Molle Rucksack Durability

I have read some discussion about the durability of Molle Rucksacks recently. The earlier ones had some issues with the plastic frame breaking. However in subsequent models that seems to have been corrected. I have dropped one weighing aprox 80 pounds from 8 feet onto concrete, had it land on a single point of the frame and had no problems.

I see two big downsides to the MOLLE system. First is the obviously militant appearance.  Depending on your concerns it could be an issue and if so a quality civilian model such as REI, Kelty, North Face, etc all in brown, tan or grey might be more discrete. Scruffy hair, slightly dirty non descript clothes and a gently used nice backpack just screams stupid hippie kid which could be a real advantage. A rifle fits easily in a ful sized pack and a pistol can be concealed under loose hippyish clothing. The downside is that these are typically a lot more expensive, like at least a couple hundred bucks. The second downside is that if the plastic frame is somehow damaged quality repair would be about impossible. You could weld or jb weld a more traditional metal frame and there isn't much of anything to break on the newer internal frame type packs. 

I should probably write about rucksacks some time but I haven't put anything organized together. Sooner or later I will.

Take care of each other