Clothing

Gear

Accessories

Get Your Profile Dialed

Matt

Matt: #31,396 of 94,092 More Information

1 Reviews:

Helpful?
0 Yes | 0 No

0 Questions:

Helpful?
0 Yes | 0 No

0 Answers:

Helpful?
0 Yes | 0 No

1 Photos:

Helpful?
0 Yes | 0 No

0 Comments:

Helpful?
0 Yes | 0 No

0 Gearlists:

Helpful?
0 Yes | 0 No

Flag

Un-Flag

Close

Something wrong with this profile?

Thanks for pointing it out. We'll take it down immediately and send it to our clean-up crew.

This profile was: (Optional)

Use your real name to add some legitimacy to your content. Real names mean real community, and real community means real knowledge. Gear Gurus who use their real names get bumped up 1.5x for each contribution - you deserve the credit. For more info check out the Help Center.

This is how you compare to all the other Gear Gurus on Backcountry.com. You earn one point for each list / review / question / answer / gear photo / comments / votes you contribute. You gain an extra point every time someone gives one of your contributions a thumbs up, but you lose a point for every thumbs down. Bonus: if you use your real name, your point total increases by 1.5x—you deserve credit for putting your neck on the line to make this community better. For more info, check out the Help Center.

Change me.

This is how you compare to the other Gear Gurus within a group of products. You earn one point for each of your list / reviews / questions / answers / photos / comments / votes. You gain an extra point every time someone gives one of your contributions a thumbs up (killer), but you lose a point for every thumbs down (filler). Bonus: if you use your real name, your point total increases by 1.5x-you deserve credit for putting your neck on the line to make this community better. For more info, check out the Help Center.

A little rock climbing

A little rock climbing

Kelty Redwing Backpack - 2650-3100cu in

November 7, 2009

Ladders are for pansies. The bag was more than enough for hiking Cannon mountain.

Helpful Votes: 0 Yes | 0 No

0 Comments

View Product Details >
See all photos for this product >

Great versatile pack

DAKINE Heli Winter Backpack - 660cu in

DAKINE Heli Winter Backpack - 660cu in

Rating for this product: 5 November 7, 2009

I have loved my Heli Pack for 5-6 years now. It has been a great pack. I always wear it snowboarding and most of the time forget it is even there. I usually take it on hiking day trips as well. It packs pretty much everything I need for a day. The external straps are great for strapping on your shell or fleece while hiking and leaving the internal space for food, reservoir, socks, etc. All the external straps really add functionality and capacity without requiring a bigger bag. I use it for riding my motorcycle. It does most everything I need. It fits snug and comfortably and doesn't move around on your back, which is probably why I use it so much.

The vertical snowboard carry is quite good (just don't lose the third strap that detaches), I have done some backcountry in CO with it, it worked great. Unlike the larger Dakine bags, the vertical carry straps are actually long enough to strap the board to it when the bag is full (granted it is a much smaller bag, so that probably makes a difference). Or course, the straps may have shrunk on newer versions, mine is quite old now.

The only things I would change about it are to have the vertical snowboard carry straps anchor on the back side of the zipper, not the outer side. Really tightening those straps pulls on the zipper. That being said, I have never had any problems with it, no blown zippers or anything, so maybe it isn't really an issue.

Helpful Votes: 0 Yes | 0 No

0 Comments

View Product Details >
Read all Reviews about this product