Get The Perfect Hiking Pack For YouIf your looking for a hiking pack you have come to the right place. First, lets teach you how to get measured for the right hiking backpack. You Are Gauranteed To Get A Perfect Fit If You Follow These Instructions Get a soft measuring tape. Get a friend to measure you...you will not be able to do this alone! Tilt your chin as far down as you can. Your C7 vertebra at the base of your neck will now protrude. This knob marks the top of your torso measurement. Grab your love handles. Then use your thumbs to feel for the top of your hipbones. Draw an imaginary horizontal line across your back between your thumbs. Where this line crosses your spine is the bottom of your torso measurement. Now have your friend drape the tape from top to bottom (C7 to the point on your spine). This is your personal measurement. Most adults have a torso length between 16 and 22 inches. Putting It On Your Back Now when you are putting on a backpack, the bottom of the pack should curve snugly in the small of your back. The weight should feel evenly distributed between shoulders and hips and the shoulder straps should hug your shoulders with no gaps at the top.
The following hiking packs all made the 2009 Best Gear Award. The #1 choice was The Osprey Exos 46 and the #2 award went to REI Flash 65 pack. The rest of the packs rounded out the best of the best with over 1500 backpacks being field tested. These all have versatility and functionality. Each are light weight and proved that performace can meet up with comfort! If you want even more information on backpacks then check out Fossil Backpacking Gear. He has backpacking gear to lighten your load including tips, tents, food and recipe ideas, backpacks, sleeping bags and other great stuff to help you out!
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