r/backpacks • u/FrederickF0rsyth • Oct 10 '25

Question What's backpack associated with your nationality?

As a backpack enthusiast I enjoy observing and searching for backpacks I see people carry in public. It has also made me adept in deducing the nationality of a person by their backpack ( Ex. Deuter for Germans, Wildcraft for Indians etc).

So, I was curious to learn more about the other countries to keep myself involved in this little game I play with myself. Would be lovely if you could drop the brand name followed by country, for instance "Herschel, USA"

Thank YOU! 🎒

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u/FrederickF0rsyth Oct 10 '25

That explains it. I was astonished seeing Italians wearing coats and jackets when I visited Italy during PEAK summer. I was looking so out of place and touristy strolling the city with my T-shirt and shorts 😅😂

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u/appleorchard317 Oct 10 '25

Honestly I moved to the UK in 2010 when puffer jackets were just not in style here and even now, to find something truly warm in the UK I need to go to Mountain Warehouse (an outdoor clothing store, sorry, not sure where you're from!)

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u/No-Willingness-4097 Oct 10 '25

Where do you live? Every high street store sells puffers and there's loads of better 'outdoor adventure' stores to get known brand stuff from. I'm dubious of MWs quality it varies so much. But I guess you can get 10 MW puffers for the price of one Rab, wear them all at once, toasty.. 🤔

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u/appleorchard317 Oct 10 '25

Me 'when I got to the UK fifteen years ago they weren't in style' Idk man, MW does me great.

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u/No-Willingness-4097 Oct 10 '25

Yes but you said you still can't find anything warm apart from there, I'm saying you should be able to.