How many backpacks do you own?

“I have three packs. A monster Jansport 7500 cu in. beast I use for hauling hunting supplies during deer season, a 4800 cu in Gregory Forester, A 4000 cu in North Face pack and several daypacks and hydration packs.”

“I have a gregory g pack
an osprey ariel 60 (with the little baby pack that you can put on it's back, but I never use it)
a camelback daypack
I golite treck
and pretty soon I'll have the ULA P2

oh...I had a gregory lattitude (??) and sold it because it was too heavy.”

“I have:
An Osprey Aether 45
an EMS 45 internal that I've lightened
also a vintage Kelty Tioga I've owned since I was 12.”

“Way too many?

Lol!

Yeah, I own, er, um, 2 technical daypacks, 2 backpacking packs, waist packs, my kid has 5 packs, the man has 2, plus other items.....

Just don't ask how many sleeping bags we have :-D”

“or tents”

“I use a lg caribou (infinetely adjustible) internal frame day pack mostly.

My backpack is a 30 year old composite flexible external frame coleman that I love. I did replace the shoulder straps & hip belt with a really nice setup.

I like decent hip belt & shoulder straps. I like packs that have a LOT of adjustments for them. My day pack can be adjusted as I'm walking.”

“I have a Gregory Z pack, Kelty Coyote 4750, Kelty 2750 (daypack) and 30 yearold Canyon Vista external frame (my first backpack).”

“I have a couple arcteryx packs. One of them is discontnued now.. can't recall the name.

Also use a mountainsmith daypack.”

“4. Now Birch, he's got a problem. He has at least 7 or 8. ;)”

“1 x Summit (local brand)hike pack
1 x Kathmandu (local brand) travel pack
5 x daypacks; Summit, Vaude, Jansport, Aiking (local brand)and White Mountain (local Brand)
2 hydration packs; gregory and Camelbak

I still use them all.”

“Wow, an old Camptrails (heavy); Golite Trek, Golite Dawn; Kelty Antero; a lumbar pack.

Yikes, that's kind of alot!”

“an external jansport

a kelty coyote

a gregory forester

a north face day pack”

“My Favourite was a Jansport Spire, similar to the one in the movie K2. It's now lugging groceries from Namche Bazaar to Dole in Nepal.”

“MountainSmith ELITE 6000 cu,in
Granite Gear CIRRUS 7000 cu, in
Kelty 3/4 RADIAL 8000 cu, in
Lowe COUNTOUR IV 4500 cu, in
4 day packs
2 Butt packs Mountainsmith”

“Gregory Denali (7000cu in), I gave my big one to Rockman, 8000cu in.
Mountainsmith FrostFire
Northface (5500 cu in)
Israeli military pack (3800 cu in?)
Cirque Works Grand
Lowe Alpine Ski Pack (3500 cu in)
Kelty External (3000 cu in?)
Kelty Internal
Kelty External, modified with A16 Hip Carry system (anyone remember these?) and
a FrostLine bag.

My main pack is the Cirque Works, my load hauler is the Gregeory.

Day and Fanny packs...way to many.”

“Backpacking:
Gregory Forrester
Jansport Ranier External
Mountainsmith Ghost

Dayhiking:
Mountainsmith Daypack (forgot the name)
Camelbak Cloudwalker pack/hydration
Jansport Daypack (forgot the name)

My daughter ( 8yrs ) also has a Coleman kids backpack.”

“A Jansport external (Beast)
A Kelty Tioga external (Lighter than some internals)
A Marlboro gear internal (Love this cheap pack)
A North Face day lumbar pack.”

“3 coleman peak one external frames
kelty tioga
kelty coyote junior
camptrails scout
lowe alpine contour IV
lowe alpine sirocco classic 70+15
lowe alpine alpine attack 40
arcteryx bora 80
golite gust

many daypacks....

of course, some of these are for my kids and their friends (a pathetic attempt to justify having so many backpacks....don't even ask about tents and sleeping bags)”

“I guess the backpack is the one thing I eonomize on. One backpack, Jack Wolfskin Atlas, I think.

Did just break down and buy a nice little day pack from the Sportsmen Guide. Some type of High Peak pack by Air Texas. Hydration sleeve, is arched to keep it off your back with mesh right by your back, hip belt (was having trouble finding them on packs in the cheapo price range I was hoping to find -- and did find with this bag). Might be heavy, have not weighed it. I use it to daily haul stuff around and on dayhikes pile it full for good exercise.

The pack: http://www.sportsmansguide.com/cb/cb.asp?a=155060”

“Golite Race
Gregory Palisade

Also at my disposal, are my dad's old packs
2 External Frame Jan-sport
some old Internal frame Pack

So i guess about 5, unless you count school book bags, that brings me up to 7”

“I suddenly feel better about my collection.
Grantite Gear Vapor Trail
Arcteryx Bora 65, medium and too short in the back for me, not used it much lately - anyone want to buy it?
Dana Designs Terraplane LTW. Freakin huge.
Camelback rimrunner daypack.”

“I have ten less than I did this time last week. I found a deal on some backpacks and made a donation to my nephew's boy scout troop.”

