11-24-2008, 09:18 PM
Well, YMMV, but I would recommend a side trip to your local hiking / camping store. Jansport or Kelty are still good names. I still have the Kelty rucksack that I used as a bookbag from 1971 until 1982, and as a daypack ever since. That sucker has been all over the planet.
Don't get stuck with having to have a lot of organizing pockets. A few sippered cases inside a general cargo area will do a lot more than a lot of funky little zippered attachments.
Oh, and look at the ones that have a waist band. If you're going to load it up, you may as well put the load on your hips where it belongs !
Finally- I just take the broken ones, flip 'em open, and reattach them to the sack with a double weight of denim from busted blue jeans. So far those repaired ones haven't ripped. And the kids really load them down.
Don't get stuck with having to have a lot of organizing pockets. A few sippered cases inside a general cargo area will do a lot more than a lot of funky little zippered attachments.
Oh, and look at the ones that have a waist band. If you're going to load it up, you may as well put the load on your hips where it belongs !
Finally- I just take the broken ones, flip 'em open, and reattach them to the sack with a double weight of denim from busted blue jeans. So far those repaired ones haven't ripped. And the kids really load them down.