User Review: JanSport Tahoma

Reviewed September 24, 1999 by Dangerousdave

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Design: Rucksack types
Size: 2600
Number of Pockets: one
Max. Load Carried: 35+
Height of Owner: 5'10+"
Price Paid: 100, 65 dollars...depending on discounts

Okay, this is partly to reiterate the comments another mentioned about someone giving a false impression about Jansport packs. The Minimalist was positively reviewed on this column but someone attacked it in the two columns below just because it was "Jansport".

I for one have several Jansports. I did rip a minor seam on the Traditionalist multi pocketed rucksack and it does have the worst Hip belt of all the newer packs I have BUT it's still a great pack. The Most Organized Pack I've owned.

The Tahoma which may have been mislabled a Tahoma Two (the new ones are different with a mesh pocket in front) is the most comfortable pack I've ever owned... and that includes that overweight monster, the Dana Terraplain.

The only caveat some should have is due to that rip on one of 'em. I did it by overloading it and then picking the pack up by grabbing it, and besides the seam didn't really effect the performance. However the AT thru hikers make a big deal about durability and swear by their Big Packs. So that length of your trip may effect what pack you buy.

So far I've looked at dozens of packs and the Jansports are the best for the money ... although with minor flaws here and there... the traditionalist doesn't have a good hip belt....but just adequate.

the Minimalist is reviewed positively elsewhere by Prem P. and his word I'd trust.

I am saving up for another Osprey (I have a daypack that's great). The Impala is my next purchase but I doubt I'll ever be as comfortable as with the smaller Tahoma. But I need just a bit more room and want a little better hip belt... but probably it'll cost me a hundred dollars extra and an extra pound.

I am a pack junkie.

But if you're not a 'collector' Jansport is the best value for the money.

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