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Petzl launches a climbing daysack

LFTO Gear Team, 27 March 2008 11:23

Watch out for Bugs this April! No, we’re not talking about the small, swattable, biting creatures with an alarming number of legs that leave a grimy smear on your windscreen. The Bug is in fact the first daysack for single-day, multi-pitch climbing from headtorch brand Petzl.This 18 litre, synthetic fibre sack is designed to be worn high on your back, ...

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Petzl launches a climbing daysack

LFTO Gear Team, 27 March 2008 11:23

It'll take the kitchen sink: the question is, why?

LFTO Gear Team, 26 February 2008 11:59

You’re trying to design a new rucksack for adventurous backpacking. You sit in a meeting with your fellow designers and kick around ideas for features it should have. Now, in most cases, you’ll slim down the 60-odd ideas to a hitlist, depending on exactly what you want your rucksack to do and who you want to sell it to. Not ...

My top five bits of kit

LFTO Gear Team, 20 February 2008 10:17

LFTO's Nick Hallissey lifts the lid on his current gear faves... It’s kind of a fantastically frustrating February, wouldn’t you say? Bright, crisp, gorgeous sunshine and frosty fields one minute, impenetrable murk and a “stay-in-bed” sort of outlook the next. It also means that if you are venturing out, you’re having to throw everything in the rucksack with that “just-in-case” ...

First-ever recycled outdoor rucksack

LFTO Gear Team, 12 February 2008 09:00

Projected for launch in Spring 2009, Osprey are designing an outdoor pack made from 70% recycled materials. The prototype of the Atmos Resource 50 was nominated for the Eco Design Award at the recent ISPO 2008 Trade Fair. Although it didn’t win, Osprey still believe in their sack, and are determined to bring from the drawing board into production. “We ...

Narrow hips? Try Deuter’s newest backpack

LFTO Gear Team, 08 February 2008 08:15

The new range of Futura Pro backpacks from Deuter feature a new belt to improve load-carrying for the narrow-hipped walker. The newly-designed VariFlex hip fins are now free to move, providing a better hip and lumbar fit, which means better stability for hikers with narrow hips. Deuter says that with the improved hipbelt, the backpack sits securely on your back ...

Osprey to launch first kids’ technical backpacks

LFTO Gear Team, 08 January 2008 11:43

Gear for kids is often the outdoor manufacturer’s side order rather than the main course, but this is set to change when the Osprey Youth Series of backpacks hits the shops in August.If you’re keen to get your nippers hooked on the outdoors this summer, invest in an Imp, an adjustable sack designed especially for the smaller frames of 8-16-year-olds ...

Go retro with 20s-style rucksack

LFTO Gear Team, 26 December 2007 09:00

A bigger retro mountaineering pack will be on sale this January from Swedish outdoor brand Fjallraven.The Vintage 30 litre looks like an early 20th century alpine sack, complete with leather closure straps and square side pockets. It's an expanded version of the brand's successful 20 litre version.Modern polyester and cotton mix fabric, ventilated back system, padded shoulder straps and strong YKK zips ...

Footwear firm bags it up

Anonymous, 12 December 2007 15:33

Footwear firm Keen have taken the outdoor market by storm in recent years, and now they've turned their attention to rucksacks and luggage.The new, eco-friendly range usess recycled materials including aluminium buckles harvested from drinks cans, recycled polyester linings and recycled rubber reclaimed from the trimming of footwear outsoles to reinforce bag strength and stability. The range includes deluxe messenger bags ...