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Deuter Futura 22L SL Backpack - Women's
With a shorter torso, the Women's Deuter Futura 22L Backpack is designed for smaller frames, and for keeping them cool when warm days are in store. The Aircomfort Sensic Back System is designed for ventilated comfort on the trail, using ergonomic shoulder straps that provide natural adjustment to the width and angle of your shoulders; the hip fins blend seamlessly into the back panel, reducing pesky hot spots and leaving a breezeway between the pack and your back. Padded with breathable mesh and fully adjustable, getting a comfortable fit mid-hike is as easy as pulling on a strap or two.
The Futura 22L holds enough space for day hikes without getting excessive, and you can easily stuff in layers, lunch, and rain gear without batting an eye. Should you encounter stormy weather while you're out, the included rain
cover slips over the bag to keep your gear dry, and if you encounter
rocky terrain there's a spot for your trekking poles as well. Three stretch pockets on the outside let you add additional items you want to have close-at-hand, and a zippered organizational pocket comes in handy if you ever use the bag for going to class or commuting to work.
This is the deuter future 22 sl de pack. And it's loaded with features to. Organize your gear and keep you comfortable so you're thinking about the trail ahead and gorgeous views not the. Weight on your back hikers who start at. Sunrise to bag a peak by noon will love. This pack because of the breathable back system and if you have it loaded up with. Water and gear for a full day the back. System will support the weight let's take a look this is deuter x' air comfort sent sick back system which. Consists of airy mesh that's tensioned. On a flexible spring steel frame this. Does two important things it transfers pack weight to your hips where you can handle it better and it creates an air. Channel behind your back to keep you cool and dry the sl in the name means. Slim line and it's a women's specific fit you have a slimmer cut to the. Shoulder straps a slightly shorter torso length and a contoured hip belt and. Straps for the female frame you can dial. In fit with the load lifters the sternum strap and the hip belt what i love most. About the fit is the hip belt really contours to your hips and hugs around your waist to support the pack weight. The foam here on the lumbar mimics the. Shape of your hips and the air channel is perfectly positioned to give maximum. Ventilation the pockets are really smart and have a sleek look up front there's a. Smaller organization pocket for the essentials this also makes a great. Travel pack where you can store your passport wallet you can put maps up here. While you have your extra layer food first-aid kit and the larger gear packed. In the main compartment this zipper opens really big and the zipper pulls. Make it easy to open and close there's a spot for your own reservoir and. Important to route the hose out to the shoulder straps I'd throw my wet rain. Jacket on the front to dry out water. Bottles on the side stretchy pockets on the outside you can secure the pack load with the compression straps and store. Your trekking poles on the bun jeez you get an added value because it. Comes with a rain cover for that afternoon shower this is a fully. Featured pack is ready for adventure. Whether you're traveling across the globe or hitting the trail head in your own neck of the woods it's the deuter. Future 22 sl day pack thanks for. Watching if you have additional questions about the gear you just saw please feel free to visit back country. Edge comm and get in touch with me or one of our other gear specialists we. Also have technical specs about that gear on the product pages of our website and often times we have bonus videos if. You like our channel please subscribe.
Salewa Firetail 3 Approach Shoe - Women's
Salewa's Firetail 3 Women's Approach Shoe is the latest offering in a long line of genre-blurring footwear, and this scree-conquering, rock-crushing, trail-smoking legend is just getting better with age. True to the Firetail's approach-first heritage, it comes with to-the-toe climbing-style lacing for a secure and precise fit when you're toeing in on tricky fifth-class pitches and a super-sticky Vibram Reptail sole with MegaGrip rubber that's optimized for traction on rocky terrain.
The Firetail loves steep rock, but it's also plenty capable on loose dirt and slippery roots. Salewa's famous 3F flexible fit system connects the heel, laces, and sole to provide unparalleled support without limiting mobility, and the EXA shell boosts stability, improves balance, and protects the breathable mesh upper. Better still, the Multi Fit footbed lets you adjust the volume of the shoe to perfectly adapt to the shape of your foot.
