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Berghaus Cyclops II Vulcan

berghaus cyclops ii vulcan.bmpThis is one of the best bits of kit I have.

100 litre capacity as it is.

Unzip the two side pouches - 80 litre capacity.

Attach straps to one of the side pouches and you have a 10 litre day sack.

Zip the two side pouches together and you have a 20 litre day sack.

Having such large side pouches makes a refreshing change, it is possible to fit a stove / jet boil water bottle, plenty of food and still find space to slip in some cutlery and maybe even a book. Storing all food and cooking gear together in one place makes life a lot simpler. The other side pouch has plenty of space for bungee cords, para cord, tent pegs, knives, candles, head torch, radio, basha, camera, boot polish, catapult, binoculars, water filtration kit, etc etc...

Then there is still 80 litres to play with including the ample pocket on the top.

The workmanship and materials can not be faulted, I have put this rucksack through a lot of abuse over the past few months; I lived out of it over the coldest winter for years followed by the wettest May and now we are into a long hot summer and I have nothing but good things to report.

Overall rating  - 100% reliable.

The only damage sustained has been a small hole in one of the pouches caused by a creature gnawing through to get at my rice - now the pack is stored suspended from the ground

 

Posted on Friday, June 30, 2006 at 10:15 by Registered CommenterJam | Comments1 Comment

Reader Comments (1)

I bought one of these about 13 years for a year's trip to Australia. It survived admirably.

Most years it has been to a weekend long music festival.

And I'm just about to complete another year away in South and Central America.

This pack has been dragged/pushed/dropped from bus roofs/and generally manhandled along the way.

Apart from some slight fraying on the inside of the side pockets (something that I could probably easily fix in about 10 minutes with a pair of scissors) - it feels as good as new.

This is a seriously hardy piece of kit. Plus - on a weekly basis I get told that it's the biggest backpack people have ever seen. It's big.

Recommend rating - 100%
February 17, 2013 | Unregistered CommenterMarc Allen

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