It's Grown On Me

By HappyCamper613 Ranked #669 - Backpacks October 28, 2008

I bought this backpack 5 years ago and it's holding up great on multiple trips - mostly camping but also survived a few cross-country road trips and moves. It took me a while to adjust the aluminum frame bars to fit my back correctly but once I did it's made a world of difference. This has been comfortable on mile-long portage hikes in the boundary waters, whether carrying a canoe overhead or gear bags/fishing poles in my hands. The bag is really huge. At first I thought it was too big but now that I'm going camping on my own, I can use it to hold all my gear - tent & tent stakes, sleeping bag & pad, stove, clothes, food, everything. The detachable pack is great for little stuff to keep around the campsite when the bag's in the tent or on dayhikes. There are about a million pockets for everything - mesh ones, soft ones for glasses, zippered ones, you name it. Also, I like that I can access it from the front without opening up the whole top. Dirt comes off easily from the outside and the inside cleans well too (there was a shampoo spill on a cross country trip in the lid). It's not waterproof (but it does seem pretty water resistant - one year it poured on a travel day in the Boundary Waters so lots of portaging and my stuff inside was pretty dry) so the only reason I'm not giving this a 4 is that it would be perfect if it came with a rain cover.

View Details: Kelty Red Cloud Backpack - Women's - 5000cu in

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