Iceair
Traveller
12 comments
Posted 15 years ago
Hello dear travel brains :)
I am travelling with my wife in july/august for around 5-6 weeks (therefore Interrailing for 22 days) and I need some equipment advice :)
I have no clue on what Backpack to buy, is there someone who can reccomend some backpack for a men around 60 litres (I will be backing a tent and a light sleeping bag or a blanket) and tell me the name of that backpack so I can purchase it from Amazon or Ebay. I am about 1,88 m if that matters. I have rather sore back this moment so I would love a great backpack :)
Also I need some recomondation for a tent, that is not heavy and extremely easy to set up and even easier to pack it again :) If someone can give me a name for that tent it would be appreciated so I can purchase it from Amazon as well.
And at last, if I am travelling to southern Europe in July/August is it enough to have two blankets for us or do you recomend a light backpack? If you recommend the backpack could perhaps tell me the producer´s name and the type.
Be grateful for every help I get, and I hope to see you on the rails in summer :)
Flo
Traveller
10724 comments
I've got a 60+10 litres Lafuma backpack and I'm really happy with it. Enough straps do fix things on the outside, enough space in the two separate bags inside and the best thing for a messy person like me: You can open it like a travelling bag with a zipper.
There's a Quechua tent called 2'' (two seconds) which should be really simple to pitch and un-pitch (is that an english word?). However when it's stored it is round, like a huge, wobbling frisbee. :D
Hope that helps a little.
Iceair
Traveller
12 comments
Yes this helps, but are you talking about one of theese two?
amazon.com/Lafuma-Kailas-60-Backpack-Navy/dp/B0017MCQOI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=sporting-goods&qid=1243416628&sr=1-1
amazon.com/Lafuma-Right-liter-Backpack-Black/dp/B0017M99O8/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=sporting-goods&qid=1243416628&sr=1-3
They look very nice. And a tent in 2 seconds, is a dream come true 8)
elmariachi
Traveller
24 comments
I'm thinking about buying one of those 2 tents. How do you carry those? just glue it to your backpack? haha
Peter
Traveller
9337 comments
if I have a tent with me, I always fix it somewhere outside on my backpack ... because often it is wet or dirty... :)
elmariachi
Traveller
24 comments
that's a regular cilindrical tent. these ones are shaped like a huge disk :S I fixed it on my backpack and it makes me look like a turtle haha
hedgehogs123
Traveller
113 comments
Just be careful when its windy otherwise it'd act like a parachute lol and u'd be a flying turtle......
Ian
elmariachi
Traveller
24 comments
hahaha awesome way to save on train tickets xD
hedgehogs123
Traveller
113 comments
Well yes so long as the wind kept up otherwise u'd have a problem lol
But seriously watch the wind and size of it caus they can be an issue