So hello my name is its an assumed and. Welcome in the saliva spring summer of. 14 area and i will introduce you the new. Item for spring summer 14 and just to. Begin the new fire tell evil so it's the. New version of our very well-known fire. Tale a best-selling item it's an. Approach shoe and the new one is even. Lighter and with a mini rip stop on the. M on the shoes and inside you've got the. Ability of changing the volume inside. The shoe with the multi fit footbed up before we add the simple version so. Changing the insole you change the. Volume inside the shoe with your foot. And now we've got the multi fit footbed plus you can change the yellow parts so. A complete footbed or just a small part. To have the ability of changing the. Volume inside the shoe the price is always the same is 129 euros retail. Price for the non gore-tex version and. 149 euros for the gore-tex version.
La Sportiva Mythos Vibram XS Grip2 Climbing Shoe - Women's
Tighten the around-the-heel lacing system of the La Sportiva Women’s Mythos Climbing Shoe and get an all-around, precise fitting shoe for climbing any rock in the canyon. The soft, unlined leather upper surrounds your foot with enough stretch to allow foot swelling during long multi-pitch routes, while the perforated arch and Dry-Best lined tongue help wick and vent excess foot sweat as you climb. For long belays and rests on big walls, the full-length LaspoFlex midsole adds strength and cushioning so you can reenergize before the crux. The Mythos’s medium-curved shape, pointed toe, and excellent edges allow superior grip on footholds of any shape or size thanks to the 4mm Vibram XS Grip2 outsole.
Apply nowLa Sportiva Mythos Vibram XS Grip2 Climbing Shoe - Women's
Tighten the around-the-heel lacing system of the La Sportiva Women’s Mythos Climbing Shoe and get an all-around, precise fitting shoe for climbing any rock in the canyon. The soft, unlined leather upper surrounds your foot with enough stretch to allow foot swelling during long multi-pitch routes, while the perforated arch and Dry-Best lined tongue help wick and vent excess foot sweat as you climb. For long belays and rests on big walls, the full-length LaspoFlex midsole adds strength and cushioning so you can reenergize before the crux. The Mythos’s medium-curved shape, pointed toe, and excellent edges allow superior grip on footholds of any shape or size thanks to the 4mm Vibram XS Grip2 outsole.
Apply nowBlack Diamond Vector Helmet - Women's
When you're scaling big walls for hours at a time, your helmet starts to seriously weigh on you. Alleviate this problem with the barely-there feel of the Black Diamond Women's Vector Helmet. Its combination of co-molded EPS foam and polycarbonate shell provides full protection while keeping weight to an absolute minimum. Generous ventilation ports reduce weight further while helping you stay cool on sun-blasted rock faces. The ratcheting suspension tucks away for convenient storage, and in-mold headlamp clip provides a secure attachment point when your climb extends past sunset.
Hola a todos venimos a hablaros de un. Casco un casco de la gente de black diamond se llama vector es un casco. Tremendamente ligero no llega a los 250. Gramos es un casco que lo podemos encontrar en versión de hombre y en versión de mujer y además es un casco. Que lo podemos encontrar en dos tallas sm y ml eso quiere decir que. Cubriríamos todos los rangos de cabezas. Y geometrías varias que nos podemos llegar a encontrar es un casco hecho con. Un material. Que es como una especie de corcho se llama gps y está cubierto por. Policarbonato el policarbonato lo que nos da es defender evitar que esta. Especie de corcho se nos pudiera estropear pues por la abrasión los golpes etcétera etcétera particularidades como podéis observar el. Casco la parte de nuca y en la parte frontal lleva muy buenos agujeros con lo cual. Ventila de manera extraordinaria con lo. Cual por eso los escaladores lo vais a agradecer más más detalles interesantes. En la parte interior tenemos unas. Almohadillas. Que nos asientan de manera muy confortable sobre la cabeza de manera que es muy muy cómodo y a través de un. Sistema de caracas podríamos regularlo de manera. Muy muy precisa es un casco ligero. Parece que no lleves nada y eso es muy. Agradable en definitiva cuando te pasas un montón de horas escalando bien en. Hielo o bien en vía larga pues lo que. Nos gusta es tener la sensación de que no yo de que no lo llevamos puesto su geometría inhumana cubre muy bien el. Lóbulo frontal cubre muy bien la nuca nos deja las orejas fuera para poder escuchar bien y además es tremendamente. Atractivo de acuerdo nada el casco black. Diamond vector acordaros de este nombre. Porque va a dar que hablar de acuerdo nos vemos venga hasta otras. Y.
