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Referência para aventureiros e adeptos de viagens alternativas, a revista Go Outside publica todos os anos um Guia de Equipamentos no mês de...
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Dimensões: 37×58×27 cm (L×A×P) A few months ago I replaced my Cabin Max Metz cabin-sized backpack. The Cabin Max was spacious and ideally s...
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Para dar uma referência de como é a relação marca e produto, entre as mochilas cargueiras, decidimos fazer este post detalhando quais são as...
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Este post tem sido o mais acessado do blog, já há algum tempo, e o que gerou mais contatos por partes de leitores, que sempre enviam alguma ...
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Dimensões: 30×68×30 PROS Fits well Very tough Seperate sleeping back compartment CONS Hard to strap a tent to
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Dimensões: 23×65×36 (L×A×P) Mochila Mormaii Leap é uma opção perfeita para o dia a dia, com um amplo espaço interno que acomoda até mesmo e...
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Dimensões: 36×84×28 cm (L×A×P) PROS: Super comfortable suspension, lots of pockets and other features. CONS: Heaviest pack in the reivew, ...
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Dimensões: 36×76×30 centÃmetros (L×A×P) prós: - Eu absolutamente amo as tiras de articulação pivotantes para o quadril e ombros...
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Dimensões: 32×60×18 cm (L×A×P)
Visual bacana, bastante original, já que é difÃcil achar mochilas cargueiras com estampa camuflada, mesmo entre as grandes marcas. A alça é meio dura, mas o costado alcochoado compensa no ajuste do corpo.
A Mochila Nautika Comando é uma ótima escolha para os aventureiros que precisam carregar peso. Oferece resistência e praticidade, com dois porta-garrafas, sistema anti-shok e costado acolchoado.
Dimensões: 37×58×27 cm (L×A×P)
A few months ago I replaced my Cabin Max Metz cabin-sized backpack. The Cabin Max was spacious and ideally suited to carry the maximum amount of hand luggage on a low-cost flight, but it wasn’t very comfortable to wear. I wanted a backpack that was useful for transporting my stuff by plane without checking it, but that I could also carry for hours when hiking. After some research I bought the Quechua Forclaz 40 Air hiking backpack. I’ve taken my new backpack on four trips now, each of between five days and three weeks in length, and that has given me enough experience with it to write a review.
Carrying comfort
The Forclaz Air 40 is made for comfort. The back panel is spaced about 3cm from your back by a polyester mesh with 6 foam spacing blocks. This allows air to circulate and keeps your back from getting all sweaty. I found that the spacing blocks would at times exert slightly more pressure than normal on points of my back, but this is more made up for by the improved air flow.
Toploader backpack Quechua
Load it from the top…
There is a padded hip belt which comfortably puts most of the weight on your hips rather than on your shoulders, which is important when you’re carrying a heavily loaded pack for more than an hour. The shoulder straps are also well padded and don’t chafe against your skin. I did find that the backpack seems aimed at people who are shorter than me. I’m 1.86m tall (6’2″), and unless I adjust the shoulder straps to maximum length it feels like the weight is transferred from my hips to my shoulders. It’s still confortable enough to carry the pack adjusted this way, but I wouldn’t recommend it to anyone taller.
Organization
The backpack is very easy to access. Technically it’s a top loader, but because there’s a two-way zipper running all the way down along the front of the pack, you can access any part of the main compartment without taking out all of your stuff. One might argue that it’s a little too easy to access the backpack, especially when walking around in crowded urban spaces. Avoid putting any valuables in the front part of the main compartment.
Quechua Forclaz 40 Air review
… or from the side.
The main compartment is one big space with just one internal pocket directly against the back panel. This pocket was designed to hold a camelback water sack (like the Platypus), but I use it to store my laptop. Since my laptop is usually the heaviest item I’m carrying, it’s ideal to have it as close to my back as possible. Also, it makes it impossible to take out the laptop without me noticing it.
On either side of the pack you’ll find a long zippered compartment. These are ideal for items that you need readily accessible. I tend to use one for computer gear (cables, chargers, removable media, etc.) and the other for outdoor gear (my Swiss army knife, rope, headlamp, etc.). On each side you’ll also find a stretchable mesh pocket that easily fits a small water bottle. Finally there’s a handy small pocket on the hip belt, which can just hold a smartphone, a set of keys, and a folded map.
