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May 9, 2019 at 8:37 pm #3592218
The wife and I are doing the “Tour du Mont Blanc” thing this summer–it is’t a backpacking trip, it is more a “Wine & Cheese” tour with 100+ miles and a lot of climbing. I need to pick up a “Day Pack” to carry the obligatory odds and ends. My main pack is a HyperLite 4400 Southwest and I love it. I’m a big guy at 6’4″/240# and the large frame fits me wonderfully…can’t say enough good things about that pack. I am looking at Hyperlite’s Daybreak pack…but then I got to wondering about a smaller version of my Southwest in their 2400 model.
17 liters vs 40… But the 2400 SW would have more utility over time on shorter, summertime trips with less gear/food/water than the 4400 will carry.
Any thoughts on a 40 liter “Daypack?”
thanks,
rds
May 10, 2019 at 4:44 am #359227040L is a lot for a day pack, but if it compresses well when not full, then it could work just fine.
May 10, 2019 at 5:45 am #3592277My wife and I have done the TMB and SWCP in England in similar luxury with near daily main luggage transfers to our nightly accommodations and our 36L Gossamer Gear Murmurs were perfect size for us to carry wine in Platyz and picnic foods in addition day hiking necessities. Room to spare actually.
May 11, 2019 at 1:04 am #3592383Doing TMB 1st week of July and taking an Ultimate Direction Fastpack25
May 15, 2019 at 3:41 pm #3593095The current logo on that ud pack is obnoxiously yuge
May 15, 2019 at 4:21 pm #3593108I’ve never done a trip like that before. But I would tend to go with the pack that would be more useful in the long term. Extra space wouldn’t be a trip killer. But an expensive, small backpack going mostly unused after the trip would be a tough pill to swallow for me. Good luck with the trip!
May 15, 2019 at 6:43 pm #3593126My wife and I are doing the Walker’s Haute Route this summer. We are doing it self-supported so will need to carry all our gear, but will be staying in hotels and huts so no shelter and only minimal food. I went through the pack size dilemma and decided on a 40L pack as it will be more useful in the future.
May 16, 2019 at 8:28 am #3593216Just make sure you have full storm gear. You might not need it, but then again
This was MID-SUMMER on the Tour du Mont Blanc, at the Col du Croix du Bonhomme. It’s the Alps, and weather happens…Cheers
May 16, 2019 at 1:32 pm #3593231Thanks. We’ve hiked the Swiss Alps the last three summers, mostly day hikes with a few 3 day hut trips. Always carried storm rain gear but luckily have had good weather. I’ve been debating whether to take microspikes, looking at that picture I think we will.
May 16, 2019 at 9:02 pm #3593304Microspikes? Personally, I would not bother. We found the snow was either dry and crunchy, straight after falling, which was fine for joggers, or softer (and wetter) after a day or two. I don’t think we ever met the sort of ice you might need spikes for. It is summer after all.
Cheers
May 17, 2019 at 5:56 pm #3593429I like a 24-ish liter day pack. The smaller ones ride too high and tend to get full which means to less comfort. I like Gossamer Grears day packs and find that they are one of the few UL pack makers that make good shoulder straps that don’t collapse and pinch. Their Minimalist 24 pack is 11oz and $59.
https://www.gossamergear.com/collections/backpacks/products/minimalist-24-daypack
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