Thread: What your day pack pick? Advice needed

Originally Posted by Ranal

@Dan @twinneedle how small does it fold up? i am after something kiwi made for day trips from a base camp so needs to pack down a bit.

If you remove the back panel foam it can fold up into a NZDF issue waterbottle pouch - small @Ranal

Thanks for that. Maybe ill have to fly down south to actually see these packs when im back next. Cheers

I have 2 Miklats, one I have had modified by @twinneedle to have a sternum strap, crampon pad, iceaxe loop and a pocket on the side under the compression straps.


Often end up just taking my bigger Macpac Ascent 60l or whatever it is though, and just crushing it down with compression straps to the same size as a Miklat. At least then you can easily fill it right up and it has a better harness. The Miklat gets a bit shit with 20+ kg in it, and can end up pretty lumpy with the lack of internal frame or significant padding up the back


The Cactus Huntaway looks good, hopefully a little more usable capacity than the Patrol I had, it was barely larger than a Miklat