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This is the Deuter speed light 24 SL de pack it's sleek its ultra lightweight. And has everything you need for a long day trip this is ready-made for. Adventurous folks who need a versatile. Pack for all seasons it's the pack you grab for a fast day. Hike a morning of ice climbing and even just ahead downtown on your bike it. Has one big opening at the top for all the bigger stuff there's a sleeve for. Your own hydration reservoir and I'd put my keys and lip balm into the internal. Zip pocket, so they don't get lost in the rest of the pack I'd stolen my phone and. First aid kit up top.

So I can access them quickly and the elastic side pockets are great for water or coffee the front stretchy pocket lets a wet. Rain jacket dry out and the daisy chains. And multiple lash points on the outside make this a really technical pack the. Joining compression straps on the front can even be fastened across the pack for. Ski or snowboard carry ice tools or. Trekking poles can be lashed with the bungees and there's a spot to attach a bike light your helmet or keys.

The back panel is breathable against your back with the 3d air mesh and the contoured. Shoulder straps are a big step up in. Support compared to a lot of ultra-lightweight day packs on the market this is a framed pack but the material is. Flexible so it moves with you while. Still giving structure and support for heavier loads the lightweight hip belt transfers pack.

Wait right to your hips but if you don't have a heavy load you can actually conceal them behind your back you've got. An adjustable sternum strap and a sunglass loop right up front and the hip. Belt has stretchy pockets for smaller stuff the SL in the name stands for slim. Line and it means that it's built for smaller frames the shoulder harness and.

The hip belts are contoured for the female form and this pack has an overall athletic v-cut shape for extensive. Freedom of movement when you're hiking fast or scrambling on rocks to get to that peak there's a place for everything you can think of for all your crazy adventures head outside with this lightweight and technical pack it has a pretty sleek.

Look to so it fits in anywhere it's the Deuter speed light 24 SL day pack calls us with your questions or. Visit our store at bat country edge calm. Subscribe to stay tuned and follow us. For the latest in outdoor gear great. Deals and trail knowledge we're the gear. Specialists at backcountry edge awesome gear amazing service see you on the trail you.

 

What is up Duroc here you first outdoors. Today I wanna do a quick little review a. Pretty sweet little Daebak I like god it's gonna be the Deuter a ct trail 30. That's right this little pack is quiet. Impressive actually I was kind of skeptical but I used it on a recent hike. And I was very impressed with it especially if it looks kind of small but. It held everything I needed it to hold. Which was surprising and it is very. Comfortable so I'm gonna go over a couple of things with it and pack it out shows you how much it held for me and why.

I think it's a good pack for the money alright let's take a good look at this thing first so the pack is very light empty pack weighs. Out 2 pounds 10 ounces, this is the app trail 30 so it's a 30-liter pack I was a. Little skeptical about the hip belt you know there's no padding or anything like that now you gotta understand this just add a pack so you can pack. It out really well but this really it did well and the padding here kind of. Leaves a space between your back so some.

Air can flow through that and that seemed to work well it was a pretty hot day when we hiked up mount Trumbull. So I was very comfortable got some stuff I already used this pack once this is looking at the back the. Straps are adjustable here and then up. Top but you can't adjust the back like. Port or so that's pretty much you get. What you get flipping this over what I like about. This too is it's got the little rain.

Rain fly that will cover back here. Always like that, I think that's great in the packs no although I should try and. Put this all in the packs full up to see what looks like they will do that so that's cool that stuff back into there. You've got one strap to lock the top. Down here and you've got some extra. Space on the front here to store some. Things and you can also store some. Things well that's the side. Entrance there so that's kind of windy. And you've got that on one side what you.

Also, have is the ability to just open. The entire pack from the top like that. So that's kind of handy grab things out. Of there without having to go to the top and then there's also the top pocket. Which you can store some things to get your key holder there and there's also one more pocket isn't there yeah inside. The top there you can cram some stuff in there as well. We've also got a little bit of knowledge. Right here you know alpine emergency by. You know singled aircraft all those things that'll help you out if you get. And a pinch well it's tough this thing.

