u/Alternative-Radio556

I bought my traverse 35 and love everything about it EXCEPT — the water bottle holder, since it slants towards you, makes my water bottle constantly rub against my back/arm. I’m just using a normal 700ml hydroflask. Does anyone have recs to fix this?? I may end up looking into a bladder but will have to reconfigure the inside of my pack.

ALSO - the “phone” hip pockets are so big that my arms (around the elbow) are constantly rubbing against it. I got this pack fitted this way at REI and didn’t notice all this rubbing in the store despite walking around with it.

I’ll go back and ask about it all but wonder if anyone’s experienced something similar.