Bseash 60L Waterproof Hiking Camping Backpack with Rain Cover

J’ai acheté le même pour mon fils quelques semaines avant. C’est un sac très bien fini, solide avec beaucoup de poches de rangement pour une utilisation chez les scouts. Ne cherchez pas ailleurs !

Great backpack! Lots of room in the pockets,durable and great value for price

I ranked it 3 stars as hopefully some encouragement to the company that there is a lot to like about this pack in terms of many of its features… HOWEVER, what good are some positive features OR the low price tag if it breaks apart inside one’s house (as it did for me!), before even setting food outside to use it!?! A number of other reported this too. In terms of where it broke apart for me:

1. First it was a vertical rip in one of the outer water bottle holders (and for the record, I like to pack light… and, while I was still undecided on some of the items to bring, when I did my “dry run” where it ripped, I weighed everything and weight of pack + all my items came to literally 25 lbs on the dot = I was well under the 33 lb limit / NOT overstuffing it)
2. The above-mentioned rip did not look catastrophic (i.e. like it had potential to spread to other parts of the pack); thus, I was still planning to use it and make do… however, the day I was supposed to leave, a critical buckle simply popped off when I went to load the pack on my back to take it out to my vehicle and leave for the trip! At that point, my gut feeling was telling me this was a disaster waiting to happen, and I processed a return, rushed to the local specialty store, and bought a high-quality pack.

On the positive side, there were many features to love about this pack (but also a few that quirky ones that made it a bit of a nightmare); here is a list of both the good and the bad:

1. AWESOME SLEEPING BAG POUCH!
The lower outer zipper (by one’s derriere) opens up from the pack’s outside… then from INSIDE the pack is this pouch like thing that ‘pops out’ from the inside of the pack to the outside. Absolutely genius! You would then load your sleeping bag through the inside and stuff it out the rear in to the pouch! Because there is a small “bottleneck” on the inside, it easily allows one to stuff the sleeping bag through to this pouch, without the sleeping bag popping back up as you’re trying to stuff it in! This overall design has other massive benefits: frees up pack space on the rest of the inside of the pack; AND, where the sleeping bag pouch pops out, it redirects weight closer to the lower torso / core of the body which is super awesome in preventing the dreaded “top heaviness”.
2. MOST STRAPS WERE VERY EASY TO ADJUST
However, there was ONE exception to this (and frustratingly, it’s a pretty big exception / critical strap: the shoulder strap), which was an absolute nightmare to adjust (and it wasn’t just me missing something, cuz I brought the pack to a specialty outfitter store that has MANY brands of packs with different kinds of buckles / mechanisms and they agreed the design on this particular strap was terrible and did not make sense). ISSUE #1: you MUST take off the pack to BOTH loosen and tighten it (VS, for example, on my more expensive pack, you ONLY need to take off the pack to loosen it, NOT to tighten it)… if this were the ONLY inconvenience, I could have easily lived with it however, ISSUE #2 was an ultimate deal-breaker. ISSUE #2: even after taking off the pack, it was NOT easy, NOR obvious, HOW to loosen or tighten it… in other words: intuitively based on how every other buckle mechanism I’ve ever used works, if I adjusted, for example, with intent to tighten it, then it would sometimes be loosening it!!! The buckle mechanism had multiple buckles / ‘layers’ of strap and how they all “cross talked” with each other and with the overall buckle mechanism was not at all obvious. It was an absolute nightmare to deal with.
3. WATER BOTTLE SIDE POCKETS: both pros and cons here: they were halfway decent in terms of size, but obviously did not hold up (as explained above, one of mine very readily tore); different material / design is needed – perhaps a material that has more stretch / give; also, deeper pocket would help too (even though the buckles around them very nicely help hold them in place).
4. FRAMELESS! For those like me looking to lighten the load as much as possible, I was very pleased with the frameless design (even the specialty store was impressed with this, cuz apparently from what they told me, frameless is very hard to find for anything over around 40-45 L
5. Hood/Very top of pack: Two recommendations here:
a) The buckles at the top are very well positioned… but ERRRRR! (to but buckle design): buckles in this location should be such that they can quickly snap open/closed and then be tighten; the “closed” type of mechanism = much less versatile!!!
b) Hood / Top zipper pocket in this area would REALLY help

It’s smaller than expected, I have to return and order a larger one for my 6’2” frame and a Havasupai trip

Me gusto mucho, llego en tiempo. Gracias

Hiking!

I took this pack on what was to be a 3-day, 70-mile hike on the Laurel Highlands Trail in western PA. The first day had beautiful weather over 24 miles. The pack, although extremely lightweight at just over 2lbs, securely held everything I needed it to – 25lbs including water total. I did not have the shoulder straps adjusted well enough and the weight of the pack sat too high. Therefore, the tops of my shoulders got very sore. If you don’t properly adjust this thing, you will hurt. Even then, it was comfortable to wear throughout the day in general.
During the night, the remnants of a tropical storm began dumping rain. The temperature dropped and the conditions were absolutely miserable. I was able to test out the waterproof-ness of this pack and it did very well. The rain cover worked for the most part and the inside of the pack was not wet to the touch (although I had EVERYTHING sealed in ziplocs and dry bags). Several inches of rain pounded the area through the morning and I was only able to make it another 7 miles before the conditions became too dangerous to continue.
My biggest gripe about this pack is the quality of the zippers. If you overfill a compartment and try to close it, the zipper will more than likely let loose. The front pocket zipper was the first to go, so I had to rearrange the inside of the main compartment to fit what was in the front pocket. But hey, for a little over $30, this thing is an absolute steal. I can’t really comment on the long-term durability of this pack yet as I only intend to use it a handful of times per year at best, but for the money I don’t believe a novice, “every now and then” hiker can go wrong. I will be doing the same hike again next year as it is an annual event and will likely use this pack again.
EDIT: As an update on 4/30/19, I’ve begun training for this year’s hike. I have some different equipment and this pack is still holding all of it with little issue. I was able to get the front zipper to realign to the point that it is usable again. I will most certainly only put smaller things in that pocket and not overfill it. I’m only wearing this pack when I’m doing training, but it’s still pretty comfortable with properly adjusted straps. I have a water bladder this year rather than using bottles, so we’ll see how that goes. I’m training much more this year and intend on making the full 70 miles. I will report back on this review after the mid September hike.
UPDATE 9/20/2019: I made all 70 miles this year and this pack worked like a charm. I had it adjusted properly and packed it strategically. It held all my gear and became like a part of my body. It did hold moisture due to profuse sweating, but I think that would be the case with most any pack. I’m still giving it four stars for a few reasons. The pockets on the lower straps are all but useless because they’re simply too small to fit anything. Whereas the zippers all stayed intact this year, they are still pretty flimsy. Lastly, the chest strap kept loosening. I had to pull on it to tighten it every half mile or so which became annoying.
Bottom line, this is a pack that outperforms it’s price, but temper your expectations. If you’re going to be using a hiking pack more than a few times a year, you’ll probably want to invest in a higher quality brand. But, this one suited my needs perfectly.