Hiking hydration pack

• Padded, mesh-faced air-cushion shoulder straps keep a loaded hiking hydration pack off the collarbone on a full day out.
• Abrasion-resistant Oxford fabric, a heavier weave than the thin nylon most light packs use, takes scrapes on rock.
• With the waist belt and sternum buckle done up, the load stays put when you scramble instead of swinging off your shoulders.
• There's a reflective strip on the base panel to catch a headlight on the road walk back to the car.
• Buckled compression webbing down each flank pulls a half-full pack in tight, so the load stops rolling about behind you.

Hiking hydration pack with cushioned straps and Oxford fabric

Oxford fabric and cushioned straps make this the heavier-duty carrier in the range, better suited to a full day on the hill than to fast road runs. The pack takes a bladder plus food and a spare layer under 20 litres, with a separate zipped compartment on the front panel for the things you want at hand. The air-cushion straps spread weight across the shoulders, and the waist belt with its sternum buckle stops the pack shifting when you go hands-on over rock. That tight Oxford weave shrugs off the scrapes that come with scrambling in rocky country, and the reflective strip along the base helps on the walk out. Unisex, and light enough to double as a commuting pack across town.