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S IDE C OMPRESSION / variant series
R ETENTION S TRAPS owner’s manual
optimizes comfort while you All Variants feature dual sided, glove-friendly
are carrying it. For complete upper and lower compression/ buckles Congratulations on your purchase of an Osprey Variant
information visit: retention straps to both Series pack. Our obsession with detail rewards you with a
www.ospreypacks.com/PackTech/ compress loads and truly full-featured pack and we want to be sure that you can
HowToPackYourPack securely retain items. understand and utilize your pack completely. Here’s a full
tour of your pack – top to bottom.
G LOVE -F RIENDLY
B UCKLES
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Variant Series packs
feature glove-friendly
buckles for easy access.
I NTERNAL S LASH
P OCKET Veuillez visiter www.ospreypacks.com pour une version
en français de ce guide d’utilisation.
There is an internal slash
Auf der Homepage www.ospreypacks.com finden Sie die
pocket underneath the deutsche Version dieses enutzerhandbuches.
top pocket offering added Visita por favor
organization. www.ospreypacks.com para
SHARED FEATURES
Dense Light & ver la versión de nuestro manual R EMOVABLE T OP P OCKET WITH
& Heavy Compressible en Español. S PINDRIFT C OLLAR
Visita il sito The spindrift collar attaches from the
PACK CARE VARIANT www.ospreypacks.com per top pocket to the main pack body using spindrift collar
52 Bare Weight Total Weight Capacity la versione in Italiano del a hook-and-loop system. To operate,
Osprey recommends Nikwax® S 2LB 0OZ / 0.91KG 3LB 9OZ / 1.62KG 3000CU.IN. / 49L manuale d'uso.
position your back and the backpanel
products for pack care. For M 2LB 3OZ / 0.99KG 3LB 12OZ / 1.70KG 3200CU.IN. / 52L towards the wind and, 1 extend the top
complete instructions on L 2LB 6OZ / 1.08KG 3LB 15OZ / 1.79KG 3400CU.IN. / 55L pocket to it’s full height by loosening the
cleaning your pack, visit 37 Bare Weight Total Weight Capacity webbing. 2 With the spindrift collar fully
www.ospreypacks.com/ S 1LB 15OZ / 0.88KG 3LB 5OZ / 1.42KG 2100CU.IN. / 34L extended, you can now access your pack 1
PackTech/PackCare M 2LB 2OZ / 0.96KG 3LB 8OZ / 1.50KG 2250CU.IN. / 37L while blocking blowing snow. Reverse to
L 2LB 5OZ / 1.05KG 3LB 11OZ / 1.59KG 2400CU.IN. / 40L compress the top pocket.
KEY FABRICS top pocket
28 Bare Weight Total Weight Capacity To remove the top pocket A, loosen the
• Matrix 420D Nylon S 1LB 9OZ / 0.71KG 2LB 3OZ / 0.99KG 1600CU.IN. / 26L
• 315D High Tenacity Nylon two top pocket compression straps and
M 1LB 12OZ / 0.79KG 2LB 6OZ / 1.08KG 1700CU.IN. / 28L
flip the top pocket towards the backpanel.
• 210D High Tenacity Nylon L 1LB 15OZ / 0.88KG 2LB 9OZ / 1.16KG 1800CU.IN. / 30L
D B Undo the hook-and-loop attachment
securing the spindrift collar and roll
OSPREY ADD ONS™ using tab to secure. C Thread nylon
Customize and protect your pack with Osprey's C 2
webbing through the sewn-in duckbill
full line of Add On ™ accessories. For the full B buckle on the top pocket, through the
lineup, please visit your local Osprey retailer or slider buckle near the top of the harness,
visit our web site www.ospreypacks.com and through the duckbill buckle D at
A
the top. Reverse to re-attach.
Osprey Packs, Inc.
H YDRATION C OMPATIBLE
115 Progress Circle
WARRANT Y Cortez, Colorado 81321 Variant Series packs are hydration
The Osprey Packs Lifetime Warranty covers defects T: 970 . 564 . 5900 compatible. Place hydration reservoir
in materials and craftsmanship for the lifetime of the F: 970 . 565 . 2120 inside the sleeve sewn inside the back-
backpack. Please visit www.ospreypacks.com for Toll Free Customer Service: panel and exit the hose through the H2O
1 . 866 . 284 . 7830
complete warranty information.
