Rucksacks, Backpacks, Drypacks and Pack Frames. What I Use for Load Carrying.
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- Опубліковано 20 жов 2020
- In this video, I go through the bags I use for load carrying when Backpacking, Canoeing and Wild Camping. Being able to carry heavy loads in comfort for a prolonged period of time is critical to the success of a trip - a cheap, unbalanced, poorly made, uncomfortable pack will quickly ruin your day.
I have a range of bags suited for different situations, activities, seasons and duration of the trip I am on. These are all bags that I have bought myself and I have chosen them based on the quality, durability and comfort offered, some are expensive, others less so and many of them, I have bought used to save cost.
I hope you enjoy the video.
Thanks for watching!
Links
Alpkit Gourdon 30l
alpkit.com/products/gourdon-30
SealLine Boundary Portage Pack
www.seallinegear.com/ie/packs...
Palm River Trek 100l
palmequipmenteurope.com/produ...
Osprey Talon
www.ospreyeurope.com/shop/gb_...
Deuter Futura 30
www.deutergb.co.uk/products/h...
Swedish Army LK35
www.militarymart.co.uk/produc...
Tatonka Lastenkraxe Pack Frame
www.tatonka.com/en/product/la...
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The quality of your videos is so impressive. It’s like you’ve prepared your lesson, brought physical examples, brilliant graphics, fabulous music and a very direct clear dialogue. In summarising you show how you’ve used them where you manage to bring emotions out in some of us too.Top man.I’ve been following you since around 2000 subs and always look forward to your inputs. Well done.😍🏴😷🥰
The "Sealine" large blue I bought in Alaska in 2003. Almost died at Lacante Glacier and used the dry toilet paper to make a signal flag. I am here due to that dry bag!!❤
As no-one has left a comment in 3 years,
let me say "Well done!"
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I bought the new Alpkit Gourdon 30L recently and found it annoying that the top would open up while walking with a full load - I had no idea about the toggle, thanks very much Simon!
Imagine the surprise for the family when they discover all their clothes were taken to fill all the backpacks 😄
😂😂😂 Dad, I’m freezing.......can I have my jumpers back now?!!!
A very honest down to earth trustworthy video and chap
I've been looking at the Lastenkraxe for a while now and just came across this video. Thanks Simon. There's no decent reviews on it and you've finally made mind up. Ordered it today. Great channel by the way. Keep up the good work.
Great variety and uses. Thanks for sharing your experience. 4/18/24
Very useful insight into what works for you 👍Chilling to watch with a cuppa as always. Cheers Simon. Stay safe. ATVB from sunny Malaysia 😎😷🇲🇾
A great roundup of rucksacks Simon. Your final words re brands and value for money - you’re a real diplomat! You missed your calling I think!
Hahaha, ambassador Simon 😁
I stand by what I said on Instagram..rucksack rehab needed ! 😄 how funny would that be if someone stumbled upon you in the woods surrounded by rucksacks, filming yourself ! They would think you were up to no good ! 🤣
Haha, funny you should say that, a bloke came walking past with his dogs while I was filming - I did explain I was making a video about rucksacks, but I dont think he was convinced!! 🤔
That's funny ! 😄 well you know you cant go to that spot to film again !😂
Fantastic video! You're a man of your word you are Simon. You said you'd make this video and you did not disappoint! Thank you for taking the time to explain everything and to add the links to find them too. Excellent job 👍
Pleasure Craig! 😁👍
The best straight forward video on packs that I've seen. Nice one Simon. Pete
Sorry for just getting to this video today, 4 days behind, been working a lot , 80 + hrs a week . Thanks for the video Simon . Nice looking packs . Good info and its appreciated . The song at the beginning of the video was grate , being from the coal fields of West Virginia , now living in northeast Kentucky that banjo playing was right on , can’t get no better than bluegrass music, in my book it’s the best.
Video: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Simon: ⭐️👍👊✌🏻🙏🍺💯
Excellent! Excellent! Very informative! You go through them all making sure to answer it all! And you do it so well! I now know which one is my next one! I mean which one I need er...a..hafta have right now!!! Thanks Simon!!!
Fantastic video. Thankyou for all your hard work in bringing simple useful information to my attention. Happy trails.
I grew up in theTennessee mountains listening to banjo music like that! 🎵
Enjoyed your video showing all the numerous Packs and Bags. It’s fun hearing you talk about your gear.
