Frameless Backpacks
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Pa’lante V2 Review
The Pa’lante V2 Backpack (16.8 to 17.5 ounces / 476 to 495 g, MSRP $240) is a lightweight, frameless backpack for low to moderate weight loads and compact equipment.
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Nashville Pack Cutaway Review
The Nashville Pack Cutaway backpack is a roll-top 30 L frameless pack with a modular shoulder strap attachment system. Also discussed: The Nashville Pack Tiempo.
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YAR.gear Mountain Drifter 38L Review
The YAR.gear Mountain Drifter 38L (~18 oz / 510 g, MSRP $200) is a light and modular fastpacking pack that can accommodate heavier loads for short distances if need be.
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Nunatak Gear Bears Ears 50 Backpack Review
The Nunatak Gear Bears Ears 50 Backpack (MSRP: $330, ~28 ounces / 794 g) is an innovative frameless pack designed specifically to accommodate bear canisters. It features a unique water bottle storage system, optional shoulder-strap pockets, a removable foam back panel, a floating hipbelt, a large wrap-around exterior pocket, and a closed-cell foam pad attachment system.
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Atom by Atom Packs
The Atom is a simple pack with a clear mission – it has no frame, no hipbelt, no attempt at back ventilation, and not even padding in the back panel…
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Exped Lightning Backpack
Roll-top closure, compression straps, a single aluminum stay, and stretch side pockets. A simple, functional backpack that carries 20-35 pound loads well.
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Sea To Summit Ultra-Sil Nano Day Pack
There aren’t very many stowable ultralight packs on the market that can be used for stuffing gear in your main pack and a utility pack for day hikes from base…
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Red Paw Packs 28 L Flatiron Backpack
The Flatiron Pack 28 L is available in a variety of X-Pac and DCFH (Dyneema Composite Fabric Hybrid) colors and weights. It features a unique front entry zipper, Spandura outer…
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Mountainsmith Zerk Backpack
The Zerk is purpose-built for optimizing access to gear while wearing the pack. It offers one of the most unique shoulder, hip belt, and side pocket configurations of any pack…
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Granite Gear Virga Backpack
One of the most revered thru-hiking packs, the Virga has now been around for “decades” and continues to undergo revisions. Remarkably, its weight remains incredibly low by using a simple…
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LiteAF Curve Backpack
LiteAF is a small cottage manufacturer that makes very clean, functional, and customizable frameless packs for ultralight hikers. The Curve series has a classic design and offers a number of…
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Nashville Cutaway Backpack
The Cutaway is a very unique backpack in that all external pockets are accessible while wearing the pack, and it offers customizable shoulder strap styles – a feature not usually…
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Dandee The Standard Backpack
We really like the giant front pocket on the Dandee Standard. Bottom stash pocket and a minimalist design make this frameless pack a classic thru-hiking tool.
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Nunatak Bears Ears Backpack
The only pack we know of that’s built from the ground-up with carrying a bear canister in mind. The heavy canister is carried at the bottom of the pack, which…
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ZPacks Nero Backpack
A frameless pack for those with ultralight gear kits. Skilled AT/PCT thru-hikers can use this pack, but for the rest of us, it’s best for shorter trips.
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ZPacks Sub-Nero Backpack
Small and stripped down, the Sub-Nero is a pack best suited for the skilled and committed ultralight hiker with a compact gear kit.
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Gossamer Gear G4-20 Backpack
A larger volume frameless backpack for those who aren’t carrying tiny ultralight kits, but still want the soft feel that comes with having no rigid suspension components. To get the…
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ULA CDT Backpack
ULA’s largest frameless pack – a thru-hiking favorite or for light and bulky loads.
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ULA Photon Backpack
ULA’s entry into the “frameless” and “small” pack category. For intermediate and expert ultralight backpackers, or those looking for a day pack for long day adventures.
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Gossamer Gear Murmur Backpack
A truly minimalist, stripped down, small, ultralight pack with just enough features and carrying comfort for ultralight pack weights. This one is recommended for experts only who know exactly what…
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