Mike D.
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Product name: Evoc "E-RIDE" back pack.
Price paid: €193
Score (out of 10): 9
Review:
Comparatively wider across the back and flatter than the traditional backpack, this extremely well-thought out kit spreads the inevitably heavy (water bag/spare battery/tools etc.) load as widely as possible, distributing between shoulder straps, padding that covers almost all of the back area and wide padded waist straps closed by a huge velcro/adjustable clip combination. Picking it up with one hand it felt like toting a sack of potatoes. Wearing it, I was hardly aware that I was carrying anything. It is incredibly comfortable.
The only minor niggle is the eccentric routing of the water bladder tube which feeds from the bottom of the pack rather than over the shoulder. There is just one dedicated fixing clip on the shoulder strap to route it and this leaves it curving dangerously outward, ready catch on passing branches and the like. However, I was able to make it safer by utilising the loop at the bottom of the adjustable shoulder strap and also the strip of material above the clip. This still meant that to keep the tube nipple tucked down I had to pull it up to drink, then draw down/push the tube back into the pack where it emerges below. A really very minor inconvenience.
With the rapid advances being made in battery technology, the usefullness of this pack as an extra battery-carrier will probably die, but for me it extends my available power from 504Wh to 1008Wh and therefore my range, essential here in big mountains that require a lot of E8000 "boost".
My score reflects the minor problem of the tubing routing/adjustment and the kit's likely obsolesence, but if you need to carry a spare battery, I highly recommend this very nearly perfect backpack.
Product name: Evoc "E-RIDE" back pack.
Price paid: €193
Score (out of 10): 9
Review:
Comparatively wider across the back and flatter than the traditional backpack, this extremely well-thought out kit spreads the inevitably heavy (water bag/spare battery/tools etc.) load as widely as possible, distributing between shoulder straps, padding that covers almost all of the back area and wide padded waist straps closed by a huge velcro/adjustable clip combination. Picking it up with one hand it felt like toting a sack of potatoes. Wearing it, I was hardly aware that I was carrying anything. It is incredibly comfortable.
The only minor niggle is the eccentric routing of the water bladder tube which feeds from the bottom of the pack rather than over the shoulder. There is just one dedicated fixing clip on the shoulder strap to route it and this leaves it curving dangerously outward, ready catch on passing branches and the like. However, I was able to make it safer by utilising the loop at the bottom of the adjustable shoulder strap and also the strip of material above the clip. This still meant that to keep the tube nipple tucked down I had to pull it up to drink, then draw down/push the tube back into the pack where it emerges below. A really very minor inconvenience.
With the rapid advances being made in battery technology, the usefullness of this pack as an extra battery-carrier will probably die, but for me it extends my available power from 504Wh to 1008Wh and therefore my range, essential here in big mountains that require a lot of E8000 "boost".
My score reflects the minor problem of the tubing routing/adjustment and the kit's likely obsolesence, but if you need to carry a spare battery, I highly recommend this very nearly perfect backpack.
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