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

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

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

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

Probably about a dozen. Mostly different outdoor sports bags. I use them for outdoor sports. 😂 I actually don't own a purpose-built travel bag. I frequently want to do some outdoors sport or another when I'm traveling and want that bag. Between my Osprey Soelden 42 and my Mystery Ranch 2 Day Assault

Access. You either have to dick around with them a lot to get things in and out or leave them unrolled and sloppy which to me kinda defeats the purpose of having the rolltop in the first place - why not just go top loader if I'm not going to roll it? Especially with larger packs that can have a brai

Sort of? TBH, I didn't try. I did the Kumano Kodo trail in Japan, staying in inns, so a similar hut-to-hut trip in that sense. But I also brought a really big roller with clothes for before and after and that I used to shuttle home some souvenirs. Anyway, I bought my Osprey Stratos 34 for that trip.

I haven't. 😂 Usually I want a backpack that's good at being a backpack during the day. I think my favorite if I'm going for a weekend with my kid is my Mystery Ranch 2 Day Assault Pack. (27 L). Max. carryon and/or skiing, my Osprey Soelden 42. Since I already have the Soelden and it does a decent jo

r/onebag has a monster spreadsheet with different options. The Osprey Farpoint 40 is purpose-built for this kind of thing and quite popular. I don't have one. I use my Mystery Ranch 2 Day Assault Pack this way sometimes and would recommend it if 27 L is enough for you. I use it for weekends but have

TL;DR: get a hiking pack you like with a frame length under 22". I'm really curious about the older-model Mystery Ranch Coulee 40 for this. I believe its frame length came in just under 22" but the new one is longer. My experience of traveling with a backpack is that you really need to keep an eye o