Hi Simon, since I discovered your channel about 2months ago. Since then I’ve almost solely watched your back catalogue. Thank you so much for the quality & very informative information you go in to such detail, while explaining in your videos. Very easy to see why you’ve topped the 100k subs. Thanks again 👍👍
Thanks Simon, yet another awesome video! Many thanks 👍
I really like how the frame packs can carry other items. These are really good bags. Thanks for showing them all!
The tatonka exterior frame pack looks awesome!
Kit junky heaven! I use a Karrimor Sabre SF 45 with 2 rocket pouches..awesome piece of kit.
Right so to add to the several Petramax Dutch ovens and griddles we now own I ‘need’ a frame pack :)
Hahaha - sorry!! 😂
I’m a Suffolk ex-pat living in Queensland; your videos are a wonderful taste of (almost) home. I love them!
Great video Simon. . I bought the Tatonka for myself this weekend.
So I've joined your club my friend.
Your recommendation was enough for me. . Stay safe and well chap.
Nice one Simon 👌🏻 excellent info and more stuff to add to my wish list 👍🏻😜
My new pack arrives Thursday thanks to your bad influence. Just in time for lockdown! We’re fairly local to eachother so if you see someone on your travels buckling under the weight of their new Tatonka, that’ll probably be me. Cheers and thanks for the inspiration.
Thanks dry bags always made me wonder
Excellent, and as usual...great descriptions, thanks
blimey that tatonka is a beast! oh look & when you unhook the pack it becomes a chair which in combination with the dutch oven it swallowed you have foot stool.. bring along a projector and you have an outdoor cinema!
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Hey simon with regards to the plce webbing pouches the longer tab slides through the hole first and the smaller one follows behind to lock it in place. For a more secure fit
Hi. I have Shakespeare back pack chair with back. It’s similar to that army one in style and works fantastic for me on hikes. Nice to have a place to sit down anywhere
Always a fun interesting watch.
And again a Great vid!! Thnx for uploading!!!
Every time your channel pops up, I get excited bloke. Thanks so much for your time and energy put in for my pleasure! Very much appreciated sir. Always enjoy hearing your opinions and advice, seeing your travels. Your channel simply is one of the best. I wish you many happy adventures ahead.
Thank you Eddie!
I can attest to the Lastenkraxe, great pack did not regret my decision to get it. Especially here in Australia were water sources are extremely scarce I sacrifice some of the 80 litres and tie down a large container of water.
Great to see you again
What a thorough review. Thanks Simon.
Great collection! I look forward to seeing them in action.
You forgot something to mention regarding the latter two. No zippers! A big plus for me. Goes for mesh pockets as well. Fed up with cheap backpacks. Me thinks the Tatonka will last a life time,, and the price, new, is not too bad, mid range, so to speak. The main compartment is 60 liters, but with the side and front pockets and stuffing extra at the top it turns into 80 liters. Great video!
Thank you Simon for all your videos me and my wife watch them nightly every night before bed you’ve got us wanting to hike more and do backpacking this spring keep up the videos and thanks for the stove ideas
Glad you’re both enjoying them! 😁👍
Great collection that you have there. Thanks for sharing!
Hope you hit 100,000 soon. Your content deserves it. Thnkyvrymch.
The Caucasus is a nice place to hike to if you can get anywhere. Hope to see your video
Thank you Simon..👋❤👍. We enjoy your videos
Great job as always 👍🏻
very well made video about your rucksacks! thank you, for showing this gear! 🙏
Thanks for the review , very educational . God speed , stay safe .
Thanks for going through the various options Simon. Found it very informative.
Best outdoor content on UA-cam by far. Thanks Simon, your personality and presentation are fantastic.
Thank you!
loved a re-watch of this video. Great adventures Simon!!
Thank you. Great job.
Nice video. Very informative. Keep them coming.
Great video as usual Simon. Nice pile o packs and well done hauling all that lot for us. 💪 🥾🌲
very comprehensive and informative, ta.
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Simon 🌿
fantastic video Thanks a lot!
Simon 👍 nice one.
Look forward to your next adventure atb Taff 🤠
OH MY!! You can't just LEAVE TWO of them alone in the woods overnight with no counseling. I lived through the frame with airspace and the 'tight to the body' backpack periods. I appreciate your introducing us to the Deuter pack system in use today. Managing heat and moisture is a big asset in day(s) long treks. BUT WAIT...the very LAST pack is external frame and demonstrates what 'old time' frames with removable bags had to offer for load carrying. THANKS for a fine overview of today's market.
@@MonicaOutdoors Yes...leave them for two minutes in a breeze and they are wrapped indiscriminately together. I changed to poly hangers.
