The Best Travel Backpack - Review of Osprey Talon 44 Pack
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Date: 2019-08-19
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Comments and reviews: 10
Mark Wiens
Hey Nick, thanks for watching. It all depends on your traveling style and if you're willing to just take the things you need. It's not a big pack, maybe 2 times the size of a normal school backpack - it's not one of those jumbo packs that you see lots of backpackers carrying. I however just bring what I need and it's plenty big for me. I would be fine to go 4 -5 weeks or longer with this pack. A good thing would be to go into a store, check it out and see what you think about it. Thanks
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Hey Nick, thanks for watching. It all depends on your traveling style and if you're willing to just take the things you need. It's not a big pack, maybe 2 times the size of a normal school backpack - it's not one of those jumbo packs that you see lots of backpackers carrying. I however just bring what I need and it's plenty big for me. I would be fine to go 4 -5 weeks or longer with this pack. A good thing would be to go into a store, check it out and see what you think about it. Thanks
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Mark Wiens
It depends on what exactly you'll be bringing and how you want to travel. The Osprey Talon 44 is very lightweight and perfect if you want to travel light. Like I mentioned it doesn't provide a lot of padding for things like laptops, but I make do by padding things with extra clothing. I biggest suggestion to you would be to go to a store (like REI) and try both of the backpacks you're interested on to really get a feel. Thanks for watching
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It depends on what exactly you'll be bringing and how you want to travel. The Osprey Talon 44 is very lightweight and perfect if you want to travel light. Like I mentioned it doesn't provide a lot of padding for things like laptops, but I make do by padding things with extra clothing. I biggest suggestion to you would be to go to a store (like REI) and try both of the backpacks you're interested on to really get a feel. Thanks for watching
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sikesy7
Your videos are so inspiring. I'm graduating this spring and looking to teach ESL in South Korea, but I've been hesitant leaving the States. I was a military brat growing up and lived all over the world, but in high school settled down in the States and been scared to leave again. You don't seem to mind traveling that much. After watching abunch of your vids I'm starting to lean towards getting back on the road and venturing off
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Your videos are so inspiring. I'm graduating this spring and looking to teach ESL in South Korea, but I've been hesitant leaving the States. I was a military brat growing up and lived all over the world, but in high school settled down in the States and been scared to leave again. You don't seem to mind traveling that much. After watching abunch of your vids I'm starting to lean towards getting back on the road and venturing off
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Andre khoury
Hi Marc im following your news lately, after 3 years is this ur best backpack u came across? and may I know where you put ur laptop and camera? did u use it to go to boracay? actually I want ur permission to share this video on my fb page im trying to gather a group of travellers to go visit the Philip[pines island hopping and I think this backpack is greati need ur honest opinion after 3 years thanks
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Hi Marc im following your news lately, after 3 years is this ur best backpack u came across? and may I know where you put ur laptop and camera? did u use it to go to boracay? actually I want ur permission to share this video on my fb page im trying to gather a group of travellers to go visit the Philip[pines island hopping and I think this backpack is greati need ur honest opinion after 3 years thanks
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Paul
nice, love these kind of reviews for useful travel gadgeds. i have the bach overlord myself, donno about the weight but i like it alot mainly because it's kind of a hybrid bag. It doubles as a backpack and a suitcase (can stuff away the backstraps. the great thing about it is that it opens nor from the top but from the back side, so if i open it i get acces to the entire contents just like w a suitcase
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nice, love these kind of reviews for useful travel gadgeds. i have the bach overlord myself, donno about the weight but i like it alot mainly because it's kind of a hybrid bag. It doubles as a backpack and a suitcase (can stuff away the backstraps. the great thing about it is that it opens nor from the top but from the back side, so if i open it i get acces to the entire contents just like w a suitcase
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Mark Wiens
Cool to hear that, glad you like the bag, and hopefully it will be big enough for all your purposes. I actually don't on a tent or a sleeping bag at the moment, so I can't personally recommend anything. But I'd really recommend going into an outdoors store and just having a look to see what fits and what's compact enough for you. I think going into a store will be very helpful.
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Cool to hear that, glad you like the bag, and hopefully it will be big enough for all your purposes. I actually don't on a tent or a sleeping bag at the moment, so I can't personally recommend anything. But I'd really recommend going into an outdoors store and just having a look to see what fits and what's compact enough for you. I think going into a store will be very helpful.
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Marc Kirk
My talon 33 has been a wonderfull pack. I did take the scissors to it though. To much going on. I just wish it was one colour not several which attracts thieves. All black would be a nice option. Best pack ever. So good infact i'm getting the talon 18. Osprey packs really do hit the mark in terms of price to performance. There is no equal for the majority of their lineups.
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My talon 33 has been a wonderfull pack. I did take the scissors to it though. To much going on. I just wish it was one colour not several which attracts thieves. All black would be a nice option. Best pack ever. So good infact i'm getting the talon 18. Osprey packs really do hit the mark in terms of price to performance. There is no equal for the majority of their lineups.
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Jefton Sungkar
Hey Mark great review I just recently bought an Osprey porter 46, which is also really lightweight, and has a short-wide shape to fit on as carry on. The pay off though is a sub-par suspension system. Do you think the Talon44 will fit as carry on? If not, how do you find checking it in with all the straps exposed? Keep up the videos love your work.
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Hey Mark great review I just recently bought an Osprey porter 46, which is also really lightweight, and has a short-wide shape to fit on as carry on. The pay off though is a sub-par suspension system. Do you think the Talon44 will fit as carry on? If not, how do you find checking it in with all the straps exposed? Keep up the videos love your work.
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Bia Amorim
Watching all the Osprey videos what gave me up to buy one was the way how I would remove FAST my laptop during screen. To open on the top and after open the laptop compartment is absolutly annoying. I wanted something like TORTUGA but beautiful and confortable as Osprey but yet TORTUGA is the best option to me until now besides ugly.
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Watching all the Osprey videos what gave me up to buy one was the way how I would remove FAST my laptop during screen. To open on the top and after open the laptop compartment is absolutly annoying. I wanted something like TORTUGA but beautiful and confortable as Osprey but yet TORTUGA is the best option to me until now besides ugly.
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Mark Wiens
I guess I didn't show too well in the video, but normally I don't fill up this bag all the way and keep only about 1/2 full. And the thing I really like about it is that it compacts really well when not full. I haven't flown Air Asia with it yet, but I will soon, and I think it's alright because it crunches down. I got it for 130.
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I guess I didn't show too well in the video, but normally I don't fill up this bag all the way and keep only about 1/2 full. And the thing I really like about it is that it compacts really well when not full. I haven't flown Air Asia with it yet, but I will soon, and I think it's alright because it crunches down. I got it for 130.
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