Geartrac vs H-Rail

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Geartrac vs H-Rail

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Folks,

I'm close to dropping some $ on a new PA14 and am trying to work out what mounting system I will be using for most stuff. The PA comes with the H-Rail but I see also that geartrac is popular with some owners.

While I could of course go ahead without the geartrac and add it later if I feel it's useful it seems to me that I'd then be doubling up on some mounts, as there'd be things I would move from the H-Rail to the geartrac and thus would have wasted the $ on the H-Rail mount for that item.

Hence I'd appreciate advice as to whether I should also consider adding the geartrac from the start (and if so what you folks generally end up using the geartrac for holding) or if the H-Rail is sufficient for most purposes.
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Just use the H-rail easier to move if needed.
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Re: Geartrac vs H-Rail

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+1 for h rail. Its a good system. Leaves no holes if you change yaks one day either
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Re: Geartrac vs H-Rail

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Thanks guys, I'll stick with the H-Rail then.
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