt larger tracts of public land and I have gone ultra-lite mobile setup for this year which is allowing me to venture further from the crowds. So, I'm searching for a system that I can use for stand transport/hunting that expands or has a shelf to allow me to bone out a deer and pack it out without having to go back to the truck for a separate pack or gear dump. I would love to see pics or a video this season of you actually packing out the meat with your Exo or this new pack!
Will see what i can do. But not gonna lie. When I have a heavy load like that on my back the last thing im thinking about is setting up a camera for pics or video and then having to grab the camera and carry it out or even put it away. Would be different if someone else was with me. But 99% of the time Im coming out alone with the whole load.
@@SamkoTradBow makes complete sense to me! Thanks for all the info you do take the time to put out here! I am doing my research I think I'm going to go with a day-pack with overload for hauling meat and my stand. I don't use sticks so I'm fairly slim profile with my stand. I use the Wild Edge Steps.
@@RentersHomestead for a great daypack that can still haul meat look at the kuiu venture 2300. My favorite day pack! I jave a video on that as well
I bought the Guide Light Frame on it's own, and I run a non-MR pack on it. While the pack I run has a grab handle on top, I grab it by the top of the frame most of the time. A lot of the packs I have do have straps on top for this, but not all of them. Sometimes you improvise. That's how life works.
Yep. Same here. But I do believe all packs should come with a grab handle on the top. A loop right from where the should straps attach to the bag. Simple easy and so functional for a tree stand hunter.
@@SamkoTradBow Agreed. I just always find a way. Sometimes that involves lashing something there myself.
Curious as to whether or not you have checked out the Seek Outside line of packs?
As always great review!
I have not. Heard great things about them and I know Clay Hayes loves them. But I personally have never had one in my hands
Are you a linesman? 😆 nice video!! 🤘🏻
I don't think he'd make a pimple on a linemans ass. Perhaps a used car salesman. I'm not saying he's dishonest, he just strikes me as someone who's dog is bigger than yours...
Very cool
Thanks
I live in Georgia. This year will be the first year I'll be driving toward middle GA from North GA to hunt some public. I have the MR TreeHouse. It seems pretty decent. What do you look for when hunting whitetail in GA?
I have never really deer hunted in ga yet. I did kill a doe I stalked while pig hunting in December. But I would focus on where food is, where bedding will probably be and how terrain moves them.
That is a nice pack
Thanks. I'm loving the design and function. Very comfortable as well.
Hey there - great review. Also enjoyed your Kuiu 2300 venture.
On the fence between these two packs. I would really like an internal frame 35l to 40l day pack. I like the 2300, but just love the design of mystery ranch - they just don’t make a 35l to 40l pack with features I like.
I love the features of the Pinter… …just don’t need the extra frame/load slinging.
Thoughts on using the Pintler as daypack? Too much? Overkill?
I would not use the pintler as a day pack. To bring, heavy and cumbersome compared to the 2300 venture.
@@SamkoTradBow Thank you
Great info as always. Did you look at the Sawtooth?
Not in person. Never put my hands on a sawtooth. Bit did consider it. Really like the lighter weight and only reason I didn't go with it is I was unsure of the strength of the 300d. I jave always had good luck with the ultra tough 500d material. And I decided I wanted to stay with 500d. But that sawtooth is a great looking pack and if its made by MR you know its built right!
@@SamkoTradBow - Great point - Did no catch the difference in material.
Just got my pack. Looks great. Any thoughts on how your going to attach your stand / sticks to the pack?
Good review!! Just a question on the size you said you wanted a bigger pack then your exo k2 2000 which is actually a 2950ci pack when the roll top is being used for overload why not go with a selway45?
Selway uses their new 300d vs the pintler using 500d. I'm used to 500d and didn't want to be a test goat for the durability of the 300. The exo is amazing but the taper design of the main bag doesn't fit my stuff as well and I'm always fighting to zip it up. Not a fan of having to use the roll top that often as it goes up to high and snags on crap in the swamp. Love the exo and almost bought the new 3500 bag. And I'm sure I'd love that. But for the sale price this pintler was worth the experiment. Very happy so far.
I have the Selway 60 and really like it. The quality and durability is what you would expect from Mystery Ranch. A tight weave, durable fabric. At only 4lbs it can pack a lot and tighten down for day hunts. On holiday sale, military discount, no taxes, I paid less than 300 from Black Orvis. The pack is a game changer for anybody with a bad back or shoulder, as it puts all the weight comfortably on hips like a pack is supposed to do. I’m not sure I would of been better off buying the Pinter? Both great packs. Probably anything Mystery Ranch that fits your needs that you can get a great deal on is the best option. I was Airborne Infantry for 7 years, with a combat jump; Mystery Ranch is better then what I used to carry over 100lbs in and beat the hell out of
Do you prefer solid colors over the camo (sub-alpine) for backpacks?
I dont think it matters and I like both. In a pack the nice thing about camo is it hides the dirt and stains better. But I actually like the solids better. Again it doesn't make any difference and is just personal reference.
