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Skywalk HIKE2 backpack, the 75 litre size.
And I'm going to now show you how to pack away my kit and... that I was testing today. A lightweight wing,
Phi Allegro Light. And Here I've got a Supair Strike 2, a lightweight pod.
First of all,
you need to pack... it's very important for this kind of rucksack you pack the glider very precisely,
to the right shape. So that's the first thing.
Pod in the middle. I like to slide the foot plate in here,
and then you get the flaps from the side, hold everything together.
So what you do is, you get the harness, put it on top, like so.
These bags are optimized to be as small as possible, to hold everything tightly,
but what that means is, there's a bit of squeezing to do.
The bag has an inside compression strap, an internal compressor strap.
Put it on. Don't over compress it because it's not good for the kit.
And the zip here, which makes it a little tricky getting the zip across.
Flap across. Knee on. There we go, and you can see it just sort of catches a little bit there.
There's this nice strap on the front.
And the idea of this is to compress the bag down.
Not just to make it smaller, it's also about everything holding in place so it doesn't move around.
Next we've got the lid. These side straps here.
Like so.
You can see it's a very tight package.
The kit inside it is not going to move around.
Very comfortable to carry.
And got some nice straps.
For a light backpack, it's not the lightest
but it shows you it's not all about the weight.
What's more important really is the carrying comfort
and how it fits on your body.
Now we all know the the worst paragliding backpacks, which kind of hang off your back.
They're a big lump.
They hang off your back. They don't make contact with your back.
And they sort of flop and roll around as you walk about... and knocking you off balance.
Well there's none of that with this backpack.
And this is a backpack you can actually quite comfortably jog with if you wanted.
If you're into that sort of thing!
Pretty good on the tests.
And that's because the straps are all positioned very nicely.
Obviously it's also the shape of the backpack
which is very optimized.
Obviously you're not going to fit a big set of kit in this.
This is made for a lightweight harness and a lightweight wing.
75 litres.
But yeah you can see with the shoulder strap how it sits very nicely on my shoulders.
And it runs down here to the waist strap.
And it's got straps to steady the backpack.
Nice padded waist strap there.
Two compression bands.
And this you can tighten it up from both sides and get it sitting really nicely on your hips.
Uh.. chest strap nicely positioned
so that it pulls the shoulder straps together
and stops them...
stops that feeling of the shoulder straps wanting to come off.
Very important strap here,
to pull the top of the backpack close to you
so that it's not hanging off your back. It's sitting nicely.
The other question is, is it worth the price?
The feedback we've had from our customers
has been very good.
The pilots who bought them they're very happy with them.
In fact we had one guy who tried several different bags before he ended up with this one.
He bought a few bags from us and tried them all on at home, put his kit in and ended up this was the perfect one.
That's also to do with it fitted his kit perfectly.
Again, he had a light pod and a light wing.
So I found that I can fit in here my Advance Lightness 3,
which is a semi-light pod harness,
and actually fits in here very nicely, with the light wing.
A couple of minor aesthetic criticisms.
One, the orange material, the orange print on here, is sort of starting to peel off quite quickly.
One other thing,
the bright orange fluoro material on the back, the dry back, which is
very comfortable, very good material. Just the choice of colour, the bright orange, shows up
the dirt... um, as soon as you get any dirt, it shows it up quite a lot.
Overall,
the HIKE2 is an excellent light and compact paragliding backpack
for those who prioritize carrying comfort and features
over the price and the lightest possible weight.
The construction is excellent
however bear in mind it is a light backpack, it's not bomb proof,
so it does need some care taking of it, as you'd expect with light gear.
Well I hope you found this video review... uh, useful and interesting.
Um, if you've got any more questions about the skywalk backpack
then let me know.. um,
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