Soelden 42

Caught me before my first cup of coffee. 😁 Just to be explicit about it, a theoretical max carryon on my usual airline is 45 L. Travel backpacks have settled right around 40 L because you lose some volume to the bag itself and soft bags don't have the sharp edges and corners that make up some of tha

I love my Osprey Stratos 34. It's a bit big in the summer but when I start getting into layers and maybe microspikes it's perfect. Definitely try it on though: some people find them too narrow. It's not just about volume. Again, especially when layers and any metallic gear get into the picture, a go

I haven't tried skiing in my Mystery Ranch 2 Day Assault Pack but it carries really well for an everyday pack. It also moves fairly well with a laptop in the sleeve. On the flip side, my actual ski pack, an Osprey Soelden 42, doesn't come out of the box with great organization but it's good to ski i

I have a Flash 22! And yeah, no judgement from me about wanting more for longer days and into the winter. What's a technical hike? Anyway, a couple backpacks I have and like - I love my Osprey Stratos 34 for longer days and winter hikes. It's a decent amount of capacity, has a great frame, and that'

The Allpa is an odd choice to me. It opens sideways and has weird mesh baffles in it. Do you really not own any backpacks at all? I was curious enough to look up Acatenango. It sounds awesome! From what I saw, it looks like people usually take two days to do it, staying in cabin things. I'd highly r

Reviews of them are usually pretty bad. The laptop adds a bit of a wrinkle: I'm usually happier to throw my laptop in the overhead so using a small sling for my personal items isn't really a problem. I guess my best suggestion there would be to get the smallest messenger that fits your laptop and we

You're just trying to nuke my credit card. Probably one of the 65 L Osprey backpacking packs with the AirSpeed backpanel. I'm pretty good on packs for most things but my rock climbing load is a bit much for my Soelden 42 if it includes my 70 m rope.

I think you're asking too much here. Although one of my friends uses a Kelty Redwing (36?) this way. He says it's tough to get all his multi day stuff secured though. I actually don't own a travel backpack per se. You see the Farpoint 40 recommended a lot. Despite that, it has a just-ok harness (but

Try getting your packing list for just the hike into your Sirrus now. Does it fit? If so, don't read the rest of this comment. 😂 I don't think you want a Farpoint 40. And, I don't think you want to take your Sirrus with you. I think you want a large hiking pack you can carry on. This is a bit tricky

Having gone from the Soelden 42 to the Raide 40, the Raide is just that much of a better pack to make it worth it. I've got a hundred or so days on snow with each of them, plus using them during other seasons. I haven't used the Mammut. The Raide carries weight worlds better and both compresses down