Comfort if carrying for extended periods of time (> 1hr)
Recommend to potential buyers:
yes
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- The product: Its a bag... a big bag... a very big bag... 140L to be precise. Because of its large capacity its also large in size so those with a small body may find it hard to carry, for those vertically challenged people amongst us possibly consider the smaller 80-100L bags.
- Appearance: The bag comes in a variety of colours (I chose a nice and boring black colour so as not to stand out too much, you could go for the yellow though...).
- Practicality: For carrying the bag has two small handles at either end (for lifting on / off vehicles etc. only really), two standard carry straps (although you'd have to be pretty strong to carry the bag for any length of time and most importantly I think detatchable rucksack style carrying straps for carrying, well, like a rucksack! There is one internal mesh pocket which built into the main flap on the top of the bag, zip closing but stuff falls out of this quite easily into the main comartment when the zip is open. Because of the large d-shaped lid its relatively easy to access things inside the bag.
When not in use the bad compacts down well so it doesn't take up too much room.
What this bag isn't...
Its not a rucksack - yes it has rucksack style straps which do make it easier to carry but its certainly not a rucksack. It doesn't have the back support (or padding) or additional features such as a hip belt that most rucksacks have. You need to pack it carefully if using it with the rucksack style straps to ensure things aren't prodding you with every step.
Does this matter? well if you're only carrying this short distances or have little weight in it then probably not. If you wanted to use this as a main pack to be carried for long periods of time I'd advise against this as you're likely to have a sore back at the end of it. I typically use mine for carrying approx 25kgs of weight a distance of 2-3 miles at a time, its ok for this but you can feel the strain on your back because of the lack of extra support. Possibly if you were extremely careful with the way you pack it and try to keep the weight down it may be ok for longer distances, my advice though would be to get a rucksack if thats the functionality you want.
The bag is not waterproof, its water resistant, so in a shower your stuff tends to remain dry, dry bags are recommended though.
- Summary::
I'd recommend this bag if you need something with this sort of capacity for travelling by bus / boat / plane etc., its great for this, easy to carry around for short distances and importantly its tough. Value for money wise I think its worth it.
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No of compartments
1 Main + 1 pocket
Price
£80 - £120
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