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 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'

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

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

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

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