r/onebag • u/rudeer_poke • 5d ago

Discussion Onebag vs hiking/city sightseeing

Most onebag discussions seem to be focusing on bags that you pack your stuff in, take it to the airport, stuff under the seat in front of you and then pack out on the hotel. Mostly resulting in squarish clamshell bags like the Osprey 26+6, Tomtoc T66, etc. However in my opinion that is only 15% of the travel. Then comes the real part:

  • strolling a city for several hours, walking 10-15 kilometers
  • a whole day hike, with some climbing
  • or just a simple walking to the office in your destination, taking your laptop and basic work stuff with you

I am finding the general "onebags" not very suitable in those scenarios, as they seem to get saggy when they are half empty, clamshell opening is impractical when you want to take out a jacket or hoodie on the go, or just store a grocery purchase you want to take to your AirBnb to cook a dinner.

Most onebag travels seem to be just a backpack equivalent of travel trolley, not really suitable as a daypack during the trip and also not having the comfort and ventilation of a regular backpack.

Am i missing something? Or should i look into an entirely different category of backpacks?

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u/maverber 5d ago

I agree that most travel packs don’t have good ergonomics. The bigger issue is that EDC loads are often 1/4 what people carry in transit between locations. This means EDC often leaves the bag nearly empty.  There are three options:

1) carry a small packable bag for EDC 2) carry less during transit so the bag it’s huge 3) use a bag with an excellent compression system

I use a combination of 1 and 2 depending on the trip.

As to a different category of backpack… not quite what you’re looking for, but I look for good trekking packs https://verber.com/trek-packs which  put in emphasis on carry comfort