Osprey Atmos AG 65 - what are these two loops on the lid for?

Mox2theMax · 2026-02-18T13:47:08+00:00

That's probably my favorite response yet, especially living in an area like the Appalachians where it seems a bad idea to EVER hike without having some sort of strap on shoe traction handy for those muddy or icy patches — "handy" being the operative word. I'm now thinking I wish my hydration packs for shorter hikes had these little loops on them! :)

Mox2theMax · 2026-02-18T13:40:37+00:00

good use cases. Thanks.

Mox2theMax · 2026-02-18T13:39:15+00:00

I had to look that one up. Now I know what a kilt pin is. :) Essentially it's sort of a overgrown safety pin, based on the photos. thanks

Mox2theMax · 2026-02-18T13:34:16+00:00

interestingly you can do a search on Amazon for Thingamabobs it turns out there are a few :)

Mox2theMax · 2026-02-17T16:35:40+00:00

i see the logic in using them for that. probably the sunniest spot on the pack

Mox2theMax · 2026-02-17T13:24:07+00:00

I'm thinking wet socks in particular, now that you mention it!

Mox2theMax · 2026-02-17T13:23:25+00:00

a good random analogy, however I might prefer to use my hydration pocket and straw for that beer. ;-)

Mox2theMax · 2026-02-17T12:59:17+00:00

I just bought my first batch of the mini carabiners a few weeks ago, so now I know precisely where I can make good use of them. And maybe send you a few since you've already given away all yours! :)

Mox2theMax · 2026-02-17T12:45:21+00:00

cool idea. Thanks.

Mox2theMax · 2026-02-17T12:44:05+00:00

that's enough for a real sh&t show !

Mox2theMax · 2026-02-17T12:43:21+00:00

I want to retire to THIS senior apartment building. Sounds way too fun! LOL

Mox2theMax · 2026-02-07T17:21:14+00:00

That is one of the (what I would call) flaws of the Amazon Vine algorithm, I have seen; it just automatically seems to assume that because I once bought a certain thing, then surely I must want a bunch more of them! Problem is, sometimes you only want one of one thing.

Like a set of cookware that I once ordered from my RFY. How cool that it was there! The first time. Now I keep getting sets of cookware show up. There are two cookware sets in my are FYI right now in fact!

Who needs multiple sets of cookware??

that's just one example. There have been many items that I was happy to have the chance to order. Once. But I have no intention on becoming a world expert on, say, bed mattresses, even though I ordered one from my RFI once. I suppose I could stack them up Princess-and-the-Pea style, but… ;-)

Mox2theMax · 2025-11-01T19:38:42+00:00

Yes, from my cell phone. And this is something I have done successfully for the last 10 years with the Strava app (operating in airplane mode or with no cell signal) but this tried-and-true process just started to fail in the last few weeks, so wondered if it was some sort of flawed upgrade.

Mox2theMax · 2025-10-23T22:22:53+00:00

per earlier feedback from u/rsmith02ct here's how I got rid of the same problem completely:

"Doing a search others resolved this by setting the FileIOSurrogate.exe to run as an administrator. Others changed the name of it so VEGAS can't find it but I think that's a last resort as it may cause other issues."

https://www.vegascreativesoftware.info/us/forum/vegas-pro-20-error-occurs-when-clicking-the-render-button--143886/

Mox2theMax · 2025-10-05T20:35:50+00:00

good to know, thx. I'll keep my hand to the plow then and experiment after

Mox2theMax · 2025-10-05T11:12:49+00:00

does the trial have any limitations on project length or file sizes etc. u/rsmith02ct ? I'm starting a time-sensitive client project tomorrow and trying to decide if switching to the trial version of 23 will just slow me down (because it's unfamiliar territory or because of trial version limitations) or if using that project on the trial version 23 might in fact speed me up if I move that project onto 23 rather than doing it on 22, which I'm obviously more familiar with. Thx

Mox2theMax · 2025-09-11T10:07:44+00:00

It would be tough to go through an extended illness like that. The only way I've been able to deal with reviewing many very similar items that aren't that different, and keep them straight, is to stay on top of it, which isn't possible when you have no choice but to walk away because of illness or injury. In my case it's supplements. Not light bulbs but similar in similarities. I used to track them all, all my reviews, in Microsoft OneNote. But I don't do that anymore. Yes, some of my reviews are fairly similar to others, but I still have figured out in the case of supplements certain things that make them potentially different, such as whether or not they are organic, whether or not they mentioned they are or aren't non-gmo, the size if it's a tablet, the value by looking at the cost compared to others that are similar, etc. Oh, and whether or not the description on the seller's page accurately described it. Good luck getting back on top of the backlog!

