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Does anyone on BNA have any experience with Berghaus travel packs (rucsacs)? These look great, (the Silhouette looks like what I am looking for). Of course these aren't aren't available in the states :-(

Has anyone else noticed how much better a selection you have in the UK vs the states (at least that I have found in the DC area). I mean Eagle Creek is OK, but come on...don't you guys carry anything else?

Berhaus stuff is fine.

Travel packs just don't seem to sell well in the USA. Perhaps it is because "Americans don't travel". Eagle Creek has been having a very rough time of it since 9/11, and other companies that marketed travel packs have stopped doing so.

Be advised though, that our pals overseas pay dearly for their gear. Quality travelpacks here are a bargain. Even more so in Canada.
But the Brits get overcharged for their gear (and their cars, motorcycles and just about everything else).

I assume that you are checking out Hudson Trail Outfitters and REI, but yeah: there ain't too much to choose from here. Don't forget Campmor.

Yup, I've checked both REI and Hudson Trail...Also a number of online retailers including campmor (but those don't help me touch..)

We may not get much variety here, but we don't pay 17% VAT either...

How about a travel pack from MEC?

Thanks Joe! They do have a few other options - still wish they were closer (it is a fair haul from Washington, DC). I may try to run to Ottawa to check them out when I visit friends in Syracuse (depending on weather and time).

Any experience with their travel packs?

I recently purchased the MEC Walkabout, but I haven't taken it on a trip yet.

One person on my travel agent's website took the MEC Sojourn to Europe and reports that it worked quite well. Most people I know (including myself) have other types of backpacks from MEC (ummmm...you may be approached by Canadians overseas who assume you're one of us if your sporting a MEC logo) and they give very good performance and are very durable (my daypack - that I use for school - is 5 years old and almost as good as new). They're also very reasonably priced, being as they come from a "pinko co-op."

Well, I ended up picking up a Walkabout myself (it is ok if I get approached by Canadians :-).

I definitely liked it better than the Eagle Creek/Jansports I have been able to find in my home town area. The overall design and construction seem to be superior and it is half the price.

Drawbacks are a little more weight and maybe it is a little too big...I hope I don't end up carrying too much stuff...

- Dave