Stansport Freighter Aluminum Pack Frame (574-F), Black

This Alice Frame is super versatile - I usually use it to haul my gear for kayak camping trips, but found additional use for it when I was moving house. It allows me, a small 5'5" woman to haul a massive amount of stuff @ one go. I have put up to 80lbs of stuff on it and it held up with no problems. It also comes @ a good price point, and performs as well as a more expensive product. I would recommend investing in extra straps to get maximum use out of this Alice Frame.

I like to pack 80-100 lbs when I walk my dog. Destroyed several nice packs. If I get a year out of this one I'll be happy. So far (2 months) I've been pretty hard on it and it's taking the abuse. The straps are kind of crappy but I'm packing for fitness, not comfort so it's not an issue. In particular, the shoulder straps come loose every few minutes and the chest strap doesn't get tight enough to be useful. I would buy this product again.

So packed out alot of meat over the last 4 years and this elk season was its last. Packed exactly 83lbs of meat on it, was the last trip up and the stitching on the shoulder strap gave out. Luckily had some Para cord so was able to rig it and get up the mountain with it. I give it 4 starts because I have used my grandfathers frame pack many times and he has used it since the 80s. If this pack was made like the ones in the good ole days then It would be 5 starts

I wore this for six days elk hunting. One of the days I carried about 30lb. I think it’s moderately comfortable. I am rating it five stars on performance in regards to price. There’s better backpacks out there. For the price point this is a five star.

I could not find a retro / 1980s style backpack so I bought this for hauling 2ft lengths of lumber into the woods to build a bog bridge. It’s rated for 75pound loads, but it carried a dozen 100pound loads about a quarter mile at a time. Still looks like new. Has good options for securing loads. Performed perfectly and is ready for the next project.

I'll be packing cargo in the mountains with this frame. Give me a year of hard use and I'll tell you how durable it proves to be.

Would have liked some attach options

Do I dare admit this? This frame is almost perfect, but I'm not even using it outdoors! It's all about vacuum cleaners! I'm not a fan of uprights, and dragging a canister around keeps tangling up with things. I wanted a backpack vacuum so the unit says with me. What's available are either pricey or suspiciously cheap looking (or both). I actually bought a GV backpack vacuum which is well enough (details elsewhere) but I still had a couple old canister vacs (with MUCH better power heads than the GV) that I just couldn't bring myself to throw out. Rather I've spent months combing Craigslist looking for a decent backpack frame that I could strap those old canister vacs to. No real luck (or those offered locally were way pricey). I stumbled on this frame and the shelf was a perfect solution to my objectives. I can set the canister on the shelf, strap it to the frame, and behold! a cheap and re-purposed backpack vacuum cleaner. My only to-be-resolved issue is the power switch can't be reached while wearing the combo (may put a switch in the power cord, but that's a low priority). So, at least so far, I'm hugely pleased.