Appears to be a sufficiently nice priced, nice volume Osprey pack. The L / XL is in low stock (2 at time of writing), with more of the S / M.
Other packs appear to be on sale on this store, including smaller volume versions of the Kestrel.
This site needs more hiking pack offers.
I mean it's a hiking pack, you gonna take it out hiking with dirt, rain, rock and sun.
When you buy them in-store they don't have any packaging either.
The super high end gear ($800+) comes wrapped in light cardboard inside a big shipping bag lol
pretty sure they have a new members discount code when you sign up for free with email. probably only like $10 or whatever but good to note for anyone.
"GETWILD" or "GETWILDER" promo sometimes also reduces prices :)
I've been using an Osprey backpack as my daily for years! Still in very good nick. Amazing bags!
From my experience doing multi-day hikes in the wilderness, 68l is a bit too large. If you pack well, 50-60 is the sweet spot. osprey make damn good bags FYI.
Mind you, it's each walker's preference. I thought I would add my two cents.
Any recommendations for a bag that has a zip to access (at least half of) the bag, rather than needing to stuff it down? Probably in the order of 60L, though both my partner and I need one so +/- 10L is fine
I do infrequent hiking trips and much prefer the easy access when travelling.
this one does open up on the front.
Thanks for sharing OP. I happen to be looking for hiking gears. Managed to snag a X/XL pack. Pretty happy.
Last time I ordered an expensive backpack from Wild Earth, it arrived wrapped only in a black bin liner, with half of the pack poking out. I was surprised that, aside from some dirt, the pack was intact.
This has nothing to do with this deal, just sharing a bit of my experience.