Warranty/Returns:
opening. Route hose through elastic
1 . 866 . 314 . 3130 routers located on either side of the
pack’s harness.
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 T OOL H OLSTERS / A DJUSTABLE
tool holster B UNGEE ATTACHMENT
The Variant tool holster allows secure
attachment of all ice tools, including
newer, leashless tools. To operate,
C C loosen the webbing and A unclip the
holster buckle. B Slide the tool head
through the holster, clip the buckle and
cinch to hold secure. Tool handles are
held using adjustable, three position
pass-through style bungee cords C.
A This clove hitch style bungee features
A 3
Osprey's exclusive Y-Clip
B allowing you to loop handles
quickly, and a cord lock to
secure. Loosen the bungees
with the cord lock and
removing hipbelt route handles through the
bungee. Tighten the cord
lock, nesting closure into the
Y-clip. Reverse to remove.
H ARNESS & H IPBELT
A Variant Series packs
feature fixed StretchComfort
harnessing and thermo-
formed backpanels, a
removable 3D contoured
EVA hipbelt with a pass 7 9
through lumbar (28 fixed),
B carry straps
tool loops and ice clippers. To remove
the hipbelt (52 & 37), A detach web-
bing from hipbelt at both sides of pack.
B Slip one hand behind the lumbar
area, breaking the hook and loop clo-
sure attachment. Pull the hipbelt
through until removed. Reverse steps to
reattach.
C 6 Front slash zip pocket
Hipbelts can be reversed without
removal for out-of-the-way storage.
Loosen hipbelt webbing and thread
through tool holster C on front of
ergopull
pack. Clip hipbelt buckles and tighten
just as if hipbelt was engaged.
ERGOPULL
To operate the ErgoPull, loosen the
webbing and connect the center buckle.
Grasp the loose ends of the webbing on
either side, and pull evenly in and
across with both hands.
COMFORT CARRY ZONE
variant 52
1 removable HDPE
2
2 and an aluminum tubing
2 framework. Variant 37
4 3
6 7
5 5
4 removable foam
8 3
1 Removable top pocket
2 Haul points
3 Crampon shield
compression pocket
4 Side compression/
carry straps
5 Adjustable tool bungee
with Y-Clip
7 Removable EVA hipbelt with
tool loops and ice clipper
8 Wand/Ice Pro Pockets
9 Ice tool holster
COMFORT CARRY ZONE 3-P OINT H AUL S YSTEM
To haul your Variant, attach your haul
rig to the two sewn in loops on the
front of your pack and the grab handle
3-point haul
variant 37 loop on the back.
VARIANT
S USPENSION
1 The Variant Series
suspensions differ
2
2 slightly between models
2 to accommodate varying
load capacities. Variant
4 52 suspension is a
5 5 framesheet with cut outs
4 suspension is a remov-
able HDPE framesheet COMFORT CARRY ZONE
with cutouts and a 6061
8 aluminum stay. Variant
6 28 suspension is a
variant 28
1 Removable top pocket framesheet/sit pad. To
2 Haul points remove the suspension
Crampon shield system, access the inside 1
compression pocket of your pack and locate
2
4 Side compression/ the tabbed, hook and
loop closure on the inside
2 2
5 Adjustable tool bungee backpanel. Pull up on
with Y-Clip the nylon tab exposing 3
6 Removable EVA hipbelt with
the pack’s suspension
tool loops and ice clipper and remove as desired.
7 Wand/Ice Pro Pockets 4 4
Reverse this process to
8 Ice tool holster
reinstall the pack’s
suspension. 3
wand pockets 2
NOTE: The Variant 52
suspension may require
6
a shoe horn-type tool/
5 7
screwdriver to use as
a prying device for
reinsertion. 1 Removable top pocket
2 Haul points
D UAL WAND /I CE P RO P OCKETS 3 Side compression/carry straps
Variant Series packs feature wand/ice 4 Adjustable tool bungee
pro pockets for quick storage and easy with Y-Clip
access (Not intended for H2O usage). 5 Fixed EVA hipbelt with
tool loops and ice clipper
6 Wand/Ice Pro Pockets
7 Ice tool holster