REI Co-op Diamond Pin vs United By Blue 9L Sidekick Pack

Lightest of them all, but BULKY! It absolutly need to be out of your backpack, bike saddles and maybe your car too. I dont have a problem having it outside of my pack, but if its raining it wont fit under my pack's rain cover. Comfort is an issue for some people, I find it OK for me as I mainly sleep on my back. Dont even consider it if you're a side sleeper, unless you use it as a base mattress for winter camping with another inflatable one (like the Xterm)

Here, at the top, to give you a cool vintage, aesthetic got those stretchy water bottle pockets on the side to carry your beverages around to the back...

I like the longer tree straps that Eno makes as well, even though they add a little weight, they are longer, more versatile, stronger, and easier to set up by yourself, especially using screw gate carabiners, which are a must!

This bag is almost perfect, except for one glaring issue. The good: great size + organization, separate iPad sleeve, bottle holders that don’t let the bottles fall out. Plus, it’s very attractive. The bad: the straps are awful

Using paracord/550 cord, or line of your choosing, the tarp can be quickly setup to provide instant shelter for a quick lunch on the trail. I did bring 4 titanium 'tent' stakes, which aided in the setup anywhere aspect of the hammock/tarp. These coupled with my trekking poles also allowed me to set this system up on the ground as a tent-like system. I found the quality to be excellent, the weight perfect for a solo hiker, and the ease of setup commendable

I love this pack! It's the perfect size for hiking and it has a lot of different compartments. I prefer bags that have different pouches/compartments so that my items aren't all moving around in one big bag. It's super cute too! I ordered the salmon color and it's just perfect!

I find the pad too narrow as my arms over and over again fall outside the pad at night and I wake up because the cold under my arms. If it would come in a wider version – wow! Then this would be the absolutely best sleeping pad ever invented as it has perfect stiffness, especially compared to other similar mattresses on the market (says me who doesn't like inflatable mattresses). Please make a wider version!!

As other reviewers have noted, this backpack is tiny. It's about the size of most women's purses. The thing I dislike the most, was that the straps were incredibly short. I could barely get this backpack on