Hey BPL! So I'm about to pull the trigger on a monster ZPacks order, but one thing I haven't been able to find is what the current [62 L] Arc Zip looks like when it's worn completely empty and compressed. Why would I want to see it this way? Well, I'm considering using it as my "one bag" of sorts, for hiking, air travel, and commuting (with a laptop, layers/rain protection, snacks, odds/ends—so almost empty, meaning it would only work if the pack can be cinched-down really small, as I don't want to be walking around town with a ridiculously large-but-flacid pack). So if it isn't too much trouble to ask of you Arc Zip owners in-da-house, would you mind sharing pics of you wearing the almost-empty, cinched-down pack with the world? Much appreciated.
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Show me your empty 60 L ZPacks Arc [Zip/Blast]
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Why not ask Zpacks to take a picture?
Yup, already did. Joe's away at the moment, but said he would as soon as he's back; will share it here once I hear back from him. But one can get a pretty good idea of what the pack looks like empty from his Arc Blast video, which he pointed out—stupidly, I was so focused on the Zip that I missed that.
ok, I think this might be the strangest request about the Arc Zip since I announced it being released 14 months ago… but, here ya go! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y95lr8C8n-4 Please note these two things: (1) this is the final prototype, so the pack is not 100% exactly like what they sale… however, it is close enough (2) the ZPacks Patented Flexed Arc Frame is NOT flexed within this video… probably should have, but I did not even think about that until after I shot the video and got back into the house… and, I am willing to admit that a fair number of the thousands of miles I have with an Flexed Arc Frame backpack I have used it without having it flexed. As I tend to see it (my logic could be wrong, but, I will let others argue this one to death) unless you really need to have it flexed, you will have (it would seem) a better shoulder-to-waist weight distribution by having it straight down and not flexed. Anyway, Jorge, hope this video answers whatever it is you were wanting to see.
Ha! Awesome John, thanks! This is way more than I expected, and yes, answers my all my questions (and then some).
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