Thread: Discussion about daypacks

Since forever, I've know that to carry heavy loads comfortably, backpack weight needs to be on the hips rather than the shoulders. Recently, I took a daypack on a hunt (normally wear a belt with pouches). Had quite a lot of water and the usual crap we carry in it and it weighed around 7kg. Shot an animal and put the meat in the pack and this probably brought the weight closer to 20kg. After half a day of walking, my shoulders were absolutely buggered.

Most daypacks on the market don't have waist bands and a lot of the ones that do are nothing more than narrow webbing. The few daypacks that have a substantial waist band are too short in overall height to get the waist band down to where it needs to be on the hips.

I'm going back to my belt and pouches, of if need be, my main pack which fits me well.

What are your thoughts on this aspect of daypacks?