The Norfolk rucksack breeding program! 😂
Worth saying that one can buy packs of large sewing needles for around £1/$1 and big reels of nylon thread for £1.50/$2 that matches exactly any pack. Can reinforce stitching or make repairs easily/cheaply.
This is what i like about Simon, a simple and objective explanation. He could have divided that content to have views, instead, he prepared a quick and well made video. Thanks Simon, I was looking for backpacks, and this helps a lot.
That stack of packs that did not make the cut was huuuuuuuuge!!!! Thanks for the video Simon, brilliant as always. Kind regards
Great video, a treat to get a tour or your collection!
Seal line bags served me very well for some 20 years or so. Good stuff for canoeing.
Good review simon.
Totally awesome, dood.
Well as a young person I had a dome tent, kept my gear in the car an old Chevy hatchback, ready to go. One weekend we went to the Calamus reservoir and river. Where we camped the first night, two great big Cabela's dome tents were set up. Now I think adverstisment no human activity around them. It became the dawning of the TENT ENVY. Now I can say there are many types of items to envy. It seems to be with me, the bivowak era type stuff. Including the corduroy pants. 1970s on....Thanks... fun and informative as always...
Hold crap dude you have a lot of gear. I like the last frame pack looks like a beast.
Very interesting reviews great video simon
Thank you, helpful timing for me. I recently went on a week long canoe trip, with 3 smaller SealLine packs. While they worked well, portaging 3 small packs kinda sucked, and decided to look for one big pack once I got back. I think something like that blue SealLine is my ticket.
The a frame packs looked awesome :)
Brilliant stuff. Thanks to your link I just bought a Millbank Bag and enamel cups. Thank you Simon.
In the long run payingbthat bit extra means you not only get years of use out of the item but it quickly pays for itself.
Excellent vlog, thanks!
Hope Mrs Bloke in the woods and the kids are well!
Stay safe!
Great video Simon see them on line they are worth the money thinks for sharing info on them you and your family take care see you on the next video.
Great content and advice as usual, thanks Simon. My Deuter Futura 30 arrives today and I know my back will appreciate it. Happy camping 🤓
Nice packs, I have the LK35 and I have added the same side pouches and I have changed the frame to an aluminium one 👍
Thanks for introducing me to Seal Line.... I'm very tempted by the Boundary :)
Nice assortment of packs Simon. ATB
Nice backpacks God blessing you brother
Another great one Simon. Totally agree, you usually get what you pay for, particularly important for dry bags. Stay well, atb
Another top quality vid. Decent mate! I’ve got the DD Bergen which I love to bits.
Hi Simon
Great video.lots of information and varying degrees of technology..loving the tatonka.thats a beast of a pack...added to the Xmas list for this year🤞🤞...thanks for sharing your collection of packs..👍👍😀😀
Simon, you a a serious instructor and it shows in your videos. Well done, my friend. You are a lot more serious about your backs than I am. I have a couple or three, but not like you. You can really haul a load with all those packs. Thank you for the lesson and demonstration. Texas
Possibly the best backpack video out there. ;)
Very well laid out multi-function options for many scenarios.
Those new SealLine packs look especially good and clever use
of those backpacking frames too. Nice.
deuter is my long time fav. i love them too much .
Good stuff sir👍
You've got a awesomely wicked channel never bored during the lockdown, you're channel is a inspiration and you have my respect and admiration. Totally brilliant content, tips, information and you got a beautiful dog a real heart warming channel to watch never boring. I myself live near the Brecon Beacons hope to see you up there if you're ever around that area after this bloody lockdown. Keep Safe.
Great stuff. You’re great at these ones. I now know what the funny thing on the osprey sternum strap is. Only last night did I spend best part of an hour trying to reattach slider grip to piping and I wondered what is that on the snap buckle and you’ve now wised me up - a whistle no less lol👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Great as always Simon. I've got a huge one of those thick, hard wearing sacks for canoeing and it's been on every canoe trip since 2005. It's been thrown on rocks, sat out in all weathers (you get all the weather every day up in Scotland where most of my trips happen), and it's still going strong. It got no carrying straps but it's just for canoe camping and I always portage with a trolley anyway. Even the yellow ones I got from Aldi are bullet proof. Thanks for the video as always :]
I would say that’s a lot of packs. I just have a smaller pack for ultralight trips. (OMM mountain marathon pack). As well as a Six Moon Designs Flex Pack. It’s a lightweight pack frame on which you can use various bags between 30 and 80 liters. For example drybags. Because of the side/compression straps, you could also add separate side pockets like Tatonka makes. This makes it a very versatile combination. Although not as bombproof as the Boundary or the Lastenkraxe, I do think it’s very allround.
