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Mountainsmith Tour Recycled-Fabric Lumbar Pack
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Mountainsmith Tour Recycled-Fabric Lumbar Pack

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4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews) |
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Product Features

  • Zippered main compartment has zippered hanging pocket and bright yellow lining for visibility; also features a zippered front panel pocket
  • Removable shoulder strap with a sliding pad, tuck-away waist belt and air mesh foam back panel
  • Delta Compression System load adjustment with two compression straps
  • 2 water bottle pockets that accommodate 32 oz water bottles; reflective highlights
  • Made of 100 percent recycled water and beverage bottles; four bottles make each bag

Product Description

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For hiking, skiing, urban touring, or school, this Mountainsmith lumbar pack is designed to stash all your bare essentials you can't imagine leaving home without. Made from Mountainsmith's 100 percent recycled PET, the Day pack features the same performance, comfort, and durability you've come to trust from Mountainsmith, while lessening the load at the landfill one bag at a time.

Features:

  • Reflective highlights
  • Key clip
  • Zippered front panel pocket
  • Bright yellow lining promotes visibility
  • Interior zippered hanging pocket
  • Zippered main compartment
  • 2 compression straps
  • Elastic rigging
  • 2 water bottle pockets that accommodate 32 oz water bottles
  • Delta Compression System load adjustment
  • Tuck-away waistbelt
  • Back panel airline ticket pocket
  • Air mesh foam back panel
  • Removable shoulder strap with a sliding pad
  • Strapette compatible (sold separately)

Specifications:

  • Fabric: 450 denier 100 percent recycled PET
  • Patented Delta compression system
  • YKK zippers
  • 210d ripstop liner
  • Dimensions: 10 by 11.5 by 5 inches
  • Weight: 1 pound, 5 ounces
  • Volume: 488 cubic inches

Product Description

The Classic Tour Lumbar Pack is now made using a brand new fabric woven from threads that are produced from 100 recycled plastic beverage bottles. The same performance, comfort, and durability you've come to expect from Mountainsmith but in a recycled package. Each pack reuses roughly four bottles and the benefits multiply through increased employment, less reliance on petroleum resources and lessened impact on land fills. Further, consumer demand helps drive development and investment in recycling and recycled products.

Product Details

  • Product Dimensions: 5 x 11.5 x 10 inches ; 1.8 pounds
  • Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
  • ASIN: B0019Y44RQ
  • Item model number: MS-035
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #36,688 in Sports & Outdoors (See Top 100 in Sports & Outdoors)

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Had a hard time deciding between the Tour or the Day (which is larger), but the Tour is perfect for my needs of simple urban treks to and through local parks or fishing on the pier. This pack is simply fabulous. The material is heavy duty and looks like it will hold up. The fit, finish, stitching, buckles, straps, and padding are top notch. Bright yellow inside for visibility. Small zippered hanging bag inside. Key clip in outer zip pocket.

Belt is wide and long enough for Clydesdales. I don't know why no manufacturer provides belt length in specs, but I'm grateful for this feature because of all the beer and chili dogs in my recent past.

Although the bottle pockets are advertised as deep enough for 32oz'rs, I'd take that info with a grain of salt. Enough room for me to carry a micro umbrella, .75L mug/pot, 220gm fuel canister, Optimus Crux stove, lighter, coffee cup, spork, Cup o' Noodles or ramen, wallet, keys, cell phone, small digital camera, handheld dual-band amateur radio transceiver, and a couple of water bottles with no problem.

The really cool thing about this pack (and the Day), is the flexibility of wear and use. For example, you can use the pack as a shoulder bag with the included padded shoulder strap. Stow the strap in the padded pocket in the small of the back and wear as a lumbar pack. Stow the strap and fold the waist pads and belt into two hidden side pockets and carry this like a tool bag. Add the 'Strapette,' (purchased separately), and you can wear as a small daypack or support much heavier loads in the pack as a lumbar.

Finally, I'm no tree-hugger, but it is nice that an effort has been made by the manufacturer to create this pack using material made (partially) from recycled water bottles - nearly 20 according to the little tag included with the bag.

Buy this product with confidence. I'm sure you'll be pleased.

UPDATE: I've discovered that this bag is *perfect* as a handlebar bag on my vintage Specialized Rockhopper mountain bike. With the hip belt inserted and reverse-buckled, a single short bungee looped around the head tube and latched onto a loop on each side holds this bag firmly in front and off the front tire - w00t! BONUS!
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
I purchased this for day hikes, disc golf, and as a go-bag. After purchasing it, I loaded it up with 2 bottle (short ones, because it can't really hold tall ones effectively) and some gear for a hike. It didn't move a lot, but that sagging from the top really became annoying. Also, even my small bottle kept coming out on the trail. The only fix was to use the compression (not cinch) strap to hold it in.

Over time it began to cause fatigue and soreness in lower back from how much it sagged.
I am not willing to add the Strapettes, because then I might as well have a backpack.

Truly, the design is flawed, as the hip belt is aligned too low on this pack. If it were higher, the sagging would not happen, and the lower part would naturally rest in the right place.

I really wanted to like this. However, for the price, I had hoped for better design.

Another factor in my returning this item was the very low denier fabric. Over time, I'm not convinced the bottom of the bag would hold up.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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I love this bag for its comfort and substantial volume. I can carry a lot of stuff on the trail for a long time in real comfort. But I'll be blunt: the water bottle pockets are inadequate. Seriously. They're advertised as being able to handle 32-ounce bottles (think Nalgene), and they will fit, but the pockets are so shallow the bottles WILL fall out if you do anything other than just walk. Why can't Mountainsmith design acceptable pockets for the most common water bottles for hikers? It's not hard: JUST MAKE THEM DEEPER. Other than that, it's a great pack.
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Works as advertised
Would have rated 5 star if not for the following: If carrying much weight at all, I'd recommend also purchasing the strapettes: [...]
Published 10 months ago by Mantho
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This is a very roomy lumbar pack with lots of pockets. I particularly like that the interior is in a light color - makes it easy to see those items that seem to disappear in other... Read more
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