My partner hunts with this pack and loves it. I shied away from of it because it is noisy, but we have had a ton of time in the field and it has never once been an issue. I think that complaint is a little over emphasized in my opinion. I have no hesitancy recommending it to someone.
I went with a Sitka flash 32 and really like it as well, but I do have a complaint about some of its strapping that falls off too easily.