- Hydration compatible
- Top loading
- Sleeping bag compartment
- Hold-open bar
- Large front pocket
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Known for its ability to carry larger loads more comfortably, the Kelty Tioga external frame backpack also provides excellent ventilation and convenient access to gear. It comes in two sizes: 5000 cubic inches (fitting 16 to 19-inch torsos) and 5500 cubic inches (fitting 16 to 21-inch torsos).
The radial frame puts the load closer to your body for better balance, while the vertically and horizontally adjustable suspension system provides maximum comfort while you're out on the trail. The Tioga offers loads of storage space, including a top-loading main compartment, sleeping bag compartment, large front pocket, zippered stash pocket, and water reservoir sleeve. It also includes an ice axe loop. Suspension features include a three-layer padded waistbelt, load-lifter straps, sternum strap, and a breathable back panel.
5000 Specifications:
- Capacity: 5000 cubic inches
- Size: 28 x 20 x 13.5 inches
- Weight: 5 pounds, 13 ounces
- Torso length: 16 to 19 inches
- Body fabric: 210D nylon double ripstop
- Reinforcement fabric: 500D nylon kodra and 420D nylon oxford
5500 Specifications:
- Capacity: 5500 cubic inches
- Size: 31 x 20 x 13.5 inches
- Weight: 5 pounds, 14 ounces
- Torso length: 16 to 21 inches
- Body fabric: 210D nylon double ripstop
- Reinforcement fabric: 500D nylon kodra and 420D nylon oxford
Sizing Tip
Backpacks are sized according to the length of your torso, not your overall height. To measure your torso, start at the 7th vertebrae (the bone that protrudes from the base of the neck) and measure to the top of your hip shelf (found at the small of the back where you'll find the pointy iliac crest of your hips).
About Kelty
Kelty is based in Boulder, Colorado, and uses the natural backdrop of the Rocky Mountains to test, create, and continually innovate within their diverse outdoor product families of Apex, Backcountry, Trail, Basecamp and KIDS gear. Kelty combines the best in new technology with a healthy dose of common sense to create exceptionally made, affordably priced outdoor products.
Product Description
The hydration-compatible, external frame Kelty Tioga 5500 is a pack that is well trusted in the backpacking community. Known for its ability to carry larger loads more comfortably, it also provides ventilation and convenient access to gear.
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23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Simply The Best,
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This review is from: Kelty Tioga External Frame Backpack (Sports)
Having backpacked for nearly half a century, graduating Outward Bound in 1965 (back in the days when people occasionally didn't live through it), I must share with you my opinion that no one of whom I'm aware knows more about constructing a backpack than Dick Kelty. No one's been making them as long.
As to the advantages of the external frame, they are many. How much and what kind of hiking do most of us do, on or off trail? More than a thirty mile trip max? If you have a specialized need for an internal frame - or a big, heavy expedition weight external frame - great. If not, a lightweight, external frame is vastly superior on the trail - lighter to carry - easier to port - better at the campsite. What then is the allure of the internal frame? Yeah, they're easier to deal with in airports, and seem, but are not, more flexible, adjustable on the trail (that is - if you've got a good frame pack). While one cannot deny the versatility of some of convertable travel/internal frame packs, such as Lowe has made so well for years, for straight out backpacking, the Kelty Tioga is many times the pack. And,in truth, if you pack it in a duffel, a frame pack will carry and stow quite easily at the airport. I purchased one of the first internal frame packs that Wayne Gregory ever made (from him personally), and have used other internal frame packs. Unless you're doing some serious, extended off-trail packing - forget the hype, and stick with an adjustable external frame. Frankly, a larger day pack serves quite well for most bush rambles. Consider your real needs in a backpack: 1) Comfort 2) Durability 3) Load Capacity 4) Security. No one makes a more adjustable (in as many ways), more LST (light, strong, tough) pack than the quite affordable Tiogas. The Tioga, as simple as its design seems, is a highly technical, sophisticated, and well-conceived piece of gear, state of the art, with a long history of refinement. I've owned a Stephenson - Kelty is more comfortable (does not dig into front of pelvis - and yet gives quite a bit of "hip carry"). Dana Design (I owned a "Longbed") - way heavier. Kelty knows how much space you actually need - and where. A twenty - thirty pound load is best. But it will expand to a lot more. You can pull out the frame and attach for longer stays in the wild. And very moisture resistant (so far anyway). Happy trails.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
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This review is from: Kelty Tioga External Frame Backpack (Sports)
I'm very pleased with this product. Plenty of room, it's comfortable and looks good. It's durable also. I took a spill yesterday and fell about 10 feet onto a rocky trail. My first bounce was directly onto the bag and there was no damage and everything inside was safe! Great product for the price!
5.0 out of 5 stars
I Love It,
By Soggyoggy Woggy Bottoms "SWB" (Michigan) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Kelty Tioga External Frame Backpack (Sports)
I bought this pack mainly for it's external frame since I'm a large guy. back pack fit me like a charm, and the price was not so bad either.i took it with me to the AT, i only managed to complete Maine, who knew i was gonna spend so much in towns?, but i slid down rocks, and threw it over boulders and down 15 foot cliff faces, pack held up like a true champ. only problem i seemed to had was the height of it, made it hard to fit through tight spaces, and it is like an inch over height allowance on airlines/trains, they looked past it and let it threw anyways. all in all i would recommend this pack to friends and family, except maybe the smaller version of it.
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