Our real quick alright so what you're. Seeing here is the back fully loaded. Everything I like to carry on a day hike. And it seems to hold on then what i. Don't have I don't have stuff jammed in the top pockets or in this front pocket so those are still empty although I'm. Sure I could find something to put in there I like to pack a view so that's just or lots of stuff that's just how it. Rolls but we're loaded you can see how. Now that holds up. Show you how Fitz. Here we have it's pretty good mmm.

One thing I really like about this and I was kind of weird when I first put it on is like with the straps it belts I'm. Used to pulling back to tighten this one. They go pull front and it's beautiful it. Looks great I'm you can just type down like that and I just think it's so much easier to pull that away then this way that's brilliant. Actually, I think that's really cool also on the sternum strap it has this. The plastic thing that's clipped on and it. Moves up fairly simple so you can adjust. Sternum strap pretty easy.

Looking at this now that could pop off. Just pop out of there it doesn't run. Through so that's gonna happen I mean. It's gonna happen this is gonna pop off. And I presume that you could pop it back on we'll see but a cool little feature. But I think that, yeah I know that's. Gonna pop off sometimes somewhere it'll grab on something I don't know interesting works well but well we'll. See won't you already got a loop sewn. In here to hang something sunglasses a. Little camera case something like that's pretty cool okay there's. One side pocket here and I generally.

Don't carry sticks on day hike just. Depends on what I'm getting into so this will fit in an al jean bottle. And you can run this through the loop at the Nalgene top there to keep it from popping out but that works well and you. Can also use to hold your sticks or whatever looking at this is going. To fail in time everything fails but. That's I don't know like I said this is. A new pack I've only used it once I'm hard on things I've run through bushes.

And dragged things across it I mean it's. Just we'll see but for the moment it. Works you can just that yeah I mean this. Is gonna pop off or rip out it will i. Now it just cuz it's happened. Everything every time I have things like this they're gonna fail not off the back. But eventually so bearing that in mind. You can still fit an al jean in there. And you could probably rig something up to tie it but that looks pretty secure in there but this thing your miles may. Very I suppose but it's handy and it'll. Work for the moment we will see in time. Heavy usage you know things are gonna fall apart there's another one over here. Also where you can hang something.

Through and a nice ax or something I suppose something else but there's no pocket so yeah you know you got some. Little things are sewn here you could attach things to so there're options it's cool I like what I like it you know I think it's a well-thought-out pack, for the most part, I think these things could be. A little sturdier and a little more. Heavy-duty but you know things like that. Will increase the cost of the pack.

So yeah, we'll see where it takes it rights. You've also got some loops sewn in on. The bottom here and they'll be useful. For some things, this is connected here. You'll take unhook that and that's how. You'll access. That's your side wait a minute, do you notice that huh okay well there's a side pocket right there instead of outside.

Pockets a zipper pocket where you could stash something a map or something would go there wow just now I've seen all kinds of cool stuff so you don't clip these claps here. And this will get you into the top of. The back to get whatever you need out of their back down so now that this thing's all full up let's try that rain fly.

Again see how that holds up sticks out. Of here put these back on so I got a. The full up pack will this fly cover it now. Moment of truth alright so the fly is attached to them. Pack flies out and wind grabs it you'll. Never see it again let's see this. Actually well right look at that. Axe fully loaded and the rain cover just. Covered the entire pack and it covers it. Well, that's cool to love it and it's even. Got a little drain hole at the bottom like I said this is a pretty thought-out pack a nicely thought out pack all right you've got your slot for. Your camel back hose and then it'll run. Down strap there go right through there.

So there's your water system if you will. I don't really like using camel-back. That's just my preference sometimes I do but a lot of times I don't I'll just stick with no jeans so what I've got in. The pack is I've actually got four. Nalgene bottles in their now one of them. Stuffed with things I may need so in. The theory I could hold a gallon of water just with the Nalgene bottles in here and I'm. Gonna dig everything out and show you what I got in their so jackets rain.

The jacket also got another now jean this is. Got a bunch of stuff in it. Whistle lighters blah blah blah and I've. Got 20-liter dry bags this just got all. Stuff like compass sunscreen food toilet. Paper all those essential things like that and I don't really carry this is a. Quick dry bag this is more for a canyoning so I've got stuff ready for a canyon I'm doing tomorrow we've got a lighter dry bag which I'll use this to cut down on weight but it's still the same thing 20 liters it's not full of course but you know that'll work. Too and that's everything that was in.

