The structure and detailed functions of outdoor backpacks

Backpack-can be said to be an essential equipment in outdoor activities. No matter what kind of outdoor activities you participate in, you will always have a backpack that suits your activity needs. As one of the most popular backpack products in outdoor activities. Because of their different requirements for use, they determine their different "figures" and "looks." So, as their users, do we really understand their true appearance?

Outdoor equipment, as the name implies, is equipment designed and produced for outdoor activities. Different outdoor activities have different targeted designs. A clear understanding of the characteristics and needs of the outdoor projects you are doing is something that every friend who chooses outdoor equipment must understand beforehand. Outdoor equipment is made through special design and production technology. It is produced in response to harsh outdoor environments. The special feature of outdoor equipment is its unique craftsmanship and design. Many seemingly ordinary things are actually derived from the valuable experience of many users in countless applications. The stories contained in this may not necessarily be understood by those of us who often use them.

As outdoor equipment, the backpacks we commonly use in outdoor activities are considered to be the outdoor products we come into contact with the most. They are very different from the sports backpacks we use in our daily life in terms of specific use functions, manufacturing processes and materials. In the current outdoor market, backpacks are the most diverse, targeted and functional products. In terms of characteristics, they have emphasis on lightweight, strong and durable; in terms of volume, there are small capacity and large capacity; in terms of function, there are mountaineering, hiking, ice climbing, caverns, and cycling. Used etc. Today's outdoor backpacks are no longer simply a tool for us to carry equipment. Under special circumstances, it can even be transformed into a warm sleeping bag or a stretcher to save the dead. The essence of outdoor products is to meet the needs of people in outdoor activities. And this kind of work of transforming needs into design is exactly what the manufacturers are pursuing tirelessly. With the continuous development of science and technology and the rapid development of materials and manufacturing processes, the backpack has been given more functions in the detailed design. In the limited space, the manufacturers try their best to deal with the details of the backpack from the perspective of the user. Make the backpack function more versatile and make the user's operation more convenient.

The outdoor backpack I'm talking about. Mainly for the large-capacity backpacks that everyone often uses. On the whole, this type of backpack can be divided into three parts: head bag, shoulder bag, and bag body. Then I will talk in the order of these three parts according to the backpack products I have come into contact with.

一、Eighteen weapons on the package body

The most important part of the backpack as a whole is the body, which is also the most important stage to reflect the details. Let's briefly talk about three of our more common designs.

1. From the perspective of the upper part of the package body, the head socket design is currently more popular. This design generally appears on large-capacity backpacks. Its principle is to use the three-dimensional structure of the material to form a recessed space at the position of the human head relative to the backpack, so that the head can move more easily during use. The head sockets in the backpack I have used are generally divided into two types, A: The head socket structure (such as OSPREY) is formed by adjusting the contraction band in the bag. B: Use special materials to make a recessed structure (such as CERROTOREE). The function of the head rest is reflected in the fact that the backpack will often lean forward due to the slope of the terrain when climbing. Especially when climbing upwards at a large angle, the large-capacity backpack can easily cause obstacles to the user's head movement due to the size and length of the backpack. Therefore, the design of the head socket is very practical. It should be noted that a convenient head socket has a great relationship with the user's handling of the corresponding position when packing. The key is to place soft things in this position to facilitate the formation of the head socket. Reasonably arrange the top of the bag to free up your head space.

2. I believe that the biggest headache for many friends when they first participated in outdoor activities was packing. It doesn't matter how the pack of equipment is packed, the packaging is crooked, either with a big bag on the top or a big hole below. In the early days, most of the backpacks I came into contact with were vertically and vertically contracted. When loading irregular shapes or loading small items, it was very troublesome to handle when packing. At present, the shrinkage of the corset structure widely used in backpack products solves this kind of problems. This design is mainly to fully relax the bag body before packing, and tighten the straps in all directions after filling the bag. Apply pressure to the object to achieve the effect of fixing and shrinking the object. This design allows you to organize the bag neatly when the backpack is loaded with more or less items. Not only the appearance is beautiful and tidy, but also the items in the bag will not shake during activities.

3. Another troublesome thing when using a backpack is to place items. When you want to find an item in a field activity, either you have good patience and you open the backpack to look for it; or you have a good memory and know the location of the item in the bag. But unfortunately, these two methods will eventually take some time to open the backpack to find them. However, maybe in these short few minutes, a sudden heavy rain has poured you into a soup chicken; maybe a sudden cold current has made you sneeze... With the human design of outdoor products, instant Pick and place design has allowed us to solve these problems. We will explain to you the typical representative granite backpack of INSTANT ACCESS SYSTEM. Most backpacks in granite have a very typical appearance, that is, the front face with two-way double zippers. Its interior is composed of two side wings and several fixing straps. When users pick and place items, they only need to open the front face and loosen the fixing belt in the bag, and they can find the items they need very conveniently and quickly without having to toss out other items. In this way, the user's handling of items when packing the bag will be much simpler. You only need to sort and organize the items, without having to consider the order in which your equipment is used in advance, and worry about what to put on top and what to put on the bottom, allowing you to easily handle all kinds of complicated equipment supplies.