Osprey Packs Tempest 9L Backpack - Women's
Strap on the lightweight and versatile Osprey Women's Tempest 9 Backpack for a fast-moving day hike on Saturday, and a mountain bike ride on Sunday. The Tempest 9 offers room for trail maps and a rain shell, as well as bike tools and a spare tube in the front zippered pocket. The backpack includes a pull-out LidLock helmet attachment that pulls through the vents on your helmet to secure it to the front of the pack, as well as front bungee webbing and a tool loop and bungee ties to hold additional items and tools.
The shoulder straps and hip-belt are specially shaped, positioned, and padded to fit the female figure, and feature mesh-covered foam padding that provides breathable cushioning. The sternum strap keeps the backpack from shifting and helps support the pack's weight as you scramble up big rocks or carve through singletrack turns. With the hip belt's ErgoPull adjustment system, you'll be able to easily snug down or loosen up the hip belt on the fly. Reflective graphics make you visible in low light conditions, which is perfect if you decide to go for a trail run at dawn, return to your car, and hop on your mountain bike and ride until dusk.
now the go guys I'm here to give a. Review on the osprey tempest for tea bag. This is the extra small which makes it. Actually a 38 litre rather than a 40. Litre yeah i just recently got this I'm. Planning on going on some overseas. Travel the reason i got the extra small. Was that i could fit into it and then also that it fit more of the dimensions. Of being able to become a carry-on. Rather than something that i would have to check i wanted something that had enough room for 10 sleeping pads all my. Close some electronics and yeah. Basically just all my needs as far as. Being overseas and traveling for an extended period of time i really liked look the look of this bag. Online i checked it out on their website. Which is probably where i would recommend doing any specs checking of. Any backpacks would be to go to the. Brands website because i have found that. On amazon or any outfitters websites. They just don't have the correct specifications i got this through rei. It's about i think 160 dollars and the. Things that i really do like about it or. What drew me to the bag were i really. Like the kangaroo pouch in the front this mesh pouch I've already done some. Extended backpacking and this is kind of like a must for me because I'm not the. Most organized person in the world and when have like maybe a jacket or a raincoat that i don't want to open up my entire. Pack to put back in here and make it. Super organized i just like to shove it into here and it's nice to say you have. Snacks or something that you want to just get to fast this is a must for me another thing that kind of drew me to. The pack was this is what they call a. Brain on a backpack and i like having a. Rather, larger brain it's just pretty. Pretty large and i like that you can fit. You know a good portion of stuff in here. One thing that i thought was kind of. Different about the design on this one. Which i do like that it's somewhat. Detachable we're just flexible i don't know that you can fully remove it because this is the weird part it kind of has this strap system that goes from. They i don't know they got kind of funky with the straps on this backpack to be honest it's got this one that connects to this it kind of runs down through these two loops and then back up through this knot and that can kind of cinch it. Down which i do enjoy that it keeps it. Pretty sturdy but i just think that there's kind of necessary leakage one. Think that i have come to realize after. Having received it was that these straps. Are i think a little bit too simple for. Me and not as comfortable as i was. Hoping so just putting it on putting you. Now a lot of gear in it and testing it. Out and feeling it out these are pretty thin and as far as osprey packs go. They've come a long way with how. Amazing and cushioned and patted their. Straps are the pack that i hiked with. Through a year and a half it was like my. Home it was the osprey aura 65 and not. Long straps in compare more amazing these i just i don't. Now if i can get behind a bag that's gonna actually hurt my shoulder ernest. Because I've gotten spoiled so yeah this. Is the back of it which is pretty decent. I think as far as you know back to concern you do get a lot of airflow in here but in again it's a slight. Disappointment compared to where osprey. Is now with their backs especially i think with the anti gravity backs that they're coming up coming out with right now this just you know i don't know that. You can get as much air flow as you know. The other box do because they're almost you know of of your back it does have. The adjustable shoulder straps where you. Can get in here and adjust it to size. Which is nice it does have this the. External bladder right here which i do. Enjoy probably better than having it on. The inside for me i don't know if it's. Completely 100% necessary cuz I'm not. Even sure I'm gonna be taking my bladder on my travels so something again I'm. Just gonna kind of way out so these are a side mesh pocket, and they have some. Blue straps here that it goes either on. The outside or you can realign them on. The inside sometimes i think they're. Just a little bit overkill these