Entries filed under 'backpacks'

Ready for Backpacking Season? This New REI Infographic Can Help

Do you know how best to load a backpack? Or how pack capacity is determined? Or, on a more random note, whether or not you should bring along your cat (!) on your next backpacking trip? All of these questions and more are answered in this new backpacking infographic (part of which is shown at right) created by a few of the pack-happy souls on our marketing team. It's a fun mix of practical info, science and whimsy. Take a look, and let us know what you think. Be sure to pass it along to your ...

Posted by Steve T on March 13, 2012 3:16 PM & Tagged backpacking, backpacks, infographic and rei | permalink | Comments



The Best Backpacking Checklist? We Like to Think So, and It Just Got Updated

Something good just got better: the REI backpacking checklist. If you've used it before, you're likely already a fan. If you weren't aware of it, good news—the chances that you'll leave behind your headlamp or insect repellent on a future trip just went down. Demonstrating that we respond to user feedback, here are some changes on the new list: • The new version mentions a bear canister, not a "food-storage" container as the old list did. The old term is perhaps more technically accurate, but ...

Posted by T.D. Wood on February 2, 2012 1:14 PM & Tagged backpacking, backpacks and checklist | permalink | Comments



New Math: Liters of the Pack

Shopped for a backpack recently? Then it's likely you've become acquainted with the new numerology that has infiltrated most pack names: the Deuter Futura 42 Pro; the Osprey Atmos 65; the REI XT 85.   Those numbers identify the volume available in each pack, expressed in liters -- the metric cousin of cubic inches.   Why liters? They're brief and easier to remember when comparison shopping. Most people find it's simpler to recall 65 liters than 3,967 cubic inches.   How do you interpret them? ...

Posted by T.D. Wood on March 19, 2010 6:00 PM & Tagged backpacking, backpacks, cubic inches, extended trips, liters, multiday trips, packs, stuff sacks, ultralight and volume | permalink | Comments