backpacks are so fucking ugly

this thread has made me realize what my next sewing project is going to be

i have this one: http://www.castlebergoutdoors.co.uk/acatalog/23510-031-1.jpg and my girlfriend seems to get complimented every time she uses it

i like the idea of describing backpacks in terms of how many liters they hold, that is really something. alternate idea though: how many exterior zippers they have e.g. this guy well hes a regular daypack, you know like seven zippers. but this guy i just use for hiking remote trails in the mountains of lost zembla and its got like thirty-three of 'em so cool

bags can def be addictive

ues for lyfe

i see it on camera forums - people searching for the 'perfect camera bag' and they end up with like 20 diff camera bags

i have like 5 camera bags = (

jansport "heritage" line not so bad, but definitely no good for laptops

http://f5torefresh.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/0304-JANSPORT-03-WAYBACK-600x412.jpg

i have like 5 camera bags = (

still no perfect one? my domke is started to develop some holes.

I've got a vaguely ugly orange LL Bean backpack from some time in the early 2000s and I love it - perfect size, chest strap, built in camelback slot, long enough for my giant torso, and the thing just won't die. I haul my laptop, pyrex lunch container, and various books, electronic components, tools or hardware, gym clothes, and all sorts of shit on a daily basis on foot or by motorcycle and can't imagine using anything else. I actually fear the day that it wears out as I'll be sad trying to find a replacement. No laptop holder but I have a padded Chrome case that works just fine inside it.

I don't care how tacky it might look or how unhip it is - it works, fits under airline seats, and holds everything I need comfortably.

well i settled on the domke shoulder one, and i just bought a lowepro backpack for medium format stuff xp

I thought domke was supposed to be invincible :(

jansport still makes this bag:

http://www.freshbornmarket.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Screen-shot-2010-10-21-at-12.59.30-PM.jpg

or makes it *again*, I guess. doesn't look as cool all shiny and new though

i have a vintage jansport w a leather bottom and a supreme backpack i've carried daily for eight years.

backpacks are the best

lol @ jansport heritage backpack with "ice axe loop."

Okay I could get into this: https://s3.amazonaws.com/assets.svpply.com/large/246845.jpg?1360647978

outdoor products upthread don't look a stitch different from ones we all had in middle school in 1979 afaicr

love these topo designs backpacks

http://d1beyoca8gf94e.cloudfront.net/wp-content/shopp/cache_560_600_0__100_topo_designs_rover_pack_aqua.jpg

http://images.asos-media.com/inv/media/9/7/9/9/1769979/khaki/image1xxl.jpg

I have this which is alright but in a world of zips and buttons the buckles seem like a bit of an unnecessary inconvenience. Was thinking about getting one of the simpler Fjallraven ones having liked them when seeing them around, but shit they're disproportionately expensive, when I replace this I'll probably go for some £10 polyester piece o crap.

yeah, i have a leather briefcase that buckles and they can be a huge hassle if you need to get something quickly

on the other hand buckles will probably be functional forever while zippers break are prone to all sorts of problems

ykk on your zipper

http://cdna.lystit.com/photos/2011/11/11/penfield-black-penfield-buckland-small-nylon-backpack-product-1-2352793-957994521_large_flex.jpeg

this is my backpack. i wear it p often & i think it's nice enough, looks good when it's not too stuffed. and it cost like 15$. my shoulders were aching last summer from wearing it while biking with my laptop inside so i started leaving my laptop at work/school and started using a tote bag. nowadays i alternate between the two

I love my backpack! It's comfortable to walk in for hours (traveling, urban mobility, walking, etc) and can fit a weekend's worth of stuff. No shame in my backpack. It looks like this only it doesn't say STAGE DIVING on it

http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_li7ijtK4QO1qcfzjg.jpg

you should prob make yours say STAGE DIVING too

otm

I've been thinking about backpacks and this citibike initiative that NY is about to start, because the ability to grab a bike and ride it someplace in large part depends on how you are carrying yr stuff.

i thought about buying a navy one from APC last fall but hesitated because really, do i need a $200 backpack.. surely if I have to have one i can find something in navy with no logos for less than that. i only considered carrying one for taking long walks in the city - with a shoulder bag or tote bag, I can't carry much more than a book, wallet, and phone in it or my back starts to hurt.

monogrammed ll beans were absolutely de rigeur at prep school, sometimes slung hobo-style from the end of a lacrosse or field hockey stick, sometimes embellished with flowers & big loopy handwriting in white-out pen

yeah, they were at my school & you couldn't have the exact same ll bean bag as anyone else in your class & it was necessary to write on it and you absolutely had to wear it hanging off one shoulder. they used to make these dark color, simple ones with brown leather on the bottom and they were really nice, i had one of those.. it was a pricey thing for my parents to buy, i'm sure they weren't happy when it got scuffed up/written on deliberately because that was the trend.

haha ^ totally the same at my school.

white-out yes. also on chucks.

