Archaeological finds prove it: Ötzi himself was already walking through the Neolithic Ötztal Alps with a kind of backpack. He was probably lost in the confusion of his Stone Age pack when the arrow of a pursuer hit him in the shoulder and sent him to the eternal hunting grounds. Who knows, maybe a little more organisation in his pack would have given him the crucial seconds he needed to escape his murderer after all.
Keeping your rucksack tidy is half the battle
Mountain biking is not a matter of life and death. And seconds don't play a decisive role on a tour either. And yet the same applies here: Tidiness is half the battle - who wants to empty the entire bag only to pick the chain lock, a cable tie or a nest egg out of the meadow? Modern rucksacks are excellently organised, with each item having its own fixed place and can be located quickly. We wanted to find out which models best combine organisation and carrying comfort by looking at twelve daypacks with 11 to 18 litres of storage space.
For our test, we packed each rucksack with a mini-tool, pump, spare inner tube, food, a change of clothes, a 3-litre hydration bladder (made of plastic) and a first aid kit. Before we set off, however, all the models went through our lab procedure. With the help of granulate-filled one-litre bags, we determined the actual volume of the test candidates.
You can find these daypacks for mountain bikers in the test
- Camelbak M.U.L.E. NV (BIKE Tip test winner)
- Dakine AMP 18
- Deuter Compact EXP 12 (BIKE tip price-performance)
- Ergon BX3
- Evoc FR Enduro Blackline
- Jack Wolfskin Moab Jam 18
- Ortlieb Cor 13
- Osprey Escapist 15
- Platypus Duthie AM 17.0
- Scott Grafter 18
- Source Race 15
- Vaude Path 18 (BIKE tip price-performance)
You can find the complete test of MTB daypacks in the free PDF download below.
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