It's not the weight that bugs me. It's what you get for the weight. My old ALICE with the USGI frame was about that heavy, and it could have eatten this Kifaru with room left over. The bigger version of their Becker knock off that Blackhawk makes (the Sortie?) looks to be about this size, and IIRC it's lighter. OK, so it IS BHI, not Eagle, but if Eagle was to make a copy it wouldn't be any heavier.

The problem with sport packs is that a lot of are just one big "dump" pocket with a little pouch for your sunglasses and one or two nalgene pouches that rely on elastic and/or neoprene in the walls to keep the bottle in.. All the little stuff ends up at the bottom ten minutes after you start, and if you slip and land funny, when you get the wind back in you, you get to go looking for your water supply.

Give me pockets, any day. Just not built this heavy.