I would not buy that pack/vest just because of how exposed the shovel handle and probe are. Way to many of mine laying somewhere in the backcountry because of a pack I used to have like that. I know that doesn't have anything to do with fit but if you (blown motor) want to give snowpulse some feedback that would be mine.
You'd be wrong then
2 yrs of this pack and probe and shovel....I'm in the trees all the time with this vest/pack I feel that bag getting nailed by branches as I spin around and blast through and over trees I also jump with it on as well as re-entry jumps and fall all over the place with this on...if you lose something...that's on you...not the vest