This backpack clearly wasn’t designed for the urban traveller. There is no organization for things like passports, pens, paper, and other small office items. You’ll either have to bunch them together in one of the smaller pockets, or provide your own organization sleeve to put inside the pack. Still, unless you’re packing for a day full of business meetings, the pack is sufficient to secure some office supplies.
Packing space
Because of the 3 cm airspace between the back panel and the mesh, the Quechua takes up relatively much room for the amount of space inside the main compartment. Compared to a pack like the Cabin Max Metz, you’re sacrificing some packing space for greater wearing comfort.
Secure backpack for laptop and valuables
The secure top compartment. (And am I crazy or does anyone else see a frog eating my passport in this picture?)
What I absolutely love about the Forclaz is the top compartment. When empty, it rests nearly flat against the backpack, allowing it to fit within airline maximum carry-on dimensions. But when full, it gives the pack another 8 litres or so of packing space. Because of the adjustable closing strap on the front, the top compartment fits snugly in any configuration. You can also easily stow a jacket or sweater under the top compartment for easy access.
On the under-side of the top compartment you’ll find a thin zipped mesh compartment for papers. A back-facing zipper with an extra velcro-closing inner pocket creates a safe space for your valuables. Altogether you get 40 litres of packing space when the bag is fully expanded. On top of that the pack features some elastic straps that allow you to attach a sleeping mat or tent. This should be enough for a catered hiking trip or extended urban travel.
Other
The Forclaz Air 40 comes with a rain cover to help you keep your stuff dry when walking in the rain. It’s also useful to protect your pack when checking it into the hold of a plane or bus. The rain cover is separate rather than integrated, so you can choose to leave it at home when travelling to the desert. You could easily buy a separate rain cover for any backpack, but the advantage of the one that comes with the Quechua is that it fits snugly. Also it saves you $20 or so.
This backpack is available in two colors: mint-and grey or black-and-red. I like neither. The black/red one is too conspicuous, while the mint/grey one looks a tad girly. I bought the girly one, choosing functionality over looks, but Quechua could have done a better job on this.
In Europe the Quechua is sold by Decathlon for 50-57 euros, depending on your country (about $63-70). Unfortunately they don’t ship to the US, so you’ll either have to pick it up on a trip to Europe, or buy it on Amazon at the local price of $110.
Conclusion
The Quechua Forclaz 40 Air is an excellent hiking backpack for shorter trips that don’t require cooking, camping, or heavy outdoor gear. It’s size is just about perfect. When compressed it’s small enough to be taken as hand luggage on board an airplane, while when fully expanded it offers plenty of space for all your packing needs. The bag could have featured some more internal organization, but even without that it’s a fine choice for the light traveller. At $110 it’s worth the price difference with cheaper backpacks like the Cabin Max Metz for the added comfort.
REVIEW SCORE: Quechua Forclaz 40 Air hiking backpack review
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Dimensões: 23×65×36 (L×A×P)
Mochila Mormaii Leap é uma opção perfeita para o dia a dia, com um amplo espaço interno que acomoda até mesmo equipamentos e os maiores objetos. Sua alta é acolchoada e anatômica para não incomodar ou lesionar durante o uso. A região traseira recebeu uma placa rÃgida nas costas para sustentação e apoio durante o transporte. A mochila ainda conta com capa de chuva, permitindo utilizá-la com segurança nos dias chuvosos.
Armação traseira com placa rÃgida nas costas para maior sustentação no transporte
Tira peitoral e barrigueira reguláveis que mantêm a mochila mais centralizada junto ao corpo
Tampa na parte superior com dois bolsos; um deles, com capa de chuva embutida
Acesso ao compartimento principal pelo bolso inferior da mochila
Tiras reguláveis para compressão do volume interno
Laterais com tiras estabilizadoras
Tiras reguláveis na parte superior para o transporte de calçados, vestuários ou objetos
Dimensões: 45×53×22 centÃmetros (L×A×P)
Alça confortável (10)
Alta qualidade (10)
Muito bonita (10)
Bom comprimento da alça (9)
Leve (9)
Ir ao trabalho (9)
Uso diário (9)
Viajar (9)
Esportes (8)
Material escolar (5)
Sucesso há mais de uma década entre os fãs da marca, a Mochila Oakley Icon 3.0 atende às maiores necessidades de armazenamento de uma só vez. Apresenta ainda divisões extras por dentro e por fora.