Do you self film your hunts? Wondering how you carry your gear in if you do.
I do all my own video. All of the in field stuff is done on my cell phone. I dont film hunts with a camera arm or try to get the animals coming in or the shot on camera as im focusing on hunting then not video. So my hunting vids are more like trip vlogs. So I dont bring any gear with me other than my cell phone and a extra battery pack charger.
Good video. Do you still like it after 3 years? I know those aren't cheap, fragile zippers. But, the concern I would have is that center vertical zipper failing and not being able to keep the pack closed. I suppose you could use the compression straps to keep it together. I guess I'm more used to the old ruck style draw string opening at the top.
The pack is flawless and tank tough! I love it. The zipper is definitely not a concern
@@SamkoTradBow Thanks much for the reply. Real word feedback is greatly appreciated!
hii,
would love to hear your review on the pintler after 4 years. also, i am abit confused with the volume of the backpack. in older reviews of this backpack the volume is 41L, but in the mystery ranch website it is now listed as 38.6L. do you think they reduced the volume or changed the dimensions? what are the specs of your 2020 pintler?
Just snwered your other comment on this. Still love the pack. But don't know the specs on it
Would you say the Pintler is big enough to do a 3 day backpack hunt with?
I would think so. I dont backpack hunt so im only guessing by figuring what I would take and I would think it would work great.
Great video and information as usual. Have you ever thought about buying kuiu packs with the external frame? I’m in the market now for a pack that I can use to pack meat out. Also, do you recommend buying from mystery ranch directly or through third party? I’m looking to save money where I can.
Love kuiu packs. Never did use a frame on one though. John tucker uses a 1850 with the frame and loves it for packing meat out. I love my mystery ranch pintler and frame combo. It's very comfortable and works great. You can buy it anywhere thst has the best deal. I got mine from gohunt.com on sale. Check a few places and some have deals and some don't. Also check out exo mtn packs. They are fantastic as well. So are the stone glaciers!
@@SamkoTradBow thanks for the reply! Just checked out the stone glaciers online and as of right now I think I like the mystery ranch Pinter with how the internal pockets are set up. I’ll have to see if I can find a video of John tuckers 1850. Thanks again for the content you provide snd I’ll keep my eye out on deals.
@@JL250X John doesn't have a video of the kuiu. I jist referenced him as he is the only guy I hunt with that has a kuiu with a frame that I talk to regularly. So my knowledge of it being great comes from someone that I trust and watch use it. Kuiu has the best pocket layout I have ever seen or used. The pintler is the best frame pack I have personally used. But I have only used a few frame packs.
@@SamkoTradBow I watched your other videos and I do seem to like the pocket set up for the kuiu packs. I’ll keep lookin a round and see if I can find videos on the frame pack.
@@JL250X I do not think you would be disappointed with a kuiu frame pack! I know they used to have so good videos on kuius youtube channel or on thier website. Been a while since I watched them. But they had some great videos on pack set up, load slinging, etc.
Just got my pack. Strapped on my stand and sticks. Wondering if there is a better way. How did you attach your stand/sticks?
Here is a video on how I carry my stocks and stand. ruclips.net/video/zDRV7RoIlY8/видео.html
Excellent thx. No tearing were straps meet the pack? Two straps enough?
Do you put you sticks/stand between the bag and frame?
Would you consider that pack a good choice for overnight hunting..say 3 days? I am trying to decide between the Pintler or Metcalf. I don't hut from a tree and I hike 5 miles to spots.
Both would be great. The metcalf is heavier but big and it does collapse down great when you don't need the extra space. Id probably go thst route if you are packing camp as well.
@@SamkoTradBow I appreciate...I think you hit the nail on the head.
Any updates on how you like this pack after a few years? I really love my metcalf, but for whitetail hunting up close I wonder if that bare nylon material is too noisy?
I love it. Use it for all my out of state deer hunt. Every pack I own and hunt with including the pack I stalk hogs with is the same material. Never bothered me or got me busted
@@SamkoTradBow
Nice! I'm considering adding this and the mule to my collection. I feel like the mule would turn the frame into a decent day pack for close-to-home hunts as well. That frame is just so comfortable...
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Thanks Jason. I got it coming. Also just ordered your course
@@philipwest9162 awesome! You will love the pack and the course!
Weakest part of any pack are the zippers. Every pack I’ve owned eventually had failed zippers, having a major zipper on the MR would have me suspicious on its durability. Maybe they have come up with a superior zipper?
The zippers are not laod bearing anyway as you are using compression straps to hold the load. But I have never had a zipper break on any quality pack. I have broken compression straps but never a zipper.
if a zipper blows out ... Several models of MR packs have compression straps that will still allow one to carry the pack fully loaded. The 3 zip design, follow what I'm describing.
gohunt. you heading west?
Nope not heading west this year
To oheavy for me
Lots of great options out there. You will have no problem finding what you need.