patagonia chacabuco vs Patagonia Refugio 28L Pack

There is this air mesh wicking, which is on the shoulder, strap and back panel, which will provide extra comfort and breathability on your hikes on th...

Carrie's my photography equipment, small notebook and light jacket in comfort! Great buy, purchased in sale!

So this elastic cord that you have you can put it in there, strap it down, gives you a little bit of added stability. You also have some webbing up he...

Also straps are too close together. (You can see this by comparing other packs in photos.) A comparable bag in size and looks to some degree (but far more roomy and well-designed) is the Northface Jester - but its straps do not compare to Osprey or Gregory packs.

Also, the zippers are indeed very small compared to my old North Face Recon. This is not a flaw as they work perfectly fine, I just thought I'd mention it because I saw someone else online say they were annoyed by how small the zippers are, and initally I was too. Now that I'm used to them though it doesn't bother me at all. Overall, I love the Patagonia brand and definitely recommend this bag for any and all uses

So you can just undo those so that you can zip it down a little bit further or you can just keep them like relatively loose um, which that doesn't rea...

Only had it a month so can't speak to longevity but it seems durable, but without the stiffness of some other bags. It doesn't have the easy airport pocket feature that many bags advertise, but personally I didn't want that as I rarely ever fly and found the extra pocket feature just added bulk and is useless when I'm not travelling with a laptop - like on the weekend hiking. The laptop IS very well protected though in the dedicated internal sleeve. Well cushioned on all edges and sides and the bottom of the laptop sleeve is cushioned and "elevated" a bit off the base of the main bag compartment so if you put the bag down hard you're fine

The Refugio backpack has a false bottom in the laptop compartment, meaning that the sleeve is stitched above the actual bottom of the backpack. The la...

This pack was purchased before our travel to Canada. Worked great as carry on. Also used as day pack for several hikes in while in Canada. The 30L size was ample room for rain gear, fleece for layering and snacks/meals

I've been using this as my "take stuff to and from work" pack for a month or so. I like the clip to secure the laptop in its place, which is something that other packs I looked at did not have. It is somewhat smaller than the worn out bag it replaced, but seems to be sufficient. The shoulder straps are a little bit slippery when worn with my rain coat, so single-shouldering it can be insecure

Here we have our men's and women's Chacabuco pack, a pair of versatile day packs that provide great organization for daily use in day hikes too. We ma...

Um, there's no whistles or any gadgets on here. Like I said, it's not a serious hiking backpack. Most serious ones have the whistles there you could b...

I needed a certain size. I needed durability. I won with this purchase. Best item I've ever bought, hands down

You have this large mesh slip pocket here and i really like the use of mesh to make it very easy to see what's on the inside and then i really like th...