Thanks for the Bihn links-great resource. I am currently using either an old eagle creek shoulder bag that is nearly identical to the cafe bag, and a kelty ruck that is a close approximation of the synapse. I have a scottevest that could supplant either, but then I would be wearing a vest, sweaty, lumpy, and slightly silly in appearance.
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