SAVE $50.00 - TETON Sports Explorer 4000 Internal Frame Backpack (Navy Blue) $74.99

Excelente Bolso para Campismo Viene muy bien empacado ocupa poco espacio para aquellos que traen el bolso por currier, el bolso posee suficientes compartimentos y correas para cargar accesorios, ajuste en la espalda. Rating: 5 (G. L. Jorge Arnaldo, 2009-12-16) Product reviewed: TETON Sports Explorer 4000 Internal Frame Backpack (Navy Blue)

A good deal when it's on sale The material is tough enough, the rain cover is useful when it's raining, and most of the pockets are large enough to hold things you need to get at in a hurry. However, the "sleeping bag" compartment at the bottom of the pack is only large enough to hold a child's sized sleep bag. Even with a decent compression sack I was not able to stuff my sleeping bag in there. Luckily, the thing comes with plenty of external straps, but in future versions of this bag, Teton would be wise to make that sleep bag compartment just a bit bigger. Overall, a good value if you can get it below $60. Rating: 4 (D. Lucas, 2009-11-24) Product reviewed: TETON Sports Explorer 4000 Internal Frame Backpack (Navy Blue)

Great pack for the price! Ordered this at the last minute to help support a Boy Scout backpacking trip. Got it on Friday and was hiking on Saturday. This pack has sufficient places and straps to carry a lot of items. My down sleeping bag would not fit in the 'designated' place so I just stuffed it into the main compartment. Easy to fill up the bag and to strap things on to it. The rain cover came in handy as it did rain for 45 minutes or so. Don't think I had all of the adjustments quite right, but the pack seemed to fit well and ride on my hips. Plenty of places to hang a water bottle or two. For the money spent (can't match this in a local store) this has been a good addition to the camp gear. Rating: 5 (David A. Lewis, 2009-11-23) Product reviewed: TETON Sports Explorer 4000 Internal Frame Backpack (Navy Blue)

Broke on the first trip My 11-year-old Scout was so excited to be going on his first hike-in camping trip with his Troop. The backpack was certainly spacious enough, and had plenty of compartments for his supplies. We liked the double draw string entry at the top, too. He wore it around the house for days in anticipation for the big event. On the morning of the trip, his Scout leader went to tighten his straps to ensure proper support and comfort. Two of the three main front clips snapped in half, leaving this support system completely useless. He hiked in (and out) carrying who knows how many pounds of stuff, all with the weight on his shoulders. He was miserable on the hike, and sore for many days. Rating: 1 (K. Kopp, 2009-11-16) Product reviewed: TETON Sports Explorer 4000 Internal Frame Backpack (Navy Blue)

Sports Explorer 4000, Will it be enough? This is my initial review on the bag. I will add a followup review after a 3 day backpacking trip next weekend. Pros: (Quite a few, generally happy with initial inspection) Lots of adjustments A decent number of pockets and options for storage(example would be a mesh velcro pocket on the face of the bag good for maps, energy bars, etc.) Straps seem to be of decent overall quality, and there is what looks like a sleeping bag/sleeping pad strap near the bottom of the bag. There is also two straps on the very top of the bag that seem like they could be used to strap something down. Nice to have the option to securely strap some gear to the outside of the bag. 2 Mesh water bottle pockets on either side, couldn't tell by the product description or pictures but they are there! Phew. Bright Yellow Rain Cover is located in a nifty pocket at the very bottom of the bag, nice feature. A few loops on the outside for strapping things down. Holds up to a 3 liter bladder with an exit whole and clips to keep in reach. Seems to be of Durable build and quality. Field tests soon. Cons: (Only one real con for me, two cons if you are taller) Sleeping bag compartment is SMALL, well actually its initially more of an issue with it's opening. I have a decently small winter bag that I can't fit in when its in it's stuff sack, at all. If I take the bag out of the stuff sack and stuff it into the compartment, it just BARELY fits, nice to know that it could though. For me, I will most likely use the straps on the outside of the bag to hold my sleeping bag, I have hooked it up and it seems to work pretty well(Almost like it was made to hold a sleeping bag). 4000ci is not that much room for a winter backpacking trip so having my sleeping bag on the outside will create a decent amount of space for say my clothes, sleeping pad, and cooking gear in the sleeping bag compartment. If you are someone who must have a sleeping bag compartment, this will work for summer camping but a winter sleeping bag will be very tough to fit in, the one and only con for me but big enough to deter some people. If you are someone who doesn't mind sticking the sleeping bag on the outside where it would work out just fine in the bag's straps, then this con is not that much of an issue. Not for TALL people. This bag seems to fit me ok but I am not a very big guy. I'm about 5'9 - 5'10 and it is a close fit. I think it will work just perfectly for me but if you are above 6 ft or anything, beware(then again I am pretty new to backpacking and this is MY first pack). Overall: In the end, I bought this smaller bag over the cheaper and larger cuscus bags because of the many reviews those had with cheap build quality. They get a lot of space with their big bag but have a lot of issues with bag quality. I sacrificed some space for quality and extra features. I am a little disappointed by the small backpack compartment but if I have my pack on the outside, this bag should work quite perfectly. I'd say for summer camping this bag is Perfect and for winter camping, if you can stick your sleeping bag on the outside, this bag is near-perfect. I will do an update in about a week after I give this bag a good hard test. 4/5 stars for not being 100% "perfect" but an overall good bag. UPDATE: Went for my November 3 day backpacking trip and this bag performed perfectly. Was comfortable and carried all of my gear with ease. I was able to pack up everything and more. The pack worked as good as I hoped it would and with the sleeping bag in the straps on the outside, it was a non-issue. No complaints, no problems, this bag is awesome. Great deal. Love it. Rating: 4 (A. PRESING, 2009-11-10) Product reviewed: TETON Sports Explorer 4000 Internal Frame Backpack (Navy Blue)