Rucksack Backpack

Rucksack Backpack

Is The Canvas Rucksack Just Old School?

For what purpose the canvas rucksack is the best solution? Canvas rucksack … that may sound old school. Today there are so many new materials like microfiber or other stuff made syntheticly. So why should one decide for a canvas rucksack?

Well there are different reasons why to take a canvas backpack but also a lot of reasons not to take one, it all depends on what you need it for.

Let's begin with the advantages of the canvas bags. The best thing is by far the fair price. You'll get backpacks even starting with $10 to $30. They have in many cases even not a poor quality as you would expect. That's because of the robust canvas fibers. If you were unlucky and bought rubbish it's not that bad, because $10 are an acceptable testing fee.

As already mentioned, canvas is a really robust material, so water and heat don't damage it that strong. Additionally the most rucksacks don't have zippers but closing clips, what makes them even more durable. If you cannot take too much care of the backpack, zippers tend to break up, especially if the bag is totally filled. In regards to the storage the clips tend to be better another time. When a zipper doesn't close anymore, the clips can be still forced to close.

Most of the backpacks are not waterproofed in the beginning but you can impregnate them. The best products for this purpose are products that contain fluoropolymer or petroleum. If you like to wash your rucksack it's maybe not a that good idea to use the machine. Because of the good material they will “survive” in most cases, but it will decrease the durability definitely and you have to impregnate it again. So wash it the old school way with your hands, remember it's also an old school backpack.

You maybe recognized that all the advantages make the canvas rucksack a robust “partner” for short trips or trekking tours you expect to be rough or at least rough to your rucksack. For this reason the canvas backpack is a favorite of many armies. The German, the Swedish, the Swiss and more use it for their armies. So it's no surprise that almost all backpacks have these military style or at least military color tones like brown and ocher. You can even buy duplicates of the different army rucksacks, like the German Army Backpack.

If you like to travel a lot or do longer trips you may shouldn't buy or use a canvas rucksack. The comfort is not the best in most models, puffer cushions are rarely used and the shoulder straps don't offer many ways to be adjusted except making them a bit shorter or longer.

The missing zippers can be an advantage as already said, but also a disadvantage: There is always the danger of things falling out, because you cannot close the bag completely but just the clips.

It's you who has to decide what you need, but for the fact of the small prices it's always good to try a canvas backpack.

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Is the Coleman Max 65-Liter Rucksack a good backpack for a women to use?

I was wondering if the Coleman Max 65-Liter Rucksack is a good backpack for WOMEN to use to go backpacking around Europe for 4 months?

All the reviews from walmart.com are all from Males... They all seem to like it. I would imagine the same quality holds true for women. lol.

http://reviews.walmart.com/1336/11030644/coleman-max-65-liter-rucksack-reviews/reviews.htm

This place that I listed the link below always has very nice camping gear!

http://www.golite.com/main/home.aspx

Maybe check Campmor.com for more reviews on your pack as well!

Good Luck and Have fun on your Europe Adventures!

Some uses for my military backpacks.mpg