I tried moving my tent to the external pocket. I am amazed at how much room that frees up.
I also tried putting weight at the bottom (2 two liter bottles of water I’m carrying to practice with extra weight).
I’ve always hiked with the heaviest items highest. But my posture is better with the weight lower. My back hurts for the first five minutes but then it is fine. Four-five miles later my back is still fine.
I’m starting to like the change.
Since on the PCT we will use the tent almost every night it was time to move it from the bottom of my pack.
So camp shoes/water shoes to one side. Blue bag to the other. Tent and micro-spikes in the back pouch along with my rain gear.