The other thing to keep in mind is that their packs are designed to be ultralight. Like every pack there are trade offs and compromises.
When you go ultralight, you trade durability for weight. Carbon is light but it breaks relatively easily. Carbon needs to be treated very well and protected. No impacts, no big scratches.
They use light fabric, light webbing, light everything. They designed it for backcountry sheep hunts where ounces really matter.
I bought both a KUIU and an Exo and the difference was very obvious. I chose durability over weight because that made sense for how I hunt and what I wanted.
It’s the same reason most people are better off with aluminum bikes, if you crash your $4K bike won’t break in half. Carbon is a very niche material.
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