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07-05-2011, 10:12 AM
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#1 | | Senior Member
Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 361
|  Longest Trip - Biggest Backpack?
What is the biggest backpack volume you have ever seen/heard off? My question about it: what volume (in liters) would be preferred for a very long stay in nature?
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07-05-2011, 11:35 AM
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#2 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Idaho Posts: 1,310
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Not really sure what you are asking Barney. Water? On a trip in the grand canyon a couple years ago, had to load up with 3 1/2 gallons of water at the last water hole for that day, for a dry camp that night and enough to get up out of the canyon the next day. This was on the Tonto trail and came up on the S Kaibab trail. I usually avoid those kind of trips prefering to follow the water. The canyons and desert are dangerous if you are not sure of water sources.
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07-05-2011, 06:15 PM
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#3 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 191
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I have an EMS 7000.
Thankfully, I have never had to load it to the top. The only thing I would have liked as an option is a roll up garage door on it.
It does make for a sweet pack when the snow falls and I need those extra layers of puffy fleecy goodness. That's the only time of year I use that pack.
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07-06-2011, 07:18 AM
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#4 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Indiana Posts: 1,380
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I've had a number of packs but for the money, I still like ALICE.
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07-06-2011, 09:05 AM
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#5 | | Senior Member
Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 361
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I've seen packs of 120 liters but those are pretty hard to carry if you don't have enough strength. I usually won't go above 100 liters although some trips may demand a bit more.
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07-06-2011, 10:33 AM
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#6 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Arizona Posts: 137
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I have a 7500 CU for packing space. Used it for a 17 nighter in Utah
Location: Sierra Vista, Arizona. For now anyways
"I haven't been everywhere, but it's on my list"
..."May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds." Ed Abbey | |
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07-06-2011, 12:55 PM
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#7 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 29
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I'm not so much concentrated on volume as I am on quality. But I do have a backpack of about 65 liters that I carry on longer trips.
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07-06-2011, 03:59 PM
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#8 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Mt Rogers Virginia Posts: 1,050
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Biggest Pack is a 7000 cu inch Granite Gear Cirrus. They no longer make this size...My second is an Osprey 110 liter.
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07-06-2011, 05:30 PM
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#9 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Arizona Posts: 137
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Mine is a 65+10, not 7500, but it basically is. What makes you think 7000 is the largest?
Location: Sierra Vista, Arizona. For now anyways
"I haven't been everywhere, but it's on my list"
..."May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds." Ed Abbey | |
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07-06-2011, 06:22 PM
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#10 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: southern ma. Posts: 194
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I believe the 65+10 is liters which would be 4,576 ci.
110 liters would = 6,712 cubic inches
7000 ci = 114 liters
at least that is the case in my 50+10 pack
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