There and you've also got your slot of. Course for your camelback in here like that so there you have it all my stuff. That was in there so pack holds quiet. A bit everything you need for sweet long. Day hike and if you have to have or come. Into some inclement weather, it's already. Geared like that I'm very impressed with this pack I like it a lot and I think it'll last there's a couple weak.

Points I think but you're gonna have that'll anything and if you were to make. Those things more heavy-duty like I said. It's just going to increase the price point of the pack and as far as the. Price point I think was it yeah this went for 130 dollars so. I think it is worth it. To be honest with you so there you have. It the door act trail 30 I use this pack. You can check out the video the hiking mount Trumbull video I use this pack to do that hike and it served me very well I think I'll get a lot of use. Out of this pack so as always appreciate. You watch stay safe out there if you haven't subscribed please subscribe, and we'll see you next time do you rock out.

 

Utilizing black diamonds high-quality. Flick lock pro locking mechanisms and durable aluminum construction the black. Diamond women's trail pro trekking poles. Are perfect for hikers and backpackers who are looking for high quality for. Season performance in the backcountry. These are women's specific trekking poles, and they are a three section pole. So you have a lot of adjustabilities. Range of adjustability here is from 23. Inches up to 49 inches you have adjustability up to 125 centimeters so.

They pack down and be really small and with the flick lock pro locking. Mechanisms they're really easy to use so. All you need to do is flip them open. With your thumb, they're really easy. There adjust it to your preferred size. And then flick them closed these locks feel like they're very. Durable so they have mostly aluminum.

Construction they have a little bit of plastic on there but using these with. Gloves or using these with just your bare hands is really easy you don't have. To apply a lot of force to open them or. To close them so very good construction there and as I said they are the shaft sections are aluminum so a lot of durabilities, but they're also very lightweight going up to the grips you have dual density foam here in the grips and the thing I love about foam is that. You have reliable performance in four seasons so in the winter if you're using. Gloves it works really well with.

The foam grips they're not going to slide around in the summer in hotter. Temperatures if your hands are sweating perspiring foam really wicks away sweat. And unlike rubber grips, they're not. Going to be slippery when they're wet on. The top here you have a flat top so if. You need to you can palm the top of this pole if you're descending or if you like. To use the pole in that way I can see that being comfortable on your hands and with that, you have really far extended grips so this is just a regular.

The position here but down below the regular. Grip you can grab this pole at different. Places so if you're hiking on uneven terrain or if you don't want to make minor adjustments with the pole you can. Just grab this pole at different spots which are a really great feature there and you have a really nice. Padded strap this is an adjustable strap.

These are really easy to use going down. To the bottom of the pole, you have black diamonds press fit tech tips this is a. A replaceable piece so if you need to replace them you can buy them separately or if in the unlikely event that your. Trekking pole gets caught between rocks or in a position that might harm the trekking pole this tip is meant to break first down at the bottom of the tip you. Have the wave lock system by black. A diamond so you can actually take this small part on the bottom off and replace it with a rubber, and they do come.

Standard with a carbide end but like I said you can buy them separately and replace it with that or use just a black diamond tip protector that's press fit over the top they come standard with them low-profile baskets but they also come. With a winter basket, there're threads there on that tip so you can just unscrew the low-profile basket and put the bigger one on with the high quality. Flick lock pro locking mechanisms and. Just the overall quality that we've come. To expect from black diamond you can be confident in the backcountry with these. Trekking poles it is the women's black. Diamond trail pro trekking poles. You.

 

 

 

Thinking the right pack can seem like a very overwhelming experience for a lot. Of reasons, there are so many packs in the market it's kind of hard to narrow down which one is right for you I like. To look at three things when I'm picking it back first what's my purpose I want. To make sure if I'm doing day hikes overnight trips I'm using it as a carry-on that it fits that specific reason then it needs to fit me and fit.

