I have Magna brackets and hard-mounted my Saddleman Large Drifter bags to those brackets. I bought the brackets used here and have less than $200 in the whole system. I can't imagine riding without the bags, so hard mounted works great for me.
If I had to do it all over again, I may have popped for a set of the Leatherneck Jim's backs, they look first class (but would have doubled my cost).
