DrewEckhardt 0 #26 November 30, 2009 Quote According to Paragear - PD 143 Reserve has a pack volume of 343 cubic inches. Paratec lists the volume of their 220 as 344 cubic inches. Alternatively a 190 should fit in there with plenty of room! Even allowing for the 'different sizing methods' that was mentioned previously you should find the 190 or the 220 plenty big enough when compared to your current 143 reserve!! If you're interested in one pm me Some of the Paragear measurements were done under PIA's Technical Standard 104, where the canopy is placed in a cylinder tail-first with the lines on top, compressed for 30 seconds with a 210 pound weight, and measured. Some are statements from the manufacturer which don't seem to correlate with reality. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeatlast 0 #27 December 1, 2009 Hi Guys I absolutely agree with all that you have said - but if you take all of my posts in context rather than just the last one, you will see that the first thing that i advised the OP to do was contact the manufacturer directly to confirm sizing for THEIR SPECIFIC GEAR... As we all know there are so many factors that affect the measurements quoted by various companies as well as so many variables that affect packing volumes - and i totally agree that some quoted sizes really do not appear to correlate with reality at all. But in fairness if the measurements quoted by Paratec are in any way relevant to the real world and they seem to indicate that they could fit a 220 in there as a tight fit - then a 170 / 190 SHOULD fit the gear, but the caveat - as always is contact the manufacturer first! By the way - i'm currently jet-lagged and freezing - so i hope that this makes sense! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
