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Jes
- Seattle, WA, United States
Love this bag -- travelled through western africa, asia, europe and south america with this bag. It's light, can fit in the plane compartment easily (without the daypack), and can pack the cubes perfectly in the main compartment. My only issue are the straps for the daypack. It feels kinda flimsy and can break any time -- luckily it hasn't. I've had this bag for about 4 years and it's still pretty good.
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Jessica
- Portland , OR, United States
I love my Backpack! I studied abroad with my zipped together duo. It was so nice to get off the bus, unzip the little one for the day, while leaving the other behind. This backpack has lasted through 4 years of adventure - going strong!
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Jarrod Oldham
- Corpus Christi, TX, United States
My wife and I love the Explorer LT. I got it before a trip to Ecuador last year, and it was so comfortable we wound up fighting over who got to carry it each day. Even though it weighed more than our other pack! It went to Alaska with us this summer, and got plenty of use there as well. We really love the ability to suspend the daypack in front of you as well. The security and convenience of having all our important stuff right in front of us was amazing, not to mention the way it helped to balance the load. It's a great feature we would never have thought of, but we were sure glad we had it. We'll definitely pick Eagle Creek for our next backpack... Then we won't have to fight over the "good" pack anymore!
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Mark Oleniuk
- Edmonton, AB, Canada
I lugged my pack all through Asia and Australia and loved every minute of it. It held up good while trekking through waist deep water en route to Cambodia or in the mountains in Vietnam or just bouncing between hostels in Australia. The pack it cubes were also an excellent addition to the pack, keeping things organized and easy to access, worked a lot better than I initially anticipated. Thanks guys!
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Brian
- San Francisco, CA, United States
My girlfriend and I each purchased an Explorer pack for our 7-month round-the-world trip and these bags were perfect for our travels. Combined with cubes, everything stayed organized and they protected our stuff through 13 countries.
Based on magazine reviews, we almost got the Switchback which is a similar size bag but with wheels. We're SO HAPPY we went without wheels. We were very mobile, rode buses, boats, animals and planes and stayed in budget hotels and guesthouses. It's very rare you find a nice surface to roll your bag a long and in exchange you give up precious storage space and carry several extra pounds every day.
This compact-ish pack kept us from bringing the kitchen sink like many people we met and we were much happier for not carrying all of that crap (plus we could carry on!)
My day pack was stolen in Costa Rica from a bus unfortunately along with my laptop, ipod and passport so I'll be looking to replace it but I hope the Explorer pack stays with me for a long time!
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Andy Perkonig and Family
My family and I just returned from a 5 month backpacking trip to Africa, the middle east and Europe, and your equipment was used throughout the trip. I just want to let you know that your packs are well thought out and are the best we have seen and used!! On many occasions the packs were exposed to very harsh use and the trip through Africa stretched all our equipment to the limit. From Lake Victoria to Kilimanjaro, from Zanzibar to the Nubian Desert, from Alexandria to Goreme and beyond, non of your packs failed at any time and I would recommend your equipment to all travellers. Our next trip is already being planned and Eagle Creek will be there with us.
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