Diamond Candy Waterproof Hiking Backpack for Men and Women, Lightweight Day Pack for Travel Camping | Waterproof, Lightweight, for Travel Camping

I LOVE this daypack. Got the 40L size for an 18 mile mountain hike, and my old daypack wasn’t large enough. I love it so much I use it for all my hikes now. 1 Liter Nalgene water bottles fit in the side mesh pockets. Can get the bottles in/out by taking one should harness off my back. Very top small pocket is perfect for my wallet and car keys. Very small bottom pocket (storage for rainfly I don’t use) perfect for my trash. 2 larger storage compartments perfect for food and clothes layers, with an internal divider in the largest, a divider small zipper pocket and pencil sleeves in the smaller, plus a 7x8” exterior pocket perfect for 1st aid basics. 2 pockets on hip belt great for Kleenex, chapstick, small bag of snacks. Tie down straps on back great when used with carabiner for water shoes (or boots when using water shoes). Comfortable. Well made. Light weight. I’m a pretty serious hiker and review is after 4+ months of heavy use. LOVE IT!!! Got a fancy name pack on sale at half price that still cost me more than twice this one and it stays in my closet.

For reference: I compared this to the Maelstrom 40l, and a similar bag to the Maelstrom we had at home. I have traveled a lot and have more bags and rollers than I care to admit. After a recent trip to Europe where my US regulation carry on wouldn’t fit European airplane overheads, and cobblestone streets and sidewalks made my wheeled luggage more like wrestling with a bull, I decided to rethink how to pack for my next trip abroad. PROS and what stood out AND the trick I learned: The Diamond Candy is sewn with smaller stitches, which will hold up better. It has the largest storage pockets on the waist band and holds my iPhone 12 easily. The water bottle holders are larger. The padded tablet pocket floats and keeps my iPad from touching the ground. A huge plus for protecting it. Bright colored rain cover. Multiple attachment points. Multiple, easily accessible pockets. Fabric zipper pulls that are NOT finger-sized loops (which would be easy for pick pockets to unzip.) The liner fabric and pocket fabric inside the back is higher quality. Ideally I wanted to use the Doughnut Colorado that I already have. What changed my mind? the comfortable shoulder pads, waist band with storage pockets, and outside pockets that come in handy when at the airport, on a train or walking. The trick I learned will help me board the plane and not have to fuss with accessing what I need once I sit down. HERE’S THE TRICK. Get an airplane seat storage pocket to hold ehat you need when you’re flying (tablet, book, power bank, eye mask, ear plugs, glasses.) Lay this backpack on the bed, place the seat storage pocket on the backpack. Unclip the sleeping back straps. Use them to make an X across the storage pocket. Clip them into the trek pole clips. This means you now have loose trek straps. Easy peasy. Cross them in an X across the front. Clip them into the (now unused) sleeping bag clips. This workaround actually provides more attachments in front. I travel a lot, and I can’t express how much easier this is going to make going through security, waiting in lines (wearing the pack. No luggage to wheel), and transitioning from putting my things in the overhead, wishing I had taken out this or that. I have tried wearing travel jackets with pockets so I have much of what I need. THIS seat pocket solution and strapping it to the back of the backpack is the easiest solution of all.

I bought this pack for a trek on the Camino in France in a couple months from now. It will not be severe hiking but will be for 200 miles over a two week period of actual trail time and will be entirely self supported. I have used this pack for training and local hiking, loaded with what I am taking and the following are my observations. This 40 litre pack will be just the right size for this trip. When loaded with the stuff I will “need” and with two full 1 litre drinking bottles it weighs about 15 lb which feels heavy enough for this pack. I have an extra pair of hiking shoes strapped to the bottom and the bag is pretty much at capacity. When full this bag will still fit into the overhead bins for my flights to France. If it wasn’t stuffed to capacity it might even fit under the seat so that is perfect. This is a $35 backpack. I think it will hold together for this trip but it is not an Osprey. Having said that an Osprey 40 will not fit the overheads on most airlines from what I have seen. Also this bag is 1/4 the cost (or less). Some of the stitching looks weak and a little loose, some of the adjustment buckles don’t grip their straps real well, etc. As far as design goes this pack has lots of compartments for different uses and applications. The compression straps work well as do the straps on the bottom for shoes or a sleeping bag. There is a rain cover as well. One flaw in the design is that the “Cinch straps” that are attached at the top of the shoulder straps do not really do anything. They are attached parallel to the shoulder straps and don’t lift or pull the bag forward, etc. With regard to fit, I am 6’1” and weigh about 185 lb. The hip belt is minimally padded but adequate for me and at 15 lb the pack rides about right. I wouldn’t want to carry a lot more weight than 15 - 20 lb in this dimension of pack the way it fits me. It would fit me better if it was longer but as noted above it would not then qualify for carry on, etc. Life is full of compromises. Overall, I’m keeping the bag and will enjoy using it within its and my own capacity.

