Lori Nichols, Toronto -- Click here to view the article written by Lori Nichols.

Shannon Sack, St. John, Missouri -- "I LOVE the SWAYGO pack and will recommend to all the cavers I come across that it is the way to go!  I recently spent about 8 hours in Berome cave in southern MO -- we crawled and squeezed and walked and slid and the SWAYGO was the best!  So easy to maneuver, so durable and so low-profile! GREAT product!"

Andy Armstrong, Gold Canyon, Arizona -- "I have been very satisfied with the pack so far.  I especially like it for muddy conditions as it keeps everything inside dry and cleans up so easily.  I have also used it as a day pack for two Lechuguilla expeditions now, one to the West and one to the Far East.  I really think it is the best Lech day pack I have used.  It doesn't snag as much as other packs (the stuff we survey tends to be small and snaggy).  Also, there is always an issue in Lech of tracking corrosion residue into clean areas.  The SWAYGO pack is easily brushed off.  And, since you are on and off rope so much in the cave, the strap/tether configuration works nicely.  Thought you would enjoy hearing that the SWAYGO works well in the big L."

John Fox, Virginia -- "I used the pack in a cave this past weekend and totally enjoyed it.  I was surprised how easy it was to change positions and since it was a wet cave, how dry my clothing remained inside the pack.  Great product."

Scott Lepley, Columbia, MO -- "Neck deep in water, plastered in mud, tight cavern crawls, the SWAYGO pack passed all possible tests.  Never once did a drop of water or mud enter the pack.  I could make my way through any cavern with no problems.  I kept valuable scientific equipment within it the entire time I went caving and all the contents were in perfect condition at the end of the day.  I took the pack halfway around the world for caving and its works better than advertised.  I have never been happier with caving equipment purchases than with my SWAYGO Push Pack.  I most definitely recommend SWAYGO to anyone who caves on any level."

Mike Gordon, Florida -- "By far it has been the best single piece of equipment I own. What I mean by this is of all the advertising on all the equipment needed to enjoy my hobby of caving, your product exceeds the claims you make of it. That's almost unheard of nowadays. Simple, effective, efficient: Swaygo has all three. I know it's hard for people to get excited by a cave pack, but I believe they would once they see it in operation."

Alicia Henry, North Carolina -- "I used the Swaygo pack for the first time on this trip. It's awesome! It didn't catch on stuff in the crawlways, it was incredibly comfortable to wear, and my stuff was DRY at the end of the trip!!"

Cheryl Jones, McLean, VA -- "I love my SWAYGO! And I was a skeptic when I bought my SWAYGO last year, but decided to give it a try. I generally avoid wearing backpacks for normal east cost caving and gear because of the thickness it adds to my chest for negotiating squeezes and stoop walks. Being over 6 feet tall, I already have to stoop more than most other cavers in low passages. Additionally, a regular back pack kills my back when stoop walking for long periods, because the weight is carried on the upper half of the back. A normal pack is cumbersome to slip off my shoulders to shift its position or to carry in my hand if the passage requires it, and catches easily when dragged through crawlways or up narrow or jagged pitches. The SWAYGO -- I have the "Push" size -- rides low and easy, so that the thick part is in the small of my back, and thus most of the weight/center of gravity is carried closer to my waist. The wedge shape means that rather than approaching a ceiling with a thick block sitting between my shoulder blades, I have a smooth low angle which generally just slides on by roof protrusions, if hitting them at all, and allows me to stand up higher in a low passage, or wear the pack in a crawlway. The smooth, firm surface slides past mud, jagged edges and rough rock better than any pack I've ever used (including coated fabric rope bags). The only thing close were the sections of tire inner tubes I used years ago for hauling gear. I was surprised at how much passage I've covered with the SWAYGO in place on my back -- much more than I ever would have comfortably with a normal back pack. The long shoulder straps make the pack quick and easy to slide off one shoulder, or to shift the pack far to one side. I can even just sling it over one shoulder, diagonally across my body. The biner at the top center of the shoulder straps makes it a snap to clip below me rappelling or climbing, and to hook onto the bottom of the opening in my caving suit to drag behind me in a crawlway. The smooth thick polyurethane sides and the angled shape pack allows the pack to slide through a crawlway better than any pack I've used. And on the other side of the sloppy crawlway, stream, or lake, the contents are still dry. It cleans up easily, and dries quickly, and so far has proven very tough. I've watched cavers at various events tug and pull and yank in attempts to pull out the adjustment holes and pull the seams apart. But no success, and afterwards, the material doesn't even look stressed. Some people have replaced the lower biners with small quick links, and put a locking biner at the top. So now I'm a convert. Cavers are particular about the design of their caving packs, as they are their lighting systems, and we each tend to end up with a favorite design and system after a few years' caving. No doubt the SWAYGO design will suit some people's caving styles, body shapes, and types of caving better than others. But it is definitely a design worth looking at and trying out."

Walt English, Little Rock, AR -- "I recently got to give my new PUSH Pack a try on a recent trip to a  VERY wet cave not far from here. It performed flawlessly and didn’t leak a bit - it actually floats quite well. It was money well spent."

Brent and Nancy Aulenbach, Lilburn, GA -- "I took the pack on two horizontal survey trips into Alabama/Georgia Cave, Alabama/Georgia and three horizontal survey trips into Frick's Cave, Georgia. All of these trips had quite a bit of crawling including belly crawls in water where I drug the pack or laid on the pack to keep my chest and belly out of the water. I also took the pack on a wet vertical trip to Rawhide Horror Hole, Tennessee and did the first few drops. This cave had lots of water on this day and we were crawling in quite a bit of current, totally submerging the pack for extended periods of time. These trips gave the pack a good workout. First glance, the pack didn't appear very roomy, but I was able to get all my survey gear in it fine including the survey tape along with a one liter round Nalgene bottle. On the vertical trip I had no problem fitting in my vertical gear. The pack is definitely larger than it looks. The pack was streamlined and I drug it real easy through the belly crawls. Dragging the pack attached to one's foot also worked real well as the pack is designed to easily put the straps around one's foot and take out the slack so the straps didn't get hung up. I gave the pack a good water test in Rawhide Horror Hole where it was submerged for long periods of time. I often laid on the pack to keep my belly from getting wet and muddy through belly crawls. Because I did a lot of switching from walking to crawling, instead of using the pack as a backpack, I often slung the straps over my shoulder when walking and used the nice big handle to drag the pack through the crawls. This was a fast and easy transition preventing me from having to slow down to adjust my pack. The pack was comfortable with its "upside-down" design. Overall, I thought it was a great pack for doing the type of caving I often do - low, wet crawls and vertical. As advertised it is a great pack for pushing caves. I am enjoying it (the SWAYGO PUSH Pack)!"