User Review: Deuter Futura 22

Reviewed May 19, 2004 by George Estreich

Rating: rated 5 of 5 stars
Design: front loading daypack
Size: 22l ~1700ci
Number of Pockets: 8
Max. Load Carried: ~20lbs
Height of Owner: 5'8"
Price Paid: $100

High quality...well thought out.

This pack combines technology, beauty and guts to provide a daypack that works. The aircomfort system cools you down while hiking (provided your shirt is thin enough) and the suspension system holds the pack securely in place. Amazing...a day pack with as advanced a suspension system as packs five times its capacity! Very rare! Plenty of pockets and attachment straps. Integrated rainfly is a great feature. Integrated pocket and attachment for hydration bladder is well appreciated.

My gripe is the overall size. The aircomfort springs take up a lot of space that could be used. Because of the aircomfort springs this pack is not very packable. You cant really stuff it away in a larger pack for extended trips...its simply too rigid. Also...and this is a small complaint...the top of the metal spring system can hit you in the neck when you are climbing or rock scrambling. this was a rare occurrence but I thought Id mention it because it does happen on occasion.

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