When you live where you most often have to carry a bear can, you simply buy a different pack that works. Big gripe I have is that few packs are designed to carry a bear can- most annoying when they would just have to increase the girth an inch to make it work!

Seriously, I really hated my bear can until I got used to it. Now I even take it when not strictly required. It is so much easier for me than to try to hang the food. I think OM and I each lack the ability to throw a line effectively. My 7 year old grandson can throw better than me! Now that I have an internal frame pack that fits the bear can horizontally, it works quite well. My kids got me a Bearikade Weekender one Christmas, and it is worth every penny of its shocking cost.