One update from my side
My old ABS is gone (manage to sell it in 15min after putting add on local FB ski touring/freeride group, which means I probably sold it too cheap but what the hell
, and I got some super nice offer not involving money but some photos, and few posts here and there on social media as I'm such huge instagram influencer
(yeah that's joke that someone won't that it too seriously), so I ended on 40L Scott E1. And based on first impression (and one accidental opening as I didn't think it's turned on
) is pretty cool. It's certainly whole lot bigger then my ABS with 26L zipon, and pockets are done much nicer or better to say more usable for me. I forgot to weight my old ABS with carbon cartridge before it went, so I can't say for sure, but this one feels lighter then ABS with carbon cartridge (even though difference between carbon and steel cartridge is not that huge, it feels really big when having backpack on for first time). It's also much lower profile then ABS, so I don't think it will be much of an issue using it on chairlifts (I'm obviously hoping for whole lot different season this winter as it was last one, where I didn't go with lifts not even once).
Only thing I'm missing, but can be fixed pretty easy myself is little "carabiner" ABS had in top pocket, that I could attach car keys on. For this, I need to figure out something myself, but shouldn't be much of an issue. Oh yeah, and color of 40L is well... boring black. Blue 30L would be nicer one, but 30L seems pretty small, so I guess I will just need to survive with boring black
I just hope I will be opening it exactly same way as I did with old ABS... for training purposes only and never in real situation
One question though. Officially you can attach skis either on side (a-frame), or on back diagonally. It doesn't really say anything anywhere, but personally I don't really think having skis on side would be really good when deploying airbag? Anyone have some more info regarding this? Allowed/good or rather stick with diagonal?