Mad_Mat wrote on Mar 30^th, 2015 at 1:19pm:

not me --- but I thought I'd look at it and post a link - couldn't find anything labeled "superior" -  were you just looking at the bolt on pads (2)? of the whole yoke ?  the two bolt on pads do look like they would set nicely on the shoulders   (You need to Login or Register wonder why its a discontinued item?  maybe google for reviews of .....

Yeah Mad_Mat, this is the one. Only I was looking at just the foam portion, of which I would glue a piece of 1/4" cedar plywood to it and then bolt that to my yolk.  I took the "Superior" off a link on Amazon. Saw somebody over on BWCA Messageboard did this and really liked it.  I wonder if a guy could hot glue another 1" layer of closed cell foam under this contoured pad for added padding?

I worry about the 2 padded option being too much of a pressure point on my lean framed shoulders.... just not sure.  I have a buddy that thinks I should go with the Spring Creek one here:

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But I'm just not sure about it. I'm not sure I like the idea of that frame around my head on some of the difficult, uphill, rut-filled portages in the Quetico. I don't like the idea of my head in that cage if I were to slip.