After 3 hours, my back is beat…i’m getting out my original Vincenzo330 shell tomorrow, and geting to work..no more Resin,MDF, and solid wood for me. Besides, i built that 9 years ago, and didnt know ■■■■ about Packs…With all the things ive learned from you AWESOME FOLKS, i will build my lightest, coolest pack ever!!! I guess this one will be a loaner, or a wall hanger
Out of curiosity what does a pack built with a fibreglass shell fully fitted with aluminium parts and an aluminium thrower weigh (on average)?
Shoot, mine is 37 lbs… and I wear it for an average of 7 hours straight per event… V330 shell with full aluminum parts… I highly suggest padded straps ala GB2 and proper neckfoam, it makes it feel like 10 lbs lighter… However, I am also in the Military, so 30+ lbs on my back is not too bad… Try passing around 5-inch Gun Shells around for over 10 hours (that’s over 49,000 lbs or 22 tons in weight to lug around in less than a days time)…
Yes, but you are a big-strapping-youngster… I’m a fat-old-man 
I’m with you on the fat and old department. My first packs in the 80s were made of styrofoam.
My ‘hero pack’, begun a few years ago, is a thirty pound V330 beauty with an aluminum wand.
For my sons, I wanted lightweight, so I went with Studio Creations shells and Matty wands. I am getting to the point that if either son opts not to go to an event, I wear the spare featherweight one instead of my full one.
I’m seriously contemplating making one more… a ‘stunt pack’ for myself for parades and similar events.
We recently were asked to ‘protect’ the attendees of the 90-minute-long guided foot tour of the haunted spots of historic downtown Florence, the annual “Ghost Walk” event. (I mean, they allegedly hanged a robber and buried him under the street. Every block or so is another haunted building.)
Heck, on Hallowe’en I saw a little kid wearing a Rubies foam pack-- upside down-- and thought to myself, it really doesn’t look all THAT bad, LOL.
Funny… I’ve come full circle, back around to the idea of a foam pack.
Alex
I think I’m only strong enough to to carry a Rubies inflatable pack…filled with helium 
I remembered when i finished my first pack and doing halloween in san Francisco. A few hours of walking up and down hills. I remember thinking this is what the final scene must have felt Like, walking up 22 stories.. Never again and that was with leds and a small battery. Couldnt imagine wearing one with metal parts , motorcycle battery and incandescent light bulbs. I wonder how much time during filming they were wearing hero packs vs stunt packs