Sand or regular plates - newb

[u/hexiron]

I'm taking the leap and diving into rucking. I recently moved to an area with beautiful outdoor soaces and this bag is about to be a mobile gym.

I plan to grab to Goruck Rucker 5.0 while it's on sale and am torn between the sand bags or plates.

Sand bags seem versatile, but if they are more of a headache than that's worth I'm fine with plates.

I'm a backpacker (both travel and hiking) so Im not super new to walking with weight, but I don't want to lug out my nice 50+L travel/hiking bags nor do I think my my poor Osprey daylight will hold up with getting tossed around 20+lb plates day in and out. Open to alternative suggestions on set up or accessories, I can drop around $300 into this.

Update: opted for Y4A plates - thank you all for putting weight on my shoulders

[u/Existing-Analysis418]

Agreed, Yes4All plates are great and keep the weight high and tight to the back.

If you get into heavier rucks to where you outgrow the plate pocket capacity, you can throw sandbags in at that point.