So I know I have a problem. Haven’t gotten around to take a foto of all my backpacks and duffels… was thinking about doing a video of all the slings, worth it? I have used all of them but to be honest I usually use the smaller ones from Bellroy a lot and the Alpaka one for travel because it fits my iPad mini… I have more on the way…. It just never stops…
EVERGOODS CTB 26 XPAC
AER Travel Pack 3 XPAC
TOMTOC X U Custom Sling Bag Pro XPAC
Got this at Goodwill for $3.99 today. I can’t find the exact model though. It seems well made and in great shape.
What is everybody’s best purchase and most disappointing one?
Best bag I got so far is the ULA Ultra Dragonfly. It’s super lightweight, has massive water bottle holders and has enough storage for my packing style. I got it last year before they raised the price to $290 which is way too expensive.
Worst purchase is probably the Patagonia Black Hole Duffel 40L. It probably is a good bag but I had no use for it and don’t even remember why I got it. I could’ve saved the $$$ for something else. My mistake.
On Amazon US it looks like Osprey now has a new Daylite travel pack with 35 l capacity. Looks like it’s the whole daylite travel lineup that’s getting an update and now also a new bag to sit between the 26+6 and 44 l pack.
Newbie to solo travelling in 2024 - I’ve lurked here a while and it’s how I discovered the 28L Cotopaxi Allpa you see in the photos (WHAT A BAG by the way!) Thanks to anyone who posted about it as I read so much from Reddit to help my decision to purchase.
So, I’ve used it for a few trips this year but this one a test of the one-bag travelling!
My itinerary is a bus to East Midlands Airport, flying to Berlin. 2 nights there before getting the overnight sleeper train to Budapest, with 1 night there (though 2 ‘days’ to explore) and fly back from Budapest to Luton Airport and get the train home.
In my 28L Allpa I have packed:
In the easy access …
Before my first ever backpacking trip I had read so many articles advertising these 65l osprey bags, with open out flap thing, this, that, n the other. 55l-75l tended to be the consensus of woo bloggers.
So I spent hours my first day in a MEC store trying on bags, then back again another day, same story, and one day in the store I read a Reddit comment berating this trend of people, mostly younger women, carrying huge bags that were nearly bigger than them and also a day pack.
So I was inspired to go lighter then, and with my new inspiration I decided to go with a 44l bag, I was leaving in a couple of days and had no options. I also picked up like an 18l ‘day pack’. Off I went, obvious to the world.
I hated my day pack so I picked up a 30l DAY PACK??? Why did I do this, I don’t know, I was 2 months into my trip and I hated my current 18l day pack so much. Compared to most of. My friends I was still travelling light, 74l total (44+30). That was until I arrived to the Amazon jungle… I …
Thanks to u/Hom_Tanks12 ’s post the other day, I saw that Amazon (and only Amazon!) had Osprey’s new 35L version of the Daylite available, so I decided to try it out. I also ordered a Fairview 40 from REI that should arrive this weekend so I probably won’t decide which one to keep (if any) until I’ve had a chance to compare them.
TL;DR: It’s… not bad, though Osprey made some choices that I question, like the lack of hip belt and only putting exterior cinch straps on the top. The colorways other than black are awful. The shoulder harness/yoke is a little better than the 26+6. Because the bag is longer, it feels less turtle-like on me compared to the expanded 26+6 when fully loaded. And, for those wondering, the Daylite 35L does have a completely separate laptop compartment with its own zipper and a false bottom. Details below.
Some background: I’m a smallish (5’-2”) woman with about a 17” torso length. I’ve owned an Osprey Daylite 26+6 for a few years and usually find that fine for …
man, these are the best pants I own. Wear them for everything, even to work as business casual chinos. One pair I’ve had for 5+ years and while it has some signs of wear, it looks like it has another 5 years of life left in it.
Lost some weight recently so my size 33’s are borderline too baggy now. I was planning on re-stocking the 3 colorways I owned for 32s, but when I looked at their website today, they only have 2 colors listed, whereas in the past I feel like they had 5 or 6.
Are they done? Am I screwed? I remember reading once before that they may be slowing down production on the more traditional cuts. These are the only pants aside from jeans that I want to wear…. I’d be crushed if they never re-stocked some of their standard colorways.
Just curious, love it and thinking about why outlier is the only place to get this kind of stuff
I know ramielust is the best for hot and humid. I have a couple and love them. I have a new tattoo that’s healing though and I’m looking for longsleeve shirts that protect from uv rays. Ramie also seems a little scratchy and might irritate it while it heals.
How well does the longsleeve dreamweight merino perform in high heat and humidity? Is it unbearable? It seems a lot lighter weight than any merino I’ve found.
My other option was a ramielust and use Rit spf Sun Guard detergent on it but not sure how well it would work on ramie and like I said, it seems bit scratchy.
Which of the current fabrics are closest to daybreak tees? Have a few and really love them for travel days.