wood packbaskets: What do I look for when buying one?

[coyote trapper1928]

HI:

  I am looking to buy a new wood packbasket this season. What should I be looking for in a new wood packbasket? Is a narrow weave basket worth the extra cost?

                                                                         Thanks,

                                                                   coyote trapper1928

[Bogmaster]

Forget the wood packbasket,I used them for 35 years no matter how well you take care of them--they just dont last.I switched to the fiber tuff basket 5 years ago--no maintenance, no problems.
 It is the only basket I sell,and the only one I will use--the one I have shpild last the rest of my life.   Tom