The drawbacks are the cross of these advantages, and can be summarized in one: completely sacrifice comfort and functionality against the provision.
A good example is Trail Running backpacks. To avoid being disturbed in the least, they are designed as a safety vest. Clearly, any professional or advanced amateur competition day, you receive benefits.
It is also clear that ordinary users will suffer more during their training or mountain outings, the discomforts and prices to be paid by the high performance benefits obtained from it.
Here we test the backpack Trail Vest Light, Camp of the Italian brand. It is very light, it is designed for performance, but when choosing the design thought of a combination vest and backpack load. It is less radical, less tight, but more comfortable.
Some of us have tried in competition with excellent results, being better the longer the test, due to their capacity and comfort, but its use is extended to all those who enjoy mountain races in a more popular form both participating in them as training or going to the mountain.
We have chosen a very special testator, which can be a symbol of the popular corridor. Thomas, 70, is commonly running trails, hiking and practicing. During his long sporting life, plus large practically climbing, mountaineering and skiing (he is the son of the founder of Mountaineers of Aragon and the scout movement in Aragon), has been a great runner who became runner Decathlon.
His passion for the mountains at his age remains intact, even participating in the Marathon Aneto (where use reflective backpack), and his experience makes him particularly appreciate these nuances that younger we sometimes overlook, concerning the difficult balance between enjoyment and performance.
This is the second backpack vest I use for my regular trips to the mountain to run and make long marches. The above was highly effective, but I must say that I was uncomfortable compression and small load; although I understand that for those looking for the podium or time to be effective, to me, at the end of time, it bothered me more than helped me, and that affected my performance and, above all, to my enjoyment.
When I first got the backpack Trail Vest Light, Camp, the first thing I felt is that the absence of oversized lateral adjustment, leaving the hands adjustment system chest and belly, me “overwhelmed” much less. I felt more comfortable backpack. It remained to be seen how it worked the subject in motion.
It notes that the size backpack. We must choose our own if we want to fit well.
When one hand the backpack for the first time strange. The brand claims that the backpack is 10 liters, but first thinks that capacity is lower because the back is very ergonomic. But then you realize that the front of the backpack has two pockets at the waist, two straps, and two cages and other hitches. I decided to start filling everything, and indeed, it is what fits in a backpack load of 10 liters. But yes: much handier.
The back has two compartments: a pocket on the side closest to the back for a hydration system 3 liters, independent and even that can be accessed without removing the backpack with reflective tapes, and farthest from the main compartment part body, which in turn leads two inner security pockets for important possessions: documents, money, etc.
It also incorporates an ingenious system to load the rods, which allows extracting without stopping. I will elaborate on this later.