Are you looking for the best hiking bags in 2023?
PRODUCTS
✅1. The High Sierra Pathway Internal Frame Hiking Backpack amzn.to/3jjQEkR
✅2. The Granite Gear 60L Backpack amzn.to/3PDFELz
✅3. TETON Sports Scout 3400 amzn.to/3vaklaI
✅4. Ubon Internal Frame Hiking Backpack amzn.to/3BPokgO
✅5. TERRA PEAK Adjustable Hiking Backpack amzn.to/3G7gOQZ
1. If you have ever been skiing, you might recognize the elongated design of the High Sierra bag, alongside the padded inside. It’s padded on the outside as well, obviously, but most hiking bags are. What makes this one special is that it is designed to carry heavy equipment like skis.
And because it is meant to be worn while skiing as well, this bag is put together with balance in mind. You can search through a hundred hiking bags and not find one as well-designed as this one. It fits anyone’s body perfectly, making sure its own weight never goes off to one side.
That can make a huge difference in a long hike, and an even huger difference when you are tired. A loss of balance is one of the greatest underminers of energy in the long run. Struggling to keep your own weight upright will exhaust you faster than the most intense exercise.
2. Do you need a big bag? Do you need a bag that can basically fit an entire other person inside it? Probably not. But you might want one, and the Granite Gear 60 Liter Backpack is the only one that comes quite so close to satisfying such a ridiculous desire.
At the same time that it’s ridiculous to need a 60-liter backpack, you might also find that it’s difficult to live without it after a while. Earlier, we mentioned the three main things that a person needs to worry about while backpacking: food, water and shelter. It’s simple enough to load yourself down with canned food, bottled water, and thermal blankets.
But it is an entirely different thing to really know, or learn, how much of each of those you need. The Granite Gear backpack is a great learning and training tool, as it has room for excess.
If you’re unsure how frequently you’ll find water, pack more water. If you don’t trust the environment to have forgeable food, pack more food.
3. The TETON Sports Scout 3400 was built for two things: Durability and versatility.
Durability means being able to deal with a variety of different weather conditions, temperatures, substances, and weights. To that effect, the backpack is made from a 600-denier diamond ripstop material, which promises to hold up against sharp rocks and heavy impacts equally.
Not only is this material waterproof, but it is also water repellant. That means it doesn’t absorb water at all, ensuring that the backpack doesn’t break down from water damage.
The versatility of the bag comes from a carrying capacity of 55 liters, well above what most hiking bags offer. The straps are highly adjustable, allowing it to fit all of that onto any body type.
Along with the straps, the back of the bag is also adjustable, meaning that it won’t just put all the weight you are carrying on your shoulder. That weight gets distributed all over your body.
4. Going on a long journey means preparing the unexpected. That usually means inclement weather, but the exact kind of weather depends on where you are traveling.
Some places get heavy rainfall, others suffer snowstorms, while a few parts of the world get dry spells and heatwaves that last weeks. How does one account for all those possibilities? The answer is much simpler than you might think. Simply, you shield yourself from them.
The Ubon Internal Frame Hiking Backpack has a built-in rain shield for exactly that reason. But this shield is not just about blocking the rain. It is waterproof, insulated, and blocks UV light. It is a little mobile shelter to keep yourself safe from tons of different environments.
You might be wondering what the “internal frame” is that the name of the Ubon backpack refers to. That is an ingenious little tool inside the backpack itself that helps it spread the weight of its contents all across your body. It is an adjustable frame that runs from the top of the backpack’s straps to the base of it, as well as around your waist, back, and hips.
5. When you hear that a backpack has a metal frame inside it, you might imagine that the frame pokes harshly into your skin. That is actually true with some backpacks. But not with the TERRA PEAK Adjustable Hiking Backpack. This one is built for comfort and capacity.
If you’re a beginner at hiking, you need a lot more support than you might think. Whether it’s cross country or just in a wilderness reserve, you need to be comfortable and you need to have a lot of leeway in the supplies you bring along with you.
This TERRA PEAK backpack provides for both of those things. The cushioning on the inside and outside of the backpack means that you can wear it without it digging into your skin, as well as use it as a pillow or to cushion a fall.