I expected this to cause at least a lack of smoothness (grindiness) a couple of days afterwards, as indeed I would expect on many of the more expensive spinning reels which dont handle salt water ingress very well, but I am rather happy to report that this ABU Superior 3000SH continues on its merry way every bit as nice as it was straight out of the box back in February (if my spinning reel gets properly splashed or dunked then I take it off the rod and give it a proper wash in freshwater - I simply tighten the drag right down, immerse it fully in a sink of warm water, turn the reel handle say thirty times, shake the reel off, loosen the drag off and let it drip-dry, I have saved a number of spinning reels like this and I know the tackle companies would say its the wrong thing to do but it works)

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The ski pack is slightly heavier tougher fabric
You can choose the low position for fast, open terrain, or the high position for slower, tighter singletrack
Weight When you are hiking for many hours and have packed your backpack with all your essentials, you dont want the backpack itself adding too much extra weight
But when you don't get it right it's pretty forgiving of errors too