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TP1 What are the main differences between a Hike Pack
and a Travel Pack?
White Mountain™ Travel packs are designed with the traveller in mind
with features that are necessary to accommodate comfortable frequent travelling
and are not designed to replace the bushwalking or hike pack for these reasons:
- Travel packs are generally designed with many more features than
bushwalking or hike packs, including, a harness cover, side and top
carry handles, shoulder sling, and a removable daypack. This adds considerable
weight, in some cases adding as much as 30% more weight to the average
backpack.
- Most travel packs are designed with greater depth, putting more
weight further from the body. This in turn increases the leverage on
the back and spine.
- Travel packs are also generally wider than hike packs and are not
contoured to the body shape, which could allow for catching on scrub
or rock in certain terrain.
TP2 What are the main features of a White Mountain™
Travel Pack?
TP3 What are the additional features of a White Mountain™
Hybrid Travel Pack?
- The Antarctica hybrid pack is top and panel loading combining the
attributes of a travel pack and hiking pack.
- The Antarctica is designed with the traveller in mind who requires
a larger capacity backpack with a blend of travel and hike pack features
that are necessary to accommodate comfortable frequent high capacity
travelling.
- The Antarctica is designed to be packed higher than shoulder height
with an extendable lid and dual draw cord storm collar to effectively
protect your gear from the worst weather.
- The Antarctica is narrower than standard travel pack with less depth,
similar in design to the hike pack.
- The Antarctica also has a top loading division at the base of the
storm collar which is dual zipped and lockable.
Hybrid packs are not designed to replace hike packs for these reasons:
- Hybrid packs are designed with many more features than travel and
hike packs adding considerable weight, in some cases as much as 50%
more weight than a dedicated bushwalking or hiking pack.
- Hybrid packs have more stitching and zips, therefore in severe weather
conditions these provides less weather protection for your gear than
a dedicated bushwalking or hiking pack.
Features attributed to Travel and Hybrid backpacks
All Travel packs open from the front of the upper compartment and gear
is stored in the same manner as a suitcase. The only consideration in packing
your travel pack is when you are carting a number of heavier articles, then
you should consider the information on our page
loading your backpack to determine the best method of placing your gear.
This page will also explain how to utilise the lower compartment.
All White Mountain™ travel packs and most travel packs on the market
today have external compression straps. White Mountain™ travel packs have
two compression straps either side of the backpack and two sleeping bag
compression straps on the lower compartment. The sleeping bag compression
straps are long enough to accommodate the external attachment of a ground
mat if required.
All White Mountain™ travel packs and most travel packs on the market
today have an upper and lower compartment, with either a dual zip or draw
cord division. The dual zip or draw cord division when closed allows for
separate packing, or can be opened completely to utilise the pack as one
single compartment. The advantage of the dual zip division is the ability
to open the pack on the one side only to store a longer item, yet still
maintain the dual compartments. The draw cord facility on the other hand
opens from the middle and although possible to utilise this feature to store
a longer item in the centre, it is a little more awkward.
The removable daypack on most travel packs is zipped on the front of
the upper compartment opening lid. With most travel packs a portion of the
daypack is compressed when attached, with the zip placed in or near the
centre of the daypack. This makes it near impossible to zip into position
when the daypack is fully loaded without damaging the zip. White Mountain™
provide a solution to this problem and suggest that the two attachment clips
on top of the daypack are secured to the D-Rings on top of the travel pack.
After attaching the daypack in this manner the lower compression straps
can be utilised in the usual way, holding the daypack securely in place.
This attachment method will prevent damage to the daypack by eliminating
excessive stress on the daypack attachment zip, .
Travel packs have a suitcase carry handle on at least one side and on
top of the pack. The top handle is very handy when trapped in those long
queues at the airport, bus or train station or taxi rank. White Mountain™
strengthen all carry handles with webbing reinforcement and extra stitching
to prevent breakages even under the heaviest loads.
Travel packs include a removable shoulder sling, particularly necessary
when the pack is heavy, the distance to travel is short and it is not convenient
to utilise the pack harness. The shoulder sling is removable or can be concealed
in the base of the pack when not required. White Mountain™ shoulder sling
fittings are manufactured of metal preventing the remote possibility of
breakage.
Most travel packs and all White Mountain™ travel packs have a cover that
is zipped in place concealing the harness. This prevents damage to the harness
in transit.
All White Mountain™ travel, hybrid and daypacks have dual zip sliders
which can be padlocked together to prevent unauthorized entry. In the Holiday
Pacific and Antarctica series of travel packs the two main compartments
have interlocking or overlapping zip sliders designed for secure padlocking.
The Antarctica also has a top loading division at the base of the storm
collar which is dual zipped and lockable.
White Mountain™ panel loading travel packs have an internal organizer
under the front cover of the upper compartment. This allows access to personal
items without emptying the entire pack. These travel packs have a true internal
compression system and a removable organizer. It is very convenient to be
able to store personal items in the organizer then be able to remove the
organizer from the backpack to place in your daypack. This is particularly
useful when storing your main backpack or while in transit.
Travel packs provide attachment points for extra straps, to secure any
choice of items to the outside of the pack.
White Mountain™ design their travel packs with a full bushwalking harness
to maximize comfort. Simplified harness systems supplied by some competitors
are fine for carrying a backpack through an airport, bus station, or to
the train, but will not be sufficient for prolonged backpacking. In some
situations to protect the backpack a large lightweight duffle bag to put
the pack in is a good idea.
All white Mountain™ Holiday travel packs with the new SHS harness system
have an organizer in the daypack. The removal daypack also has a facility
to store a hydration container and a elastic covered exit hole for the drinking
hose.
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