Great pack, comfortable, lots of storage options. Very usable.

Arrivato per tempo, in ottime condizioni. L'ho usato la prima volta per un viaggio in Messico on the road e me ne sono letteralmente innamorata! Ho detto addio al trolley da trascinare. Ora lo uso per qualsiasi trasferta o viaggio breve. Usato anche per un viaggio di 3 gg a Santorini con Easyjet. Sono riuscita a portarlo sull'aereo con me, senza doverlo spedire in stiva, dato che rientra nelle misure standard per un bagaglio a mano. Punti di forza: CAPIENZA: Con 40lt ci fate comodamente 3/4gg estivi di vestiti puliti e oggettistica varia (io personalmente lo riempio molto! Se siete minimalisti potete farci anche 7 gg ;) ), mentre in inverno il vestiario occupa ovviamente di più. Il tessuto è leggero, morbido e si adatta perfettamente agli ingombri. Le cerniere sono elasticizzate e resistono bene anche in tensione. Ha tantissime tasche (anche imbottite, porta pc, o rivestite in tessuto morbido, per oggetti delicati. In più ha degli spazi laterali per acqua/ombrello) e agganci esterni utili, per cappotti e moschettoni. COMODITÀ e LEGGEREZZA: Lo adoro. Rispetto ad altri zaini da me acquistati, devo dire che questo è il più leggero (circa 1 Kg), nonostante sia pensato per sostenere la schiena con imbottiture professionali etc. (Se avete dei limiti di peso in aereo, questa skill vi risulterà fondamentale! Solitamente gli zaini di questa tipologia, >40 Lt hanno sempre una struttura che già da vuoti li fa pesare dai 2 Kg in su). Comodo sempre e comunque, anche se dovete portarlo sulle spalle camminando per ore, o in viaggio in aereo come bagaglio a mano. Ha una spessa e morbida imbottitura sulla schiena e degli appositi agganci sul torace e sul busto che, facendo aderire lo zaino al corpo, aiutano a distribuire i carichi in modo uniforme e bilanciato. Vi sembrerà che faccia parte di voi! Leggerissimo! In più ha la copertura anti pioggia, che potete mettere e togliere, a seconda delle evenienze. Lo riacquisterei altre 1000 volte.

Mein Sohn, 12 Jahre, nimmt ihn für die Schule. Tragfähigkeit ist gut. Es passen alles Bücher etc. Rein. Die vielen kleinen versteckte Taschen mag er sehr. Optisch wie auf den Foto. Eine gute Verarbeitung von den naehten, reissverschluss. Bisher, ganz klar, 🤞 hoch

Ótima qualidade, espaçosa, chegou antes do prazo. A cor que achei um pouco diferente do anúncio, mas não impactou muito.

Wofür habe ich den Rucksack gekauft: Er ist für Tagesausflüge oder Reisen (Handgepäck) gedacht, wenn viel transportiert werden soll. Der Rucksack hat folgende Daten: -Fassungsvolumen 40 Liter -Notebooktasche bis 16" -geräumige Haupttasche -Seitlich zwei Netztaschen -Zwei Top-Taschen, eine vorne, eine hinten -Brust- sowie Bauchgurt -Mini Tasche unten wo das Regencape drin ist -Zwei Taschen am Bauchgurt links und rechts Erster Eindruck: Der Rucksack sieht sehr gut aus. Die Farben sind leuchtend und der erste Eindruck ist sehr gut. Verarbeitung: Beim Anfassen fühlt sich alles etwas nach Plastik an, aber da der Rucksack als wasserdicht verkauft wird halte ich das gewählte Material nicht für die schlechteste Wahl. Ein Stoff Rucksack würde sich sicher schneller vollsaugen. Allerdings ist Stoff vermutlich langlebiger als das Material der Tasche. Ich kann bisher nicht zur Langlebigkeit sagen, kann aber soweit berichten, dass die Tasche nicht billig verarbeitet wirkt, eher im Gegenteil. Der Rucksack wirkt eher sehr gut durchdacht und hochwertig. Tragekomfort: Auch mit etwas Gewicht beladen ist der Rucksack extrem angenehm zu tragen. Die extrem dicken Polster sorgen dafür, dass er am Rücken nicht drückt und auch noch etwas Luft an den Rücken kommt. Gerade an heißen Sommertagen sicher gut. Die Schultergurte lassen Fazit: Verarbeitung sowie Preis/Leistung stimmen hier. Daher bin ich mit dem Rucksack sehr zufrieden und hoffe, dass er mir lange gute Dienste leistet.