Comments on: Top 10 Gap Year Travel Backpacks

By: ponchai sinnawon

ponchai sinnawon — Fri, 20 May 2011 03:02:47 +0000

attempting to pack enough things into a hiking backpack to last me for a month in Africa?

By: Gap Year Escape’s Top 10

Gap Year Escape’s Top 10 — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 02:12:36 +0000

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By: DavidM

DavidM — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 06:20:23 +0000

A good list of things to look out for. my only other advice is that once you’ve found what you think will be the best bag for you, use it for long walks or a weekend away, fully loaded. It’s better to find out you’ve made a mistake before you leave so you can flog it on ebay and try again than spend a year with something that just doesn’t work for you.

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Selecting and Reviewing My Backpack (Deuter Quantum 55+10) | Lengthy Travel — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 03:58:30 +0000

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By: Peter

Peter — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 14:42:13 +0000

Cheers for the tips.

Do you know if the Gelert Discovery Rucksack has a padded lumbar support & waist belt? The above link only has one photo of the bag from the front and I can’t make out if it does or not?

Cheers

By: Gap Year Escape

Gap Year Escape — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 11:45:55 +0000

Hi Chuck,

I have:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/BERGHAUS-Jalan-Black-Thunder-Litres/dp/B002NQA4RS?&camp=2486&linkCode=wey&tag=gapyeaesc-21&creative=20370

It currently holds 22kg. Most carriers only allow 23kg so the size is just perfect.

I would recommend it. Has served me well the last 6 months!

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By: chuck

chuck — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 11:40:39 +0000

Thanks for the tips!

I’m trying to figure out which one of these would be for me..
Which Jalan do you have? Do you have the 60+15? Is it big enough? I think I would prefer a bit bigger, but then it’s the 70+15 with weels, or the Luxe 70+20, plus they are both a bit more expensive..