“large ALICE pack (army rucksack)
Gregory G pack
Golite breeze
and a camelback i can't remember what it is.

Kamper has a camp trails pack
and a Golite speed.

We've also got a few camelback daypacks too small to do much with”

“Between HPM and I, I believe 9. I haven't looked in the gear closet in a long time.”

“overnights:
gregory whitney (winter)
gregory g pack
golite trekker (my new favorite)
kelty trekker 3900 (external) Hot summer.

day packs:
ems ricochet
camelbak hawg

Is this the sign of addiction ??”

“Total of 6 then.
I forgot my deuter.

Not even counting husbands military pack and my kids packs.”

“2”

“I only have three - the Kelty Super Tioga (external). I replaced it with a Lowe Alpine (3,400 cu in) and then the ArcTeryx Bora 30 that I use for dayhikes.”

“Gemini - where did you get that baby pack?
My 60 didn't come with that.”

“I only have three, not counting daypacks.

Osprey Aether 60
Dana Designs Terraplane X
Arc’teryx Bora 65

I use the Osprey Aether 60 the most.”

“Sarge, Na...the Ariel doesn't come with the smaller pack. I ordered that from Altrec.com.”

“Gem - ahh ... thanks!”

“Kelty Cherokee - around 5,500 cubic inches I believe, my winter or long trip pack

Kelty Continental Divide - my first pack, an external frame, hasn't been out in years...

Kelty Redwing - 2,900 cubic inches, winter day pack or when I pack for an ultralight overnighter (when I don't need a bear canister)

Mountainsmith Chimera - my pack that gets the most use

Mountainsmith Tour Lumbar Pack

Gregory Reactor Day/Hydration Pack”

“Lessee

Gregory something. My first
Golite Trek
Golite Speed
Solamon raid race
Golite Rush?
Black Diamond daypack
Camelback bike pack

And I need at least one more for longer races. Ooooh shopping”

“4
Lowe Alpine Contour IV - 5500 cu in.
NZ forester type pack - 4000 cu in
Golight Breeze - 2650

and a solid day pack about the size of the breeze but heavier that I use as my climbing pack.”

“Not as many as I want! ;-)”

“Jack Wolfskin trailhead 3, Rokk flatiron, Osprey aether 36.”

“GEAR SLUTS!!!!!!!!!!



I have 3......

and an assortment of day and fanny packs.....”

“3 backpacks

North Face Inca (5400 ci)
Osprey Aether 30
GVP G4 (frameless ultralight)

A bunch of daypacks.”

“Externals:
Camptrails Omega
Kelty Super Tioga
Kelty Trekker
3 Discount store cheepies

Internals
Gregory Reality
Kelty Tornado
3 or 4 day packs”

“2 packs
Gregory Palisades - backpacking
North face Terra 35 - day hiking”

“My name is Bunyip and I have a daypack buying problem.”

“Does anybody over there use canvas in ther packs?
http://www.wildequipment.com.au/backpacks_karijini.html

http://www.macpac.co.nz/products/display/catalogue/do,menuitem-view/mid,69/miid,2325/

or is that an Aussie thing?”

“One external frame pack, six internal frame packs, two daypacks and 3 lumbar packs. Some are homemade and all commercially made packs except one have been modified in some way for better fit. I thought about building another pack, but abandoned the idea for now.”

“Kelty Storm 2500 ci - warm overnights and climbing/rappelling

Coleman Exponent 5500 ci - basecamping, canoeing etc.

Gregory Z-pack 3500 ci - most backpacking trips

Old External Frame pack, cant remember brand - extra pack I loan out to friends

Two daypacks”

“http://www.macpac.co.nz/products/display/catalogue/do,menuitem-view/mid,69/miid,2325/

or is that an Aussie thing?”
bunyip
4:51:30 AM
3/01/05

Macpac is a New Zealand company.
Remember the America's cup race off San Diego ?
The NZ boat won and the Aussie boat sank.

On a more serious note I am not aware of any packs that use canvas here. Cordura nylon seems to be the favorite. The UK (Karrimor) uses canvas also.
Nylon must be lined with polyethelene to make it waterproof where canvas the fibers swell when wet keeping the pack waterproof without a lining.
I used to have a Paddy Pallins pack from NSW, on one trip I fell into a river, undid the pack and got myself out, went back on a rope to retrieve the pack, and the contents were still dry. Awesome pack, eventually the canvas rotted.”

“Fourteen and I'm still in gear acquisition mode. My goal is to be able to outfit the entire Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader squad. I plan on hiking with them frequently. They just don't know it yet.”

“Kelty Trekker - oldest pack, external frame heavy haul workhorse.

Kelty Redwing - frameless front load (I removed the stays) weekend pack. My favorite.

Osprey Aether - newest pack. For trips longer than a weekend. I'm not crazy about the top loading yet.

Go-Lite daypack. Small summer overnight pack.


I lightened all of my packs, cutting of unused pockets, lash straps, excess strap length, etc. It's easy to chop off 6-8 ounces.”

“Two.
Plus a coolio book bag fer dayhikes.
Sarabelle and Gizmeaux each have one, too.”

“Ah yes Manuka, that should have read "Australasian thing".”