Hi Austin, good review! What do you think of using a traditional hiking bag with a camera cube (for longer hikes). So far I have standardized on Wandred bags.
Thanks for the review. I have the Action X first generation and do not consider the mentioned improvements significant enough as reason to upgrade to v2. While I love the backpack, there is one major annoyment that drives me crazy sometimes: The outer fabric of the Action X V1 creates noises at every step while walking which is very annoying if you want to move silently at night or are doing wildlife photography. I also have the Explore V2 in the same color which has a completely "silent" outer fabric but there is no version larger than 35L. Did they change the outer fabric on the Action X2 for a more silent fabric or are you still experiencing noticeable rubbing noise (especially at the shoulder strap attachment points)? This would actually be a determining reason to exchange the Action X V1 with the V2 for me.
