Osprey Renn 65L Women's Backpacking Backpack, Cinder Grey

I just received my Osprey Renn 50 backpack. I have not hiked with the pack yet, so this is just my initial impression of the pack. Until I pack it exactly as I would for a hike, I will not know exactly how it will feel on my back. I packed it with a three man tent, a pad, and a Klymit sheet to try it on. I did not find the torso adjustment hard to adjust at all. I changed the adjustment multiple times trying to find which setting worked best for me. I liked the two options for a bottle in the mesh pocket. I could easily remove my 32 oz. Gatorade bottle and put it back in the pocket; especially, using the horizontal opening. Walking inside, and outside in the yard, the bottle stayed in place. On some packs, it is harder for me to get my water bottle and to put it back in a side pocket. The pack did not feel obsessively big on my frame (in a good way). My head did not hit the back of the pack; the width worked well for me without more length. I like the way the pack sits off the back to allow ventilation. The airflow will be greatly appreciated if this pack is used in our high heat and humid summers. The chest strap adjustment is not on a slider. There are three adjustments loops. I have at times struggled to slide some chest strap adjustments to the point of having to remove my pack to use both hands to get the slider to move. The system on the Renn is easy to adjust; though, I sort of missed the fine tuning of the slider (though I don't miss the how hard the slider could be to get to slide). I, at first, did not think the Renn 50 had much internal space, until I realized the compression straps needed to be loosened; then, I found the space I thought should have been there! The load lifters do a good job of adjusting the carrying of the load. The sleeping bag compartment divider can beremoved to allow for options for packing. The external sleeping pad straps allow for packing options. The rain cover is a nice feature. It can be untoggled from the inside of the pack to come completely unattached from the pack. I will rate it 5 stars, though it may be more of 4 stars for me right now until I can know for sure how comfortable it is carrying a load for miles. Dialing in a pack is a ever changing thing as the load changes due to water weight and settling of the load over time. As I walked in the yard with the pack on, the slight nuisances of how the pack wore were unnoticed when I began to look at the stars in the night sky and enjoy the stillness of the night. I believe the Renn 50 will be a pack that can meet my needs when I need a pack larger than a daypack.