My body to make sure that it's dispersing all the weight properly and finally, I wanted to be as comfortable as it can be when I first moved to Alaska. This was the pack that I picked up it was Deuter future pro 34-liter SL which. Sl on the Deuter brand is a pack line. That is designed specifically to fit a woman's body daughter is a German based.

The brand they've been in the backpacking industry for 110 years they have several. Lines of packs and what they pride. Themselves on is their air ventilation system their packs are equipped with. This lightweight mesh system that according to the company keeps you from. Sweating it keeps your a cut your sweat down by about 25% now as I mentioned.

It's important for a pack to fit you properly and there are two main areas. Where that's true. It's important that your pack fit in. Your shoulders and in your waist because that's where you're going to be carrying the weight now this is the SL meaning. That it is designed specifically for women's body so that's a number of. Different features the waist belt is smaller than say a man's pack too.

Accommodate that women are oftentimes smaller you also have slimmer shoulder straps. And they carry in a different way and then you have a smaller wound mostly. Have smaller torsos and so the s outfits. Petite torso one of the things that i. Found that I like pack opposed to a lot of packs is I find that it's really easy to tighten it and. It's also really easy to reduce it.

So, say you're layering you put on a coat and you need to loosen it a little bit you just kind of flip these back or you. Take off that jacket and you need to tighten it a little bit more it's able to do that there are a number of. Different features in this pack pockets. Galore which is what we always like to see on packs you've got this top pocket. Which is perfect for gear that you're. Gonna want to access quite frequently then if you flip it open you actually. Have this SOS card which gives you important SOS survival advice which is. Kind of cool you also have this interior.

Pocket on the lid which is designed to keep your valuables safe so I often put things in here that I don't maybe want to access for the entire trip so keys my. Wallet my id anything like that. Now speaking of keys on the top lid the. The pack actually does come with a key chain that you can hook your keys to however i. Find that it's not something that I use very frequently which also pockets on.

The side I can put the ear in there you got. These mesh pockets that hold water one. On either side and this side, it also has. That gear pocket now this is older. Model so it does have this front pocket. Which is an available on some of the newer models however all the models. Have this bottom compartment. That they call the sleeping bag compartment now if you take that out you.

Can see it's a separate compartment but you can also unzip it and it gives you access to the rest so you can use it away there's a number of attachments. That comes with Deuter packs you can get attachments to carry ice picks or. Trekking poles as well there's as well. These that you can attach carbines to. To carry other types of beer with you. Whether it's your coffee mug or something on the top one thing that i. Tend to use this pack for is carry-on. And also it's a great overnight pack if you're staying in like a hut or a cabin. So I've assembled some gear to kind of give you an idea of how much this 34. Liter pack and pull.

So I do have its hydration bladder is compatible, so I already have my 3-liter hydration bladder in there the hose goes through. The top out the back and then you can. Clip it with this velcro and you can.

Actually, remove it and clip it to either side whatever is more comfortable for you do we have that in there already. You've got our sleeping bag in the bottom we're gonna throw in our thermos. Our jet boil. A pack of some extra layers you can see.

It starts to get a little bit tight. And finally every tooth throw in but a. Day and that's worth food so you can see. That is tight at 34 liters is all off. That but we do still have room in the bottom, so we have a number of options we could stuff more stuff under there, or we can unzip it, and we can make it one large compartment now we talked about.

Our lid without easy access exterior. Pocket this I tend to put things like a. Gps in a satellite communication device. And always twitter paper now of course. There would be other odds and ends that you would probably carry with you and there is still room in here you have. Some room in our side pockets as well definitely could put headlamps lighters.

Things like that other snacks um but. It's starting to get a little bit full but you could definitely it's a great weekend bag now one of my favorite features of this pack is the rain cover. So say it starts to sprinkle a little bit outside you just unzip the bottom. Pull out the rain cover that's actually. Attached by a clip pull it.

Over your pack, it fits perfectly. And you are ready to go sprinkle stop. It's easy to take off one thing I really. Like is placement I like that it's at. The very bottom and I also really like. That it has a clip say you're doing a little bit of bushwhacking you're crawling with your branches or things on a rough trail it just touches and rips. Off which it had happened before it's. Still connected so it seems like you don't quite use it this often than you.