4. The basic function of the backpack is to act as a mobile carrier for various equipment. Therefore, it is necessary to have targeted transportation methods for some special-looking items. The wide bag body of the backpack provides a convenient platform for carrying such special items. The various buckle bags and pocket nets we usually see on the bag body are typical representatives of this kind of carrying design. According to different positions, these carrying designs can be roughly divided into several positions: bag top, bag body, and sleeping bag warehouse. Among them, large-scale equipment (moisture-proof mats, tents, etc.) and technical equipment (ice axes, ropes, etc.) can be bundled outside the body and sleeping bag warehouse. For those technical backpacks, some are specially arranged to carry ice grab and helmet attachment design (such as BOMB of DANA DESIGNE and PORTER ICE35 of CERROTOREE), and the function of carrying nets on both sides of the bag is relatively more useful. melted. Generally speaking, the pocket net can be used to carry things such as water bottles or some sundries. Here are two more interesting details with you: one is the double-opening pocket net, which has 1 opening (such as OSPREY AETHER) directly above the pocket net and on the side close to the user, which not only increases the number of items stored, but also uses It is very convenient for the user to pick and place items in the net without unloading the bag during exercise. The second is the elastic pocket cloth material, which avoids the embarrassment of reducing pocket net storage space when the backpack is fully loaded. Even when the backpack is fully loaded, it still allows you to easily carry large items such as thermal insulation pots. For example, the side pockets of Granite Gear TALUS use elastic materials, which use DURASTRECH/VAPEX LAMINATE materials, which are soft, elastic, non-balling, wear-resistant and scratch-resistant.

二、Variety head bag

The head bag can be said to be the most common place for backpack details. Almost every manufacturer will write some articles on it. According to the backpack products I have contacted, the detailed design of the top bag is basically reflected in the parts in the bag and the overall utilization of the top bag. For the former, the process is relatively simple, and most of the bags are equipped with straps and locks. It is convenient for users to store small items such as certificates, keys or glasses cases, which is convenient and safe. What is worth mentioning here is the design of Granite Gear (granite). It is equipped with a nylon pouch in the top bag of the product with 3D TEPEX carrying technology, which contains the buckle and carrying parts of the backpack, which provides users with the easy-to-wear backpack. It is very useful in outdoor mountaineering away from the nature of logistics supply. For the overall utilization of the package, I personally think that it is divided into the internal functions of the header package and the overall function utilization. The function inside the bag means that the manufacturer assigns special functions to the settings in the head bag compartment. For example, the top bag of OSPREY's AETHER75 is designed as a compartment that can hold a 3 liter water bag and has a water bag water pipe outlet. It is very convenient for users to replenish their needs.

On the whole, many brands of backpacks design the top bag into a waist bag style to expand the use of the backpack. This type of design is mainly divided by the waistband design of the waist bag. One is to make the top bag directly into the waist bag style, and all the accessories including the waist belt are made up. The user can directly remove the top bag from the backpack body. Use as a waist bag. This kind of design mostly appears on old backpacks. For example, the TORNADO70 backpack from BLACK YAK that I have used, its top bag design is a typical representative. This top bag method is due to the additional buckle straps added to the backpack itself. Time will cause a certain inconvenience, and the overall weight of the backpack will also increase to a certain extent (this kind of design is rare in the current trend of lightweight backpack products). Another design is a combination type, that is, the top bag is combined with other parts of the backpack (mostly the backpack belt) to form a waist bag. For example, the top bags of DANA DESIGNE BOMB and OSPREY AETHER75 are typical representatives of this design. Users only need to remove the top bag and waist belt of the backpack, and insert the waist belt into the fixing belt inside the top bag to assemble a heavy weight. Wear a pocket. The advantage of this design is that it can reduce the overall weight of the backpack, and can make full use of the other components of the backpack (comfortable and firm when carrying). Today, the modular design of backpacks is popular, and its purpose is easy to achieve.

三、see the needle in the back

The carrying system is the smallest part of the backpack that can perform other auxiliary functions in terms of area. Due to the important position of the backpack system in the overall application of the user, the carrying function of large equipment is basically not arranged on it. Generally, buckle parts are arranged only on the waist belt and shoulder belt in the carrying system to expand other uses.

Such as the most common extended uses on the belt:

1. Pockets on the backpack belt that can store small items such as mobile phones and cameras;

2. The belt used to carry technical equipment on the backpack belt (generally covered with wear-resistant material).

For example, the most common extended uses on the shoulder strap:

1. A dual-purpose chest that can be used as a whistle;

2. The bayonet on the shoulder strap to fix the water pipe of the water bag. Personally, this is the best embodiment of the meticulous details of a backpack. Since the water pipe will keep moving with the shoulder strap during outdoor activities, if the buckle is fixed, it is easy to cause the water pipe to fall out. Therefore, careful manufacturers will make this into a live button (the cost and workmanship are quite different from the fixed type), so as to always maintain its fixed position without affecting the use of the water pipe.

3. In long-distance walking, the bowl belt is used to relieve fatigue on the shoulder strap;

4. Two buckles used to hang various items on the shoulder straps.

The above are some of the functional design of the backpack when I simply sorted it out. In fact, there are many features on the backpack that are worthy of our understanding of development. These are just the tip of the iceberg. For equipment, if we want to use them better, we need to understand our needs in more environments and more activities, and to understand their uses. Based on years of observation and understanding of the mountain friends around, in ordinary outdoor activities, there are no bad equipment, only lazy users. If you want to make good use of the equipment function in your hand, then you should use it well and understand it. In this way, your equipment can reflect their due value.