By the way: it seems that the Lastenkraxe has taken over the crown from the old Haglöfs Alaska as the mid-size external frame pack. The Bergans being the full-sized one (100 or 130 liters if I’m right), which are being used for trekkings in Canada’s forests. Although I’ve just checked and cannot find it on Bergans’ website anymore. 🤔🤷🏼♂️ Anyway, it seems that over the past 20 years there’s always been at least 1 manufacturer with a good selling external frame pack. First Haglöfs, then Bergans, now Tatonka.
Nice bags. Like the canoe bags and that giant frame pack. I adapted an old baby carrier frame to hold one of my larger packs. Works well for autumn/winter camps. I have loads of bags, my favourites are 90s vintage and my Berghaus Munro army pack. 😀
All nice packs! I only have three and two of them are very old they don't even have tags on them anymore so I don't know what kind they are but they work okay for me. Maybe I'll get some new ones sometime. Thanks for the good info Simon!😊👍👍
I got an old Hagloffs Alaska frame pack (they stopped making them 20 years ago) - truly awesome pack.
I love my deuter bag. Super comfy, taken it mountain biking, bike camping, commuting to work (actually saved me from possible paralysis as I was hit by a car off my road bike commuting home one day) it took all the impact and the consultants say I would’ve had a severe broken back and probably paralysis without it as I was bent backwards round the A pillar and the car roof caved in. Still didn’t save my pelvis from being shattered, but grateful that was the main injury. Since then I have taken up camping when I can, which got me in to your channel and Andy’s. Great viewing as always and a good insight.
Lucky escape Nathan! So glad it wasn’t any worse (although bad enough!) and good to hear you’re getting back out there. 👍
@@simonablokeinthewoods luckily I was strong also from lots of miles per year on the bike. Certainly taught me to change my life focus, change job to work for myself and make more time for me, my partner and our Great Dane Baloo. 👌🏻
Very informative video Simon. I always thought Berghaus were the first with the Airflow system. Looking forward to the next one.
Thanks Andy, Deuter I believe were using it in the early/mid 90s 👍
Nice video simon
My goodness that Tatonka was a thing of beauty! I am not planning on carrying heavy weights myself, but I would definitely go for one of those. I have one of the Alpkit dry bags and it has done me nicely for four days in France and lots of other day trips etc, useful on a bike too.
Simon, cracking video. nobody needs to watch any other backpack reviews now, you've killed off the competition haha. peace
Awesome array of packs.
I sometimes think I need to either get a pack custom-made or buy some sort of modular system that I can modify to suit my requirements.
I like plenty of external side pockets (my _Doite Kados 60_ has 4) to hold things I may have to access on the trail - toilet kit, cooking stuff, coffee etc.
I like to carry a warm top in the lid pocket in case the weather turns nasty, so a decent-sized lid pocket is essential for me.
Main compartment needs to be big enough for sleeping bag, underblanket, hammock (with bug mesh), warm clothes and enough food for the duration of the camp.
And there needs to be a large enough front pocket to hold the tarp, hammock suspension system and anything else likely to get wet that I won't want inside the pack with my sleeping gear and clothes.
This is the main area in which the _Doite Kados 60_ lets me down - the mesh pocket is a bit too small.
It also lacks pouches on the hip straps but that's not as much of an issue as I generally wear a small "balance bag" on my chest that can hold all the things I might want to access without having to take off my pack - lunch, camera, phone, sunglasses etc.
I've sometimes thought of buying a drybag that could fit inside my pack but I generally just fall back on the large plastic bin liner - which will be fine right up to the *next* time I take a spill crossing a river and submerge the pack, and then I'll wonder why the hell I didn't buy a drybag.
Now thats a pack collection. Having at least one good dry bag is important if you're outdoors in the weather at all. I use a Wolfman dry duffle--the opening is on the long side rather than the narrow end. Very nice and always dry inside.
Great overview of the important features to look for.
Thanks for sharing, Simon! You and your gear are always presented with simplicity and practicality in mind. Just picked up a second frame pack today - an old american boy scout 'world famous' no.204, which pairs well with the other pack no.229 the 'kilimanjaro' both super thrifty cheap, and somewhere to start. Keep up the great work, we love your content!
Peace & Grace
Adam & Katey
Nice score! The old gear was built so much better! 👍
That’s great Simon. What a collection!! Seal Line look great. Will be ideal for my canoe trips with my Silverbirch. Christmas is coming! Thanks for putting the video together. Hope you’re doing well?