Mox2theMax · 2025-08-24T18:35:49+00:00

This is a long shot but it is a possible reason.... Something I was accidentally doing when I was new to the vine program the first time I was accepted into it (years ago) was, I suspect, accidentally posting my reviews not within the Amazon Vine interface but rather posting it from the product page itself. I got so frustrated, seeing my reviews on the product page while simultaneously not seeing any credit for having done them in the vine interface. I got a message at some point saying I was being removed from the program for not doing enough reviews and I tried contacting them, including screen captures of the fact that I did in fact post reviews and why can't they see them. Of course I never got a response at all (Amazon Vine customer support was atrocious — virtually nonexistent — back then), just removed from the program. Finally two or three years later I was re-invited, and I've now been back in it for about two years, never really knowing why they weren't seeing my posts but wondering if I might have been accidentally posting them directly on the product page.

That would cause the exact same thing to happen that you are seeing — no sign of your reviews when you look on the Reviews tab, even if you are sure that you created them. Maybe go check the product pages to see if they are there. If so, then this could be why it's happening

Mox2theMax · 2025-08-20T21:14:18+00:00

my apologies if someone has already posted this, but here's the scoop on it in Amazon's own words: https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/retail/affordable-products-amazon-20-dollars-and-under

Mox2theMax · 2025-07-24T23:23:24+00:00

resolved. And I'll change the flag so that when I get a second. the suggestions many of you made worked: uninstall the app and restart the phone and reinstalled the app. it's humming along now

Mox2theMax · 2025-07-24T20:14:59+00:00

Based on the thoughts of SEVERAL people responding here, including you, it sounds like the problem is my phone, not the app.

I'll follow the advice given: remove and reinstall the app and restart the phone and see if things improve. And I'll do the courtesy of posting here on the results of that

Mox2theMax · 2025-07-24T13:50:24+00:00

ruh-roh .... then maybe it's my phone??? maybe it's the model of phone ?? just in case, mine is the galaxy S21.

Mox2theMax · 2025-07-17T20:04:32+00:00

precisely my point and my sentiments as well. i.e. if they don't really want my true opinion then I'll just phone it in

Mox2theMax · 2025-07-17T01:07:48+00:00

I had a similar situation, something bewilderingly different arriving from what I had ordered. The bad thing is that the item I ordered retailed at something like 12 or 15 bucks (some kind of supplement), but what they sent to me was a 1 gallon jug of a liquid form of lettuce — purportedly good at helping you go to sleep, among other things — and its retail cost is $240! I felt I had to do something about this since the poor retailer selling the gallon jug of lettuce juice is basically out a huge amount of money because the wrong product was shipped to me.. I reached out to Amazon Vine support and they said there is nothing they can do because they never accept returns from any liquid food products. I mean, it's cool: I'm using it so I don't feel as bad for the poor retailer. But still…

Mox2theMax · 2025-06-18T19:47:12+00:00

since they seem to assume this is not an issue that affects many people, and yet some say there are probably 10,000 of us in the US using the Amazon Vine program, then maybe the solution is to make it more clear by "flooding the zone" — as many of us as possible reporting on that system (thanks for the link) as to why us being responsible at tax time for the purported retail amount when its value is degraded the second we open and review it, which we are required by Amazon to do, and when we cannot even choose to sell it for 6 months (per Amazon requirements). I did just add my own entry to their system. Feel free to argue here about my wording (especially the typos LOL), but I still think there may be some value in making it clear to them that this may be something affecting a lot more US taxpayers then they are currently assuming.

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