The Outbreaker Backpack is the front-loading, carry on backpack that we wish we had on our first big backpacking trip to Europe. We couldn’t find the perfect travel backpack so we made it. When we got back from that trip, we started Tortuga with that one simple idea: a comfortable backpack that opened from the front, like a suitcase. On that trip, I learned every day why a front-loading backpack would be better than my top-loader.
Making a mess of your small, shared space isn’t a great way to make friends. Everything I unpacked was strewn around my hostel dorm room. Every morning when I got dressed, I had to dump out half of my bag to find clean clothes. When I went on my first backpacking trip to Europe in 2009, I used a big, top-loading hiking bag because that’s what I saw other backpackers carrying. But they were wrong. You want to pack it once-before your trip-and not think about it again until you’re home.įront-loader travel backpacks are superior to top-loader backpacks because they’re easier to pack, to keep organized, and to carry comfortably. Packing a top-loading backpack is like packing a garbage bag.ĭo you want to unpack and repack your bag every time you need something? No. If you need a shirt in the middle of your bag, you have to unpack half of your stuff, grab the shirt, then repack your whole bag. In a top-loader bag, everything is packed vertically.
Finding a specific item is hard because you can’t see everything all at once. Bigger bags are hard to organize because you can only open the bag and see your stuff at the top. However, backpacks larger than 25L don’t work as well if they’re top-loading. They work fine if you’re not carrying much. Top-loading is fine for small school or work backpacks or for hiking packs. A front-loading travel backpack is the solution. Most backpacks-including the big hiking bags used by “backpackers”-are top-loading. Top loaders may be popular, but they aren’t the right type of bag for traveling. If your bag is a mess, it might be a top-loader that packs from the top. But first you need to grab one thing from your backpack.Ĭan you find it? Or is your bag a jumbled mess?
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