this. One in particular go zigzag across this. Pocket but then also attaches to the hip. Belt and this side pocket so i don't. Now if cinching this up a lot is gonna. Just like i don't know. It's just for me I'm not sure the reason. Why it's there if you know leave a comment this right here for like ice. Pick and i know their cord right here. You can tie it down so these straps. Right here are load stabilizer straps, and they help you balance how much of a. Load that you're taking on your upper back so those are really helpful i think. Most backpacks come with them as far as the hip belt it looks pretty nice looks. Like it's got some air flow to it even these pockets right here are like half. Mesh which is kind of nice another thing. When i was kind of disappointed in was the quality or the sturdiness of these. Straps on the buckle and so this buckle. I'm not super stoked on the design or. The quality it just seems kind of. Slightly flimsy so and we can give you a. Lot of to work with here i know. It's the extra small and i mean that's. Kind of what it comes with but say you're having a heavy day and you. No need a little bit more room for. This like it's not that big so i enjoy. That there aren't super long straps cuz. On my last one they were really long but yeah i just give at least a little bit. More oh and it's got this sternum strap. And the sternum strap is adjustable as well so that's nice to have one of these. That can adjust easily this little. Pocket i was somewhat excited for but i. Don't know what more than like your two. Fingers you can fit in here i was hoping. That it might be able to fit like my ipod but i have come to found out the. Test will not happen it's just way too. Small so that's kind of diss yeah i think that's the stow on the go trekking poles and so you can store them. Right here in here which is really nice. When you're hiking and you just don't want to use them or you have to kind of like scramble up some rocks so there's just the two entrances the bottom and the top i do like this kind of. Compression saint-jean my top which is your bags pretty full and you want to just cinch it down that's pretty nice it. Does open really wide which i like and. So you can just get in there and it's. Pretty nice that if you don't have a side entry then you've got a nice big. Open entrance to the top of your bag. Yeah so then there's the bottom entrance. Here and i don't know if i might just. Not read it but i was hoping for kind of. Like separation down here for my sleeping bag but there isn't any separation so i mean if you're taking. Put your bag some other stuff might fall. Out i don't know i just like for the. Divider here these clips serves or you. No sleeping mask or yoga mat or whatever you keep on here all around i. Feel like this is a pretty awesome bag but the only thing is. That for i think long distance traveling. It just doesn't do't have some of the. Some features that i like you know bag i would maybe recommend it for like some maybe week-long backpacking. Hikes or if you're more into the kind of. Minimalistic style i would say it feels really good i think I'm possibly just going to look for a another bag and find. Something that fits my needs because. It's gonna be home for a while thanks for watching the video i hope you guys enjoyed it if you wanted to ask any. Questions feel free to ask them in the comments and I'll try to answer oh yeah. That's good this video helped you guys out alright thanks guys You.
Five Ten Anasazi LV Climbing Shoe - Women's
Created specifically for women, the Five Ten Women's Anasazi LV Climbing Shoe specializes in narrower feet and still holds Anasazi's standards for high friction and technical climbing. With the longer toe box, lower instep, higher arch, and lower-volume heel cup modifications, this Anasazi snugly encloses the narrower foot. With such solid, foot-hugging support, you'll stay comfortable whether you edge through techy routes, work on that new boulder problem in the gym, or smear your way up an all-day slab-fest.
So any time you have the 2011 on us on. The lp low volume or ladies version we. Wish you to be the plat lasted high-performance chute of choice for you. Know certainly for climbers folders. Competition climbers you name it anasazi features include lime synthetic. Upper fishes midsole c4 rubber outsole. And magic fingers he'll every feature the students will evolve even from the cut around ankle bone and ancillary to. The lower bottom appeal hiring the arch a true women's performance shoe 2011 on. Kasi healthy.
Five Ten Rogue VCS Climbing Shoe - Women's
Five Ten designed its Women's Rogue VCS Climbing Shoe for beginners who want to transfer what they learned in the gym to the outdoors with ease. Built with the same last as Five Ten's Stonelands series, this shoe has a naturally relaxed foot position so you can learn how to climb comfortably without the constant discomfort of downturned climbing shoes. The Rogue's upper material is made out of split grain leather that conforms to your foot while you climb for a glove-like fit, and it has a uniform give and natural breathability. This shoe uses two hook-and-loop straps so you can put it on and take it off with ease. The outsole uses Five Ten's classic Stealth C4 for excellent edging and high friction that'll keep you on the greasiest of holds in the gym or on natural rock.
