GearGuide Entry: The Best of Maxpedition Packs: January 24, 2013
Product Code: maxpedition-packs
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Description
Maxpedition Packs - What You Need to Know
Maxpedition is a pack and gear company that focuses on constantly
improving the design and engineering of their packs. They constantly
place the bar a little higher every time they innovate. For people who
are not familiar with the company and their packs, there is a good
chance that they will get hooked once they get to know them and their
products.
Maxpedition gears and packs are created by utilizing a special nylon
fiber, a military grade ballistic. The nylon has a Teflon and DuPont
coating to make it water-resistant and very easy to clean. Maxpedition
company invests heavily on research on determining the stress points of
their packs, then they heavily stitch the area. This is to ensure that
their packs will never fail you whenever you are using them in the
field.
Their packs utilizes YKK zippers, a heavy duty kind of zippers to ensure that you will never have zipper malfunctions ever.
At first glance, it is easy to make an impression that there is no
difference between regular backpacks and maxpedition packs. However, there is a
big difference in functionality and design.
One big difference worth mentioning is the innovation on how the packs
are meant to be carried. The packs are specially designed to have a
shoulder strap on the top that connects to the lower right of the bag.
The pack is meant to be slung across your chest. It has a clip so you
can can snap it on place. The design makes carrying the bag on your back
comfortable. On top of that, the bag is designed so you can rotate it
to the front easily. Allowing you to retrieve contents in the bag
without taking it off. Very handy feature whenever you are in a run or
hike and you do not want to stop just to simply retrieve items in your
bag.