Hi Hugh and Tweets,

Since you asked:

> I wanted to know if anyone has, or has tried out, the Tri-Pack shown on
>page 18 of the ABA catalog. It is a triangle-shaped backpack that mounts on
>two legs of the tripod. You can apparently carry it with legs extended, so
you
>can quickly unsling the pack and setup the tripod. I seems like it might be
>worthwhile, but would like to get some first hand comments first.

I bought one of those tri-packs, but I never got the hang of it... I'm not
very tall, and if I tried to carry it with the legs fully extended, the
whole thing would hit the ground behind me...so the scope was not easy to
deploy quickly. I suppose if you're over 5'8'' tall, you wouldn't have this
problem, but I'm not sure. I ended up donating mine to Seattle Audubon as a
Birdathon prize...

Rick Romea
Seattle, WA
rromea at stioptronics.com

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