Just back it back in the big shot. And you are good to go now as i. Mentioned I would say that this is the perfect pack for say a weekend trip if. You're staying in a cabin if you're staying in the hot it's perfect for day trips where you need a little bit of extra space it's not necessarily the. Perfect just day pack with friends. Because it is a little bit heavy at. Almost 4 pounds so you probably wouldn't want to carry that if you didn't need to however it was the very first pack that I owned and I used it exclusively for. About three years before picking up some. Other packs some smaller packs and some bigger packs and now I find that I use this exclusively for day trip activity. So berry picking or fishing are the. Primary uses that I use it for but I do enjoy the Deuter brand I like the slim.

Fit the sale for women I think it fits me. Very well and I have other women friends that it fits as well and I would. Definitely, recommend and ain't your local store and trying it out. And see if it's the right back for you.

 

The removable hip-belt and sternum strap open up your carry options, depending on what the day has in store for you, while the removable compression straps cinch down the load and quickly attach awkwardly-shaped items. You'll have easy access to water courtesy of the side water bottle pockets, dedicated hydration sleeve, and drink tube exit port, while the side loops securely carry your ice axes or trekking poles when you need your hands to take on a quick scramble to the summit

 

Hey there and welcome back to peace. Couch now as many of you aware I'm about to embark on the marathon disorder which. Is something I've been concentrating really heavily on for the last year or. More as well as doing lots of training. I've been doing so much research on them.

Amount of kit going to take and I've been testing a lot of stuff so over the. Next couple of weeks before I depart I thought I'd share some of those learnings with you and where better. A place to start than the backpack I'm going to take which I have decided on. The ultimate direction fast pack 20 now. This is super heavy at the moment because it's fully weighted so I've been training with but I just can empty it out and show you why I like it so much so here it is and it's naked form.

And this is what I like most about it is that it's so minimal it's basically an expanded running desk it weighs next to nothing and this is kind of one of the big deciding factors for me because obviously, I'm trying to cut down as much weight as possible 510. Grams okay now a great thing to compare. This is the official war bag which a. Lot of people will be using MDF and in. Contrast it's got all kinds of stuff hanging off it and most importantly the. Weight of it 900 grams that's pretty.

The huge difference so this is nearly half the weight of the wire back which is an incredible saving but I've also decided. To make an even bigger saving on it there's not much you can cut off it like the like a wild bag you can get the diseases to that and kind of trim off some weight but here it's so minimal anyway but certainly the most notable. Savings you can make it in the back there's a bit of padding that you can remove, and they say that this can be. Used to sit on or even to you know used.

To cushion your hips when you're lying down I found it pretty useless. I've actually having removed this form. The back I've actually found the pack more come — boo and with it out so condition this. That brings the weight of the pack down to give time a gram so I say 10 grams. Right there so although this fast pack is nearly half the weight of the wire bag actually fits way more in it and it's down as a 20 liters bag but I think.

You could probably push that out quite a lot partly because of the nature of this main compartment and how it seals its kind of like a dry bag has a velcro fastening that then rolls and then clips. In at the sides now I probably got about. 20 liters in there now but you can. Basically just not roll it down as much and sitting maybe another five liters. Into that main compartment, it's not only that you've also got this fat mesh here.

Which you can fit loads in that really stretches out and it's a firm mesh as well so it's going to hold things firmly in place I don't tend to put a massive amount in there because I like to keep my weight closer to my back but it's actually really good for holding waterproof or extra base layers that you. Might be using during the day stuff that down there and it holds it in their lovely and secure on top of those two main compartments we've got these mesh pockets on the side which also hold a lot of stuff very stretchy and pretty.

Secure I'll generally use those side pockets for stuffing food and stuffing rubbish because even though I've got terrible flexibility I can reach into those pockets quite nicely so coming onto the front, and we've got two really great water pouches here it really surprises me how many ultra bags don't. Seem to have big enough pouches built in. For hard water bottles and maybe because they want to offer flexibility so that people can attach themselves but as you think this is a great weight saving thing to be able to build them into the bag that ultimates are it shouldn't have done so as you can see — water pool.

