I have heard great things about Bedrock too.  I would probably be running a similar mix of option if I weren't suddenly in a hurry.  I'd like to hear your reasons for liking the Entrada better.  Who knows, after a few trips I might be coming to a similar conclusion and swap bags.

I feel very lucky to have a great guy like Kurt as a friend and resource.  If I want to know anything about endurance mtb riding/racing/gear I just ask him. I figure if anybody knows if something is functional and durable it would be him. 

Thanks for your opinion on this.  I just took the plunge and ordered a whole set of Revelate bags because they were all in stock and I'm kind of in a hurry since I hope to do a trip over Memorial Day weekend.  I had hoped to research a little more and maybe build my own to save some money but being in a hurry I coughed up the cash instead.

I like your reasoning behind the full frame bag but I ended up ordering a Tangle bag for other reasons.  First off I asked Kurt Refsnider (who knows more than a little bit about all this) and he suggested that a Tangle bag for my frame size (L-XL) holds quite a bit and agreed with my own thoughts that it is nice to have water bottles on the frame to put mix in.  I don't like to put mix in bladders.  Kurt also agreed that the Revelate stuff is great.

Once they come in I need to practice packing these bags and figure out what not to bring.

I'm trying to put together my bikepacking rig and have been asking around about bag options.  I've narrowed it down to these for various reasons. Any body have pros and cons on these?

1. Bedrock Entrada vs. Revelate Sweetroll.

2. Bedrock Coconino vs. Revelate Viscacha.

3. Full triangle vs tangle bag?

Thanks,

Chris

Chris Dunn here.  I just discovered this site and am enjoying the info.  I am an Arizona native (almost 50 years) currently living in Chino Valley, AZ.  I have done a lot of wilderness backpacking and have great backcountry skills but combining them with bikes never occurred to me. 

I recently started riding mtb's again after 20+ years away and have discovered that bikes and trails are a lot better and good info much easier to find.  I'm not fast but I seem to have pretty good endurance so started looking into endurance riding info and ended up here. 

A couple of weeks ago I decided to ride the entire Black Canyon Trail in AZ just to see what I could do.  11hrs and 68.5 miles later it didn't seem too tough.  Last weekend I rode a section of the AZT near Picket Post mtn. and just wanted to keep going. 

My wife caught me looking at this forum tonight and I had to admit to her that I like riding mtb's far and I might have to start bikepacking if she doesn't want to do shuttles for me. Bike touring on highways never seemed like a good idea.  Loading down a lightweight road machine and riding on roads with cars whizzing by and not going anywhere I could not have gone more comfortably in a car.  Mountain biking on trails seems to be just the right speed for me.  Slow enough to see the cool things along the way while challenging and fast enough to not get bored.