- Specialty
- Hunting packs with rifle carry, frame-and-bag systems, mission/LE packs, chest packs, and pack accessories including dry bags
- Category
- Packs & Pack Accessories
- Website
- eberlestock.com →
Our verdict
Eberlestock is a pack company first. It is best known for hunting packs that carry a rifle properly, frame-and-bag systems for hauling meat, and a serious line of mission and law-enforcement packs, and it builds the accessories that make those packs work — chest packs, pouches, scabbards and dry bags. What we like is that the small things get the same thought as the big ones: the Cirrus dry bags are light, sensibly sized, labelled so you can find the right one in a dark pack, and covered by the same lifetime warranty as the packs. We recommend Eberlestock to hunters who carry their gear on their back and want it organized.
Background
Eberlestock is a pack maker based in Boise, Idaho, founded by Glen Eberle. Its catalogue is built around carrying gear on your back: hunting packs with built-in rifle carry, frame-and-bag systems for hauling heavy loads out of the backcountry, chest packs, and a large line of mission and law-enforcement packs. Around those it builds the accessories — pouches, scabbards, hydration, game bags and dry bags.
How we use Eberlestock
Our first Eberlestock review is the Cirrus Ultralight Dry Bag series — five high-vis roll-top dry bags from 3 to 35 litres, from US$25. It scored 4.6 out of 5. What earned the score is how well they do the job of organizing a pack: light, waterproof, easy to tell apart, and sized so you can build a system rather than make do with one bag.
The Cirrus bags are going into our packs for the season, and you will see them in our upcoming hunt reviews.
What sets Eberlestock apart
A system, not a single bag. Eberlestock designs packs, frames and accessories to work together, and even its dry bags come in a spread of sizes meant to compartmentalize a pack.
Hunting-first design. Rifle carry, meat-hauling frames and bino packs are the core of the hunting line, which is unusual among pack makers.
A lifetime warranty on the gear we reviewed.
What to know before buying
The Cirrus dry bags are ultralight — ideal inside a pack, but not built to be dragged, portaged or lifted heavy by the fabric. Size up so the roll-top can seal. And choose Dry Earth over orange if the bag will ride outside your pack.
Bottom line
Eberlestock earns its place here for building gear around how hunters actually carry it. The Cirrus dry bags are a small, inexpensive way to start — and the easiest upgrade we know to a disorganized, damp pack.
Why we recommend them
Built around the hunter's pack. Eberlestock's catalogue runs from rifle-carry hunting packs and the Brute and EMOD frame systems to chest packs, pouches and scabbards — gear designed to work together.
Lifetime warranty. The Cirrus dry bags are backed by the Eberlestock Lifetime Warranty, like the packs they go into.
Thoughtful small details. High-vis colour and large printed size labels on the dry bags, D-loops to clip them on, and a Dry Earth option when orange is wrong.
Highly rated by buyers. The Cirrus dry bags hold 4.9 out of 5 from 174 verified reviews on Eberlestock's site.
Product lines
What they make.
Hunting packs
Rifle-carry day packs, the Brute series and EMOD frame systems, and the Recon modular bino pack.
Mission / LE packs
Assault, sustainment and weapons-carry packs, and the Mission EMOD system.
Everyday carry & travel
Slings, everyday packs, concealed-carry bags and duffels, including the Fade collection.
Pack accessories
Pouches, scabbards, hydration, game bags, frames — and the Cirrus Ultralight Dry Bags we reviewed.
Reviews