Loaded to the brim with updated functions, the Oakley Icon Backpack 3.0 reaches legendary status. Protect your laptop in the side accessible padded sleeve when you need to carry your projects and gear out of the house. Stick your mobile phone in the shoulder strap pocket and forget about anxious moments trying to find your phone. Because you roll to a soundtrack Oakley added a media pocket with headphone port. An internal organizer keeps your smaller tools together and includes space for a PDA or GPS device, plus a mesh pocket for your shades. Stash a cap and your gloves in one of the side zip pockets, and when you get tired of carrying your load on your back, switch to the integrated strap handle.
Quick Summary: The Icon 3.0 is of far inferior quality compared to the Icon 1.0
I received the Oakley Icon 1.0 backpack my freshman year of collge. It lasted me 4 solid years of rain on hikes, storing way too many clothes as a cary-on, and being packed with 50 pounds of migrane inducing texbooks. It finally started to break, but then gorilla tape patched it up and it kept on chucking.
I traded it in for it's grandson, the Icon 3.0 thinking that the two couldn't be too far apart in quality. Boy was I wrong, within 3 months the thing started falling apart, rips here, rips there, the shoulder straps twisting.
I recently traded it in for a North Face Hotshot which appears to be sturdier.
When I got this bag I was stoked. It was rugged looking and had millions of pockets. And truth be told, it was the best backpack I've ever bought, but after just five months of toting binders and light textbooks, the seams began to blow out one by one. I contacted Oakley and since it was past their 90 day warranty, they couldn't do anything. It wouldn't have bugged me as much if I hadn't spent so much on it. I had anticipated that the bag would last at least a few years, but I was very very wrong.
Verdict: Go buy a North Face bag, at least they stand behind their products.
Dimensões: 30×51×23 centÃmetros (L×A×P)
Name the key features that most hikers require in a backpack, and the Silver Ridge nails them all—in a surprisingly compact package. One tester carried clothes and accessories (some gear and food were transported via horseback) for a three-day trip to Havasu Falls, and while she feared that the 35-liter capacity wouldn’t be big enough, there was room to spare. Rugged 210-denier ripstop nylon with ballistic polyester in key stress points thwarts snagging.
“I’m constantly scraping against the omnipresent barrel and cat claw cacti when I’m guiding trips,” says one tester, who spends 150 days a year in the prickly desert landscapes of Arizona, New Mexico, and Northern Mexico. “The Silver Ridge never got caught.” Another tester, after a week of hiking in the Cascades, said the suspension system effectively transfers up to 25 pounds, thanks to a stiff plastic framesheet with a moldable aluminum stay. $149; 2 lbs. 12 oz.; 35 liters; 1 size.
Dimensões: 36×76×30 centÃmetros (L×A×P)
prós:
- Eu absolutamente amo as tiras de articulação pivotantes para o quadril e ombros. Isso torna o pacote fácil de gerenciar e muito confortável quando totalmente carregado. Este recurso fica 6 de 5 estrelas.
- O pacote é surpreendentemente leve.
- Bolsos Belt são um ótimo lugar para uma câmera ou outros pequenos itens úteis.
contras:
- Eu encontrei-me constantemente querendo mais algumas tiras para adido meu equipamento.
- No fundo entrada no compartimento principal.
- Eu tinha uma esteira cair e se perder que eu embalado no bolso de compressão. Eu admito que eu sou culpado por não embalá-lo corretamente, mas não há um monte de outras opções.
Este não é um pacote complicado. Ele começa o trabalho feito. Ele tem alguns problemas, mas no geral é um pacote sólido.
A Straight Forward Pack
Pros:
- I absolutely love the pivoting hip joint and shoulder straps. It makes the pack easy to manage and very comfortable when fully loaded. This Feature gets 6 out of 5 stars.
- The pack is surprisingly light weight.
- Belt Pockets are a great place for a camera or other small handy items.
Cons:
- I found myself consistently wanting a few more straps to attache my gear.
- No bottom entrance into the main compartment.
- I had a sleeping mat fall out and get lost that I packed in the compression pocket. I admit that I am at fault for not packing it properly, but there are not a lot of other options.
This is not a complicated pack. It gets the job done. It has some issues, but overall it is a solid pack.