I use a strap back for work (no laptop required) but a Jansport two-shoulder thing when I bike to the coffee shop on weekends.

yeah, they were at my school & you couldn't have the exact same ll bean bag as anyone else in your class & it was necessary to write on it and you absolutely had to wear it hanging off one shoulder.

At my school all the cool kids had army surplus backpacks and drew flowers and gothy pictures and band logos on them. I demanded one of these bags and then doubted my artistic talent or my ability to pick sufficiently hip bands and never wrote on it, and also had it long after the cool kids stopped having them (in fact my turning up in one may have been the signal all the cool kids needed to stop wearing them), thus singling me out as a nerd, though not as much as the day my can of Fanta burst and my backpack dripped all the way into school before I noticed

I observed the one-shoulder rule at the time, since both shoulders was definitely for uncool kids and tourists, but these days I'm not exactly going to be mistaken for a cool kid so I may as well have it where it's actually comfortable for walking. For all I know Cool Kid Backpack Etiquette has probably changed since my youth anyway.

i also adhered to uk one-shoulder cool rule but i think two shoulders kinda developed into an semi-ironic reference as teen americana pop culture proliferated via internet wallowing

pretty amazed that record bags havent made a comeback (afaict) while bomber jackets, kickers, naf naf &c have all been and gone again

hell yeah, Technics bag trend another one I was late to, still know where that one is so please revive now (think the zip broke though)

felt ~prepared for anything~ shoving a variety of cheap imitation swiss army knives, cheap imitation maglites, cheap lighters, etc, into the 6000 tiny pockets, none of which ever got used

My Eastpak backpack was the only cool thing I had going for me at school.

These days I still have an Ugly Backpack why because convenience. It keeps out the rain, I can easily carry my computer/lunch/shopping/paperwork, it's fine for cycling. It looks something like this (I think I have an older version):

http://www.macpac.co.nz/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/466x500/602f0fa2c1f0d1ba5e241f914e856ff9/1/2/12132-blk_s.1349857666.jpg

fuck backpacks.

rucksacks are dope though.

believe mine is same as lamp's, congratulations on your purchase lamp.

http://www.filson.com/images/products/detail/70262-main-341.jpg

plus an osprey for hiking etc. when only 75l will do.

http://www.tauntonleisure.com/prodmainimg13398.jpg

2 straps for lyfe.

what's the difference between a "backpack" and a "rucksack" or a "knapsack"

other than rucksacks are dope

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8518/8518198015_9450ec875a_c.jpg

i feel like rucksacks always have that flap over the top

knapsack means you time traveled here from 1924

big flap or pocket that folds over the opening of the main bag = rucksack

yeah what he said

This is my daily joint: Nothing amazing but non-ugly and functional.
http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/img-thing?.out=jpg&size=l&tid=32972156

wiki:

The word backpack was coined in the United States in the 1910s. moneybag and packsack were used before; they now occur mainly as regionalisms. The word rucksack is a German loanword mainly used in the UK and in the US Army: in German 'der Rücken' means 'the back' (the part of the body), and Sack for bag. The name Rucksack is cognate with Danish Rygsæk, Norwegian Ryggsekk, Dutch Rugzak, Afrikaans Rugsak and Swedish Ryggsäck. Alternative names include Haversack, and in German language called Kraxe (in 19th century the term kraxeln was used for climbing). (The term "haversack" more properly describes a small cloth bag on a strap worn over one shoulder, and used to carry one or more "havers" or havercakes or oatcakes.)

Saw one of these today on the train and thought it was kinda tight:
http://shop.herschelsupply.com/shop.html

(I think it was a "pop quiz" model)

kind of funny that it turns out to be linked to Stussy, the brand of my early teenagerhood

http://i.imgur.com/n53in9X.png

My sister gave this one to my dad, I found it somewhere unused, stole it and now def enjoy using the thing.

Is it so fucking ugly?

http://extreme-brands.com/image/cache/data/Products/oakley/oakley_base_load_backpack_black-800x800.jpg

it's on the ugly side of the spectrum but not that bad

Yeah. It could be worse.

now that the weather has turned and i'm not wearing a topcoat/trench, i need to get rid of the backpack asap

really not in a position to drop a few hundos on a leather messenger/brief-- any tips?

i think minimal backpacks look actively cool