The technologies used in the Rogue work toward keeping your foot both snug and comfortable. Its Active Arch Technology ensures a consistent position so your foot won't slide forward in the shoe, and the Comfort Range Slingshot wraps around your heel to secure the back of your foot so you can develop your skills and techniques.
So here we have the 2010 road the ribbon. Is a great all-around shoe we've got c4 rubber on it as well as a. Fish hook yet still inside which is great for micro edging got it underlined. Perforated upper keeps the foot cool and. That just makes this you more comfortable overall it's got a velcro. Closure system the top row strap is. A little bit wider in that bottom one what that does is it disperses the pressure on the top of the foot to make the shoe a little bit more comfortable over autumn the shoe is made for your. First time jim climbing up to your multi-pitch fat fiber 510 road.
Black Diamond Ethos Harness - Women's
Black Diamond designed its lightweight Ethos Harness specifically for women so you can tackle some of the biggest, longest routes in total comfort. Its Kinetic Core construction consists of a durable nylon shell, a
breathable 3D AirMesh lining, Vectran strands that evenly distribute
your body's weight, and lightweight EVA foam inserts for added lumbar
support that keeps you comfy on hanging belays. The Forged Speed Adjust
buckle has a raised side rail that helps prevent
abrasions from the webbing, an upturned baseplate that allows an
easier lift for loosening, and a rear kick down on the top plate that
eliminates any slippage while you climb.
The Ethos also features elasticized leg loops that softly secure your
legs without the need of buckles, and you can either adjust or release
the elastic rear riser for an ideal fit and optional drop-seat use. Four
pressure-molded gear loops give you plenty of space for your cams and
alpine draws, and its
haul loop is rated at 12 kN in order to ensure you have everything you
need to send the biggest, baddest routes out there.
Hi i'm colin power the climbing category director black diamond and this is our new vision harness this is the lightest. Weight full functioning harness on the market 224 grams designed really for alpine climbing for gear loops low-profile gear loops for. Ice buffer slots a super thin. Low-profile belay loop fixed legs it's super packable and really lightweight. Like i said 224 grams so having a. Lightweight harness is one thing but having it really packable is another so it takes up less space in your pack not exactly on the comfortable side of the. Scale though a lot of the guys have been wearing this thing sport climbing and it's like totally fine really really minimalistic 149 95 available in january. Of 2018. Pretty sick it's pretty sick what we did. With this was we took our kinetic core construction from our zeno center chaos. And our ethos this is really the guts of that we stripped all the shell and everything off and left the the bare bones basically the skeleton so this is. Vector and fiber super strong doesn't absorb water really packable really lightweight made the width balance. Between comfort and pack ability way more comfortable than you would think but it's alpine rig it's designed for alpine climbing no adjustment on the leg loops you know the only adjustment is the waist belt to get it on and off and this belay loop is super cool it's. Basically one strand of super high-tech. Fiber that's wrapped around like a doughnut and then wrapped in this casing. So it's not like that most belay loops are a piece of webbing that's folded into looping and bar tack so that's how we could get this to be so strong and so small and it's way way way over built we. Could even make it smaller and it would still meet all the requirements but it would get to the point you'd be freaked out we actually played with the diameter. Of this tubing a lot because our other. Have thicker but then it's it's not as. Packable we found this to be a good balance between functionality and pack ability if you put nothing on it then it's really hard especially with gloves and jackets and stuff in packs some ski mountaineer is gonna wear this you go to the tetons you want a real harness that's really light in packs well 224 grams that's insane it's only 5 grams i. Think heavier than the kawar which i would classify as not a full functioning harness you know yes you can wrap it and. Stuff like that but you know it's got the diaper legs and no gear loop you know that kind of thing so this is like got everything you need on it called the. Vision because we thought that these climbers that are looking at these crazy north faces in the mountains like they have the vision to link up these ice smears and stuff this is the kind of harness that they want to wear sadly we. Made it for kyle dempster that's who we made it for and he had our first prototype when we lost him last fall you. Know we made it for those guys for kyle haydon kennedy urban novak you know. Marko appraisal like these kind of dudes you know that are really pushing it but of course anyone can use it for anything they want but we really wanted to make it for those kind of guys that are pushing the limits in the mountains.