Tools fit there really nicely there's also the option on this right-hand one if you don't want to. Carry two water bottles this zips back up again and there's actually a really nice secure pocket that you could maybe put bars you could put all kinds of stuff down in there it's actually a really brilliant phone holder you can put your phone down into their sip it back up and that's super secure.

But I actually find that's one of the major downsides of its bad for me is that I'm going to be running around with two bottles most of the time and there's nowhere for me to put my phone now I'm not expecting to be on the phone the whole time but it'd be really good to have access to music and stuff like that if I do want to listen to music currently there's nowhere else. On the front of the bag for me to put it. There's this outside stretchy pocket just outside where the water bottle is but actually getting your phone into it. It's pretty much a no-go really the best. A place for you to put your phone is there's a smaller zip pocket on the side of the bag then it can go in nice and.

Securely there's also one of this clip leaves to put your keys onto you know I've ever used one of these so the annoying thing about it is that it's going to be too far away for you to reach when you've got your bag on so coming back to the front you've also got two smaller pouches below the water bottles so if I just take these out so you can get a better look so on the left. Hand side we've got zip and on the. Right-hand side we've got a velcro strap these are actually bigger than they look quite often I use them to dump keys and just have stuff that I want readily available, but they're actually stretch out to hold a couple of bars maybe or you know something slightly more sizable approach they just not that phone but you can see I can fit two full Clif bars. Into each one of these pockets obviously. One of the most important things about the bag is how comfortable it is and I get on really well with this and I think. That could partly be because of the nature of these shoulder straps it's actually one bit of fabric runs straight. From the base of the bag over them.

Shoulders and down the front you can see it completely wraps around which makes it really comfortable all the way around and especially now I've taken that back bit of padding out it just molds into your body really nicely so one thing that it's most commonly criticized for is that it has two chest straps but no waist strap and a lot of people will say that that creates a bit too much side-to-side bouncing.

When they're running I can definitely see that point but I don't really experience it too badly myself and I think that's partly because I found a configuration that really works for me on the front here I tend to pack. A lot of the weight in the bag place for my body to avoid bouncing if I do experience any bouncing I tend to try and adjust my running to be a little normal glider which I guess I see is a win-win situation.

I kind of want to be a little bit more glide ii so the chest straps themselves are actually really nicely adjustable they're set into these sliders here which you can move them up and down so I found best. For security for me is to have one right. At the top and then slide the bottom one right down to the bottom and that kind. Of clips me in nicely either side of the rib cage by far my biggest issue with this bag is full of my decision to take polls to the MDS oh now handily enough. There's actually some really nice. Elastic straps on the back that hold them nicely in place you can put them down here there's a clippable elastic. Bungee that you can wrap them around and have them nice and secure on the back of. The pack like that but I know having. Poles on the back of the bag I will never use them so really I need to have.

Then on the front straps but unfortunately on the front straps there's nothing there that's made to hold the poles so I've had to try and budge something to make it work for me now, unfortunately, I haven't made life easy for my selves and I've got poles that fold into four sections which means. That both the handle and the pointer at the bottom which means that when it's. Going down this way there's nothing really to hold on to the top of the pole so my first idea was to put a hook at.

That I tied on to one of these things here and I took this string on the top. And then I tied it to the side that worked it was actually quite comfortable. But it was just so fiddly I'm hooking this and hooking it back on again I probably was never going to use my poles because it was too fiddly so then. I tried other things I tried to pass them on to the front which is a terrible idea don't try that it was awful and I also tried to fasten it down here somewhere which again didn't work so my final winning solution simply uses two pieces of elastic one of which just ties.

Straight around the strap and around the water bottle here and one which fixes on. To the bottom buckle over here and that one has a sliding clip on it so all we. Do is we take the end of the poles and put it through the bottom bit of elastic we tie that site then put the end over the spike which. Then holds that in position and stops it falling down then the top you just feed.

Through that top bit of elastic which. Holds it nice and securely in place so that's nicely out the way and more. Importantly it's a really light solution and i know it's going to be simple enough for me to deploy and actually use the poles when I need to use them so that is the ultimate direction fast pack 20 is a massive winner for me really recommend it if you are doing a multi-day ultra or if you just do a lot of running weekend so check it out.