Luggage Bags and Packs

[Graeme]

If anyone is curious, the Matador X Carryology collaboration sold out pretty quickly. There was stock left about twenty minutes after it went live, but I didn't feel the need to drop $600 on the bundle...

[68degreesorless]

@Anesthetist awesome lookin bag

[68degreesorless]

I’ve gotten pretty hooked on traveling with my tom bihn techonaut 45 backpack. It’s kinda big but I like under packing it and having room for souvenirs if needed. Works great for work stuff with laptop sleeve, some org pockets, and rolling luggage sleeve but also does fine on hikes with comfy shoulder straps, some back panel breathability, and a decent hip belt. Mine is made of the lighter weight halcyon, which I don’t love the look and feel of as much as their heavy ballistic nylon but I sure appreciate the lighter weight and how well it stuffs into overhead bins and under seats. I have their synik 30 too, which I love the look and feel of, but it just doesn’t hold that much stuff and has too many org pockets for my needs. More of a backpack-based briefcase.

[tody]

here‘s two pictures of my Goruck/Carryology kit bag.
it is sturdy, just as expected from the backpack. the downside is a rather small opening at the top.

[prpx]

ended up buying low on backpack - went with japanese backpack from harvester - https://en.harvestlabel.jp/
it was 105€ for the bag + post and aditional 20€ for customs/vat
i dig the looks, and seems very well made. can update in a few months whats the quality like

[mclaincausey]

Carryology x Osprey including Osprey’s amazing ventilated carry system and a non-laminated ultralight UHMWPE fabric. Definitely interesting. The black looks unappealingly shiny though.

https://www.carryology.com/projects/osprey-x-carryology-archeon-fujin-rises/

[Graeme]

@mclaincausey it's also a thirty-litre pack, whereas most of the collaborations are around twenty to twenty-five, which makes it more useful for travel.

I'm curious to see what it ends up weighing. The base Archeon 30 is 3 lbs, and the Fujin is made of a lightweight fabric, but the Carryology designers have added features, so...

I agree that the black is very shiny.

I probably won't get one.

[mclaincausey]

@Graeme yeah. My struggle with this one is I’d probably have to go white with it and I’m a bit torn on whether I’d want a white bag. Oh and also that I really don’t need it one bit.

[Anesthetist]

Black will be a tough sell. I saw the first pic and decided it was a hard pass.

[Graeme]

There are some other photos on the Carryology Facebook page that show the Fujin as being less shiny. Apparently it picked up reflections from the studio lights, and it's more matte in real life.

I'm not sure if this is damage control, but the shiny aesthetic didn't appeal to a lot of people.

The weight is also 3.44 lbs or 1.56 kg, so slightly heavier than the base Archeon 30.