The easter bunny brought me the best gift I have gotten since the Jet Boil for Christmas. It is this small backpack made by Sea to Summit and it is incredible. It is this thin, flexible cordura fabric but feels strong. The shoulder straps are so thin yet the pack feels incredibly comfortable. It is exactly the type of thing that I have had in mind. It packs down into a little stuff sack about the overall size of a racquetball. I love this little thing. It is so lightweight and a perfect size for taking around town or as a nice day rucksack.
This pack also gave me some great ideas for a backpack. Ideas that are not on the market now. I was blown away by this pack and I saw things in the way it was durable and simple at the same time. I started to question a larger scale version because it is sort of how I have viewed my next back pack. That's when I began to take a closer look at the functionality of the hip belt and shoulder straps. They have typically been designed the way you see them on most backpacks but why? Where does their purpose really lie? The hip belt as well. These are many questions that need to be answered. That thought process is the jump start I have been trying to achieve and now it is time to put my new ideas to good use.
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