Comments for How to Choose a Backpack at http://www.ubertramp.com , comment 1 to 1 out of 1 comments http://www.ubertramp.com Fri, 16 May 2008 01:30:58 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.ubertramp.com/content/view/200/90/#comment-1 Way to go Nath, You wrote this so now I don't have to! I can just link to you through my travel gear page and it all will be just as well as if I wrote it myself. I think you covered your bases here, man. My only advice here is to avoid the top-loading rucksacks. I do not know what monkey invented these things, but to getting anything out of them requires dumping everything out. I know, I traveled with one of these bags for three years before I got so sick of it that I had to mail it back to my folk's house. I have since found the Kelty Redwing bag, and I have no complaints. Read The Kelty Redwing 2650 My Backpack to get a small dose of my somewhat annal approach towards travel gear. Graig from Travelvice.com also uses one of these bags and he has come up with an ingenious way of mending its main design flaw, read Lockable Backpack Zippers Kelty Redwing One more thing to add here: I have found that when selecting a rucksack, choose one that is slightly smaller rather than larger than what you think you will need. I have found that you will fill all available space with junk when traveling, and the less space you have, the less junk you can carry. I have thanked myself a dozen times on hikes up mountains and across cities that my backpack is only slightly larger than a school child's. (then comes a time when my clothes are way too dirty to wear and I realize that I do not have an extra set because I could not fit them into the bag haha) Walk Slow, Wade - wade vagabond journey Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:36:30 +0100