Petzl Luna Harness - Women's
Pitches on pitches on pitches, it's so nice to start the next pitch of climbing right where you ended the last pitch, as opposed to cumbersomely carrying your climbing rope across a dusty crag. There are a couple things multi-pitch climbers look for in a harnesses that sport climbers do not—namely, comfort and the ability to carry additional gear. The Women's Luna Harness features Petzl's EndoFrame Technology, which uses a wider waist band made of thin foam and sewn-in webbing. The adjustable leg loops have the same technology, and the result is a well-supported, surprisingly comfortable harness that shouldn't have any pressure points when you're hanging at belays.
Petzl Luna Harness - Women's
Pitches on pitches on pitches, it's so nice to start the next pitch of climbing right where you ended the last pitch, as opposed to cumbersomely carrying your climbing rope across a dusty crag. There are a couple things multi-pitch climbers look for in a harnesses that sport climbers do not—namely, comfort and the ability to carry additional gear. The Women's Luna Harness features Petzl's EndoFrame Technology, which uses a wider waist band made of thin foam and sewn-in webbing. The adjustable leg loops have the same technology, and the result is a well-supported, surprisingly comfortable harness that shouldn't have any pressure points when you're hanging at belays.
Butora Endeavor Climbing Shoe - Wide Fit - Women's
An all-arounder, the Butora Women's Wide Fit Endeavor Climbing Shoe feels good on intermediate gym routes, sport crags, and most multi-pitches. Butora shaped this shoe with slight asymmetry and a subtle downturn to help boost your morale on any climb you encounter. The Endeavor's construction includes a moisture-managing German split-leather upper, stretch-reducing PU strips, and an odor-resisting hemp lining. Updates for this year include Poron's padding at the breathable mesh tongue for more comfort in cracks. Underfoot, the Endeavor features a stiff midsole to ensure structure on dime-sized edges, and Butora's butyl F5 rubber sole sticks to slabs and edges equally for smearing or toe-powering.
Asolo Apex Shoe - Women's
Tackle the longest, steepest, most technical approaches with the Asolo Women's Apex Shoe. As you're navigating through fields of lose talus, you'll be thankful for the durable suede upper that's also water-resistant, just in case you come upon the inevitable mountain stream. The Vibram rubber sole provides you with the grip you require to move confidently across granite boulders and scramble up the class four sections of the trail. An EVA midsole with an anti-shock insert ensures that your foot will stay comfortable and protected, even after hours on the trail and a heavy pack full of climbing gear on your back.
Deuter Airlite SL 14L Backpack - Women's
Trail ready and street smart, the Deuter Women's Airlite 14 SL Backpack will work well for your everyday needs and carry what you need to get out into the mountains over the weekend. Featuring Deuter's SL Women's fit system, the Airlite 14 SL's shoulder straps are set more narrow than normal to accommodate more petite female frames, and they feature soft edges along the straps to eliminate pressure points and reduce the chance of chaffing. Realizing women's hips are shaped differently then men's, the AirLite 14 SL has a conical shape to better deliver a more anatomic fit for women.
The pack itself features a twin-frame construction capable of comfortably carrying up to 13-pounds of gear. A detachable rain cover keeps your gear dry whether you're walking home, or you get caught out on the trail in a storm. A hydration compatible design makes for quick on-trail hydration, while stretch side pockets stow water bottles. A single webbing hip belt adds to the comfort of the pack, and the 3D Airmesh lining further promotes the breathability of the pack.
Ultimate Direction FastpackHer 20L Backpack - Women's
Designed for keeping things moving on the trail, the FastpackHer 20L Backpack is a streamlined, lightweight way to carry the essentials. Ultimate Direction started as a running brand, and as such constructed this pack with features like strap pockets that leave space for your water bottle and phone, enabling you to take a sip or take a photo without dropping your pack. The lightweight material is more durable than it feels, and withstands the abrasive nature of the trail without weighing you down. You can access the main compartment through a vertical zipper or the roll-top, so your gear stays dry and easily accessible.
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 the. 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. 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 its 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 to 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 a pretty. Huge difference so this is nearly half the weight of the wire back which is an incredible savings 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 is 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 litres 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 litres in there now but you can. Basically just not roll it down as much and sitting maybe another five litres. 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. 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 these 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 a 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 so 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 the. 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 taking. 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.